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Looking for books where an alien/ancient/unexplainable structure is explored (feddit.org)
submitted 22 hours ago by viertesauge@feddit.org to c/books@lemmy.world
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I am looking for books similar to "At the Mountains of Madness" by H.P. Lovecraft(ive pretty much read everything from lovecraft), "Eversion" by Alastair Reynolds, "Das Eulentor" by Alexander Gruber (dont know if this book ever released in another language), "The Hollow Places" by T. Kingfisher, I also tried reading "Ascension" by Nicholas Binge but it wasnt really to my taste. Hope you have some ideas. thx in advance

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[–] banazir@lemmy.ml 17 points 22 hours ago (3 children)

I love these kinds of books. A few suggestions:

  • Randezvouz With Rama by Arthur C. Clarke
  • Roadside Picnic by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky
  • Solaris by Stanisław Lem
  • House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski (not sure about this one, haven't read it yet.)
  • Ringworld by Larry Niven

Hope you find something that fits your tastes and looking forward to other suggestions.

[–] Kernal64@sh.itjust.works 9 points 21 hours ago (3 children)

I'll second Rendezvous with Rama. It's an excellent book, fitting exactly with the theme. OP is looking for. The first sequel is pretty decent, but the two books in the series after that, while I liked overall, I think they lose the magic that made the original so special.

I'll also say House of Leaves is also fantastic. It's disturbing and confusing and really well written. I'd recommend picking up a physical copy if you can, because for this particular book, there's stuff done with the printing, type setting, font colors, and style that's hard to replicate on an e-reader. Top tier book!

I haven't read the others you mentioned, but they're all on my reading list.

[–] TheOctonaut@piefed.zip 2 points 16 hours ago

Even the first Rendezvous With Rama sequel (Rama Returns?) is pretty unreadable these days. You can tell distinctly which parts are written by AC Clarke and which by his co-author - Clarke retains the interesting science fiction, his co-author is too busy obsessing over which astronauts his two female characters are going to bang on any given day.

[–] Simulation6@sopuli.xyz 1 points 17 hours ago

House of leaves gave me nightmares for a week.

[–] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 1 points 18 hours ago

Read the physical 'House of Leaves" and gave up.

I think I'd like to see what the e-book version looks like

[–] ZDL@lazysoci.al 6 points 21 hours ago

Here's another vote for Rendezvous with Rama and Ringworld. (I didn't like Solaris much, and I don't know the other two.)

[–] viertesauge@feddit.org 2 points 21 hours ago

Oh ive actually read randevouz and solaris. dont know why i didnt think of them when making my post. definitly will be checking out your other suggestions.