The Golden Globe by John Varley - It's been years since I read this, but as I recall, it has some really elaborate and interesting world building. Cordelia's Honor by Lois McMaster Bujold. Which is technically and omnibus of two books, so I'm cheating a little. Although...has anyone NOT read any of the Vorkosigan books yet? The Gate to Women's Country by Sheri S. Tepper - I'm going to say right up front that this is a problematic book, most notably in its complete and explicit erasure of gay people. But it's also an interesting and thought-provoking book about what a society run (almost) entirely by women might look like. Isle of the Dead.The Moon is a Harsh Mistress.Babel-17Dune by Frank Herbert for something more classic.
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The Golden Globe by John Varley - It's been years since I read this, but as I recall, it has some really elaborate and interesting world building.
Cordelia's Honor by Lois McMaster Bujold. Which is technically and omnibus of two books, so I'm cheating a little. Although...has anyone NOT read any of the Vorkosigan books yet?
The Gate to Women's Country by Sheri S. Tepper - I'm going to say right up front that this is a problematic book, most notably in its complete and explicit erasure of gay people. But it's also an interesting and thought-provoking book about what a society run (almost) entirely by women might look like.
Isle of the Dead.The Moon is a Harsh Mistress.Babel-17Dune by Frank Herbert for something more classic.