The Gambler
By: Paolo Bacigalupi
3.74
Format: 53 pages, Kindle Edition
In this Hugo and Nebula Award-nominated short story, a Laotian journalist, Ong, tries to succeed in…
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1. The Human Division (Old Man's War, #5)
By: John Scalzi
4.27
Format: 24 pages, Hardcover
Following the events of The Last Colony, John Scalzi tells the story of the fight to maintain the u… read more
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- science fiction
- short stories
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2. Blindsight (Firefall, #1)
By: Peter Watts
4.01
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Two months since the stars fell... Two months since sixty-five thousand alien objects clenched a… read more
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- science fiction
- fiction
"Evolution has no foresight. Complex machinery develops its own agendas. Brains — cheat. Feedback loops evolve to promote stable heartbeats and then stumble upon the temptation of rhythm and music. Th…"-Peter Watts, Blindsight (Firefall, #1)
3. Nebula Awards Showcase 2011 (Nebula Awards, #12)
By: Saladin Ahmed , Rachel Swirsky , Amal El-Mohtar , Geoffrey A. Landis , Kevin J. Anderson , Michael Bishop , Joe Haldeman , James Patrick Kelly , N.K. Jemisin , Joe R. Lansdale , Richard Bowes , Kage Baker , Will McIntosh , Kij Johnson , Michael A. Burstein , Ted Kosmatka , Paolo Bacigalupi , Eugie Foster , Neal Barrett Jr.
3.60
Format: 253 pages, Paperback
With this inaugural volume at Tor, the annual Nebula Award collection is reborn as a fiction-only a… read more
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- science fiction
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4. A Deepness in the Sky (Zones of Thought, #2)
By: Vernor Vinge
4.32
Format: 775 pages, Mass Market Paperback
The prequel to A Fire Upon The Deep, this is the story of Pham Nuwen, a small cog in the interstell… read more
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- science fiction
- fiction
"So even in hell, there are clowns."-Vernor Vinge, A Deepness in the Sky (Zones of Thought, #2)
"So High, So Low, So Many Things to Know"-Vernor Vinge, A Deepness in the Sky (Zones of Thought, #2)
"So high, so low, so many things to know."-Vernor Vinge, A Deepness in the Sky (Zones of Thought, #2)
"The light shining through was a rainbow from hell."-Vernor Vinge, A Deepness in the Sky (Zones of Thought, #2)
5. Redshirts
By: John Scalzi
3.86
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Ensign Andrew Dahl has just been assigned to the Universal Union Capital Ship Intrepid, flagship of… read more
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- science fiction
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"Sooner or later the Narrative will come for each of us."-John Scalzi, Redshirts
"We've already established whoever is writing us is an asshole."-John Scalzi, Redshirts
"Who are you and what medications aren't you taking?" Finn said."-John Scalzi, Redshirts
"In other words, crew deaths are a feature, not a bug," Cassaway said, dryly."-John Scalzi, Redshirts
6. Lock In (Lock In, #1)
By: John Scalzi
3.14
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
A blazingly inventive near-future thriller from the best-selling, Hugo Award-winning John Scalzi. N… read more
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7. Zoe's Tale (Old Man's War, #4)
By: John Scalzi
3.27
Format: None pages,
How do you tell your part in the biggest tale in history? I ask because it's what I have to do. I'm… read more
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9. A Man With One of Those Faces (The Dublin Trilogy Book 1)
By: Caimh McDonnell
3.28
Format: 5 pages,
The First time somebody tried to kill him was an accident. The second time was deliberate. Now Paul… read more
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10. The Last Colony (Old Man's War #3)
By: John Scalzi
3.91
Format: 434 pages,
Retired from his fighting days, John Perry is now village ombudsman for a human colony on distant H… read more
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11. Hooves and the Hovel of Abdel Jameela
By: Saladin Ahmed , Rajan Khanna
3.15
Format: 252 pages, Audiobook
Rated PG: A miracle a day keeps the physicker away... Originally published in I should not be so … read more
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12. Pride and Prometheus
By: John Kessel
4.07
Format: 112 pages,
"Dark and gripping and tense and beautiful." --Karen Joy Fowler, New York Times bestselling author … read more
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13. Children of the Mind (Ender's Saga, #4)
By: Orson Scott Card
3.78
Format: 370 pages, Paperback
Children of the Mind (1996) is the fourth novel of Orson Scott Card's popular Ender's Game series o… read more
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"I must rejoice that I am part of her, instead of resenting that I am not more of her."-Orson Scott Card, Children of the Mind (Ender's Saga, #4)
"Firequencher raised his hand. "I've been staying out of family conversations. Do I get credit for that?"-Orson Scott Card, Children of the Mind (Ender's Saga, #4)
"But then, I would rather be mocked for doing a good thing than to be respected, knowing I have done wrong."-Orson Scott Card, Children of the Mind (Ender's Saga, #4)
"If one has to say, in an argument, "I am intelligent! I do know things!" then one might as well stop arguing."-Orson Scott Card, Children of the Mind (Ender's Saga, #4)
14. System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)
By: Martha Wells
4.22
Format: 245 pages, Hardcover
Am I making it worse? I think I'm making it worse. Everyone's favorite lethal SecUnit is back. … read more
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- science fiction
- fiction
"(I'm going to have to code a patch for threat assessment.)"-Martha Wells, System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)
"I said, “Have you done something that you feel you should be threatened for?"-Martha Wells, System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)
"Bad things may not be more statistically possible but it sure seems like they are."-Martha Wells, System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)
