Books like The Lifecycle of Software Objects
12 books with a reading profile close to The Lifecycle of Software Objects by Ted Chiang. Deep; a moderate read.
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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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2
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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3
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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4
The Last Question
by Isaac Asimov
Also deep · philosophy, science fiction
Isaac Asimov’s story begins in 2061 with a conversation between two technicians and a supercomputer named Multivac.
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5
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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6
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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7
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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8
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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9
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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10
The Road
Also deep · philosophy, science fiction
An unnamed father and his young son walk southward through a scorched American landscape years after an unspecified cataclysm.
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Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Also deep · philosophy, science fiction
Set in a radioactive, post-apocalyptic San Francisco, the narrative follows Rick Deckard, a bounty hunter tasked with retiring six runaway Nex-7 androids.
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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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