My only requirement is that the author incorporates more than just sight when writing descriptions. He’s not a speculative fiction author, but James Hynes does this extremely well. Sounds, textures, smells, and taste create such an immersive experience.
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Ancillary Justice and the books in the Imperial Radch universe by Anne Leckie – sci fi that deals with culture and questions of humanity and has aliens that feel truly alien
Books of the Raskura by Martha Wells – vivid fantasy in a world full of different species, none of which are human
Six Wakes by Mur Lafferty – sci fi murder mystery in space dealing with using clones to try for immortality
The Southern Reach trilogy by Jeff VanderMeer – what the movie “Annihilation” is based off of, we’re getting weird here
Up Against It by Laura J. Mixon – A future society spread across space with complex relationships with body modding and AI
To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers – an interesting and very dark yet hopeful view of the future of human space travel