If you were fascinated by the ingenious time-bubble technology and the rigorously imagined science in Marooned in Realtime, you'll be enthralled by Diaspora. Egan crafts a future where consciousness can migrate between bodies and into digital realms, and the plot hinges on solving cosmic-scale mysteries with cutting-edge physics. The book’s speculative technology is as mind-bending and meticulously detailed as anything Vinge devised.

If the world-shattering temporal disaster and the struggle for survival in Marooned in Realtime grabbed you, The Gone-Away World offers a wildly original post-apocalyptic landscape. Harkaway’s novel is set after the 'Go-Away War,' where reality itself has been fractured, and survival means navigating a world where physics and logic have gone haywire. Expect both adventure and brainy speculation.

If the time-traveling 'bobbles' and the civilization-hopping leaps in Marooned in Realtime thrilled you, Timescape offers a gripping, scientifically grounded look at time communication. Scientists in a dying future desperately try to reach the past to avert extinction, leading to tense, interconnected timelines and the kind of clever, plausible causality puzzles that Vinge fans love.

If you appreciated the existential puzzles and questions about humanity’s future in Marooned in Realtime, The Dispossessed will resonate. Le Guin’s novel follows physicist Shevek as he challenges the limits of society, time, and personal freedom, weaving philosophy seamlessly into story and worldbuilding. Both books probe what it means to be human on the edge of radical change.

If you enjoyed unraveling the central mystery in Marooned in Realtime—with its shifting alliances, whodunit structure, and interlocking motives—Permutation City offers a similarly intricate puzzle. Egan’s narrative follows uploaded minds in digital reality as they try to solve existential riddles and navigate conflicting goals. The layers of plot and revelation will keep you guessing until the end.