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Books like Excession
A dizzying, witty plunge into the hyper-speed group chats of god-like AIs facing something they cannot comprehend. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Excession.
- awe-inspiring
- cerebral
- vast
- chaotic
- 01
Accelerando
Charles Stross · 2005
A relentless, jargon-fueled rollercoaster ride through the technological singularity that will leave your brain feeling overclocked.
- 02
Look to windward
Iain Banks
A sweeping, melancholic meditation on the long, inescapable shadows that ancient wars cast across a post-scarcity utopia.
- 03
The State of the Art
Iain Banks
A wry, expansive look at humanity's messy reality through the lens of a highly advanced, slightly condescending utopian society.
- 04
The Algebraist
Iain M Banks
A sprawling, darkly funny plunge into deep time and bizarre alien societies, balancing baroque space opera with a sharp satirical edge.
- 05
Use of Weapons
Iain M. Banks
A structurally brilliant, darkly funny space opera that slowly tightens into a devastating psychological trap.
- 06
Iron sunrise
Charles Stross · 2004
A frantic, physics-heavy race against time where cosmic espionage meets mind-bending post-human technology.
- 07
Marooned in Realtime
Vernor Vinge · 1986
A high-stakes locked-room mystery played out across millions of years of empty, post-human Earth.
- 08
Manifold
Stephen Baxter
A mind-bending plunge into the terrifying, awe-inspiring vastness of a hostile universe.
- 09
Star Fraction
Ken MacLeod · 2002
A frenetic, politically charged cyberpunk thrill ride through a balkanized future where ideologies and smart weapons collide.
- 10
Perdido Street Station
China Miéville
A hallucinatory plunge into a sprawling, grimy metropolis where science, magic, and grotesque biology collide in a nightmare of urban decay.
- 11
A Fire upon the Deep
Vernor Vinge · 1992
A mind-bending plunge into a universe where the laws of physics and intelligence shift across the stars, blending cosmic horror with a desperate rescue mission.
- 12
Learning the World
Ken MacLeod · 2005
A clever, optimistic flip of the first-contact narrative that brims with sociological curiosity and a profound sense of wonder.
