I love sci fi – especially dark matter by Blake crouch and Kindred by Octavia Butler but hate anything involving space or wars in space or aliens. My only exceptions are project Hail Mary and The Martian.
Yes, I realize much of the book is set on a different planet. With LeGuin that means something very, very different than “space sci-fi”
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Just about anything by Michael Crichton
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A Niche by Peter Watts
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Blood Music by Greg Bear
Electric Forest by Tanith Lee
Roadside Picnic by the Strugatsky brothers
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Wool by Hugh Howey
The Terra Ignota series by Ada Palmer
The Immortal Earth series by Steven Lindsay
Wool is people living in bunkers and have been for quite some time. I think it’s on Mars, not sure.
Terra Ignota is Earth in the future, quite fantastical in its concept. Quite a cerebral read. Humanity is broken up into 7 groups (I think) who all live across the globe as countries no longer exist. Can be a slow read.
The Immoetal Earth is a post-apocalyptic Earth where everyone is immortal, and humanity is trying to claw its way back in a ruined world. Can be quite dark.
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The Power by Naomi Alderman
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*Constance* by Matthew Fitzsimmons — in which a woman who had a backup clone ‘just in case’ wakes up in said clone after her original was murdered — and her last few memory saves were never uploaded.
*Hollow Kingdom* by Kira Jane Buxton — An apocalypse event that mutates every human on earth — told from the perspective of a pet crow named Shit Turd. Edge case here, on weather you consider zombie-ish apocalypses scifi.
*This Is How You Lose The Time War* by Amal El – Mohtar and Max Gladstone — Somewhat self explanatory, but the plot is about two agents on opposite sides of the war falling in love. Told through their letters!
*The Psychology of Time Travel* by Kate Mascarenhas — multiple timelines. A young woman whose grandmother helped pioneer the invention of time travel receives a newspaper backward through time about a murder — possibly her grandmothers.
*The Girl With All The Gifts* by M.R. Carey — one of my all time favorites. But explaining anything about it can be a spoiler. If you like ‘The Last of Us’, you’re gonna like this.
*Sleeping Giants* by Sylvain Neuvel — in which a young girl falls into a pit — and when rescues come to find her, they discover a massive metal hand is what she landed on. (Akin in some ways to ‘the iron giant’)
I cast a wide net, but hopefully at least one of these hits the spot for you!
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LeGuin. For you I’d start with The Telling.
Yes, I realize much of the book is set on a different planet. With LeGuin that means something very, very different than “space sci-fi”
Just about anything by Michael Crichton
A Niche by Peter Watts
Blood Music by Greg Bear
Electric Forest by Tanith Lee
Roadside Picnic by the Strugatsky brothers
Wool by Hugh Howey
The Terra Ignota series by Ada Palmer
The Immortal Earth series by Steven Lindsay
Wool is people living in bunkers and have been for quite some time. I think it’s on Mars, not sure.
Terra Ignota is Earth in the future, quite fantastical in its concept. Quite a cerebral read. Humanity is broken up into 7 groups (I think) who all live across the globe as countries no longer exist. Can be a slow read.
The Immoetal Earth is a post-apocalyptic Earth where everyone is immortal, and humanity is trying to claw its way back in a ruined world. Can be quite dark.
The Power by Naomi Alderman
*Constance* by Matthew Fitzsimmons — in which a woman who had a backup clone ‘just in case’ wakes up in said clone after her original was murdered — and her last few memory saves were never uploaded.
*Hollow Kingdom* by Kira Jane Buxton — An apocalypse event that mutates every human on earth — told from the perspective of a pet crow named Shit Turd. Edge case here, on weather you consider zombie-ish apocalypses scifi.
*This Is How You Lose The Time War* by Amal El – Mohtar and Max Gladstone — Somewhat self explanatory, but the plot is about two agents on opposite sides of the war falling in love. Told through their letters!
*The Psychology of Time Travel* by Kate Mascarenhas — multiple timelines. A young woman whose grandmother helped pioneer the invention of time travel receives a newspaper backward through time about a murder — possibly her grandmothers.
*The Girl With All The Gifts* by M.R. Carey — one of my all time favorites. But explaining anything about it can be a spoiler. If you like ‘The Last of Us’, you’re gonna like this.
*Sleeping Giants* by Sylvain Neuvel — in which a young girl falls into a pit — and when rescues come to find her, they discover a massive metal hand is what she landed on. (Akin in some ways to ‘the iron giant’)
I cast a wide net, but hopefully at least one of these hits the spot for you!