Book Recommendation Requests > Susannah Bell’s Request

they said: " If you do not mind a book being heavily into physics (the very kind of literary hard science fiction), "Schild's Ladder" by the same author is amazing but definitely a hard read. If you do not mind a book being heavily into physics (the very kind of literary hard science fiction), "Schild's Ladder" by the same author is amazing but definitely a hard read. ...more "

he said: " Ken MacLeod (of the clan MacLeod!) writes space opera with a lot of philosophical/political elements. This recent book is theoretically about uploaded humans fighting rogue robots, but gets very morally twisty with questions about consciousness and competing political philosophies. Ken MacLeod (of the clan MacLeod!) writes space opera with a lot of philosophical/political elements. This recent book is theoretically about uploaded humans fighting rogue robots, but gets very morally twisty with questions about consciousness and competing political philosophies. ...more "

he said: " Stephen Baxter is another author who writes heavyweight sci-fi with a lot of speculative science and unconventional ideas. This is probably one of his less "space opera" and more thoughtful books. Stephen Baxter is another author who writes heavyweight sci-fi with a lot of speculative science and unconventional ideas. This is probably one of his less "space opera" and more thoughtful books. ...more "

he said: " Another Stephen Baxter that might fit your request. "

he said: " A slight shot in the dark; first in a comic/graphic novel series about a Hunter S. Thompson-esque reporter in a dystopian future. "

he said: " Speculation about the future history and evolution of humanity (from a 1930s perspective, so it gets recent history amusingly wrong in some places and surprisingly right in others). Written more in the style of a history book than a novel, which puts some readers off. "

she said: " Or something else from her... "

she said: " If you like Ursula le Guin you might already know about this, but this is a sci-fi that's quite different, it discuss the structure and form of society and how gender roles affect us and such. If you like Ursula le Guin you might already know about this, but this is a sci-fi that's quite different, it discuss the structure and form of society and how gender roles affect us and such. ...more "