Reddit reviews Titan (Gaea)

John Varley's Titan trilogy was pretty fun. Basically, a humongous alien in the shape of a spinning hollow toroid who calls herself "Gaea" IS the ecosystem with lots of different lifeforms living inside her. It's a fantastic series.

John Varley is one my favorite authors I keep coming back to him time and again.

The following are my favorites. He also has a nice website [Varley.net](http://Varley.net "Varley.net") . You can actually get a decent feel for who he is on the site. He puts up what he wants and the hell with what anyone thinks. I think thats why I like him. lol

Mammoth is on my too be read list. I have it just not gotten to it.

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• Blue Champagne by John Varley (Blue Champagne)
  
  
• Eight Worlds by John Varley (Steel Beach,The Ophiuchi Hotline,The Golden Globe)
  
  
• Gaea by John Varley (Titan,Wizard,Demon)
  
  
• Mammoth by John Varley (Mammoth)
  
  
• Millennium by John Varley (Millennium)
  
  
• Picnic on Nearside by John Varley (Picnic on Nearside)
  
  
• Superheroes by John Varley (Superheroes)
  
  
• The John Varley Reader by John Varley (The John Varley Reader)
  
  
• Thunder and Lightning by John Varley (Red Thunder,Red Lightning,Rolling Thunder)

The Titan series by John Varley. Can't get much tougher than Cirocco Jones.

*Except for her side-kick Gabby.

Try Varley's Gaea series. I reread it recently, it holds up pretty well.

https://www.amazon.com/Titan-Gaea-John-Varley/dp/0441813046

The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula LeGuin

Anything by Joanna Russ

Floating Worlds and Great Maria by Cecelia Holland

The Shattered Chain by Marion Zimmer Bradley

Titan by John Varley

Ammonite by Nicola Griffith

Walk to the End of the World by Suzy McKee Charnas

Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler

Downbelow Station by C.J. Cherryh

Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter by Simone de Beauvoir

Varley's Titan.


I don't see Titan mentioned here much. But you don't get much new creaturey than Titan.

You should try some of the older, shorter SF adventure classics. Here are a few links to get you started. I can vouch personally that all of these are smart, fun and well-written.

• Hothouse by Brian Aldiss
  
• Nova by Samuel Delany
  
• Planet of Adventure by Jack Vance (much better than its cheesy name suggests)
  
• Titan by John Varley
  
  Edit: the best place to get recommendations of this nature is probably r/PrintSF.

The SF writer John Varley wrote a series of 3 books -- Titan, Wizard, and Demon -- that progressively better.

http://www.amazon.com/Titan-Gaea-John-Varley/dp/0441813046