Sci-fi books that you may never have heard of, but definitely should read

Re:Sci-fi books that you may never have heard of, but defini... by insane_dreamer on Tuesday October 29, 2024 @10:19AM (#41984088)

An old but excellent book (written in the 1920s in Soviet Russia) is We by Yevgeny Zamyatin

I also like Solaris though I suppose everyone has heard of that one.

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Re:Sci-fi books that you may never have heard of, but defini... by robterrell on Tuesday October 29, 2024 @10:24AM (#41984151)

Re-reading Stanislaw Lem (i.e. The Cyberiad) in the era of LLMs has been a joy for me.

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Re:Sci-fi books that you may never have heard of, but defini... by cydmax on Thursday October 31, 2024 @01:38AM (#42003803)

I‘ll chime in and recommend The Futurological Congress by Stanislaw Lem. Not really hard sci fi, but very entertaining and fun to read!

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Re:Sci-fi books that you may never have heard of, but defini... by cmpalmer52 on Tuesday October 29, 2024 @06:17PM (#41989997)

I read Solaris years ago and was unimpressed. The philosophy and science’ish elements were poorly described and it felt like a lit-fic attempt at trippy SF by someone ignorant of the genre.

Then, a year or two ago, I read about how bad the early translations were, so I picked up a new English translation. Wow, what a difference. Now it’s one of my favorites.

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Re:Sci-fi books that you may never have heard of, but defini... by Keysh on Wednesday October 30, 2024 @08:35AM (#41994161)

Do you recall the name of the good translator?

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