Fall; or, Dodge in Hell by Neal Stephenson Check out Stanislav Lem and anything from these lists: https://www.hilobrow.com/golden-age-sci-fi/ https://www.hilo

Fall; or, Dodge in Hell by Neal Stephenson Check out Stanislav Lem and anything from these lists: https://www.hilobrow.com/golden-age-sci-fi/ https://www.hilobrow.com/golden-age-sci-fi/ And it's not your English that needs a bit of flair, you do. I'm saying this with love and a feeling of kinship. Neal Stephenson made it click by simply spelling out a lot of techy details. He's easy enough, though. Just look for the narrative equivalents of the self-help-, psychology-, fiction facts and figures in the stories you will read. Have fun.