Well those books are very different, but I’ll suggest the Foundation series
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More speculative aliens vs hard science/technology sci fi, but just as much humanity and just as much “holy/what the fuck” but with a very different flavor: Lilith’s Brood and its series by Octavia Butler
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Here are some you might like:
* Contact by Carl Sagan
* The Killing Star by George Pellegrino and Charles Zebrowski
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Well those books are very different, but I’ll suggest the Foundation series
More speculative aliens vs hard science/technology sci fi, but just as much humanity and just as much “holy/what the fuck” but with a very different flavor: Lilith’s Brood and its series by Octavia Butler
Here are some you might like:
* Contact by Carl Sagan
* The Killing Star by George Pellegrino and Charles Zebrowski
* The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell
* Seveneves by Neal Stephenson
* To Be Taught If Fortunate by Becky Chambers
* Dragon’s Egg by Robert L. Forward
* A Half-Built Garden by Ruthanna Emrys
* The Uplift saga by David Brin
* The Hainish Cycle by Ursula K. Le Guin