It is charm & delight in the purest & simplest. Goodreads: Ĭentral Station by Lavie Tidhar is an amazing charming story of a world deeply steeped old sitting baking world where new things are coming about. Not exactly the biggest fan of his female characters. Much less complicated than a Dyson Swarm, after all! Story is ok, and the sequels expanded things well enough. When it comes to "moderately plausible megastructures", the ringworld concept is by far my favorite.
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Like, current length of the ASOIAF series long.) Goodreads: įollowing a slightly more conventional definition of lighthearted, I think I'd recommend Larry Niven's Ringworld. But be warned - "people who get powers continuing to act like people" does not a happy world make.
Highly recommended by the author of HPMOR - "The characters in Worm use their powers so intelligently I didn’t even notice until something like the 10th volume that the alleged geniuses were behaving like actual geniuses". But in the same vein, try Worm : A take on superpowers that tries to include changes to the world it's set in. Wait, HPMOR was lighthearted? That's not quite how I'd describe it. Although also not without drama it sure is a hell lot of mindboggling world's to plunge into! Otherwise definitely Hyperion cantos as already mentioned. But every bit is as awesome as the other.Įdit: I think this mismatches on your fun/non-dystopian critaria that I just now read. The first chapters are a little off compared to the rest of the books as it was released as novella's at first via Kindle and later written into 3 books. The IT department in this story plays a really big role and it is portrayed as I've seen real IT departments, with the old, stubborn, autistic 'this is my kingdom' sysadmin boss down to the 'stupid' intern. What I found especially nice is how the author tried to make it realistic and portray people and work fields (machinist, IT, etc) as they really are without to much buffing. This is sci-fi at its best.Ī dystopian future where people live in a Silo (a skyscraper but underground). Especially after I read the 2nd one (The Dark Forest) I kept it in my mind for a long time thinking over the things presented there. The three body problem trilogy: This is not so light-hearted it is serious sci-fi presenting some excellent ideas that would blow your mind. This is a plot intensive series but not many scifi philosophical ideas.
Red rising series: This is a great read, the plot feels something like a GoT of scifi although the setting could also be considered a fantasy one. The plot may not be so interesting but the ideas presented make up for it. Rendezvous with Rama: Probably my favorite Arthur Clarke novel.
Not much philosofy of hard sci-fi ideas so probably near to your liking. If you liked the 1st one then you wont regret reading the others. It has a light tone and mainly focuses on characters. The Expanse series (starting with Leviathan wakes). Also keep in mind that at about 3/4 in the novel there's a conclusion to the main story the rest of the novel feels rushed and doesnt keep up you won't miss anything if you just skip it. Very thought provoking ideas and excellent plot! Warning this is a heavy themed book.
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