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r/printSF

339k members
r/printSF is a subreddit with 339k members. Its distinguishing qualities are that the community is huge in size, and has high activity.
**A place to discuss published speculative fiction**—novels, short stories, comics, and more. Not sure if a book counts? Then post it! Science Fiction, Fantasy, Alt. History, Postmodern Lit., and more are all welcome here. **The key is that it be speculative, not that it fit some arbitrary genre guidelines**. Any sort of link or text post is welcome as long as it is about printed / text / static SF material.

Popular Themes in r/printSF

#1
Advice Requests
: "What's the #1, single best sci-fi novel you've ever read?"
30 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "I’m looking for a book like Hyperion. Same style, same themes, same length, ideally same release decade, ideally same author, etc. Basically looking for a book that’s exactly like Hyperion without being Hyperion."
1 post
#3
Pain & Anger
: "Books you were excited about but you were let down by?"
1 post
#4
Self-Promotion
: "Can’t believe my story’s actually about to exist on paper."
1 post

Popular Topics in r/printSF

#1

Books

: "I Demand That These Books Receive More Attention"
114 posts
#2

Sci Fi

: "Modern Day Hard Sci Fi"
77 posts
#3

Recommendations

: "Recommendations for books that deal with the unknowability of alien minds?"
27 posts
#4

Scifi

: "The Dosadi Experiment by Frank Herbert is cool dark Scifi"
17 posts
#5

Novels

: "What's the #1, single best sci-fi novel you've ever read?"
9 posts
#6

Short Stories

: "I've just read 'The Expanded Earth' by Mickey Please..."
7 posts
#7

Sci Fi

: "A few days ago, I asked r/printsf what they consider the single best sci-fi novel. I made a ranked list with the top 50 novels"
7 posts
#8

Science Fiction

: "What is the most wacko, bonkers, tripped out SF novel?"
7 posts
#9

Space

: "Good cyberpunk novels"
6 posts
#10

Sf

: "Is there any Sf that isn't dark or disturbing. Please, recommend some."
6 posts

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+19k members(5.8%)

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