"Then he sent me a note back. So, you may not know this but I read your letter to Dr. Mensah, the one you sent when you left Port FreeCommerce. I think you're absolutely the right person to write this…"-Martha Wells, System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)
15. Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory (The Murderbot Diaries, #4.5)
By: Martha Wells
4.10
Format: 19 pages, ebook
Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory was originally given free to readers who pre-ordered Martha’… read more
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- science fiction
- short stories
- fiction
"The Corporation Rim has always been a slave state, though it calls its institutionalized slavery “contract labor."-Martha Wells, Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory (The Murderbot Diaries, #4.5)
"It’s about being treated as a thing, isn’t it. Whether that thing is a hostage of conditional value, or a very expensively designed and equipped enslaved machine/organic intelligence. You’re a thing,…"-Martha Wells, Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory (The Murderbot Diaries, #4.5)
16. Falling Bodies (The Far Reaches, #3)
By: Rebecca Roanhorse
3.68
Format: 35 pages, Kindle Edition
A young man caught between two disparate worlds searches for his place in the universe in a wrenchi… read more
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- short stories
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17. Just Out of Jupiter's Reach (The Far Reaches, #5)
By: Nnedi Okorafor
3.87
Format: 45 pages, Kindle Edition
A revolutionary experiment in space opens a woman’s eyes to the meaning of solitude in a thought-pr… read more
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- short stories
- fiction
18. The End of the World Is Just the Beginning: Mapping the Collapse of Globalization: The Collapse of Globalization and Its Aftermath
By: Peter Zeihan
4.18
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
2019 was the last great year for the world economy. For generations, everything has been getting… read more
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19. The Expert System's Brother (Expert System, #1)
By: Adrian Tchaikovsky
3.93
Format: 167 pages, Paperback
After an unfortunate accident, Handry is forced to wander a world he doesn't understand, searching … read more
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- short stories
- fiction
20. Exhalation
By: Ted Chiang
4.28
Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition
In these nine stunningly original, provocative, and poignant stories, Ted Chiang tackles some of hu… read more
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"The universe began as an enormous breath being held."-Ted Chiang, Exhalation
"I am not that air, I am the pattern that it assumed, temporarily."-Ted Chiang, Exhalation
"Contemplate the marvel that is existence, and rejoice that you are able to do so. I"-Ted Chiang, Exhalation
"even if a universe’s life span is calculable, the variety of life that is generated within it is not."-Ted Chiang, Exhalation
21. Red Side Story (Shades of Grey, #2)
By: Jasper Fforde
4.50
Format: 459 pages, Hardcover
The long-awaited follow-up to the New York Times bestselling Shades of Grey—in an exclusive edition… read more
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- fiction
"Choice," went the Word of Munsell, "leads only to dithering and unhealthy speculation over alternative outcomes. The choice to have no choice is the best choice of all."-Jasper Fforde, Red Side Story (Shades of Grey, #2)
22. Service Model
By: Adrian Tchaikovsky
4.06
Format: 376 pages, Hardcover
To fix the world they first must break it further. Humanity is a dying breed, utterly reliant on… read more
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23. Delta-v (Delta-v, #1)
By: Daniel Suarez
4.16
Format: 437 pages, Hardcover
When itinerant cave diver James Tighe receives an invitation to billionaire Nathan Joyce's private … read more
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"Sorry. Just paralyzed by the indescribable beauty of the cosmos. We'll get to work."-Daniel Suarez, Delta-v (Delta-v, #1)
"Well, for once in my life, I not only know why I’m here, at this place, I finally know why I exist. I’ve always wondered why I was so odd. What possible evolutionary purpose could a person like me se…"-Daniel Suarez, Delta-v (Delta-v, #1)
24. City of Last Chances (The Tyrant Philosophers, #1)
By: Adrian Tchaikovsky
3.96
Format: 500 pages, Hardcover
Arthur C. Clarke winner and Sunday Times bestseller Adrian Tchaikovsky's triumphant return to fanta… read more
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- fiction
25. A Quantum Love Story
By: Mike Chen
3.67
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
The only thing harder than finding someone in a time loop is losing them. Grieving her best friend… read more
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- fiction
26. The Canadian Miracle
By: Cory Doctorow
3.61
Format: 23 pages, ebook
Short fiction from science fiction author, activist, and journalist Cory Doctorow!A contentious ele… read more
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27. Beyond the Dragon's Gate
By: Yoon Ha Lee
3.73
Format: 20 pages, ebook
Former Academician Anna Kim’s research into AI cost her everything. Now, years later, the military … read more
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28. The Simulacrum (First Contact)
By: Peter Cawdron
4.48
Format: 393 pages, Kindle Edition
Someone is altering old astronomical images. In one small patch of the sky, the digital versions do… read more
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29. Sinner, Baker, Fabulist, Priest; Red Mask, Black Mask, Gentleman, Beast
By: Eugie Foster
4.07
Format: 30 pages, Kindle Edition
In a far future society, people change their identities, their societal roles, even their personali… read more
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30. A Memory of Wind
By: Rachel Swirsky
3.81
Format: 41 pages, ebook
The heroes are eager to sail to Troy for war, but the wind is still. To fill their sails and set ou… read more
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- short stories
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31. The Gambler
By: Paolo Bacigalupi
3.74
Format: 53 pages, Kindle Edition
In this Hugo and Nebula Award-nominated short story, a Laotian journalist, Ong, tries to succeed in… read more
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