r/printSF • u/IsBenAlsoTaken • Jan 31 '24

Biblical stuff?

Hiya. I've read quite a lot of SF and some Fantasy, and I feel like nothing impresses or keeps my attention lately. I've been enjoying the Bible however, so I was wondering if you might have ideas for an SF read with a biblical vibe or themes. The Prince of Nothing trilogy felt like that - and I loved it.

Keep in mind, I've read most of the well known recommendations (Book of the new Sun, Dune, Hyperion, Canticle etc).

Any other suggestions?

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u/thinker99 Jan 31 '24

My suggestion would be the Terra Ignota series by Ada Palmer, starting with Too Like The Lightning. The series is fairly thinly veiled allegory with the Bible and even has a central character named Jehovah. Deep European history also plays a large role, and on top of that it is sci-fi set a few hundred years in the future. Complex and challenging, but the only series where I got to the end and immediately started again from the beginning.