4 Introspective Sci-Fi Books You Need To Read

Today, we’re diving headfirst into introspective sci-fi books that are guaranteed to make you question everything!

Thanks for watching and don't forget to check out my sci-fi books below.

#scifi #books #philosophy

0:00 - intro
1:22 - Dying Inside by Robert Silverberg
3:12 - The Star Diaries by Stanislaw Lem
5:00 - Embassytown by China Miéville
6:42 - The Drowned World by J.G. Ballard

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MY SCI-FI NOVELS

DELPHINE DESCENDS
After her family is killed and her homeworld occupied, young Kathreen Martin is sent to the distant world of Furoris for re-education. She will live the rest of her life as a serf – to be bought and sold as a commodity of the Imperial Network.

When her only chance of escape is ruined, a chance mistaken identity offers her a new life as the orphaned daughter of a First-Citizen Senator and heiress to a vast fortune.

She vows to claw her way into power to sit among the worlds’ elite. Then, with her own hands, she will reap bloody vengeance on them all.

But to beat them, she must play their game. And she must play it better than them all.

BLACK MILK
Prometheus has the chance to bring his wife back from the dead, but doing so will mean the destruction of Earth.

Spanning time, planets and dimensions, Black Milk draws to a climactic point in a post-apocalyptic future, where humanity, stranded with no planet to call home, fights to survive against a post-human digital entity that pursues them through the depths of space.

Five lives separated by aeons are inextricably linked by Prometheus’s actions:

Ystil.3 is an AI unit sent back in time from the distant future to investigate Prometheus’s discovery...

The mysterious Lydia has devoted her life to finding a planet that the last remaining humans can call home…

Tom Jones (he’s a HUGE fan!) is an AI trapped inside a digital subspace, lost and desperate to find his way back to his beloved in real-time…
Dr Norma Stanwyck is a neuroscientist from 24th Century Earth whose personal choices ripple throughout time...

Prometheus must learn the necessity of death or the entire universe will be swallowed by his grief.
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[author.gggodchild]

I love philosophical sci-fi. Nothing like it!

[sgkogan]

(found the correct video to put the comment)
Always happy to see some Lem!
"Ij" in "Ijon" is pronounced like Y in "Yale", making it more like Yon, and "Tichy" is pronounced with "Kh", Tee-kh-y, with [ɨ] sound, like putting ee deeper down the vocal cords until it's not ee anymore. The word itself reminds of "cichy"/"тихий" stem from Slavic languages, meaning " quiet, silent".

[blindsamurai]

Just read EmbassyTown - and really enjoyed all its concepts !

[holydissolution]

Y- ON ( there's no j or g sound )
Tyhi ( not ch like chimney but h like hell )
Star Diaries are the funniest thing ever ! There is another book with further adventures by Tichy & Cyberiad is in similar tone, also very funny.
That is 190 IQ humor for you ! ( Lem's IQ was measured when he was in highschool )
Great video as always !!👍

[NickKlamerth]

I see the Iain M. Banks books behind you. :) State of the Art is fun!

[stevieroach]

I would add my favorite philosophical series, Canopus in Argos: Archives. Written by Doris Lessing, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, it forever changed my outlook on life and the universe.

[Captain_Caustic]

Great list. I love The Star Diaries. There’s no writer quite like Stanislaw Lem. His stories are so weird and thought-provoking at the same time.
Ive been wanting to read both Dying Inside and The Drowned World for quite some time now. Your description of the latter was quite intriguing.

[radieux-aglaiah]

Great recs. I shall add all of rhem to my TBR list 😊

[barryvercueil]

Four books i haven't read yet. Thank you. Excellent video. Cheers

[blueberryfuzz]

Some books to ponder about! Thank you!

[acaryadasa]

Wow. Dying Inside? I read it as a teen about half a century ago. It deeply affected me.

[michaelrichards]

You always put up the Best Art on your videos. Then hit us with great books. I will now be on the Hunt to find some these for future reads. Thank You

[vonbek-zz]

I absolutely love the recommendations u give. It's interesting books I've never heard of, and it's exciting to listen to.

[PoeLemic]

Really love your channel. I didn't know that you were an author too. That's so incredible that you not only a good narrator, but that you can also craft your own sci-fi works.

[renee_]

This is my favourite subgenre of sci-fi. Thanks for the awesome recommendation.
Also, I love the background artwork you pick for your videos. Some amazing artists featured

[thekeywitness]

Love Silverberg, Lem and Ballard. Need to check out Embassytown.

[josuegentilcunhaneto]

I've just boughtThe Star Diaries and Dying Inside! Embassytown, I took note, it is on my list now.

[WordsinTime]

I’ve only read a couple of books from Silverberg and Lem but they’ve already become two of my favorites. And I own High-Rise by Ballard but haven’t read it yet.

[CrypticMusic]

Very nice list! I have both of Lem’s Igon Tichy books on my to-read list, so I’m encouraged to get there sooner. I also love the philosophical turns in Frank Herbert’s writings and just enjoyed a deep exploration of the sources of consciousness in his Destination: Void.

[peterschaffter]

In the first half of the '60s, Ballard wrote three "environmental fiction" novels: The Drowned World (reviewed), The Wind from Nowhere, and The Drought. All three are excellent. We studied The Drought in high school.