Mark Lawrence has several trilogies that fit into this genre. They’re fantasy books but the setting/universe is based on science fiction.
Series that I’ve read and recommend:
Broken Empire
Holy Sister
Red Queens War
I found them all an enjoyable mix of dark/grim fantasy with a good mix of humor. These series all tend to follow an anti-hero or in Broken Empire’s case you could argue it’s a villain protagonist given just how unsavory a character Jorg is. Even still I found myself liking and rooting for that bastard.
The Broken Earth series is really original and well written.
- The City We Became and The Broken Earth series by N.K. Jemisin.
- Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki
- Remote Control by Nnedi Okorafor
Wait, Gormenghast has Science fiction? When does that show up? I only read the first book so far and don’t remember a lot.
Third book is all scifi.
Someone else suggested N.K. Jemisin’s Broken Earth series, which is also an unusual take on the post-apocalyptic and survivalism stuff that a lot of people are into these days.
Mark Lawrence’s “Book of the Ancestor” and “Book of the Ice” series.
Stephen King’s Dark Tower series. Mix of cyberpunk post-apocalyptic parallel universes with science so deep it’s magic.
(Trying not to give away too many spoilers!)
As a bonus, there’s an extended reading list which ties the Dark Tower into books and short stories from King’s universe.
- The Captain by Will Wight
- The Shadows of Dust by Alec Hutson
- Portal to Nova Roma by J.R. Mathews
- Starship’s Mage by Glynn Stewart
Just finished The Captain. It’s so good. I love both Will Wight and Alec Hutson and it seems we have similar taste (good taste 😀)
Any other book recommendations?