Got back into reading fiction again and I love it. Just finished The Martian, and while it was enjoyable there's some lib shit in there that annoyed the fuck out of me. I mainly enjoyed it because I'm a physicist, so I could understand all of the (mostly correct) science and how decisions were being made, and why some of them were so cool. If anyone has any recommendations for more hard Sci-fi (or from any other genres) I might enjoy, either without or with absolutely minimal lib shit, I'd be v v v grateful.
Thanks chapos! :ancom-heart:
Hannu Rajaniemi's Le Flambeur trilogy. Starts with Fractal Thief.
There's 0 exposition - but it's about immortal transhumans in the future so things are wildly different. Prepare to read a few sentences and not know what that means! You actually might have an easier time with your physics background, one space battle includes "surfing the deficit angle" of some blast.
Most world systems have long collapsed, the first one takes place on Mars where time as a human is used as currency so it is capitalistic. The two main factions are the zoku (who descend from modern gamers lol) and the guberniya that consist of millions upon millions of copies of the founders.
The first book is Quantum Thief. The second one is Fractal Prince.
Right, thanks, it's been a while since I read them.