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For the past, idk, one or two decades I have only read books very sparingly and if I did, it was fantasy. Right now I am devouring The Expanse books and having a great time. I watched the tv series first (awesome) but was somewhat bummed by the ending.
Love those books. Extremely easy to read and reread and set the standard for modern hard sci fi.
Yes! Got any recommendations for when I am finished with them?
I quite enjoyed Adrian Tchaikovsky's Children of Time series, which is also (relatively) hard-ish sci-fi and has a creative and interesting exploration of non-human intelligences. I enjoyed the first two books but was meh on the third. Certainly would still recommend them but they don't scratch quite the same itch the Expanse does.
Another series I devoured and then re-read a year later was the Murderbot Diaries. It's dystopian but also kind of hopeful, it's a story about realizing one's personhood and self determination and making a life for yourself, with a very dry sense of humor. It's a great audio book read, (the Kevin Free version) and was recently turned into a series on Apple TV.
Thats the second time I have heard about Murderbot, so that is going on the list haha Thank you!
Blindsight by Peter Watts is also on that list. Don't know anything about it, other than it being hard sci-fi tho.
A few scifi books i enjoyed: Quantum magician series Pushing ice Project hail Mary Revelation space series
I read primary scientific literature for work. If I am reading for leisure, fantasy is the absolute best. I can’t waste my time reading nonfiction.