I’m looking for fresh recommendations. What sci-fi books have you started or finished recently?
Ask HN: What sci fi books are you reading now?
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#2I am currently halfway through "Blindsight" by Peter Watts. It's a tough read but easily the most thought provoking take on consciousness and first contact i have encountered in years.
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#3I am currently halfway through "Blindsight" by Peter Watts. It's a tough read but easily the most thought provoking take on consciousness and first contact i have encountered in years.
Thanks for the suggestion!
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#4Somewhat lesser-known sci-fi novels I read in the past:
The Unincorporated Man (and three sequels)
Cross between science fiction and fantasy: Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality ("HPMOR") - the premise is that Harry Potter is raised by a good aunt and uncle, and is taught the Scientific Method and so he uses that when encountering magic.
Old Man's War (and sequels) by John Scalzi
Redshirts by John Scalzi
Science-reality: Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!
Ra by qntm
There is no Antiemetics Division by qntm
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#5In the post I didn’t mention what I’m reading: Robot by Adam Wiśniewski-Snerg
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#7I am currently halfway through "Blindsight" by Peter Watts. It's a tough read but easily the most thought provoking take on consciousness and first contact i have encountered in years.
It didn't grab me at first but your comment makes me think I should give it another go, thanks. I remember that initially I had a world of trouble with Conrad's Heart of Darkness but I hit it again and was amply rewarded, so Ill give Blindsight another try, thanks.
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#8I can recommend A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine. Heartily recommend in fact.
And if you're like me, always looking for a series to fill the time, I can recomend the Solar Clipper series by Nathan Lowell. It's nothing dramatic, just human interactions, which I found refreshing.
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#9The latest dungeon crawler Carl book comes out on Tuesday. That’s a fun series.
I’m also reading the new James SA Corey series (the expanse). The first one is called “the mercy of gods”.
I also received the recommendation of “what moves the dead” but I haven’t read it yet.
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#10"we can remember it for you wholesale" PKD