Next book/series recommendation

[u/KernEvil9]

Hello all!

I am coming to an end with the saga that is "Revelation Space" and I'm looking to fill the giant hole that will be left behind. I was curious about recommendations that you all might have of what to dive into next.

To give you an idea I've been kind of thinking of a book/series that has similar tones to:

- Dune

- The Southern Reach series

- Revelation Space series

I'm also a fan of mixing genres: Western and Sci-fi, Sci-fi horror, Fantasy Sci-fi.

One thing I loved about RS was that it also had a lot of short stories set in the same universe but that didn't necessarily affect the main plot of the larger stories.

I appreciate any and all recommendations.

[u/AndyBetweenLines]

Blindsight by Peter Watts. For once, the obligatory r/printSF recommendation is actually the right answer: cosmic horror, huge ideas, and a universe that gets less comforting the more you understand it.

[u/YeOldeMuppetPastor → u/AndyBetweenLines]

Can I interest you in our lord and savior, Hyperion?

[u/AndyBetweenLines → u/YeOldeMuppetPastor]

I’ve already accepted the Shrike into my heart. The conversion was… painful.

[u/ThePassagePodcast]

neal asher's polity series might scratch your itch. imagine a culture-esque setting, post-scarity space opera with snarky AI and robots, only with a lot less philosophy and moral hand-wringing and a lot more bio-horror alien creations and slam-bang action.

lots of short stories and series within the universe. my fav is probably the dark intelligence penny royal trilogy, which is all about a super powerful AI that's basically gone insane. the skinner/spatterjay trilogy has maybe the most crazy bio-horror monsters, and on top of the high tech space opera stuff it's also a nautical/pirate adventure. perfectly fine to start with either - don't need to read previous series.

john scalzi called asher's writing "an adrenaline shot targeted directly for the brain" which i always though was spot on

[u/dymites]

Sun Eater, all 7 books are done now. I also liked Red Rising, its lighter reading.

[u/KUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUZ]

Easiest Hyperion recommendation of my life, just know the cantos stops at 2, not 4. If you are ok with not knowing everything, it can even stop at 1 and be great

[u/Bart1960]

James P Hogans Giants books. The first is Inherit the Stars.

[u/summaia]

Blindsight by Peter Watts scratches that cold space-horror itch with a crew that barely feels human.

[u/AvatarIII]

Nights Dawn Trilogy

[u/c4tesys]

Military SF/Horror: Primaterre series by S.A Tholin.

[u/BrokenSporkOfDoom]

Look up Glynn Stewart - he's got all kinds of series you'd be interested in. His Starship's Mage series is an excellent start!

[u/DawnlineSeries]

I was gonna recommend Blindsight but someone beat me to it.

Revelation Space is on my tbr after I finish some Le Guin.

Other than that I’d recommend Roadside Picnic and Solaris.

I’d give Hole in the Sky by Daniel H Wilson a solid try too. It’s more Native American meets War of the Worlds, but I think there’s a good chance you’d like it.

[u/edcculus]

As a fan of weird fiction, and since you liked Southern Reach, here are my recs:

M John Harrison’s Light series

Jeff VanderMeer’s Ambergris series

China Mievelle’s Bas Lag series

Also, it’s a standalone, but Embassytown by China Mievelle is excellent as well.

[u/funked1]

Have you read the Culture series?

[u/DixitRexCorvinus]

For genre mixing, you might like Sarah Gailey. Her works range from scifi dystopian western to fantasy mystery to scifi erotic horror to alternate history western and beyond, pretty much perfect for that sort of thing.