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Any recommendations for sci-fi books written recently? 3 body problem, anything else?

aardvark179 2y ago
Maybe look at something like the Locus list of 2023 books. SF is such a broad genre that you are better off finding reviewers or other sources who you can use to guess at what you might like.
kspacewalk2 2y ago
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir. Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky. I like so-called "hard sci-fi", where effort is made into thinking through the details and the sci-fi bit is not just a backdrop for a regular story, or a way to validate neuroses du jour. Both of these are definitely in my top-10 sci-fi books of all time.
- gwill 2y ago
  I'm an odd one and didn't enjoy Project Hail Mary. If you're like me I'd recommend Blindsight by Peter Watts
doctorwho42 2y ago
Children of time, the expanse series, project hail Mary, the Martian. Almost all of these were written within the last 10 years.
grujicd 2y ago
Dennis Taylor's "Bobiverse" series. Also Daniel Suarez's books - "Delta V" for the start. Devon Eriksen "Theft of fire" - this one is a bit raw and can offend some people. These books take into account recent developments and events so they don't sound anachronistic like some of sci-fi classics. Maybe they'll lose that appeal in few decades and will be harder to read for our grandchildren, but I do enjoy all the cultural references from my time.
- OnionBlender 2y ago
  What do you mean it can offend some people? (I haven't read it)
  - grujicd 2y ago
    It's hard to explain without spoiling. You might feel uncomfortable in some parts. There's quite a bit of sexual arousal and violence, sometimes happening at the same time. Not hardcore erotic, but definitely R-rated. On the other hand it's a mix of Martian-style problem-solving with some space pirating, interesting take on AI, some resemblance to Expanse... Interesting read.
thorum 2y ago
Children of Time (Adrian Tchaikovsky), The Expanse (James S. A. Corey), Broken Earth (N. K. Jemisin), Locked Tomb (Tamsyn Muir), A Memory Called Empire (Arkady Martine), Murderbot (Martha Wells), The Light Brigade (Kameron Hurley), The Wayfarers series (Becky Chambers), and The Calculating Stars (Mary Robinette Kowal) are some of my favorites. Brandon Sanderson’s Skyward series is also worth a read.
OnionBlender 2y ago
Mickey 7: People try to colonize an alien planet and the main character's job is to do all the very dangerous tasks. When he dies, his body is cloned and his memories are copied. It looks like there is a movie in the works called "Mickey 17".
0xE1337DAD 2y ago
Some good "modern" sci fi off the top of my head: Adrian Tchaikovsky's children of time series, as well as his terrible worlds novelas Anne leckie's ancillary justice series Martha Wells Murderbot diaries Andy Weir's project hail mary John scalzi's old man's war trilogy (technically more than a trilogy, but they fall off after the first 3)
arkh 2y ago
I would not recommend 3 body problem. It may be because the French translation is bad but it felt really subpar. I get the feeling 3 body problem is considered one of the best sci-fi books only by people who don't read sci-fi. Not really recent but I'd recommend Blue Remembered Earth by Alastair Reynolds (but I'm partial to Reynolds after the Revelation Space series and House of Suns) or if you like military sci-fi Marko Kloos' Frontline series.
kcartlidge 2y ago
Only recent in relation to the classics, but I really enjoyed the following (the years are approximate). There are others, but I've listed these ones specifically because those others have already been recommended elsewhere in the thread whereas these may get missed. - Adam Roberts: New Model Army (2010?) - Hiroshi Sakurazaka: All You Need is Kill (2005?) - Mike Resnick: The Dark Lady (2015?) - KC Alexander: Necrotech (2015?) - Gary Gibson: Stealing Light, Nova War, and Empire of Light (2013?) - Linda Nagata: The Last Good Man (2015?)

Maybe look at something like the Locus list of 2023 books. SF is such a broad genre that you are better off finding reviewers or other sources who you can use to guess at what you might like.

kspacewalk2 2y ago

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir. Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky. I like so-called "hard sci-fi", where effort is made into thinking through the details and the sci-fi bit is not just a backdrop for a regular story, or a way to validate neuroses du jour. Both of these are definitely in my top-10 sci-fi books of all time.

gwill 2y ago
I'm an odd one and didn't enjoy Project Hail Mary. If you're like me I'd recommend Blindsight by Peter Watts

doctorwho42 2y ago

Children of time, the expanse series, project hail Mary, the Martian. Almost all of these were written within the last 10 years.

grujicd 2y ago

Dennis Taylor's "Bobiverse" series. Also Daniel Suarez's books - "Delta V" for the start. Devon Eriksen "Theft of fire" - this one is a bit raw and can offend some people. These books take into account recent developments and events so they don't sound anachronistic like some of sci-fi classics. Maybe they'll lose that appeal in few decades and will be harder to read for our grandchildren, but I do enjoy all the cultural references from my time.

OnionBlender 2y ago
What do you mean it can offend some people? (I haven't read it)
- grujicd 2y ago
  It's hard to explain without spoiling. You might feel uncomfortable in some parts. There's quite a bit of sexual arousal and violence, sometimes happening at the same time. Not hardcore erotic, but definitely R-rated. On the other hand it's a mix of Martian-style problem-solving with some space pirating, interesting take on AI, some resemblance to Expanse... Interesting read.

thorum 2y ago

Children of Time (Adrian Tchaikovsky), The Expanse (James S. A. Corey), Broken Earth (N. K. Jemisin), Locked Tomb (Tamsyn Muir), A Memory Called Empire (Arkady Martine), Murderbot (Martha Wells), The Light Brigade (Kameron Hurley), The Wayfarers series (Becky Chambers), and The Calculating Stars (Mary Robinette Kowal) are some of my favorites. Brandon Sanderson’s Skyward series is also worth a read.

OnionBlender 2y ago

Mickey 7: People try to colonize an alien planet and the main character's job is to do all the very dangerous tasks. When he dies, his body is cloned and his memories are copied. It looks like there is a movie in the works called "Mickey 17".

0xE1337DAD 2y ago

Some good "modern" sci fi off the top of my head: Adrian Tchaikovsky's children of time series, as well as his terrible worlds novelas Anne leckie's ancillary justice series Martha Wells Murderbot diaries Andy Weir's project hail mary John scalzi's old man's war trilogy (technically more than a trilogy, but they fall off after the first 3)

arkh 2y ago

I would not recommend 3 body problem. It may be because the French translation is bad but it felt really subpar. I get the feeling 3 body problem is considered one of the best sci-fi books only by people who don't read sci-fi. Not really recent but I'd recommend Blue Remembered Earth by Alastair Reynolds (but I'm partial to Reynolds after the Revelation Space series and House of Suns) or if you like military sci-fi Marko Kloos' Frontline series.

kcartlidge 2y ago

Only recent in relation to the classics, but I really enjoyed the following (the years are approximate). There are others, but I've listed these ones specifically because those others have already been recommended elsewhere in the thread whereas these may get missed. - Adam Roberts: New Model Army (2010?) - Hiroshi Sakurazaka: All You Need is Kill (2005?) - Mike Resnick: The Dark Lady (2015?) - KC Alexander: Necrotech (2015?) - Gary Gibson: Stealing Light, Nova War, and Empire of Light (2013?) - Linda Nagata: The Last Good Man (2015?)