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Scifi that starts normal then goes cosmic (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 week ago by DSN9@lemmy.ml to c/books@lemmy.ml

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I really enjoy sci-fi that starts grounded in reality — that eases you in with a slow build, a sense of normalcy, before the shift. I love when the story begins in the everyday, then opens into something strange and vast. Think the beginning of The Matrix or Old Man’s War, perhaps? That kind of vibe. Any recommendations?

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[–] Auster@thebrainbin.org 3 points 1 week ago

Horror oriented, but Tales from the Loop and its sequel, Things from the Flood, go like this, the first book rather normal despite its subject, but setting up for the shift into the cosmic horror from the second book. Didn't read The Electric State or The Maze to know if they're part of the same narrative.