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wnkrshm on March 7, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Ask HN: Sci-Fi Book Recommendations

Dan Simmons: Hyperion, Fall of Hyperion

  Read them (if you haven't already) before any HBO serialization or movie can forever ruin them for you.

Peter Watts: Blindsight, Echopraxia

  Strong concept and incredibly fleshed-out world building, reminds me of Lem.

Stanislav Lem: Fiasco

  An inverted first-contact scenario.

shoo on March 7, 2023 [–]

Another recommendation for Peter Watts. Watts' Backlist is also available to read from his website, including 4 novels (his Starfish + Maelstrom + Behemoth trilogy) and Blindsight, as well as many short stories: https://rifters.com/real/shorts.htm

If you read only one of Watts' books, read Blindsight.

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