scifi.txt

scifi books i like

(disclaimer: i don't typically read books by white dudes anymore but this list contains a few of them nonetheless.)

number one recommendation for cyberpunk is Synners, by Pat Cadigan. it's legit cyberpunk, easily on par with Gibson and 
way better than Stephenson imo. (Pat Cadigan is a woman, for the record.)
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/304806.Synners?from_search=true&search_version=service

Greg Egan can be hit or miss, but his good books are masterpieces. Here's one:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/156785.Diaspora

Ted Chiang also rules. I loved this one a ton. Tamagotchi AI basically:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7886338-the-lifecycle-of-software-objects

I also liked this one but not everyone does:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7726420-how-to-live-safely-in-a-science-fictional-universe

This book has a female protagonist and packs of talking space dogs so it is extremely my shit. 
I have yet to read the rest in the series but I look forward to it. 
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77711.A_Fire_Upon_the_Deep?from_new_nav=true&ac=1&from_search=true

The sci-fi from here on is not really """hard""" sci-fi but I enjoyed them. 

Classic:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/70535.2001

Anything by Ursula Le Guin obviously:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13651.The_Dispossessed

This book had a real Star Fleet feel, I loved it. It's also pretty short.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25667918-binti

I can't do this one justice in a summary; it uses time travel to examine slavery. This book left an enormous impact on me:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60931.Kindred

I have mixed feelings about this one but overall I'd summarize as "fuck yeah":
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17333324-ancillary-justice

This is short and cool:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18669285-how-to-build-a-universe-that-doesn-t-fall-apart-two-days-later

Borges is landmark sci-fi reading even if it's not explicitly sci-fi: 
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25615886-ficciones

This is like cyberpunk noir set in the Future Middle East. I didn't love it but I enjoyed it ok,
and I want to live in a world where cyberpunk is set in places other than America and Japan:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/132694.When_Gravity_Fails

This isn't hard sci-fi but it's damn good and in a similar spirit I guess:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/68494.Perdido_Street_Station

Finally, here's my SF list on Goodreads: 
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/4057072-puppy?shelf=fic-scifi&sort=rating 

It's super all over the place. For 2016 I'm only reading books by women so there are a lot of female authors on there.

hell yes, thanks @moonpolysoft!!! I haven't heard of most of these! 😎 😎 😎

Couple others: the postmortal is great but will almost certainly make you feel like shit for a couple of days

Just started ancillary justice, but it appears to be "gender neutral Nazis in space" so there's that