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The 81 Best Sci-Fi Crime Novels (www.greghickeywrites.com)
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Based on curated lists from BookBub, Crime Reads, Book Riot and more, suggestions from readers on Goodreads, Quora and Reddit, and recommendations from authors like Jasper Fforde, Sharon Shinn and David Brin, here is a roundup of the 81 best sci-fi crime novels ever written.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I would add Daniel Suarez‘ Daemon to that list.

[–] FuglyDuck 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

The rape depiction is insanely unsettling.

Edit: and really isn’t necessary for the book.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Wait what? I’ve read the book twice, but it’s been a long while… I don’t remember any such scene? Must have blocked this out of my mind… gonna have to reread.

[–] FuglyDuck 2 points 3 days ago

It’s fairly early in the book, basically the nightclub guy drugs up an underage (iirc could be wrong on the age) girl and convinces her boyfriend to start having sex on camera- then is followed by every guy in the room.

It’s absolutely gratuitous and, even it was really important for the audience to know, it could have easily been alluded to. It serves not real purpose to the plot.