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nullandvoidyesterday at 9:02 AM6 repliesview on HN

One of my favourite reads for sure - I've been looking for similar reads since.

I enjoyed "the raw shark texts" after hearing it recommended - curious if you / anyone else has any other suggestions!


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ibestvinayesterday at 5:41 PM

This is very "distant" suggestion if you enjoyed Antimemetics, but The Unconsoled by Kazuo Ishiguro is another one of my favourites, and it too explores this idea of unreliable and inconsistent memories, although from a completely different angle.

jstriebyesterday at 5:04 PM

I consider Recursion by Blake Crouch to be similar, even though I liked Antimemetics much better. I haven't read Crouch's other books, but have heard that Dark Matter is better than Recursion, though it may be less similar to Antimemetics.

candiddevmikeyesterday at 1:37 PM

Library at Mount Char, Southern Reach trilogy (Annihilation/Authority/Acceptance), Laundry Files (kinda).

Definitely looking for other reqs, raw shark texts look very interesting.

wonger_yesterday at 12:52 PM

I've enjoyed most of Isaac Asimov's work, especially The Last Question.

I also liked a couple stories from Ted Chiang's Stories of Your Life and Others.

ceejayozyesterday at 10:25 PM

Try Dissolution by Nick Binge. Same weird vibes.

dysocoyesterday at 6:01 PM

Perhaps Permutation City by Greg Egan though I didn't finish the book.

I've heard Accelerando by Stross is good too.