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A cerebral, deep-time financial thriller wrapped in the glittering shell of a post-human space opera. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Neptunes Brood.
- expansive
- intellectually stimulating
- oceanic
- intrigue-laden
- 01
Saturn's Children
Charles Stross · 2008
A cheeky, high-octane romp through a solar system where humanity is dead but their bureaucratic and capitalist hangovers are alive and well.
- 02
Accelerando
Charles Stross · 2005
A relentless, jargon-fueled rollercoaster ride through the technological singularity that will leave your brain feeling overclocked.
- 03
Against a Dark Background
Banks, Iain M.
A relentless, darkly inventive chase across a decaying solar system where the past is as lethal as the assassins on your tail.
- 04
Poseidon's Wake
Alastair Reynolds
A sweeping, deep-time journey that balances the intimate weight of family legacy with the staggering scale of the cosmos.
- 05
Rapture of the Nerds
Cory Doctorow and Charles Stross
A hyperactive, satirical rollercoaster ride through a post-singularity world that is as absurd as it is technologically overwhelming.
- 06
Star Fraction
Ken MacLeod · 2002
A frenetic, politically charged cyberpunk thrill ride through a balkanized future where ideologies and smart weapons collide.
- 07
Brass Man
Neal L. Asher
A relentless, high-octane plunge into a dark universe where rogue technology and unstoppable assassins collide in explosive fashion.
- 08
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.
- 09
The Android's Dream
John Scalzi
A high-octane, fiercely witty sci-fi caper where the fate of humanity hinges on bureaucratic absurdity and a very specific sheep.
- 10
House of Suns
Alastair Reynolds
A mind-expanding journey across millions of years that makes the entire galaxy feel both unimaginably vast and intimately fragile.
- 11
Stations of the Tide
Michael Swanwick
A hallucinatory descent into a transforming world where advanced technology wears the mask of ancient magic.
- 12
Children of Time
Adrian Tchaikovsky
A sweeping, deep-time evolutionary epic that will make you root for the most unlikely of sentient species.
