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A dizzying plunge into the deep end of hard science fiction that will leave you questioning the fundamental nature of your own consciousness. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Permutation City.
- cerebral
- existential
- mind-bending
- dread-laced
- 01
Diaspora
Greg Egan
A dizzying, unapologetically cerebral plunge into post-human consciousness and the terrifying, awe-inspiring scale of the multiverse.
- 02
Axiomatic
Greg Egan
A cerebral plunge into the terrifying, exhilarating fragility of human consciousness and identity.
- 03
Accelerando
Charles Stross · 2005
A relentless, jargon-fueled rollercoaster ride through the technological singularity that will leave your brain feeling overclocked.
- 04
New York 2140
Kim Stanley Robinson
A sprawling, hopeful love letter to a drowned but defiant metropolis.
- 05
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.
- 06
Schismatrix Plus
Bruce Sterling · 1996
A dizzying, idea-dense plunge into a post-human future where biology and machinery wage a relentless war for the next stage of evolution.
- 07
The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August
Claire North
A sweeping, time-looping cat-and-mouse thriller that wrestles with the crushing weight of infinity and the fierce bonds of rivalry.
- 08
The Freeze-Frame Revolution
Peter Watts
A claustrophobic, deep-time heist where the greatest enemy is an ever-watchful, terrifyingly benevolent AI.
- 09
Void Star
Zachary Mason
A tense, cerebral plunge into a flooded, drone-patrolled future where memory is a commodity and artificial intelligence borders on the incomprehensible.
- 10
Anathem
Neal Stephenson
A massive, mind-expanding philosophical puzzle box that demands patience before rewarding you with breathtaking cosmic scale.
- 11
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.
- 12
The Peripheral
William Gibson
A gritty, mind-bending plunge into a rusted-out future where virtual gig work bleeds into high-stakes, cross-temporal murder.
