| I consolidated the comments for my reference later. Someone else might also find it useful: # Fiction Books Recommended for Programmers (HN Thread 46128404) ## Adrian Tchaikovsky
- *Children of Time* — Science Fiction (Evolution, Space Opera)
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25499718-children-of-tim... ## Rick Cook — Wizardry Series
- *Wizard’s Bane* — Fantasy, Programming/Magic Mashup
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/112616.Wizard_s_Bane
- *Wizardry Series (overview)*
https://www.goodreads.com/series/43084-wiz ## James P. Hogan
- *Inherit the Stars* — Hard Science Fiction
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/743568.Inherit_the_Stars
- *Code of the Lifemaker* — Sci-Fi, Artificial Life
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/296722.Code_of_the_Lifem...
- *The Two Faces of Tomorrow* — AI, Hard Science Fiction
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/218017.The_Two_Faces_of_... ## D. F. Jones — Colossus Trilogy
- *Colossus* — AI, Classic Sci-Fi Thriller
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/806105.Colossus
- *The Fall of Colossus* — AI, Sci-Fi
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/806106.The_Fall_of_Colos...
- *Colossus and the Crab* — AI, Sci-Fi
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/806107.Colossus_and_the_... ## Lewis Padgett (Henry Kuttner)
- *A Logic Named Joe* — Golden-Age Sci-Fi, AI Precursor
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16179042-a-logic-named-j... ## David Gerrold
- *When H.A.R.L.I.E. Was One* — AI, Classic Science Fiction
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/865672.When_H_A_R_L_I_E_... ## William Gibson / Bruce Sterling
- *Neuromancer* — Cyberpunk
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6088007-neuromancer
- *The Difference Engine* — Steampunk
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16781.The_Difference_Eng... ## Neal Stephenson
- *Snow Crash* — Cyberpunk
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/830.Snow_Crash
- *Cryptonomicon* — Techno-thriller, Cyber-history
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/816.Cryptonomicon
- *Anathem* — Philosophical Science Fiction
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2845024-anathem
- *The Diamond Age* — Nanopunk
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/827.The_Diamond_Age ## Fred Saberhagen
- *Octagon* — AI, Techno-thriller
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1891958.Octagon ## Lois McMaster Bujold — Vorkosigan Saga
- *Series Overview* — Space Opera
https://www.goodreads.com/series/40946-vorkosigan-saga ## Richard Powers
- *Galatea 2.2* — Literary Fiction, AI
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/45104.Galatea_2_2 ## Scott Meyer
- *Off to Be the Wizard* — Comic Fantasy with Computing Themes
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18616975-off-to-be-the-w... ## Daniel Suarez
- *Daemon* — Cyber-thriller, AI
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6665844-daemon ## Thomas J. Ryan
- *The Adolescence of P-1* — AI, Classic Sci-Fi
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/218059.The_Adolescence_o... ## Ernest Cline
- *Ready Player One* — Sci-Fi, Gaming, Pop-Culture Adventure
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9969571-ready-player-one ## Dennis E. Taylor
- *We Are Legion (We Are Bob)* — Humorous Sci-Fi, AI, Space Opera
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29475817-we-are-legion-w... ## Ted Chiang
- *Stories of Your Life and Others* — Speculative Fiction
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/223380.Stories_of_Your_L...
- *Exhalation* — Speculative Fiction, Philosophy, AI
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41160292-exhalation
- *The Lifecycle of Software Objects* — AI, Digital Consciousness
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9166173-the-lifecycle-of... ## Charles Stross
- *Laundry Files Series* — Math-based Magic, Techno-Fantasy
https://www.goodreads.com/series/50764-laundry-files ## Ken Liu
- *The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories* — Speculative Fiction
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11289614-the-paper-menag...
- *The Hidden Girl and Other Stories* — Speculative Fiction, AI, VR
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51008178-the-hidden-girl... ## Ellen Ullman
- *The Bug* — Tech Industry Literary Fiction
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/703.The_Bug ## Cory Doctorow
- *Radicalized* — Techno-sociopolitical Speculative Fiction
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40604122-radicalized ## qntm (Sam Hughes)
- *Valuable Humans in Transit and Other Stories* — Speculative Fiction, Computing Themes
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56516939-valuable-humans... ## Roger Williams
- *The Metamorphosis of Prime Intellect* — AI, Post-Singularity SF
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/258140.The_Metamorphosis... ## Greg Bear
- *Eon* — Hard Science Fiction
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/924843.Eon ## Vernor Vinge
- *A Deepness in the Sky* — Hard Sci-Fi, Space Opera
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/175303.A_Deepness_in_the... ## Terry Pratchett
- *Going Postal* — Comic Fantasy, Satire of Bureaucracy & Tech
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/64222.Going_Postal ## Bruce Bethke
- *Headcrash* — Cyber-satire
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/213465.Headcrash ## Mary Shelley
- *Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus* — Classic Gothic Sci-Fi
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35031085-frankenstein ## Douglas Adams
- *The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy* — Comic Sci-Fi
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11.The_Hitchhiker_s_Guid... ## Jorge Luis Borges
- *The Library of Babel* — Metaphysical Fiction
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7844213-the-library-of-b... ## Greg Egan
- *Permutation City* — Simulation Theory, Hard Sci-Fi
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/156784.Permutation_City ## Cixin Liu
- *The Three-Body Problem* — Hard Sci-Fi, First Contact
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20518872-the-three-body-... |