Books like this ?

[BOXman]

This game is awesome in every shape and form.
Would love to read something similar to this.

[Honeyxilia]

i think the King in Yellow that appears in game is also horror stories

[Myr Superion]

BLAME!

[Candyflip]

Ligotti's work hit the "cosmic horror" notes quite similarly

[Jigsawn]

Not sure of any books offhand but there will definitely be some cosmic horror sci-fi like this out there. As for other media you might like, Observation the game, 2001 Space Odyssey the book/movie, Silent Hill games obviously, Stories Untold the game.

[Jimmy Rustler]

Have you watched Neon Genesis Evangelion?

[GODKaiserOs]

Originally posted by Myr Superion:

BLAME! :bad_beauty:

I also recommend BIOMEGA. But pretty much anything written by Tsutomu Nihei fits the bill.

[Capron Denim]

Game also references Lovecraft's "The Festival" in credits

[Leshariant]

None, zero books with robowives.

[Skuuf]

Blindsight by Peter Watts.

[Jimmy Rustler]

Originally posted by Type0:

None, zero books with robowives.

They really are a very cute part of a very bleak game.

Speaking of which, try Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou. The tone is the polar opposite of this game, but it is a story about a cute android girl trying to figure herself out and interacting with other cute android girls, and it has lesbian overtones. And I guess it's worth noting that despite it being a very nice and relaxing story, it is about the extinction of humanity and their replacement by something else.

The lesbian stuff isn't really my thing, but I can't deny that it's one of the greatest mangas ever written. Maybe like, top 3. There's two good OVAs, and the first one in particular is one of the most beautiful pieces of animation ever made.

Sorry for all the superlatives, but they really are necessary, trust me. Anyway, you can get the manga for free on archive if you want it.

[Kantermoose]

dystopian / futures:
1984
Brave New World
fahrenheit 451
clockwork orange
the giver

lovecraftian:
hp lovecraft - so many options
robert w chambers - king in yellow (in game obv)

so much to pick from - cthulhu tip of the iceberg

southern reach trilogy:
Annihilation
Authority
Acceptance
(books are much better than the movie Annihilation)


I feel like a lot of books from the past were thinking way more about the future and robots and AI (could be wrong here), as there seems quite a lot of older books on androids and such. Whereas nowadays its probably made into a netflix show.

[BOXman]

Originally posted by Kantermoose:

dystopian / futures:
1984
Brave New World
fahrenheit 451
clockwork orange
the giver

lovecraftian:
hp lovecraft - so many options
robert w chambers - king in yellow (in game obv)

so much to pick from - cthulhu tip of the iceberg

southern reach trilogy:
Annihilation
Authority
Acceptance
(books are much better than the movie Annihilation)


I feel like a lot of books from the past were thinking way more about the future and robots and AI (could be wrong here), as there seems quite a lot of older books on androids and such. Whereas nowadays its probably made into a netflix show.

the books you listed are not even remotely close to this. In theme maybe. but this is just a random book recommendation.

I meant close to the actual game. A surreal sci-fi horror.

[Jimmy Rustler]

Still not a book, but try Tenshi no Tamago. The tone is similar.

[Kantermoose]

Originally posted by BOXman:

Originally posted by Kantermoose:

dystopian / futures:
1984
Brave New World
fahrenheit 451
clockwork orange
the giver

lovecraftian:
hp lovecraft - so many options
robert w chambers - king in yellow (in game obv)

so much to pick from - cthulhu tip of the iceberg

southern reach trilogy:
Annihilation
Authority
Acceptance
(books are much better than the movie Annihilation)


I feel like a lot of books from the past were thinking way more about the future and robots and AI (could be wrong here), as there seems quite a lot of older books on androids and such. Whereas nowadays its probably made into a netflix show.

the books you listed are not even remotely close to this. In theme maybe. but this is just a random book recommendation.

I meant close to the actual game. A surreal sci-fi horror.

so you want a romance sci fi mystery novel that has elements of hp lovecraft , time loss (3000 cycles etc) with russian, german, chinese, japanese + cold war elements in a dystopian society with robots running windows 95 and there is a war (oh and also has to include a twist)

better off just googling "surreal sci fi horror" and reading what the books are about if you want hyper specifics and not recommendations. idk why you would want another exact same story when there are plenty of other great stories to read, but good luck finding that novel .

[Zebedee]

Originally posted by BOXman:

the books you listed are not even remotely close to this. In theme maybe. but this is just a random book recommendation.

I meant close to the actual game. A surreal sci-fi horror.

The Punktown series by Jeffrey Thomas leans into Lovecraftian horror with its cyberpunk setting. Think the setting has even been adapted for Call of Cthulu TTRPG. Fair warning though, Thomas blends a lot of things into his work.