The Greatwinter Triology by Sean McMullen.
Souls of the Great Machine
The Miocene Arrow
Eyes of the Calculor
Basically after a long ago conflict no electric or electronic machinery works. Any built is detected and burned. There also other odd behaviors by people for unknown reasons which people have adapted to. Cannot tell more without spoiling it. The main thread is how effective computation is developed without electronics and how it changes the societies and unravels what happened previously.
Another triology, Altered Carbon by Richard K. Morgan. Don't be put off by the Netflix show. Season one wasn't bad, but the rest was drivel. The books are excellent. Not so much flashing back to the past as the TV show.
Another triology. Neal Stephenson's Baroque Cycle. These are very good, and about how modern markets among other things developed. Be warned each of these books is about 950 pages. Also not really scifi, but a worthwhile read from a scifi author.
Cold Eyes (First Contact) by Peter Cawdron. Part of a series of books, but this is a fine read as stand alone novel.
Dragon's Egg by Robert L. Forward. Not a fantasy dragon story. Is about contacting life that lives on the surface of a neutron star. An hour of human life is about equal to 100 years for the species they contact. An unusual and moving story.
Souls of the Great Machine
The Miocene Arrow
Eyes of the Calculor
Basically after a long ago conflict no electric or electronic machinery works. Any built is detected and burned. There also other odd behaviors by people for unknown reasons which people have adapted to. Cannot tell more without spoiling it. The main thread is how effective computation is developed without electronics and how it changes the societies and unravels what happened previously.
Another triology, Altered Carbon by Richard K. Morgan. Don't be put off by the Netflix show. Season one wasn't bad, but the rest was drivel. The books are excellent. Not so much flashing back to the past as the TV show.
Another triology. Neal Stephenson's Baroque Cycle. These are very good, and about how modern markets among other things developed. Be warned each of these books is about 950 pages. Also not really scifi, but a worthwhile read from a scifi author.
Cold Eyes (First Contact) by Peter Cawdron. Part of a series of books, but this is a fine read as stand alone novel.
Dragon's Egg by Robert L. Forward. Not a fantasy dragon story. Is about contacting life that lives on the surface of a neutron star. An hour of human life is about equal to 100 years for the species they contact. An unusual and moving story.
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