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In the mood for engineering / competence porn. What are your favourite novels / series? (sh.itjust.works)
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As an example, I love the Martian, and I think a lot of older books from authors like Asimov are heavily into engineering / competence porn. Other favs in this category include the standalone novel Rendezvous with Rama to leave you wishing for more, most of the Culture series for happy utopian vibes, Schlock Mercenary for humor, Dahak series for fun mindless popcorn.

Edit: I'm so happy to have found a replacement for r/books and the rest of them.

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[–] SacredHeartAttack@lemmy.world 27 points 1 day ago (2 children)

The Expanse is a great at engineering read. Doubly so for a space opera. Lots of very legit science in the science fiction there.

[–] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Oh yes, I love the Expanse. For some reason it doesn't quite strike me as engineering / competence porn though, maybe because there's a big focus on the human side.

[–] SacredHeartAttack@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

Yeah it’s most definitely a space opera. There’s so much good science in there though.

[–] lemmy_user_838586@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)

You just reminded me I have to get caught up with that series again so I can read the last book. I powered through the whole series before the last book was released and now I kind of forget what was going on, to jump in again.

[–] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 day ago

I kind of forget what was going on

Protomolecule. Lots and lots of protomolecule.

[–] SacredHeartAttack@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

It’s so easy to read, worth starting over. If you read fast you’ll get through it all in a couple months.