I found Canticle dull at first, then the ideas started to gel and I was salivating for more post-apocalyptic speculation like it. Do you have any other recommendations for people who enjoyed it?
I don't think I've read anything like it (and I read a lot of sci-fi). Margaret Atwood's Maddadam trilogy is probably the closest. KSR's "Ministry for the Future" also jumps to mind, though it's not nearly as big of a leap as Canticle. Also Neal Stephenson's "Seveneves" maybe. Some discussion here https://www.reddit.com/r/printSF/comments/iid8uf/recommend_p...
That Reddit thread has a lot of great recommendations, thanks.
Yeah, I really enjoyed Atwood's Maddadam books, although I hungrily consume pretty much everything she writes, so I might be a bit biased.
Seveneves was...okay. Not Stephenson's best, which I consider to be Anathem, but that starts fights so I don't say it out loud all that much. He tends to be hit or miss with me in general, but when he hits, it's a solid land.
I'll read every Stephenson as soon as it drops, but yeah, they are hit and miss. Anathem was definitely a hit (though I think Snow Crash or The Diamond Age would be my favorite). I wonder how much Anathem was inspired by Canticle
