Best african american womens fiction books according to redditors
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I found the aliens in Octavia Butlers Xenogenisis/Lilith's Brood trilogy (link to book 1) to be extremely interesting and different, but not so far off difference as to be confusing. VanderMeer's Southern Reach trilogy (book 1) had some pretty far out aliens that definitely fit that bill, though, but is only tangentially military.
edit: just saw I am not the only one to mention Lilith's Brood; props to u/emopest for getting to it first. Leaving the comment because it is just that good!
Dawn by Octavia Butler comes to mind
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I've not read it, so I'm not sure if this fits, but could it be Butterscotch Blues?
Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler. It's very intense post-apocalyptic fiction and get this, female protagonist, no major romantic plots or subplots. It's a great book.
The Ragdoll Plagues by Alejandro Morales. Really weird magical realism/cyberpunk stuff. It's been a while since I've read it, but I don't remember there being much if any romantic stuff.
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I recommend Dune, as it's similar to ASOIAF as far as political machinations go to some degree, also epic story lines.
You might also like Hyperion by Dan Simmons, I read the first two books, they're kind of freaky.
I also liked Eon by Greg Bear, which is interesting as it shows a look at a future where a big asteroid appears above earth and it has an object on it that the joint Russian/U.S spaceforce goes to investigate, if you're interested in futuristic politics as evidenced by your love for the Bean series, then I'd say this one is for you. Although it's not quite similar to that in the blatancy of its political machinations, it does show an interesting look at this culture and that is in the background.
He also did a couple of good books like Darwins Radio and Darwins Children. I actually started out with Darwin's Children even though it's a sequel. I really liked it. Think Escape to witch mountain.
Earth by David Brin : Experiments with a black hole on the earth's surface goes horribly wrong, near future society where privacy has become a thing of the past
If you're looking for a good post-apocalyptic romp I'd suggest Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler. She also did a great series called the Patternist series. This covers several generations. She also did something widely praised called the Kindred though I have yet to read it. Also Lilith's Brood was cool.
You might also like the Stardoc novels. It's a little bit smaller scale in terms of focus but follow large events.
Also one of my favorite all time books is Mainline. It's about an assassin who can slip through parralel time streams to make a hit. It's pretty awesome.
Ok good luck!
And read Lost World Jurassic Park.
Dr. Max Tegmark, cosmologist and physics professor at MIT
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