Engine City – Ken MacLeod (2002)

Set in a crumbling utopia orbiting a distant star, Engine City blends post-human philosophy with gritty political realism. It’s about immortality, memory, and what happens when civilization becomes too clever for its own good.
MacLeod’s writing is dry, witty, and loaded with big ideas — imagine The Expanse rewritten by a socialist philosopher who’s secretly a stand-up comic.
If you like your sci-fi smart enough to argue with you, this one’s worth hunting down.

Rating: 5 / 5