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Anonymous 09/20/14 (Sat) 02:07:23 No.28

Hard science fiction thread

pic related is the only good thing in this genre to come out in the last 10 years

Anonymous 09/20/14 (Sat) 02:16:06 No.29

Will have to look into that one OP. Haven't read any good SF books recently.

Anonymous 09/20/14 (Sat) 02:44:03 No.30

>>28
this is really good stuff

Anonymous 09/27/14 (Sat) 21:37:54 No.53

>>28
Peter Watts' books are very good too. The writing style is a bit hard to get into, but it's totally worth it. He explores interesting ideas, has likable characters and a lot of A-grade technobabble about cool technologies. Also, he's a genius at depicting alien minds. It's like Mass Effect, except the polar opposite.

Anonymous 09/27/14 (Sat) 22:29:57 No.54

>>53
Blindsight was pretty terrible, all the zombie/vampire/split identity shit turned me off about 60 pages in. Not exactly what I expected.

Anonymous 09/28/14 (Sun) 05:47:21 No.58

>>53
ayy lmao(USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST)

Anonymous ## Board Volunteer 09/28/14 (Sun) 05:50:25 No.63

>>58
Now this is the kind of high quality posting we would like to see on this board

ayy lmao

Anonymous 09/28/14 (Sun) 13:22:33 No.69

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>>63
You don't seem to like overdone shitmemes.

Anonymous 09/16/15 (Wed) 15:26:54 No.273

>>28

What's it about? Might add it too my pile.

Anonymous 09/17/15 (Thu) 05:42:31 No.285

>>273

Look here:

>>194

Anonymous 09/22/15 (Tue) 23:34:32 No.435

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I picked up this recently and blew through the whole trilogy, I couldn't stop. I recommend.

Anonymous 09/25/15 (Fri) 09:21:07 No.436

REVELATION SPACE SERIES

Anonymous 09/25/15 (Fri) 19:40:37 No.439

>>435

>>436

What are these about?

Anonymous 09/26/15 (Sat) 23:23:08 No.462

>>28

What about the Martian? It's quite hard SciFi, only very few, if admittedly major, errors are present.

Anonymous 10/03/15 (Sat) 23:17:52 No.519

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>>439

>>435

The departure:themes of an overpopulated earth, a bit 1984ish, our relationship with ever advancing technology, and where it might put us, I found it a believable dystopia.

Action packed like the Bourne Identity.

Anonymous 10/06/15 (Tue) 04:18:17 No.522

>>462

Somehow, I'm not all that interested in it. Doesn't sound like it explores any heavy themes.

>>519

Doesn't sound too bad, might give it a try. Thanks, mane.

Anonymous 10/25/15 (Sun) 12:05:58 No.666

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Almost anything by Greg Egan.

Anonymous 10/25/15 (Sun) 13:56:58 No.673

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>>666

The child of Satan has spoken!

Anonymous 11/04/15 (Wed) 16:20:34 No.743

>>519

Hate to say it but that's a huge turn-off for me right there.

Dune was my ideal sci-fi series because it was really about politics and heroes, and was set in a futuristic universe.

I'm not about that action-packed stuff unless it makes for an interesting plot device (not "X has been slain!")

Anyone recommend anything similar?

Anonymous 11/07/15 (Sat) 22:24:09 No.841

Revelation Space

Anonymous 11/11/15 (Wed) 00:44:17 No.846

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>Creates thread about hard SF

>Posts pic of Leviathan Wakes, aka zombie bullshit and alien magic.

Anonymous 03/08/16 (Tue) 05:46:01 No.897

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>>63

>Bans you for t3h aliens maymay shitposting

>Advertises on /b/

What do you really expect to happen BO?

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Anyway, that aside. Neal Asher is based, love his books. Been looking for decent sci-fi books for ages though, so I'm glad I stumbled across this. Will probably give Leviathan Wakes a read when I get the chance, unless

>>846

can suggest a better one.