I just finished A Memory Called Empire and A Desolation Called Peace, looking for suggestions. I have read most of the classic authors Heinlein, Asimov, Clark, Bova, Le Guin, Herbert, etc. And newer work like Scalzi, Weir. Also like Gibson and Stevenson.
Would love some suggestions. Thanks in advance.
by phil_in_a_can
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Have you read any Simak? Way Station, City, Ring Around the Sun are all from the 50s/early 60s. Really neat stories from a great imagination.
Have you read Cory Doctorow? DOWN AND OUT IN THE MAGIC KINGDOM is great.
Uplift Saga by David Brin
Gaia Trilogy or 8 Planets books by John Varley
Daemon and Delta V duologies by Daniel Suarez
Ancillary Justice, by Ann Leckie
Robert silverberg is one of my favorites. Start with downward to the earth
Samuel R Delany and Gene Wolfe are the way to go
The Expanse
Revelation Space
The Culture books
Children of Time
Deepness in the Sky
Gideon the Ninth
Lord of Light
Empire of Memory
Three Body Problem
Too Like Lightning
Surprised no one has mentioned The Expanse yet.
Space opera about the human race colonizing the solar system and the resulting political factions of Earth, Mars, and the asteroid belt, plus a creepy alien protomolecule. Great stuff.
Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Bobiverse was a delightful series. Still ongoing.
Space opera? Lee & Millers Liaden Universe.
h{{Agent of Change by Lee & Miller}}.
Angsty Security Bot? Murderbot.
h{{All systems red by Wells}}.
Angsty uploaded Von Newman probe ? Bobiverse.
h{{We are legion we are bob}}.
Nathan Lowell has his solar clipper series. Multiple volumes and spinoffs and sequels Very fun cozy sci-fi coming of age story. A lot happens but nothing overblown.
Children of Time is ELITE
Ever read any Egan? Axiomatic is a short story compilation that is still mind bending, despite its release in 1995.
Currently finishing up Hyperion and it’s amazing! While it is sci fi it doesn’t go the way you may think, it tells much more human stories in the same way “Love, Death, and Robots” did.
If you like military sci-fi i whole heartedly recommend Expeditionary Forces and Undying Mercenaries.