I love Sci fi but I'm very picky - eviltoast

Most of my favourite books/movies/TV shows are Sci fi - I love Mary Shelley, slaughterhouse five, annihilation (both the book and the movie), The Thing, x files, the invasion, and the OA. This feels like a pretty wide variety of writing styles when I line them up but 90% of the sci fi I read/watch I just don’t enjoy at all. It’s a shame because when I love something sci fi I feel like it’s changed my whole life, but when it comes to finding new things I can just enjoy its easier to go through other genres. Is anyone else like this? Does anyone have reccomendations based on what I do like?

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    1 year ago

    Adding to this, Devolution by Max Brooks. Book only

    I also like earth based hard sci-fi with some mystery and horror. This book hits all three points, and is very character driven on top of that.