Books similar to the Solar Clipper series AND/OR Settler stories

[malko050987]

Hello all

I have recently listened my way through Nathan Lowell's Trader Tales of the Solar Clipper... and I want to read similar books. Aka:

Journey of discovery, day-in-the-life sort of stuff... in something NORMAL. No world-shattering heroics, no huge quests, and especially no overabundance of combat. Making the ordinary extraordinary, if that makes sense to you guys

In a somewhat related request, I'm also interested in settler/survival stories. My initial thought is "Robinson Crusoe in space" but not quite that. Example, example... The first chronological Pern book, Tunnel in the Sky, Lord of the Flies, Earth Abides (sort of). Basically a small group of people doing their best to make a new life when they're stranded somewhere. Preferably with a sci-fi cast and light on the "grittiness".

Thank you in advance!

[Vandervecken]

In a somewhat related request, I'm also interested in settler/survival stories. My initial thought is "Robinson Crusoe in space" but not quite that. Example, example... The first chronological Pern book, Tunnel in the Sky, Lord of the Flies, Earth Abides (sort of). Basically a small group of people doing their best to make a new life when they're stranded somewhere. Preferably with a sci-fi cast and light on the "grittiness".

Allen Steele's Coyote might work (there's a whole series of them but I've only read the first two - Coyote and Coyote Rising - so far, although Coyote Frontier is sitting on my to-read list).

I'd also suggest The Legacy Of Heorot by Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle and Steven Barnes, except that that doesn't necessarily meet the lack of grittiness requirement. If you're not specifically focussing on the first generation's struggles then Niven's Destiny's Road (set in the same universe but a different planet and several generations down the line) might be an option.

[malko050987]

Thank you for the reply!

I read up on you recs, and they do look quite interesting

[Siberian]

Rite of Passage is a bit like Tunnel in the Sky.

[algernoninc]

Fall of Angels and its sequel The Chaos Balance by L E Modesitt jr. are set on the world of Recluce. A spaceship gets stranded on a low tech planet and the crew survive by canibalizing the ship. I haven't read the second book yet, I understand it veers towards fantasy. In general Modesitt does a very good job at describing ordinary characters getting on with their lives and getting mixed up in larger world events and personal redemption.

[malko050987]

Rite of Passage is a bit like Tunnel in the Sky.

Which Rite of Passage? I got a couple of different results via googling, they don't sound that similar.

Fall of Angels and its sequel The Chaos Balance by L E Modesitt jr. are set on the world of Recluce. A spaceship gets stranded on a low tech planet and the crew survive by canibalizing the ship. I haven't read the second book yet, I understand it veers towards fantasy. In general Modesitt does a very good job at describing ordinary characters getting on with their lives and getting mixed up in larger world events and personal redemption.

Thank you, I'll check them out. I've read his Spellsong books, it's good stuff.

[ivanj]

I think Siberian was referring to the Alexei Panshin Rite of Passage.

[psikeyhackr]

I listened to the Solar Clipper series by Lowell. I could not have read them. They were some of the weakest SF I have ever gone through. There was nothing to make them interesting as science fiction. They were just weak stories in a science fictional setting.

Most of the stuff I have encountered by Andre Norton is better.

That is the nice thing about audio books. You can drive or walk down the street or wash dishes while "reading". Only really good books should be READ.

psik

[malko050987]

I think Siberian was referring to the Alexei Panshin Rite of Passage.

Now THAT looks interesting! Thank you very much.

I listened to the Solar Clipper series by Lowell. I could not have read them. They were some of the weakest SF I have ever gone through. There was nothing to make them interesting as science fiction. They were just weak stories in a science fictional setting.

Most of the stuff I have encountered by Andre Norton is better.

That is the nice thing about audio books. You can drive or walk down the street or wash dishes while "reading". Only really good books should be READ.

psik

That's kinda what I'm looking for. Regular day-in-the-life sort of stuff, a teensy bit removed from actual life.

[malko050987]

I listened to the Solar Clipper series by Lowell. I could not have read them. They were some of the weakest SF I have ever gone through. There was nothing to make them interesting as science fiction. They were just weak stories in a science fictional setting.

Most of the stuff I have encountered by Andre Norton is better.

That is the nice thing about audio books. You can drive or walk down the street or wash dishes while "reading". Only really good books should be READ.

psik

That's kinda what I'm looking for. Regular day-in-the-life sort of stuff, a teensy bit removed from actual life.