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Greg Egan has some great sci-fi books. Some of the concepts are a little beyond me as he dips into advanced mathematics and physics, but he does a pretty good j
by ValleyOfTheMtns 8y ago
Greg Egan has some great sci-fi books. Some of the concepts are a little beyond me as he dips into advanced mathematics and physics, but he does a pretty good job of keeping it accessible.
Permutation City, Diaspora, and his various collections of short stories (e.g. Axiomatic, Luminous) are worth reading.
He takes ideas, like what's linked in the OP, and builds worlds and stories around them in terms of their implications and impacts on society and individuals.
- stuxnet79 8y agoI would recommend starting with the short stories (e.g. Axiomatic) as Egans style is a perfect fit for that format (take an idea, try to craft an interesting story around it). The formula fails for some of the novels as they can be difficult to read if you are only superficially familiar with the technical details.
- ValleyOfTheMtns 8y agoAgreed. His work shines in short story format. The full length novels I mentioned (Permutation City and Diaspora) are the ones that I think hold up the best to the longer format.
- codeulike 8y agoCheck out his Orthogonal trilogy https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8895331 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8895331 He posits a different structure for spacetime and then builds a whole universe around it. Some of it is indeed heavy going but a lot of it is also really inspired storytelling.
- pavel_lishin 8y agoDitto for Dichronauts.