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The Machine Stops by E.M. Forster: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4711854-the-machine-stop... 35 page short story and eerily reminiscent of today's world. It was written in 1909 .
I keep on meaning to get around to a E. M. Forster Short Fiction compilation for Standard Ebooks. Maybe this will tip me over the edge.
The Bobiverse Series by Dennis Taylor. These books aren't anything that will change your life, but they're well written and a lot of fun.
The problem with Project Hail Mary is that the audio book is good but the book is not. First read the book and then listen to the audio book and you know what I mean.
These are all painfully mid reads. (The alien in Hail Mary is about as alien as a rival fraternity brother.) If you want real alien aliens, read Blindsight (Peter Watts).
Thanks! I really like it when authors shock my neurons with ideas they never even came close to entertain. Alien aliens are always rare in sci-fi books. Although I really struggled with the octopodes in Children of Ruin, so I'm not sure if I'm ready yet. Can someone please suggest books with novel, really alien forms of life, social structures, etc.?
Glory Season, David Brin. Ok, this is one of the best. A heartrending saga of epic scale.
Carve the Sky, Alexander Jablokov. Scifi feudalism.
All of an Instant, Richard Garfinkle.
Vita Nostra, Marina & Sergey Dyachenko. Though very different, it somehow reminds me of Roadside Picnic.
Spin, Robert Charles Wilson.
Schismatrix, Bruce Sterling.
Interstellar Pig, William Sleator.
The Carpet Makers, Andreas Eschbach
The Threshold series (Peter Clines) doesn't really belong in this list, but it is excellent and from what I gather, commonly overlooked by fans of Lovecraft.
I'd also throw in The Sparrow, Mary Doria Russel, if it wasn't so well known already.
In a different vein, if you seek good-old action-packed, kick-ass never-ending fun, pick anything by Larry Correia. Even if it appears fantasy, it might turn out to be scifi...
More recent read, you may have heard of it since it won an award - In Ascension by Martin MacInnes
For example, if I hated The Three Body Problem and you loved it, then I'm probably going to hate the other books you love.
I want to do book recommendations from the other direction. I need to know which books to avoid based on the books people like. For example, if I hated The Three Body Problem and you loved it, then I'm probably going to hate the other books you love.
Not saying the books are bad but preferences differ indeed.