The Book of Strange New Things

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• anw · Dec 18, 2014 · Recommends

  …by Hilary Mantel 6. 'The Ballad Of A Small Player' by Lawrence Osborne 7. 'Bark: Stories' by Lorrie Moore 8. 'The Blazing World' by Siri Hust­vedt 9. 'The Bone Clocks' by David Mitchell 10. 'The Book Of Strange New Things' by Michel Faber 11. 'The Book Of Unknown Americans' by Cristina Henríquez 12. 'Boy, Snow, Bird' by Helen Oyeyemi 13. 'A Brief History Of Seven Killings' by Marlon James 14. 'Can’t And Won’t' by Lydia…

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• code_Whisperer · Dec 14, 2019 · Recommends

  I would heartily recommend "Children of Time" (Children of Time #1) by Adrian Tchaikovsky. Another one that stands out over the last couple of years (for me) is "The Book of Strange New Things" by Michael Faber, which has a mix of hard sci-fi with some very thought provoking philosophy/religion.

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• code_Whisperer · Jun 30, 2017 · Recommends

  Have been lucky to stumble on several new ones over the last few months: Children of Time (wow!) Spaceman of Bohemia The Book of Strange New Things The City and The City (I'd also recommend the three body trilogy - fantastic)

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• SimonPStevens · Jan 13, 2018 · Recommends

  Don't know about year of release, but these are sci-fi books I enjoyed reading this year... The book of strange new things (Michel Faber). This isn't typical sci-fi, it's hard to describe. It's quite slow paced. I can't really talk about it without spoiling it. I really felt impacted by it though, I think the book has a deeper…

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• code_Whisperer · Feb 1, 2023 · Recommends

  …that. Seriously. "The City and the City" by China Miéville. A difficult beginning. To be honest I had to start this book two or three times before it finally clicked, but when it did... oh man. "The Book of Strange New Things" by Michel Faber. This is a story that has been done by a couple of other authors (notably Mary Doria Russell in "The Sparrow"). But this book is so delicate, so lovely that I have purchased and given…

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• code_Whisperer · May 26, 2023 · Recommends

  …far): This is How You Lose the Time War - Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone (actually now one of my all-time favorites, without regard to genre. Just amazing) Children of Time - Adrian Tchaikovsky The Book of Strange New Things - Michael Faber Ted Chiang's short story collections (Exhalations and Stories of your life and others) Daemon - Daniel Suarez The City and the City - China Miéville Roadside Picnic - Arkady and Boris…

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• bookofjoe · Mar 16, 2024 · Recommends

  …Last Question" "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" "Stranger in a Strange Land" "The City and the Stars" "Childhood's End" "Anathem" "Eifelheim" "A Case of Conscience" "VALIS" trilogy "The Book of Strange New Things" "Behold The Man" "The God Engines" "Book of the New Sun" "The Parable of the Sower" "The Dosadi Experiment" "Grass" "Project Pope" "Calculating God" "Factoring Humanity" "Jesus on Mars" "Surface…

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• code_Whisperer · Mar 29, 2024 · Recommends

  …generate thought, even though I read them months (or even years) ago: "Chocky" by John Wyndham "This is How You Lose the Time War" by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone (a new all-time fave for me) "The Book of Strange new Things: A Novel" by Michel Faber "The City and the City" by China Miéville "The Fifth Science" by Exurb1a "The Initial Fold" series by Nick Adams "Peacemaker's Code" by Deepak Malhotra (still not sure why…

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