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In the mood for engineering / competence porn. What are your favourite novels / series? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works to c/sciencefiction@lemmy.world

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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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[–] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 1 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

I loved it for the game theory, ideas, and what-if aspects. The characters however, were flat 2D cutouts. I can't say how much of that was due to translation issues, if any.