SciFiScavenger 14K subscribers · Jun 21, 2026

My Favourite Science Fiction Trilogies of All Time

Reviews24

Bear HeadAdrian Tchaikovsky
Loved it

Bear Head contains a sort of cameo from a I suppose we could call him quite Trumpian character who Tchaikovsky writes in absolutely infuriating manner that not because the writing is infuriating but the character is infuriating. And that's done very well I thought.

Blue MarsKim Stanley Robinson
Loved it

I absolutely loved it when I first read it and it's about time that I actually gave it a reread. I highly recommend it to you, particularly if you can you can stomach quite a high degree of nerdy detail.

Dark EdenChris Beckett
Loved it

I think it's really fascinating and I think Beckett does a really good job of imagining what a very kind of hardscrabble society might look like with the genetic challenges that are described in the book.

Dogs of WarAdrian Tchaikovsky
Loved it

So they can be read discretely and I would you know arguably in any order but I would I would do it in publication order and I think very much well worth reading if you haven't already.

Embers of warGareth L. Powell
Loved it

The first of those is the Embers of War trilogy by Gareth L Powell which is fantastic principally for it's one of its lead characters which is the spaceship of the piece known as Trouble Dog.

Empire GamesCharles Stross
Loved it

there are a whole bunch of implications throughout three books which I really enjoy. I think they're a worthy successor to the original six books.

Green MarsKim Stanley Robinson
Loved it

I absolutely loved it when I first read it and it's about time that I actually gave it a reread. I highly recommend it to you, particularly if you can you can stomach quite a high degree of nerdy detail.

Helliconia SummerBrian Aldiss
Loved it

It's really interesting, very good world building, lots of very interesting life if you like a bit of biology in your science fiction then this is one for you.

Helliconia WinterBrian Aldiss
Loved it

It's really interesting, very good world building, lots of very interesting life if you like a bit of biology in your science fiction then this is one for you.

Red MarsKim Stanley Robinson
Loved it

I absolutely loved it when I first read it and it's about time that I actually gave it a reread. I highly recommend it to you, particularly if you can you can stomach quite a high degree of nerdy detail.

The Naked GodPeter F. Hamilton
Loved it

What I remember enjoying about these books is the sheer scale and scope of it, as you might expect from something that's 3,000 pages from start to finish, you know, you know, even a little bit more than that.

What I remember enjoying about these books is the sheer scale and scope of it, as you might expect from something that's 3,000 pages from start to finish, you know, you know, even a little bit more than that.

What I remember enjoying about these books is the sheer scale and scope of it, as you might expect from something that's 3,000 pages from start to finish, you know, you know, even a little bit more than that.