Science Fiction

I recently finally got around to reading Anathem and was blown away, so much detail, so much going on. And from someone who reads alot of philosophy, that aspect felt like it was handled naturally in the book and not infodumped.

I haven't read any of the books you mentioned in your post so I am not sure if these are up your alley or not, but the last 3 sci-fi books I've read have all knocked it out of the park for me:

1. Seveneves - Neal Stephenson
2. Spin - Robert Charles Wilson
3. Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir

You can tell I am a sucker for all books dealing with the impossible vastness of space 🤣

I just started The Hyperion Cantos by Dan Simmons. I got the consolidated ebook, so I'm only 9% of the way in which is a little daunting (just finished the Poets tale in the first book.)

Liking it so far, not really like anything I have ever read (no, I never actually read Canterbury Tales) but in some ways it reminds me of the Kingkiller Chronicles with the story within a story.

I've been reading The Blighted Stars, which I'm quite enjoying. Nothing too serious but a fun read.

I've been reading The Expanse series. I was meaning to get too it for a while but stumbled across the first book in a bookshop, so I grabbed it. Yeah, really good had to read the entire series so I'm making my way through it. I'm currently on book 4, so I haven't quite overtaken where I left the Amazon series.

Recently finished Children of Memory by Adrian Tchaikovsky, which is the third in his series that started with Children of Time.

Children of Time immediately became my second favourite scifi book of all time, and possibly my favourite ever book ending, but I didn't find the second installment really held up that well. Happy to report that Children of Memory, while not quite hitting those heady heights, was pretty good! A little repetitive in parts, but some very cool concepts.

Currently on the 3rd book of The Three-Body Problem and holy shit, good stuff. Each book gets better and better.

For a good way gender (or lack thereof) and such is portrayed in a sci-fi/space soap, I'm a huge fan of Becky Chamber's Wayfarers series. I need and want more!