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Blindsight / FirefallSeries
series3 books2006
Hard science fiction and first contact, tense in tone, about aliens.
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DiasporaNovel
Greg Eganstandalone novel1997
Hard science fiction, about mind uploading, set in far future.
Jean le FlambeurSeries
series3 books2010
Space opera and hard science fiction, about virtual reality, set in far future.
“Jean le Flambeur is a master thief broken out of a virtual prison to pull off one more impossible heist, in a solar system reshaped by uploaded minds, post-human factions, and economies built on memory and privacy themselves.”
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Start with The Quantum Thief →
ManifoldSeries
series8 books1997
Hard science fiction.
“Stephen Baxter designed the trilogy to be read in any order, since it plays out across a multiverse rather than a single continuous timeline.”
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Start with Time →
The Diamond AgeNovel
Neal Stephensonstandalone novel1995
About nanotechnology and coming of age, set in big city.
Subjective CosmologySeries
series3 books1992
Hard science fiction.
“Within a detective fiction framework, the novel explores the consequences of the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics, which Egan acknowledges was chosen more for its entertainment value than for its likelihood of being correct.”
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Start with Quarantine →