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the__alchemist on Aug 4, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: Ask HN: Modern Sci-Fi Book Recommendations?

Thanks for the tip on REAMDE - it and Dodo are the ones I haven't read.

I'll add Fall; or, Dodge in Hell. It's Stephenson's most recent book, and has nice scifi and (HN-crowd-relevant) societal concepts. Beware of a very slow opening.

Also: Project Hail Mary. Similar to The Martian in the right ways. More ambitious, with all its benefits and plausibility traps.

kleer001 on Aug 6, 2021 [–]

I Thought Dodo was really good. Galland seems to ground Stephenson's tendency to spiral off into deep rabbit holes and leave the story behind.

Fall was good, but looooooong.

My trick for reading Stephenson? Audio book.

the__alchemist on Aug 6, 2021 | [–]

Hah - I've been about 50/50 audio and eye books for him.

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