I’ve been on a cosmic horror kick lately, and what I’d really like to read is stories or novels of the awful and unfathomable on a spaceship. Stories where we go to them, poke what shouldn’t be poked, scan what shouldn’t be scanned, and things proceed from there.

  • nick@midwest.social
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    5 months ago

    It’s not exactly Cthulhu but the revelation space has ships that are monstrous and so old that people barely ever go to most of the parts of them. Could be worth a read.

    Alastair Reynolds is the author. It’s not really horror exactly but some screwed up stuff in em. That’s all I got for you sorry! I’ll follow this to see what others suggest

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      5 months ago

      I was going to suggest Chasm City in particular, for the events on Sky’s ship.

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      5 months ago

      I was going to suggest Chasm City in particular, for the events on Sky’s ship.

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      5 months ago

      I read the post and was about to reply with this but you beat me to it.

      As for horrors, the short story “Nightingale” in “Galactic North” is probably exactly what they want but some familiarity with the world building makes it hit harder.