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William asked this question about Downbelow Station (The Company Wars, #1):

The Expanse is a fabulous series made even better by the side/back stories of the main characters - brilliant. I love this HARD science space opera. And I enjoyed the hard space opera by CJ Cherryh. The first 4-5 Honor Harrington books were terrific! But I am having great trouble finding any more that is this good. Recommendations of similar?

Oliver Smith Most of Cherryh's work is this kind of "Hard Sci" - even the Morgana books, although they include a mix of fantasy.

Check out the others in the Company…moreMost of Cherryh's work is this kind of "Hard Sci" - even the Morgana books, although they include a mix of fantasy.

Check out the others in the Company Wars: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._J._C...

I really liked the Faded Sun books, great commute reads, 40,000 in gehenna was a difficult but rewarding read, Cyteen was fantastic.

I cut my Cherryh teeth on the Chanur books, but that came with a forewarning by a fellow reader: It was originally a single book that the publisher forced the woman author to split into three because they didn't think a woman could sell sci-fi...

Read the first 3 as one book and it's actually quite a good fun/fi read.

Other authors you might want to consider:

Ryk Brown: Grit your teeth thru the atrocious writing in Book 1, a small part of my enjoyment of the series has been watching him grow as a writer.

Black Ocean by J.S. Morin if you got even a lick of enjoyment from Serenity/Firefly.

Jack Devitt's Alex Benedict novels (less hard-sci and just general mystery sci, quite a nice twist)(less)

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William What a fantastic answer, and set of recommendations. Thank you!
And yes, I loved Cherryh's Union-Alliance/Company Wars universe, except perhaps the "40 ...more
Feb 12, 2018 12:51PM · flag

Oliver Smith 40k caught me at the right time in the right mindset. A lot of people find it jarring.
Feb 12, 2018 05:21PM · flag

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