@sciencefiction I love Jeff Vandermeer, China Mieville, Neal Stephenson, Delaney and Wolfe. Would love some recs from the last 10 years or so (I’ve only read expanse + cixin liu recently).
I agree with all the recommendations so far (Banks, Tchaikovsky, etc.) but would like to add Hannu Rajaniemi, namely the trilogy beginning with “The Quantum Thief”, which blew my mind.
Hail Mary Project!
For starters, definitely read Termination Shock by Neal Stephenson. So good.
And The Peripheral by William Gibson, although I wasn’t a huge fan of the follow-up novel called Agency.
Also, A Memory Called Empire and A Desolation Called Peace by Arkady Martine should be on your to-read pile if you liked The Expanse, I think.
Oh yeah, and so far I think my favorite book of 2023 has been Cory Doctorow’s Red Team Blues. It’s a super fast read and a lot of fun if you’re at all into computer security. Very unlikely hero too—a retirement age forensic accountant living out of a rock star bus, traveling the US in search of good wine and good food, haha.
I recently read the Bobiverse books, and those were quite fun.
Daniel Suarez is another good one (start with Daemon), as is Ian McDonald (Dervish House, the Luna series).
Not enough people have heard of and read The Quantum Magician so I will continue to recommend it. It’s quite the wild ride.