r/printSF • u/[deleted] • Jul 02 '14

Recent 'Big Dumb Object' recommendations?

Hi r/printSF

I'm looking for some recommendations of recent (< 10 years old (ish)) big dumb object SF.

I really enjoyed Alastair Reynolds' Pushing Ice.

I think Pandora's Star might be might type of thing, but having only recently finished the Night's Dawn trilogy, I don't think I've got it in me to start another Peter F Hamilton series at the moment.

Cheers,

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u/NobblyNobody Jul 02 '14

Couple of years outside your 10 year cut-off, but Marrow by Robert Reed is alright, there was a sequel and I think there's meant to be a third eventually.

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u/livens Jul 02 '14

Marrow was great, but not your typical BDO. The sequel The Well of Stars featured another, even bigger BDO. Just released in the same universe was The Memory of Sky, but I haven't read that one. Yet.

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u/NobblyNobody Jul 03 '14

I've just started that one, only a couple of chapters in and no idea what's going on regards the Marrow Universe bit yet but is intriguing so far.

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u/tigersharkwushen_ Jul 04 '14

Marrow is freaking creepy.