Re:Ask HN: What are the best Sci-Fi books you've ever read?
by darthlucio on Sunday July 15, 2018 @03:25PM
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The Ted Chiang anthology is sooo good. Every story's premise was so unique - it blows my mind that one person can come up with so many out there ideas.
I know OP wasn't looking for dystopias, but if you like Parable of the Sower, I recently read two excellent new scifi/dystopia books: Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel, and American War by Omar El Akkad. American War was really cool - it's by a journalist who covered military trials at Guantanamo Bay and the Arab Spring, who transposes the stories/atrocities he witnessed as a reporter onto the future US.
Re:Ask HN: What are the best Sci-Fi books you've ever read?
by Davertron on Friday July 20, 2018 @08:30AM
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Cryptonomicon is one of my favorite books of all time (I'm probably due for a re-read at this point).
I would also recommend "Seveneves", one of Neal Stephenson's most recent books. "Anathem" was also very enjoyable.
Re:Ask HN: What are the best Sci-Fi books you've ever read?
by orev on Sunday July 15, 2018 @03:24PM
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The Story of Your Life was really remarkable. A collection of short stories, only one of which Arrival was based on. The others are equally intriguing and unique.
Re:Ask HN: What are the best Sci-Fi books you've ever read?
by mud_dauber on Sunday July 15, 2018 @07:13PM
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I literally finished The Story of Your Life this afternoon. Highly, highly recommended.
- The Story of Your Life by Ted Chiang (superb short story that Arrival was based on) - The Three Body-Problem (Cixin Liu) - Dune (Frank Herbert) - The Parable of the Sower (Octavia Butler) - Lucifer's Hammer (Larry Niven) - The Kundalini Equation (Steven Barnes)