I'm reading this on my lunch breaks:
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First Contact, exploration of consciousness, sentience/intelligence (and their relationship), Transhumanism, Hard Sci-fi, not challenging but it will not hold your hand through the book.
I would be remiss if I didn't mention the book has vampires, but explored in a reality where vampires are an extinct offshoot of homosapiens, resurrected for specific purpose. The explanation of vampires is fascinating, grounded in evolution and actually... believable? This is not a vampire book at all but their presence is not only plausible, it's core to the themes of the book. Highly recommended.
One of the best books I've ever read. Central thesis is absolutely mind-blowing, it'll unfold in your mind like a horrible realization. 10/10 would get existential dread from again
Also recommend, excellent book.
Hate vampire books, but love this book. It's not a vampire book, but the vampires in it are handled in a crazy cool way. Highly recommend.
The sequel is a bit.. it's fine. Still good. Required reading. It's got nothing on the first book though.
The most depressing scifi!
Loved it, but omg what a psychological load to wrestle with. Feels like Asimov took a bad acid trip