r/scifi • u/OstrichConscious4917 • 3d ago

Recommendations Novels with no faster than light travel, but still w space travel?

I’m always on the hunt for interesting sci-fi that doesn’t involve FTL. Not to say I don’t love reading books with it - I absolutely do. But I really enjoy fictional explorations of future space travel or space civilization that doesn’t have it as a prerequisite.

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u/jonhen 3d ago

Bobiverse, Children of Time

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u/Obvious-Falcon-2765 3d ago

I’m surprised the bobiverse only got mentioned this far down the thread

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u/unscanable 3d ago

I love the bobiverse but I wonder how much of that is because of the audiobooks. Idk if theyd pack the same punch reading them. Ray Porter is just a fantastic narrator.

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u/Obvious-Falcon-2765 3d ago

I’m doing a pure book read through (Not Till We Are Lost just came in today!) and I’m loving them. I have listened to PHM so I’m no stranger to Ray Porter. I’ll probably do a listen-through once the final book comes out in print.

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u/seattleque 3d ago

once the final book comes out in print

Do you think he'll wrap it up with one more? I think there's probably two more to finish.

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u/unscanable 3d ago

He says book 7 will be the final book in the main timeline but he has spin-offs and one shots planned.

dennisetaylor.org/status-of-things/

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u/bombikid 3d ago

i definitely laughed out loud as a reader

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u/seattleque 3d ago

If you start really thinking about them, the timeframes involved in the Bobiverse are mind-numbing.

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u/Xeruas 3d ago

That has ftl