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Project Gutenberg has a pretty good science fiction selection, quite extensive in fact that I think it’s better to go by author than by individual works.
For the “classics” there’s H.G. Wells and Edgar Rice Burroughs, aside from Verne and Shelley whom you’ve already mentioned.
There are some surprising names, too, like Jack London, E.M. Forster, and Rudyard Kipling.
For golden age scifi: Frederic Brown, E.E. “Doc” Smith, CM Kornbluth, Jack Williamson, Frederic Pohl, Olaf Stapledon, and Andre Norton. Also, Robert E. Howard and H.P. Lovecraft.
For your criteria, though, I would recommend looking for the works of Philip K. Dick and H. Beam Piper.
Start using it more frequently and favor it over GUI apps. For instance, use cd and ls over the file manager. Launch applications I using the command line. Figure out ways to do in the CLI what you used to do using GUI. Over time you should get more comfortable with the environment.
I DNFed Altered Carbon by Richard K. Morgan. I had high hopes because the concept was reminiscent of Philip K Dick’s stories but I found the book to be a confusing slog with characters seemingly pulled from nowhere and with the plot muddling along with coincidences and revelations. There are a few gems of ideas in there, just takes too long to unpack.
I just use a French press. My current ratio is 30 grams of coffee grounds to 500ml of water. Mix together, place in the fridge overnight or about 8 hours. Transfer to teapot the following morning so as not to oversteep. Still experimenting though so I’m also curious about other techniques.
Try the stories of Harry Harrison.
It only matters if it’s to the death.
Moya from Farscape. Creepy, organic, but strangely lived in. Also very temperamental.