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In the mood for engineering / competence porn. What are your favourite novels / series? (sh.itjust.works)
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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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[-] IzzyScissor@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

I recently read "Blindsight" by Peter Watts which was about how first contact could work with an entirely alien species. It goes deep into both the physical and social sciences involved, and was a fun journey as well.

[-] Underwaterbob@lemm.ee 5 points 3 months ago

Nice to see r/printSF is alive and well on Lemmy. 😄

While Blindsight is an amazing book, I'm not sure it's got much in the way of competence porn. Some fantastic psychological science speculation for sure, though.

[-] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 months ago

Nice to see r/printSF is alive and well on Lemmy. 😄

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