Hey Lemmings,
I’ve just finished up the second of John Scalzi’s Lock-In novels and I’m looking for some recommendations for some new books in the same vein. I’ve enjoyed a bunch of sci-fi mysteries like The Murderbot series, the I Robot novels, even Niven’s ARM stories. So throw me some more like that if you can.

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    7 days ago

    I have not read Lock-In, but the synopsis sounds similar to Recursion by Blake Crouch

    Project Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir has some mystery, at least for a while while the character tries to figure out what’s going on.

    If you’re okay with a horror element, Dead Silence by SA Barnes. Astronauts are trying to figure out what happened on a space ship that seems to drive everyone insane

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      6 days ago

      I found Locked In to be quite good, Recursion looks interesting from the wiki plot synopsis, like crime riff on Replay which is a really good book and a great concept. I’ll put Recursion in my bookshelf buffer.
      I love Andy Weir’s work, I’ve been a fan from his Casey and Andy webcomic days. I really liked Hail Mary but I’m more talking about detective mysteries rather then science mysteries :)
      I’m a bit iffy on horror, but mostly because I haven’t read enough to be in on the tropes. I do like the idea of space horror but I suspect that it all in the execution. Thanks I’ll give it go.