Ask HN: Please recommend sci-fi books similar to "children of time" or "anathem"

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db48x · Jun 19, 2026
Dune, by Frank Herbert
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db48x · Jun 23, 2026
Anathem is excellent
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rishabhpoddar · Jun 21, 2026
three body problem is awesome!
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db48x · Jun 19, 2026
A Deepness in the Sky, by Vernor Vinge
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db48x · Jun 19, 2026
The Book of the New Sun, by Gene Wolfe
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db48x · Jun 19, 2026
Project Hail Mary, by Andy Weir
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jr_isidore · Jun 21, 2026
the books were sublime
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db48x · Jun 19, 2026
Diaspora, by Greg Egan
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db48x · Jun 19, 2026
The Clockwork Rocket, by Greg Egan
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