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    Hi All,

    I'm looking for recommendations for a sci-fi book that is preferably futuristic but doesn't necessarily need to be.

    What I like:

    • Centred on humanity, not an alien race, but can include an alien race.
    • Earth as a major setting.
    • Near or far future.
    • Hi-tech
    • Has some unique concept (This is really important for me)
    • Can be apocalyptic, post apocalyptic, dystopia etc. But doesn't need to be. But I don't like where humanity has descended into a low tech civilisation, like tribes etc.

    What I don't like:

    • Future humanity that is too far removed from humanity as we know it. I.e. Unrelatable.
    • Characters named with awkward "futuristic sounding names" like Xantar or K'Artma. For some reason this kills my interest instantly.
    • Centred around an alien race.
    • Entirely set on a random planet, space station or spaceship – no problem with parts of it set here but needs to be connected to earth completely or mostly.

    Books I've enjoyed recently:

    • Three Body Problem trilogy
    • Anything by Isaac Asimov
    • 1984
    • Flowers for Algernon
    • Brave New World

    Thanks!

    by nealbo

    4 Comments

    1. check out Devolution: tech utopia meets bigfoot…near future, relatable, but also eat the rich type vibes 🙂

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