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I would definitely suggest giving Gregg Egan a shot (start with diaspora maybe?) and Hannu Rajaniemi’s Quantum Thief. Neither are dark but I loved the ideas the
by geoah 8y ago
I would definitely suggest giving Gregg Egan a shot (start with diaspora maybe?) and Hannu Rajaniemi’s Quantum Thief.
Neither are dark but I loved the ideas they mess around with. Same goes for Cicin’s third body problem for how far he takes his ideas.
- codeulike 8y agoYeah would second that. Diaspora and Quantum Thief are both amazing in very different ways.
- mrec 8y agoEgan IMHO works better in short stories than novels; he's at his best when everything serves to illustrate a single idea. Unstable Orbits in the Space of Lies is still one of my all-time faves. Haven't tried 3BP. Haven't even heard of Quantum Thief, but that sounds fun; I might look it out. One classic I keep meaning to reread is Olaf Stapledon's Star Maker. Never surpassed in scope, and you've got to hand it to someone who predicted teledildonics in 1937.