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Good science fiction books go! the darker it is the better...

>> No.2267863
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consider phelbas : Ian M banks

Starts with people being executed by being drowned in a septic tank as a party goes on upstairs.
Its considered a punishment

>> No.2267873

>>2267863
>Starts with people being executed by being drowned in a septic tank as a party goes on upstairs. Its considered a punishment
Goddamn, I haven't even read this but I know it's gonna give me nightmares.

>> No.2267912

>>2267863

I read that book. I honestly don't remember that scene at all!

Surface Detail, by the same author, was pretty fucking dark, though. The descriptions of virtual hells were absolutely horrific.

The Player Of Games, by the same author, also has some pretty grim scenes in it.

>> No.2267939

>>2267863
>just consider phlebas
Fuck, anything by Iain M Banks. Like, at all.

Everybody should read the Foundation series, too.