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Hey, I am a big fan of HPMOR too, and can absolutely feel your pain of not being able to discuss the book with anyone. Do you have more books that went in a sim

by werzum 5y ago

Hey, I am a big fan of HPMOR too, and can absolutely feel your pain of not being able to discuss the book with anyone. Do you have more books that went in a similar direction? I started reading the Eternal Golden Braid after, which was really good but dense, and for some light fantasy The Name of the Wind was an overall impressive book.

Otter-man 5y ago
The two books I usually recommend for HPMOR fans are Worm (https://parahumans.wordpress.com/ https://parahumans.wordpress.com/) and The Mother Of Learning (https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/21220/mother-of-learning https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/21220/mother-of-learning) Both considered to be a part of "rational fiction" sub-genre the same as HPMoR.
jack_pp 5y ago
HPMOR is my all time favorite book, I've read it multiple times and I am still in awe of it. From the same genre I liked stuff from Alexander Wales, mainly The Metropolitan Man [1], The Dark Wizard of Donkerk [2] and, to a lesser extent, Worth the Candle which was just finished. While not really intended as rational fiction, Threadbare was a nice read too if you enjoy litRPG. [1] https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10360716/1/The-Metropolitan-Man https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10360716/1/The-Metropolitan-Man [2] https://alexanderwales.com/the-dark-wizard-of-donkerk-chapter-1/ https://alexanderwales.com/the-dark-wizard-of-donkerk-chapte...
brian_cloutier 5y ago
Significant Digits is a quite good sequel (by a different author): http://www.anarchyishyperbole.com/p/significant-digits.html http://www.anarchyishyperbole.com/p/significant-digits.html The Martian and, recently, Project Hail Mary, are written in a completely different style but manage to hit many of the same buttons.
lalaithion 5y ago
Greg Egan and Sam Hughes/qntm are both excellent science fiction authors which I have found other HPMOR fans like. https://www.gregegan.net/ https://www.gregegan.net/ https://qntm.org/fiction https://qntm.org/fiction

by werzum 5y ago

Otter-man 5y ago

The two books I usually recommend for HPMOR fans are Worm (https://parahumans.wordpress.com/ https://parahumans.wordpress.com/) and The Mother Of Learning (https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/21220/mother-of-learning https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/21220/mother-of-learning) Both considered to be a part of "rational fiction" sub-genre the same as HPMoR.

jack_pp 5y ago

HPMOR is my all time favorite book, I've read it multiple times and I am still in awe of it. From the same genre I liked stuff from Alexander Wales, mainly The Metropolitan Man [1], The Dark Wizard of Donkerk [2] and, to a lesser extent, Worth the Candle which was just finished. While not really intended as rational fiction, Threadbare was a nice read too if you enjoy litRPG. [1] https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10360716/1/The-Metropolitan-Man https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10360716/1/The-Metropolitan-Man [2] https://alexanderwales.com/the-dark-wizard-of-donkerk-chapter-1/ https://alexanderwales.com/the-dark-wizard-of-donkerk-chapte...

brian_cloutier 5y ago

Significant Digits is a quite good sequel (by a different author): http://www.anarchyishyperbole.com/p/significant-digits.html http://www.anarchyishyperbole.com/p/significant-digits.html The Martian and, recently, Project Hail Mary, are written in a completely different style but manage to hit many of the same buttons.

lalaithion 5y ago

Greg Egan and Sam Hughes/qntm are both excellent science fiction authors which I have found other HPMOR fans like. https://www.gregegan.net/ https://www.gregegan.net/ https://qntm.org/fiction https://qntm.org/fiction