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Any starter kits like pic related that are of the sci-fi or fantasy genre? I need more hobbies in my life besides fapping, video games, and browsing the web.

Yes

The Fault in Our Stars
Hitchhikers Ride to the Galaxy
Alex Rider Ark Angel

Thanks. I did try reading Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy once but didn't get far. Forgot about it. I'll try picking it up again.

Any more recommendations?

How about reading actual literary fiction instead of genre trash?

What? It has to fall into some kind of genre. There are special snowflake books that don't fit any kind of known categories or labels?

Anyway, since I like video games I know I prefer those genres.

Geez user this is just mean, he doesn't know any better.

OP check out Harlan Ellison (A Boy and His Dog inspired Fallout and of course there's I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream), Philip K Dick, Stanislaw Lem, and Alfred Bester.

Hitchikers isn't good?

Also, yeah I played the game and read the book on I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream. It was good.

Not sure about those other authors. Guess I'll try to find their books.

Not really what you're asking for, but here's another kit.

Literature works differently. The commercial books are sold under genres and have varying levels of competency and they're typically gimmicky and follow the same tired formulas. Real literature is experimental and doesn't conform to, say, being a mystery story because then you're confined to using only a handful of gimmicks. The speculative aspects of the more talented science fiction writers occasionally make them worthy but at the same time their writing on a technical level is generally more sloppy even if they have interesting ideas.
user's fucking with you but hitchhikers is probably fun as a casual read even if it is for the reddit crowd.