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19070140 No.19070140 [Reply] [Original]

I don't care much about the characters as long as they don't behave in an illogical way. I want to see some interesting technology, that isn't simply explained away with quantum™.

>> No.19070161

>>19070140
Dragon’s Egg is out there but pretty good

>> No.19072227

>>19070140
>>19072032
>>19072032

>> No.19072276

>>19070140
Blindsight by Peter Watts

>> No.19072860

>>19070140
Culture novels.

>> No.19072948

>>19070140
Three body problem

>> No.19072961

>>19072948
I enjoyed it but let's not pretend the science there makes any sense.
I would recommend Greg Egan's Diaspora and Schild's Ladder.

>> No.19072989

Orion's Arm.

>> No.19073502

>>19072961
I mean I'm a physics graduate and it made pretty good sense to me. Which bit didn't you like?

>> No.19074258

>>19072276
I second this.

>> No.19074298
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>>19070140
Hard Scifi is for subhumans. New Wave Soft Scifi is what men read

>> No.19074538

>>19070140
The Culture cycle.

>> No.19074885

>>19074538
culture is the complete opposite of hard sci fi, however it is better than all of hard sci fi

>> No.19074944

>>19070140
The quantum thief

>> No.19076377

Diaspora by Greg Egan