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OK folks - I'm getting on a sci-fi streak for my reading right now, so figured I'd ask for your opinions. I tend to gravitate towards alien planets (like the descriptions of the flora and fauna), sleep ships (something about waking to a new environment intrigues me), I like hard science but not required, but not big on war.
It's the alien planets angle, sorta political (fall of an empire).
If you're into world-building and don't mind Fantasy, look into Patrick Rothfuss and The Name of the Wind (it's not too outlandish and the world-building it truly fantastic IMHO).
Anne McCaffrey's Pern or Acorna series.
Piers Anthony's Adept series (kind of a mix of science and magic, fairly light reading).
Frank Herbert's Dune series - although it kind of tanked when his son took over the writing. Still good for the first few books, though, and the later books really aren't germane to the story anyway.
Come to think of it, just about anything by Anne McCaffrey would fit the bill. Might want to check out her Generation Warriors series prior to the others, as it really does fit the criteria that you are looking for.
That's all I have right now, but I tend to either go with fantasy or military sci-fi and if you don't want war and do want science then neither of those genres work well for you.
Could possibly toss in Joel Rosenberg's Guardians of the Flame series, but again, it's more magic than science - although technology plays a big part in the stories.
It's the alien planets angle, sorta political (fall of an empire).
If you're into world-building and don't mind Fantasy, look into Patrick Rothfuss and The Name of the Wind (it's not too outlandish and the world-building it truly fantastic IMHO).
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Asimov's Foundation and Empire books are exceptionally well done; very descriptive and vivid. No real wars as such; lots of politics and philosophy when describing "psycho history"
Not exactly a planet, but weird aliens: Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke.
And you might like the Steerswoman series by Rosemary Kirstein. Very neat world (and I can't say anything more than that without spoiling the series)!
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