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upvoteby mindcrime25 minutes ago|
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Glasshouse[1] by Charles Stross

Permutation City[2] by Greg Egan

We Are Legion (We Are Bob)[3] by Dennis E. Taylor

Halting State[4] by Charles Stross

Singularity Sky[5] by Charles Stross

Dungeon Crawler Carl[6] by Matt Dinniman

Zero World[7] by Jason M. Hough

The Shockwave Rider[8] by John Brunner

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glasshouse_(novel)

[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permutation_City

[3]: https://www.amazon.com/We-Are-Legion-Bob-Bobiverse/dp/166822...

[4]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halting_State

[5]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singularity_Sky

[6]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungeon_Crawler_Carl

[7]: https://www.jasonhough.com/book/zero-world

[8]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shockwave_Rider

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upvoteby bluewin1 hours ago|
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Annihilation By Jeff VanderMeer

Diaspora by Greg Egan

Anathem by Neal Stephenson (this one is a bit like doing homework but worth it imo)

If you vibe with short stories Exhalation by Ted Chiang Crystal Nights by Greg Egan isn't bad either

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upvoteby mindcrime17 minutes ago|
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> Diaspora by Greg Egan

Basically anything by Egan is gold, IMO.

> Annihilation By Jeff VanderMeer

I wanted to like this, as the premise was fascinating and the word-smithing was pretty good. But something about it left me feeling a little disappointed at the end. More so the end of the entire trilogy, than Annihilation by itself though, IIRC.

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upvoteby renjimen1 hours ago|
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I love all these. I'd add Blightsight by Peter Watts to the list. It has the creepy, psychological bent of Annihilation combined with the hard science elements common to qntm's, Neal Stephenson's and Greg Egan's books.
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upvoteby evnp1 hours ago|
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Great list, thanks. Seconding Exhalation, that story in particular but also the whole collection. Guess I'm checking out Egan next.
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upvoteby bluewin54 minutes ago|
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His book is great, but to be clear I feel like he writes exactly one book. I've read it in many forms and it's an amazing book. But don't be surprised when you realize that every book is just him trying to find a new way to look at the same object over and over again.

Very enjoyable but his short stories are great because they force him to focus on one idea instead of how his whole world view fits together.

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upvoteby danielheath24 minutes ago|
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“Valuable humans in transit”, maybe?

The “Ancillary” series, for sure.

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upvoteby yaky2 hours ago|
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Blindsight by Peter Watts explores interesting ideas about conscience and intelligence, but these ideas are wrapped in a mediocre action movie plot that becomes nonsensical by the end.
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upvoteby SamoyedFurFluff2 hours ago|
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I really like Ray Nayler’s work, who intersects his real experience in international politics with science fiction technology. His Tusks of Extinction uses the sci-fi notion of brain transfer and bringing back mammoths to explore the economical pressures behind poaching. His “Where the axe is buried” explores surveillance state technology with political bodies that feel like real modern nations.
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