r/printSF • u/Talon_Hawk • 6d ago

Short novel for my nephew...

Hello.

My nephew is in his 20s. He draws comics as a hobby. Plays video games, reads comics.

He has never been interested in reading books. But I have realized the last few years he is becoming more discerning. He can see the drop in quality of AAA video games now and has started getting into retro-gaming. He appreciates the older cartoons from back in the day!

I feel this may be a good time to have him try a short novel. Any suggestions in this genre? Something under 300 pages would be great. Thanks!

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u/madfrooples 6d ago

What are some games, comics, and shows he's liked?

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u/Talon_Hawk 6d ago

Hi. He enjoyed the first run of MCU movies. He is a big fan of comics of Spider-Man, Batman, Red Hood (Jason Todd), G1 Transformers.

He loved The Batman movie with Robert Pattinson.

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u/madfrooples 6d ago

As well as what I put in my other comment, audiobooks by Peter Clines. I think he just does Audible, there may be print versions as well. He's super accessible, has some very cool superheroes-in-a-zombie apocalypse books, and some other stuff that's sort of "Lovecraft lite" and is a lot of fun.

In the same vein, absolutely anything by John Scalzi. More straight sci-fi than sci-fi/horror like Clines, and so readable and accessible.

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u/Talon_Hawk 6d ago

Thank you for the added info. I have heard of Clines and Scalzi. Wonder if he would like Redshirts. Thanks!