Looking for stories similar to:-
Gold by Bigzeke
Lucky Jim 1 & 2 and Terran Trader by FantasyLover
Recluse & Ghost by Dual Writer
BEYOND THE MIRROR by K Pelle.
I am sure you see the pattern here
Any recommendations welcome - even if I have already read them, I may need to add to my favourites list!
Regards G_R
At least half of Oyster50's stories are about community. The others are good to read just by themselves as well
https://storiesonline.net/a/oyster50
https://storiesonline.net/universe/711/smart-girls
Start with these:
https://storiesonline.net/s/69007/cindy
https://storiesonline.net/s/70172/nikki
https://storiesonline.net/s/69095/christina
At least half of Oyster50's stories are about community. The others are good to read just by themselves as well
Sorry to have to admit that I found Oyster's stories a bit "formulaic" - I enjoyed the first two or three I read, then found them less so.
Thanks for the reply though
Regards G_R
Sorry to have to admit that I found Oyster's stories a bit "formulaic" - I enjoyed the first two or three I read, then found them less so.
Hmmm, I started with Cindy, Nikki and Christina (don't remember which was first). They are different with many similarities, and if I had read more similar stories then my verdict would probably be: "formulaic", but these 3 stories are the foundation of the following "Community" series. "Community", "Community Too" and the actual "Community Three Sigma".
I like his "Smart Girls" universe.
HM.
Dual Writer's Florida Friends cycle is also about an extended community. That set will keep you busy for a while.
Dual Writer's Florida Friends cycle is also about an extended community. That set will keep you busy for a while.
I have not tried those yet, will make a start soon though
Thanks G_R
I have not tried those yet, will make a start soon though
What I like was while the MC's tend to end up with a harem. Its the women who both create it and tend to add more members. It might seem like the man is in control at times, but even the mc's admit its the women who rule.
I suppose boy meets girl is a little formalistic, but there are a lot of highly rated stories on that theme. How about Romeo and Juliet? Of course boy loses girl and girl loses boy, mutual suicide, but it starts formalistic. And Oyster has robots and flying and music and cooking. And a really big cast of characters.
How about Romeo and Juliet?
Boy meets girl.
Parents try to break up boy and girl because the two sets of parents don't get along.
Girl fakes suicide.
Boy thinking that girl is dead commits suicide in despair.
Girl discovers boy's real suicide and commits suicide for real.
Best summation of Romeo & Juliet _ever_. And precisely why I _don't_ like the story. I can get depressed on my own without help, thank you very much, I want my fiction to make me feel better.
I can get depressed on my own without help, thank you very much, I want my fiction to make me feel better.
A Tragedy can work if it leaves you thinking "Well, my life isn't quite that bad".
A few of Shakespear's tragedies, Romeo and Juliet included, tend more towards inspiring the thought "Okay, let's just burn the whole world down and get it over with already."
In the case of Romeo and Juliet, it is more a 'this is what can happen when people let unreasonable hatreds fester and grow rather than get over them'. To paraphrase the Prince's soliloquy at the end of the 1968 movie version: 'All are punished', the parents for their enmity, and the Prince for letting it go on so long without stopping it.
In the case of Romeo and Juliet, it is more a 'this is what can happen when people let unreasonable hatreds fester and grow rather than get over them'.
Which you can see happening everywhere in the real world, which quickly leads to "Okay, let's just burn the whole world down and get it over with already."
COMMUNE by Laszlo is a good one.
I second the nomination of Florida Friends series.
I second the nomination of Florida Friends series.
Am reading, and enjoying, the first one of these - Thanks for the recommendation
Regards G_R