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Books like Blindsight
A chilling, fiercely intelligent plunge into the dark void of space that will make you question the evolutionary value of your own consciousness. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Blindsight.
- dread-soaked
- claustrophobic
- cerebral
- chilling
- alienating
- 01
The Freeze-Frame Revolution
Peter Watts
A claustrophobic, deep-time heist where the greatest enemy is an ever-watchful, terrifyingly benevolent AI.
- 02
Echopraxia
Peter Watts
A claustrophobic, intellectually relentless plunge into a post-human future where baseline humanity is terrifyingly obsolete.
- 03
Accelerando
Charles Stross · 2005
A relentless, jargon-fueled rollercoaster ride through the technological singularity that will leave your brain feeling overclocked.
- 04
In the Ocean of Night
Gregory Benford
A chilling, awe-inspiring plunge into the cold realities of a universe where humanity is neither alone nor welcome.
- 05
Children of Time
Adrian Tchaikovsky
A sweeping, deep-time evolutionary epic that will make you root for the most unlikely of sentient species.
- 06
The Dreaming Void
Peter F. Hamilton
A sprawling, galaxy-spanning epic that balances mind-bending post-human technology with the intimate, fantasy-tinged allure of a mysterious utopia.
- 07
Iron sunrise
Charles Stross · 2004
A frantic, physics-heavy race against time where cosmic espionage meets mind-bending post-human technology.
- 08
Necroscope
Brian Lumley
A gruesome, high-stakes collision of Cold War psychic espionage and ancient, parasitic vampirism.
- 09
Humans
Robert J. Sawyer · 2003
A thoughtful, empathetic exploration of humanity viewed through the mirror of a parallel, peaceful Neanderthal society.
- 10
The End of All Things
John Scalzi
A snappy, high-stakes political thriller set against the backdrop of a collapsing galactic empire.
- 11
Excession
Iain M. Banks
A dizzying, witty plunge into the hyper-speed group chats of god-like AIs facing something they cannot comprehend.
- 12
Permutation City
Greg Egan
A dizzying plunge into the deep end of hard science fiction that will leave you questioning the fundamental nature of your own consciousness.
