‘Cerebral’ science fiction recommendations please.

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Foghead · 07/03/2018 14:56

I really want to think. About technology, science, space and mankind (or any ‘other’ kind)
Can anyone recommend anything please?

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KochabRising · 07/03/2018 17:40

Ah Iain banks. Much missed :(
Haven’t read the three body problem yet - it’s awaiting me

KochabRising · 07/03/2018 17:39

The sparrow
Eon by Greg bear
All the older stuff - Vonnegut, Asimov, Clarke, ray Bradbury, Harlan Ellison, etc etc
Ursula le guin - left hand of darkness

OutsideContextProblem · 07/03/2018 17:35

Or Stanislaw Lem - Solaris? Or the Cyberiad in a lighter vein

OutsideContextProblem · 07/03/2018 17:34

The 3 Body Problem

Or Iain M Banks, obviously given my name - try Excession

UrbaneSprawl · 07/03/2018 17:34

Chris Beckett’s “Dark Eden” trilogy is excellent.

MySockIsWetAgain · 07/03/2018 17:32

This is assuming you have read all the Arthur C Clarke, Asimov and Phillip K Dick out there.

MySockIsWetAgain · 07/03/2018 17:30

The Algebraist. The quantum thief. Altered carbon.

lucydogz · 07/03/2018 17:29

Philip K Dick's short stories. Very presient imo, but very dystopian, so I don't read too many.

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