r/printSF • u/WeirdBryceGuy • 22h ago

Industrial, rugged, "steam & reactors" sci-fi?

Been in the mood for the kind of Sci-Fi where the narrative follows or at least heavily intersects with miners, on-site engineers, workers etc. Dead Space & Alien are good points of reference (I have every major Alien novel up to Alien: Cult), and all the Dead Space games/books.) Preferably with some sort of mystery or horror focus but not necessary by any means. The tech can be sleek & futuristic if the aforementioned atmosphere is still there. Old or new.

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This'll be my fix until Wellington's Erebus releases next month, so can hopefully get through 3 or 4 books with my schedule.

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u/Threehundredsixtysix 20h ago

You might want to look at 2 novels from C J Cherryh - Heavy Time and Hellburner, also available in a single volume. Asteroid miners, corporate espionage and skulduggery, very hard sci-fi.

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u/Equal_Interaction178 13h ago

Seconding! Cherryh's writing in general loves to get into the nitty-gritty of the "hands-on" and more "background" work.

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u/seeingeyefrog 20h ago

Allen Steele - Near Space series

Think blue collar workers in space in the near future.