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⌈ Secret Post #5571 ⌋

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Re: Book recs (or any rec)

[(Anonymous)]

- Alistair Reynolds, probably the modern standardbearer for dark space opera / hard sf. he is really good, although he may lean on the darker / more pessimistic side compared to what you're going for
- Jack McDevitt - maybe not super dark, but trending in that direction, really good, classic, meaty science fiction
- The Outside by Ada Hoffmann. a lot of fun, and it definitely has Lovecraftian themes; a sequel came out recently but I haven't read it
- Iain M. Banks can definitely be dark, although maybe slightly more in a "depressing" sense rather than a "grimdark" sense
- John Barnes, I sort of hesitate to recommend, because some of his fiction can have a nasty streak that can be really unpleasant if you're not looking out for it, and should come with content warnings. But he's a really imaginative science fiction writer and his work can definitely be dark.
- the Expanse series is obviously massively popular and definitely goes into dark territory at times

Lastly, Simon R. Green's Deathstalker series fits exactly what you're looking for. it does have the slight problem that Simon R. Green is only marginally competent as a writer, but it's not bad if you go into it with the right mindset.