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Book recommendations for cosmic horror on a spaceship
(lemmy.world)
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It’s not exactly Cthulhu but the revelation space has ships that are monstrous and so old that people barely ever go to most of the parts of them. Could be worth a read.
Alastair Reynolds is the author. It’s not really horror exactly but some screwed up stuff in em. That’s all I got for you sorry! I’ll follow this to see what others suggest
Ah yes, the massive, ancient ship with the interesting business with the captain. That was creepy.
I really enjoy Alastair Reynolds' novels.
Was there one with torture chamber pods onboard or something? Was that Absolution Gap? I may be mixing up books. Memory no worky.
Yes, I think so. The pods are there in the flashback of the ship and the doctor (who ends up serving cathedral guy) used to take some people as payment. That's what my memory says. And cathedral guy is one of the main characters of Absolution Gap, so it all adds up.
I was going to suggest Chasm City in particular, for the events on Sky's ship.
I read the post and was about to reply with this but you beat me to it.
As for horrors, the short story “Nightingale” in “Galactic North” is probably exactly what they want but some familiarity with the world building makes it hit harder.
I was going to suggest Chasm City in particular, for the events on Sky's ship.