The Clockwork Rocket

Greg Egan

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db48xJun 19, 2026

A Deepness in the Sky, by Vernor Vinge Dune, by Frank Herbert Diaspora, by Greg Egan The Clockwork Rocket, by Greg Egan The Book of the New Sun, by Gene Wolfe Project Hail Mary, by Andy Weir

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rigmaroleMay 21, 2023

I’ve seen Greg Egan mentioned a couple times. I love most of what I’ve read by him, but “The Clockwork Rocket” trilogy stands far above for me. A multi-generational hard sci-fi story. Characters who are intelligent, curious researchers who set out to learn and unravel the nature of their universe to try to save their world, set in alternate physics.

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