I posted this on Reddit a while ago and it sparked some really good discussion and recommendations.
I really like The Expanse - as it doesn’t just discuss the attempted terraforming of Mars and the colonisation of the Main Asteroid Belt but also
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the way that these communities decline when abundant habitable planets are discovered, where life is much easier.
So yeah, what are your best examples?
“off to be the wizard” takes the universe is a simulation trope and REALLY runs with it. I don’t know if I’d call it good scifi though…
I remember being pretty impressed with “permutation city” for it’s depiction of the consequences of being able to upload consciousness into machines.
I haven’t read any Greg Egan, I thought I had but I had him confused with Greg Bear. I read Eon and it was confusing as hell…