Rob Skidmore's favorite stuff
These are the books, movies, and stories that I love. If you like these things you'll probalby like my writing.
Books
This list could easily be ten times longer. I couldn't decide what to put on here from Margaret Atwood, Nnedi Okorafor, Kurt Vonnegut, Alastair Reynolds, Paolo Bacigalupi, Rebecca Roanhorse, N.K. Jemisin, Brandon Sanderson, Neal Stephenson, William Gibson, and so many others.
Monk & Robot Series - Becky Chambers
The Wild Robot Series - Peter Brown
Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells
Hyperion Cantos - Dan Simmons
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
The Dispatcher Series - John Scalzi
Rampart Trilogy - M. R. Carey
When You Trap a Tiger - Tae Keller
Stories
There were a few science fiction stories that I read as kid that blew my mind and made me want to write.