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werzum | karma 12 | avg karma 1.33 · 2021-08-10 03:19:12

Hey, I am a big fan of HPMOR too, and can absolutely feel your pain of not being able to discuss the book with anyone. Do you have more books that went in a similar direction?

I started reading the Eternal Golden Braid after, which was really good but dense, and for some light fantasy The Name of the Wind was an overall impressive book.

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Otter-man | karma 46 | avg karma 3.07 · 2021-08-10 04:14:08

The two books I usually recommend for HPMOR fans are Worm (https://parahumans.wordpress.com/) and The Mother Of Learning (https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/21220/mother-of-learning) Both considered to be a part of "rational fiction" sub-genre the same as HPMoR.

jack_pp | karma 1400 | avg karma 2.34 · 2021-08-10 09:46:45

HPMOR is my all time favorite book, I've read it multiple times and I am still in awe of it. From the same genre I liked stuff from Alexander Wales, mainly The Metropolitan Man [1], The Dark Wizard of Donkerk [2] and, to a lesser extent, Worth the Candle which was just finished.

While not really intended as rational fiction, Threadbare was a nice read too if you enjoy litRPG.

[1] https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10360716/1/The-Metropolitan-Man [2] https://alexanderwales.com/the-dark-wizard-of-donkerk-chapte...

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brian_cloutier | karma 1908 | avg karma 4.23 · 2021-08-10 09:55:41

Significant Digits is a quite good sequel (by a different author): http://www.anarchyishyperbole.com/p/significant-digits.html

The Martian and, recently, Project Hail Mary, are written in a completely different style but manage to hit many of the same buttons.

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lalaithion | karma 2153 | avg karma 4.3 · 2021-08-10 11:21:06

Greg Egan and Sam Hughes/qntm are both excellent science fiction authors which I have found other HPMOR fans like.

https://www.gregegan.net/

https://qntm.org/fiction

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