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A dizzying, erudite plunge into the theatrical political machinations that tear a seemingly perfect utopia apart at the seams. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Seven Surrenders.
- grandiose
- tense
- intellectually dizzying
- apocalyptic
- 01
The Will to Battle
Ada Palmer
A dense, theatrical descent into the philosophical and political machinations that precede the collapse of a utopia.
- 02
Too Like the Lightning
Ada Palmer
An ornate, philosophical puzzle-box that reads like an 18th-century memoir written in the 25th century.
- 03
Seveneves
Neal Stephenson
A meticulously engineered, high-stakes thought experiment about the end of the world and the grueling, orbital mechanics of human survival.
- 04
The Long Utopia
Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter
A vast, contemplative journey across infinite worlds that ultimately asks what it means to live a single, fragile human life.
- 05
Infomocracy
Malka Older
A cerebral, high-stakes political thriller where data is the ultimate weapon and democracy is a fragile, hackable experiment.
- 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
Lockstep
Karl Schroeder
A sweeping, time-dilated space adventure where family drama plays out across millennia and the fate of civilization hangs in the balance.
- 08
The fifth sacred thing
Starhawk · 1993
An elemental, visionary journey where the spiritual harmony of a queer utopia collides with the stark terror of an authoritarian nightmare.
- 09
Children of Time
Adrian Tchaikovsky
A sweeping, deep-time evolutionary epic that will make you root for the most unlikely of sentient species.
- 10
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.
- 11
Blue remembered Earth
Alastair Reynolds
A sprawling, sunlit journey across a utopian solar system where the weight of family history threatens to shatter a fragile peace.
- 12
The Half-Made World
Felix Gilman
A surreal, dust-choked journey to the edge of reality where demonic industry and chaotic violence wage an endless, soul-crushing war.
