I recently read the trilogy, and absolutely fell in LOVE with this type of story. To clarify, to me, the three body problem trilogy felt like a modern take on cosmic horror, while im not looking specifically for horror. I’m looking for the feeling that this trilogy gave me, a sort of feeling of awe and excitement over the unknown. I love the unknown, but especially i love the idea of the unknown in reality, so stories that ground science fiction worries in reality a bit, but also aren’t entirely afraid to pull out some less realistic ideas to get across certain points. I am looking for any books that remotely feel like this trilogy in that sense.

I feel like such books would be very uncommon however.

EDIT: Do any of you listen to music while you read? I started recently making specific playlists for reading various kinds of books, so far i’ve made a playlist for reading warhammer 40k books and a playlist for reading cosmic horror and creepy stories in general, i came up with the idea while reading three body problem. after i started listening while reading, it made the experience even creepier, which i loved.

EDIT EDIT: For anyone else making suggestions, since theres a few suggestions i already have in my collection i plan to read here. i will provide a list of books i have in my collection that i plan to read. This isn’t all of them, this is just my “cosmic stuff” folder. Some of it is a bit less sci fi and is more just personally interesting for other reasons.

Ballad of black tom- victor lavalle

Blindsight+echopraxia- peter watts (suggested by this thread, already had it, more inclined to read now)

The void trilogy- peter hamilton

Phyl Undhu, Abstract horror, exterminator- Nick Land

The killing star- charles R pellegrino

The revelation space collection- alastair reynolds (newly added thanks to this thread)

The tinfoil dossier trilogy- Caitlin R Kiernan

vacuum diagrams/xeelee sequence- Stephen Baxter (newly added from this thread)

The expanse- james S.A. Corey (haven’t grabbed yet, but plan to)

  • Vendetta9076@sh.itjust.works
    5·
    11 months ago

    The Expanse really ramps up the “cosmic horror” aspects in the later hooks. Also, 40k plays well with Cosmic horror in some of its stories. Mainly anything about tyranids or Chaos.

    • GayCosmicHorror@sh.itjust.worksOP
      2·
      11 months ago

      Oooh dangit expanse sounds even better now. And yes! i’ve read a couple 40k stories that i adored, i’ve read just about every adeptus mechanicus related book in my collection, i’ve read 2 or 3 of the horus heresy, and and a couple tau books, and books involving necrons.

      There are some youtube videos i had watched of some interesting stories, like “Watcher in the rain” seemed super creepy, right up my alley. I will probably be making a folder for 40k horror stuff.