Books like The Last Question
12 books with a reading profile close to The Last Question by Isaac Asimov. Deep; an easy read.
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The Word for World Is Forest
philosophy, science fiction
On the planet Athshe, human colonists from Earth have established a logging colony to strip the world of its timber.
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Roadside Picnic
Also deep · philosophy, science fiction
The narrative follows Redrick Schuhart, a professional stalker who illegally ventures into the Zone, one of several locations on Earth littered with mysterious debris following a brief extraterrestrial visit.
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Machines like Me
by Ian McEwan
Also deep · philosophy, science fiction
In a version of 1982 where Britain lost the Falklands War, Alan Turing is alive and artificial intelligence has advanced a long way.
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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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The Book of Strange New Things
by Michel Faber
Also deep · philosophy, science fiction
Peter Leigh, a dedicated Christian pastor, leaves his wife Beatrice on a crumbling, disaster-stricken Earth to travel to the planet Oasis.
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Fahrenheit 451
by Ray Bradbury
Also deep · philosophy, science fiction
Guy Montag is a fireman in a future society where the government mandates the destruction of all printed literature.
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Cat’s Cradle
Also deep · philosophy, science fiction
John, a narrator seeking to document what prominent Americans did on the day Hiroshima was bombed, travels to the impoverished Caribbean island of San Lorenzo.
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The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August
by Claire North
philosophy, science fiction
Harry August is a kalachakra, a man who lives his life in a loop.
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Contact
by Carl Sagan
philosophy, science fiction
Radio astronomer Ellie Arroway detects a structured signal originating from the star Vega, transmitted in a sequence of prime numbers.
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A Scanner Darkly
Also deep · philosophy, science fiction
Bob Arctor is a narcotics agent living undercover in a drug-addicted suburban household in a near-future California.
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Yol
Also deep · philosophy, science fiction
A father and his son are the only characters who really matter in this novel.
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