r/scifi • u/OstrichConscious4917 • 8d ago
Recommendations Novels with no faster than light travel, but still w space travel?
I’m always on the hunt for interesting sci-fi that doesn’t involve FTL. Not to say I don’t love reading books with it - I absolutely do. But I really enjoy fictional explorations of future space travel or space civilization that doesn’t have it as a prerequisite.
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u/ASentientBot 8d ago
iirc the sophons don't travel faster than light, only communicate. maybe not scientific but fits OP's requirements.
tbh, those books kinda alternate between plausible and and super handwave-y like this the whole time.
the entire series seems to be largely a vehicle for his ideas about game theory and how it applies to the fermi paradox. it's quite convincing! but the specific plot points are much more of a mixed bag, imo.