Recommend me weird fiction books, please! (lemmy.world)

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Enjoy weird fiction overall, sci-fi and "horror" (in a very general sense). I like some Lovecraft, VanderMeers, Ballard, China Miéville, Samanta Schweblin, late William Gibson, Mariana Enríquez... what recent books or writers caught your eye that may loosely fit the term or are similar to works of the above authors? Can be in English, Portuguese or Spanish.

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[-] Wren@lemmy.today 2 points 1 week ago

The Pandora Sequence by Frank Herbert and Bill Ransom. Some of the weirdest shit I've ever read, especially in The Jesus Incident where -

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Jesus throws his enemies in a mutant sex dungeon to teach them a lesson in humility.

[-] atomo@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Frank Herbert

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