I’ve recently finished the Three Body Problem series, and while the sci-fi elements were cool, I mostly enjoyed the philosophical and existential ideas of the series.
I’m looking for other books that make you reorient your thinking a bit. Similar to what a lot of the Black Mirror episodes make you feel and think, if that makes sense?
Another recent read that scratched this itch was The Mountain In The Sea by Ray Nayler!
Thanks for any and all suggestions!
by Soaked_in_Milk
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dune
malazan
hyperion
Siddartha and Narziss und Goldmund by Herman Hesse
Hyperion and The man who was called Thursday
Ishmael by Daniel Quinn
Blindsight by Peter Watts
Idk if this will scratch your itch but some philosophers did actually write fiction to get their ideas across. Some that spring to mind are
Thus Spoke Zarathustra by Nietzsche
Nausea by Sartre
The Stranger by Camus (sometimes called The Outsider)
The Ted Chiang short story collections have a ton of interesting philosophical premises woven throughout