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Ask HN: Sci-Fi Book Recommendations
Some of the best sci-fi books I've read have not come from good reads or other sites dedicated to book reviews. Instead most have come from HN comments that I've stumbled over. In quest to find even more I'm asking this question.
- ianpurton 4y agoFor anyone learning German and into Sci-Fi, which I admit is probably quite niche, I can recommend Klaus Siebel. He writes in a simple style mainly understandable by a language learner. The stories are pretty good too.
- throwaway019254 4y agoA few I really enjoyed in the last few months: - The Murderbot Diaries (Martha Wells) - Dune (Frank Herbert) - The Shadow of the Torturer (Gene Wolfe) - Old Man's War series (John Scalzi) - Bobiverse Series (Dennis E. Taylor)
- thedevindevops 4y agoIf you pick up any book by Greg Bear, there's a good chance it's won an award, just make sure it isn't a sequel of a previous work of his. Check out: Darwin's Radio, The Forge of God, Queen of Angels, Eon, The Man Who Would Be Kzin, Blood Music, City at the End of Time
- wnkrshm 4y agoDan Simmons: Hyperion, Fall of Hyperion Read them (if you haven't already) before any HBO serialization or movie can forever ruin them for you. Peter Watts: Blindsight, Echopraxia Strong concept and incredibly fleshed-out world building, reminds me of Lem. Stanislav Lem: Fiasco An inverted first-contact scenario.
- shoo 4y agoAnother recommendation for Peter Watts. Watts' Backlist is also available to read from his website, including 4 novels (his Starfish + Maelstrom + Behemoth trilogy) and Blindsight, as well as many short stories: https://rifters.com/real/shorts.htm https://rifters.com/real/shorts.htm If you read only one of Watts' books, read Blindsight.
- codingclaws 4y agoLook to Windward
- gladiatr72 4y agoI discovered Neal Asher in a bookstore years ago by way of fascination with a book cover (The Brass Man). I have read nearly everything he has published since and have experienced few disappointments. I'd recommend starting with Gridlinked (vol. 1 of the Agent Cormac series)
- brudgers 4y agoAbout fifteen years ago, I started reading through the Hugo Award Novels https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_Award_for_Best_Novel#Winners_and_nominees https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_Award_for_Best_Novel#Winn... Limited by what my local library had on the shelves...this was before it started getting rid of all the books in the name of library science (but I digress). In the end, with all the side detours I read a few hundred sci-fi books in a few years from that idea, came across books I wouldn't have otherwise, and got my fill of Sci-Fi after three decades away. tldr; worked on my machine. Good luck.
- p1esk 4y agoAny “hard” science fiction on that list? Something like Permutation City.
- dev_0 4y agoThree Body 三体
- giaour 4y agoArkady Martine's Teixcalaan series was great, and I recommend anything by Lois McMaster Bujold.