What's the most imaginative presentation of truly alien life and societies you've read about in scifi? I feel like everything I've read lately is just...silicon. Techno-ascendancy stuff. Aliens as massive compute clusters with very fast clocks. Seems narrow.
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Replying to @generativist
Nothing comes close to Olaf Stapledon's 1930s books, 'Star Maker' & 'Last and First Men'. I would also urge you to read 'Solaris' by Stanislaw Lem immediately (the recentish Bill Johnston translation) if you haven't already.
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Replying to @therourke @generativist
Also the Xenogenesis trilogy by Octavia Butler. Before reading that, go for her insanely perfect short story 'Blood Child' and be changed forever.
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DAMMIT! I almost picked that up this weekend but the prior owner left too many pencil underlines so I opted out.
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