I really need something heavy.
Foundation series, Bobiverse, Martian, Children of Time, Dune, The Expanse, Artemis, Project Hail Mary, Leviathan Wakes, Wayward Galaxy…………
This ain't gonna do. Hit me hard. Blow my mind. Make me question everything. Make me angry, sad, hopeful, motivated, annoyed, make me cry, make me wanting more, make me FEEL!
Thanks 🙂
by makaveri
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Hitchhiker’s Guide / Remembrance of Earth’s Past trilogy
Ender’s Game
“Dark Matter” absolutely loved it
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
Firstly, I highly recommend the Hyperion Cantos by Dan Simmons. It’s rightly considered to be one of the finest pieces of science fiction ever written. The book follows the stories of seven pilgrims making the last pilgrimage to the time tombs on the planet Hyperion and their encounters with the malevolent creature called the Shrike.
A Deepness in the Sky by Vernor Vinge. This is probably my all time favorite novel, it’s one of the few novels that married a compelling plot with compelling hard science fiction concepts. It follows a group of interstellar traders who launch an expedition to a planet that they discovered intelligent non-human life on. They arrive at the same time as a another group of humans who have wildly different beliefs from their own and are maybe more alien than the actual aliens. A Deepness in the Sky is a prequel to the next book I’m recommending, but you don’t have to read the other to fully appreciate this book fully as it’s completely separate.
A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge. A Fire Upon the Deep is much softer science fiction than Deepness, but don’t let that detract from the fact that it’s one of the most thought provoking novels ever written. As the galactic community is thrown into disarray by an existential threat known as the Blight, a small group of travellers race to the edge of space to find a weapon to stop it. This book has some truly wild ideas including sentient bonsai trees and dog rat beings that only exist in packs. I did not like it as much as Deepness, but I still think it’s worth reading.
Finally, Blindsight by Peter Watts. Blindsight is definitely the darkest novel on this list and what I found to be the least fun to read, but it’s one of those novels in which I still find myself thinking about the ideas presented. It deals with a group of augmented humans (and a vampire because why not) who are tasked with studying an object in the Oort Cloud. Blindsight is one of the few novels where the aliens feel truly alien.
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