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A deadpan, darkly comedic road trip through a decaying world where a robot tries to find its purpose after a catastrophic glitch. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Service Model.
- absurdist
- melancholic
- quietly apocalyptic
- 01
Children of Memory
Adrian Tchaikovsky
A mind-bending, melancholic puzzle box that asks what it truly means to be sentient and to remember.
- 02
Children of Time
Adrian Tchaikovsky
A sweeping, deep-time evolutionary epic that will make you root for the most unlikely of sentient species.
- 03
Accelerando
Charles Stross · 2005
A relentless, jargon-fueled rollercoaster ride through the technological singularity that will leave your brain feeling overclocked.
- 04
Rogue Protocol
Martha Wells
A socially anxious, heavily armed cyborg reluctantly saves the day while wishing it could just be left alone to watch soap operas.
- 05
Artificial Condition
Martha Wells
A deeply relatable, socially anxious cyborg reluctantly makes a friend while trying to uncover the truth about its darkest memory.
- 06
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.
- 07
Infomocracy
Malka Older
A cerebral, high-stakes political thriller where data is the ultimate weapon and democracy is a fragile, hackable experiment.
- 08
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.
- 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
Prayer for the Crown-Shy
Becky Chambers
A warm, philosophical road trip through a utopian world that feels like sitting down for a perfect cup of tea with an old friend.
- 11
Sea of Rust
C. Robert Cargill
A gritty, dust-choked robot western that explores the heavy burden of a soul in a world where humanity is already extinct.
- 12
Embassytown
China Miéville
A mind-bending, linguistic puzzle box of a novel that explores the terrifying and transformative power of language.
