Books like How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe
12 books with a reading profile close to How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe by Charles Yu. Deep and inward-looking; a moderate read.
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The Invention of Morel
by Adolfo Bioy Casares, Jorge Luis Borges
Also deep · philosophy, science fiction
A fugitive on a remote, deserted island discovers he is not alone, but rather surrounded by a group of people who seem to be caught in a perpetual, unchangeable loop of their past.
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I Who Have Never Known Men
Also deep and inward-looking · philosophy, science fiction
Forty women live in an underground cage, guarded by silent men who never speak or touch them.
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Einstein’s Dreams
Also deep · philosophy, science fiction
Set in Bern, Switzerland, in 1905, this novel presents a series of thirty fictional dreams experienced by a young Albert Einstein while he works as a patent clerk.
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Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
by Haruki Murakami, Alfred Birnbaum
Also deep and inward-looking · philosophy, science fiction
In a high-tech Tokyo, a data processor known as a Calcutec performs mental data encryption for a clandestine organization called the System.
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Ubik
Also deep · philosophy, science fiction
In 1992, Glen Runciter runs a corporate security agency that employs inertials to neutralize the telepathic powers of industrial spies.
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Watchmen
Also deep · philosophy, science fiction
Set in an alternate 1985 where costumed vigilantes are real and Richard Nixon remains President, the narrative begins with the murder of Edward Blake, known as the Comedian.
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100 Selected Poems
Also deep and inward-looking · philosophy, literary
This collection showcases Edward Estlin Cummings’s rejection of standard grammar and punctuation in favor of visual typography.
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Exhalation
by Ted Chiang
Also deep · philosophy, science fiction
Exhalation is a collection of nine speculative stories that grapple with entropy, memory, and the mechanics of reality.
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The Lathe of Heaven
Also deep · philosophy, science fiction
George Orr lives in a future Portland where his dreams physically alter reality.
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Little Eyes
Also deep · science fiction, literary
In Samanta Schweblin's novel, a new device called a kentuki, a small robot animal with a camera for eyes, becomes a global craze.
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Stories of Your Life and Others
by Ted Chiang
Also deep · philosophy, science fiction
Ted Chiang’s debut collection contains eight stories rooted in scientific inquiry and rigorous logic.
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