Reddit reviews The Many-Colored Land (The Saga of Pliocene Exile Book 1)

Into the Storm by Taylor Anderson is a story about a WWII US Navy ship that gets pulled into an alternate Earth. The series now runs to eight or so books. Anderson is a squid, and this is military SF, so it's action-driven, with simple characters, but the plots are so interesting, I keep picking up each new book when it comes out. He has the annoying compulsion of feeling the need up update readers of every book on all the events that have occurred before in the entire series (for the benefit of all 4 of the readers that will start at book #6), so the more you read, the more skimming will be required. However, his writing style continues to improve over time, which actually makes up for it.

Vernor Vinge: The Peace War + Marooned in Realtime. Plot involves a technology of unbreakable stasis bubbles inside of which time freezes. Bubbles can be programmed for any length of time. The second book is more to your topic, but you need to read #1 first.

The Many-Colored Land by Julian May.

Bones of the Earth by Michael Swanwick.

Well, I'm not sure what you might like, some of the modern stuff might be a little too postmodern and chaotic, since it seems like you prefer books with a strong story. The one I mentioned, "Crystal Express" by Bruce Sterling is this way. It's short stories, but they don't have any strong narrative arc or anything, they're basically just very atmospheric pieces. And I would describe them as somewhat disorienting, as well.


One sci-fi book that I really love, it's probably my favorite, is a series called "The Saga of Pliocene Exile" by Julian May. It's almost like a combination of sci-fi and fantasy and it has a really strong and absorbing story line. Wow, I really loved this series when I first found and read it. I never understood how it didn't get a wider audience.


(Please ignore the cheesy 80s cover, it really is a good book.)