Scifi that starts normal then goes cosmic (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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[-] solarvector@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 6 days ago

It's a good example of relatively "real" science fiction but doesn't start normal, pretty much sets the tone and sticks with it. Some reveals come but it's now in the vein of mystery.

[-] BlackJerseyGiant@lemmy.world 9 points 6 days ago

Gotta disagree. We start flying in spaceships bound by real physics as we understand it, albeit with better tech, doing normal human stuff, like blowing each other up, and then each book progressively unfolds another layer, literally logarithmicly more alien than before, while also expanding the scope of the Expanse.

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