Single Male Seeking Non-Violent Fantasy and Sci-fi Novels for good times and adventure.

[dask]

The Witches Of Karres by James Schmitz. Not violent as I recall and what I think of as "pure" sf, not a genre jumper like "a western in outer space ".

 

[Paul_C]

Stardust - Neil Gaiman is fairly gentle.

 

[Stephen Palmer]

Little Big by John Crowley

Amazing book. Highly recommended.

 

[hitmouse]

Amazing book. Highly recommended.

I am glad that there is another fan. I haven't read anything that remotely resembles this book. I return to it every few years. I wouldnt mind living in that house. Wonderful.

 

[Stephen Palmer]

I am glad that there is another fan. I haven't read anything that remotely resembles this book. I return to it every few years. I wouldnt mind living in that house. Wonderful.

Yeah, that was his masterpiece. have you read the earlier novels?

 

[hitmouse]

Yeah, that was his masterpiece. have you read the earlier novels?

I have read Engine Summer and the first of the Aegypt trilogy. Both very fine but not in the same league as Little Big.

 

[williamjm]

Becky Chambers - The Long Way To A Small Angry Planet is a book that I would describe as space opera but there's so little action or violence in it that it might get disqualified from that genre.

Katherine Addison's The Goblin Emperor is a fantasy with very little violence in it.

Daniel Abraham's The Long Price Quartet is a rare example of an epic fantasy where the fate of the world may be at stake but there's very little physical violence or action.

Lois McMaster Bujold's various SF and Fantasy series such as the Vorkosigan Saga may have some occasional violence but they tend to be more character focused.

 

[hitmouse]

Hey guys, here is a sample from my action / adventure book below. It is currently on sale for $1.24 from my company. I have three more on the way.




“Come on,” Max said, seeing where Bradley was looking. “She’s dead.”

The woman overheard them speaking and slowly opened her eyes, coughing up small drops of blood. She felt the blood pounding in her head. Police sirens wailed through her ears into her brain. She took a deep breath and felt her chest push out against the strong material of the seat belt. “Help!” she yelled. “Help me, please!” She feebly struggled to open her door.

“sh*t!” Bradley gasped. “Come on.”

“Bradley, no,” Mr. Knightsbridge yelled. “Come on, we have got to get out of here.”

“We can’t just leave her,” Kevin said. “What would you want in her situation?”

Mr. Knightsbridge shook his head as Bradley led Kevin, Max and Eric over to the car. Then he followed close behind. Bradley dove to the ground to get a better view of the woman. The engine was smoking.

“You okay, miss?” he asked.

Blood was running down her face and mixing with her straight white-blonde hair. “I, I, I’m okay,” the woman gasped. “Get me out, please!”

“Okay, stay calm,” Bradley said to her. He got up and ran to the other side of the door, carefully army-crawling in the broken window. He winced as glass dug into his forearms and legs, but he had to release the woman’s seatbelt if she was going to get out. The smell of gas was overpowering.

“Kevin,” Bradley yelled.

Kevin leaned down and looked into the car. “What’s up?” he asked.

Bradley took a deep breath. “Remember that smashed up fire truck? Go and get me something like the jaws of life,” Bradley ordered.

“Got it,” Kevin said and left.

“And an extinguisher!” Bradley yelled as Kevin ran across the road towards the fire truck. “Just in case.”

Kevin ran inside the truck, but called out, “Eric, watch out!”

“For what?” he replied.

Kevin rolled his eyes as he searched every compartment he could find in the truck. “I don’t know, the green things?”

“Oh, right,” Eric replied. He walked around the truck to get a better view of where the Armazoids were attacking people a few streets away.

Kevin finally found what he was looking for and hauled the jaws of life and extinguisher over to Bradley, who was now standing outside the driver’s door assessing where he should cut without harming the woman. As Kevin passed over the jaws of life, he heard Eric scream. He whirled around to see two of the Armazoids coming towards him from the fire truck.

“sh*t!” Kevin gasped. He pulled out the tiny plastic pin and activated the extinguisher. He pulled the silver hook and blasted the Armazoids away from him. As they were blinded by the foam, Kevin delivered two beautiful head kicks, knocking them out cold.

Bradley looked at Kevin and then the extinguisher. “Not what I had in mind,” he said, “but there we go.”

Thicker smoke started to billow from the hood of the sedan, and the woman began to wail. “sh*t!” Bradley gasped. “Kevin, spray now.”

Kevin sprayed the car engine, struggling to find the source of the smoke. Bradley started cutting through the material—it wasn’t easy. “Come on,” he started to groan.

The thick black smoke started to fill the car, the lady finding it harder and harder to breath. Finally, the last of the material was cut. Bradley pried off the door and took the woman’s outstretch hands, helping her to avoid the sharp metal edges of the car frame.

Kevin watched Bradley help the lady until he saw some flames licking the inside of the engine compartment.

“Bradley, we gotta move.” He sniffed the air, the gas smell thick in the smoke. “This car is gonna blow!” He took the woman by the other elbow, and together, they ushered her out of harms way, followed closely by Mr. Knightsbridge, Max, and Eric.

The fire slowly crept into the engine, igniting the gas and fumes. The green sedan was thrown up into the air from the explosion. Bradley fell forward as the explosion rocketed through the street blasting other car windows out. He looked up at Kevin, who was helping the woman stay standing. They all turned their heads around and looked at the burning car.

“Jesus Christ!” the woman said. “Thank you so much.”

“No problem,” Bradley said. He lay back down on the ground.

“Come on,” Mr. Knightsbridge yelled. “We have to go.”

The woman continued to look at Bradley. “Name’s Amelia,” she said.

“Hi Amelia,” Bradley said. “Nice to meet you. We must go out for a drink sometime.”

“Hello,” Amelia replied, shaken up. “I think I am a bit too old for you.”

“After today,” Bradley said, “I think people will have a lot more on their minds than a younger man and an older woman dating.”


The Day Trip Stephen Cheshire (Not The Field Trip)

Chip wrapping. Look mate, you are not going to endear yourself to a fairly knowledgeable audience by dumping your promo material randomly into a completely unrelated conversation, particularly one about non-violent sf.

 

[Inari Writer]

Bit late to the party here but.

The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison is mostly about court life and politics with relatively little violence.

Prostho Plus by Piers Anthony. A dentist is abducted by aliens. What follows is a rip-roaring sci-fi action adventure. Except with dentistry instead of laser battles.

 

[BAYLOR]

The Dragon and the George by Gordon Dickson.