What are some essential 'nerd-core' titles Stuff like

There's a torrent called

"The Top 100 Sci-Fi Audiobooks"

Check out the books listed in that one

>>9106869
http://www.sffaudio.com/commentary-a-top-100-sci-fi-audiobooks-list/

Pretty much what I was looking for

>>9106893
Good luck, dude. You have one hell of a trip in front of you. It's definitely worth it.

>>9106806
How To Survive In A Science Fictional World when you want some self referential meta stuff.

>>9107298
Science Fictional Universe*

>>9106806
see >>9105889 and >>9106525

>>9106806
>ready player one
anon you fucked up

>>9107428
hmm, what makes you imply that cyberpunk is necessarily 'nerd-core'? i get that much of it is, but i don't really see how authors like dick or burroughs fit what op is looking for, even though i adore them.

>>9107298
That was a pretty good book. I'm surprised more don't talk about it.

>>9107428
Haven't read Snow Crash yet. Being a techno-cyber thriller, does it hold up after 25 years?

>>9107540
it gets a lot of hate here, but i read it recently and i liked it enough, just found it at times a bit too, overwrought in its pulpiness, i guess. generally liked the style though, and it dealt with some really neat concepts.

How about sci-fi that's more about character development and story than sic-fi ideas, like Hyperion but unlike OP's pic?

>>9107439
It's a fun and light read, and it's pretty much giving you a handjob if you like movies comics and vidya or overall geek stuff