Hyperion is well written. I consider it one of the best sci-fi books ever.
YakSlothLemon on
I think it might be what you’re reading— there’s some very well-written sci-fi out there.
Becky Chambers’ books and the Expanse series are well-written in the sense that they don’t get in their own way.
Martha Wells’ Murderbot series is fabulous first-person noir. Kali Wallace’s Dead Space is a great first-person locked-room mystery on a space station.
A really outstanding writing, recently I was impressed by Neil Sharpson’s When the Sparrow Falls (dystopian espionage), Andrew Stewart’s We Shall Sing a Song Into the Deep (uncategorizable but genius), and Premee Mohammed’s The Annual Migration of Clouds.
Glittering_Animal395 on
All of Paulo Bacigalupi & all of Neal Stephenson
mom_with_an_attitude on
The Handmaid’s Tale
Anything by Ray Bradbury
far-isopod_ on
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula Le Guin
BeatlesBloke on
Anything by JG Ballard (if you are into the more surreal end of SF). I read an SF anthology recently, and his story stood out strongly against the others for the quality of the prose.
_colcha on
J. G. Ballard – The Drowned World
rustybeancake on
Not sure if by “good prose” you mean just well written, mature fiction as opposed to, say, pulpy space opera… but if so:
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Hyperion is well written. I consider it one of the best sci-fi books ever.
I think it might be what you’re reading— there’s some very well-written sci-fi out there.
Becky Chambers’ books and the Expanse series are well-written in the sense that they don’t get in their own way.
Martha Wells’ Murderbot series is fabulous first-person noir. Kali Wallace’s Dead Space is a great first-person locked-room mystery on a space station.
A really outstanding writing, recently I was impressed by Neil Sharpson’s When the Sparrow Falls (dystopian espionage), Andrew Stewart’s We Shall Sing a Song Into the Deep (uncategorizable but genius), and Premee Mohammed’s The Annual Migration of Clouds.
All of Paulo Bacigalupi & all of Neal Stephenson
The Handmaid’s Tale
Anything by Ray Bradbury
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula Le Guin
Anything by JG Ballard (if you are into the more surreal end of SF). I read an SF anthology recently, and his story stood out strongly against the others for the quality of the prose.
J. G. Ballard – The Drowned World
Not sure if by “good prose” you mean just well written, mature fiction as opposed to, say, pulpy space opera… but if so:
– Sea of Tranquility by Emily St John Mandel
– Good Morning, Midnight by Lily Brooks-Dalton
– The Chrysalids by John Wyndham
– Use of Weapons by Iain M Banks