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Non-US sci-fi recommendations? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by paradoxical@lemmy.ml to c/books@lemmy.ml

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Hi all! I just finished "The Three Body Problem" by Liu Cixin and enjoyed it a lot. It's got me curious about sci-fi written elsewhere in the world and what cultural differences may appear in sci-fi written from a non-US perspective.

Does anyone have recommendations for what I should check out next? I only speak English and (sort of) French so I'm reliant on translations to one of those languages. Thanks!

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[–] Unquote0270@programming.dev 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Anything by Stanislaw Lem. I really liked Fiasco.

[–] richieadler@lemmy.myserv.one 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Cyberiad is brilliant and funny.

[–] phanto@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I popped in to say this exact thing. The English translation I read was great.

[–] richieadler@lemmy.myserv.one 1 points 1 year ago

I read it in Spanish. Same experience. I still laugh thinking about the classification of probability dragons.

[–] paradoxical@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Lots of people recommending Stanislaw Lem. I'll add him to the list. Thanks for the rec!