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I've ready maybe a third of the books on the list and enjoyed most of them, but few felt particularly great, and some left me feeling pretty meh. Nick Harkaway
by tikhonj 5y ago
I've ready maybe a third of the books on the list and enjoyed most of them, but few felt particularly great, and some left me feeling pretty meh.
Nick Harkaway's Gnomon is by far the best science fiction book I've read in years, one of the best books full stop—yet it doesn't seem to make lists like this. In some ways that's a shame, but seen another way it's a good sign: this list doesn't fully characterize modern science fiction, which would not have been a great signal for the genre as a whole...
- georgeecollins 5y agoMy favorites on this list are: - Station 11, just a great novel even if you don't care about SciFi - Ancillary Justice series. Also really good novels but more for SciFi fans. - Leviathan Wakes: The inspiration for the best SciFi TV series of the decade. - Murderbot!!!! Everybody loves Murderbot Diaries I was sad to not see Seveneves. I think that novel is 2/3 amazing and you can just skip the last 1/3 and miss nothing.
- stevenhuang 5y agoThanks for the Gnomon recommendation. There was a free preview of it that came up from Google search. I just read it blind and I'm really enjoying it so far.
- MattPalmer1086 5y agoSeconded for Gnomon!