I haven’t had any luck in finding sci-fi books recently. I’m looking for a longer story that takes its time to establish the world/universe and the characters living in it. I like the idea of exploring space or futuristic cities/landscapes and being on a journey together with the protagonist. The story doesn’t have to have a happy end or flawless characters, but I also don’t like it when everything is hopeless/dystopic and all the characters stumble from one flawed decision to the next one. Some examples of what I enjoyed so far are:
- Dune
- Project Hail Mary
- The Expanse Series
- Hyperion Cantos Series
- Bobiverse Series
- The Murderbot Diaries Series
- Tuf Voyaging
- Night’s Dawn Series (Might not be for everyone… contains excessive violence and some smut, but also some very interesting ideas)
- Vatta’s War Series (I usually don’t like military sci-fi, but this one wasn’t bad)
- The Interdependency Series
- Falling Free
If you enjoyed some of these stories and have any similar suggestions, feel free to share them here. If not, maybe consider checking out the list above… I highly recommend each of these entries.
I wrote a really long praise of Foundation before I realised that you’ve just said you already like it… instead I’ll just say have you read Caves of Steel and its sequels? They are set about 20k years before Foundation and are also very good
I haven’t read the robot series yet but I’ll definitely add it to my list now. Also, please don’t feel discurraged to post your perspective here. Even if I’ve already read the books, there might be others who’ll find it helpful!