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Can anyone recommend a hard scifi/fantasy book that explicitly uses maps/diagrams/other illustrations as part of its "hardness"? (lemmy.ml)

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Title, I basically want to see a book that would be like a technical book on science or engineering or naval strategy if it weren't fiction.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Stormlight Archive?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Been a while since I read that, did it really have illustrations?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

More than I am used to. Maybe one every 75-100 pages or something like that

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Jurassic Park has illustrations along the story that “explain” what chaos is. The book is significantly “harder” than the movie, I feel. Is this what you are looking for?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thanks for the suggestion, I have read jurassic park, though didn't like it for unrelated reasons

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Can I ask you the reason? I really enjoyed it, but i read it in my teens and don’t remember much.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I don't really remember either, mostly just found it underwhelming and a waste of potential. Never watched the movies as a result.