Life Beyond Us: An Original Anthology of SF Stories and Science Essays
By: Julie Nováková
3.88
Format: 582 pages, Hardcover
European Astrobiology Institute Presents: Life Beyond Us: An Original Anthology of SF Stories and S…
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1. The Scar (Bas-Lag, #2)
By: China Miéville
3.80
Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback
Aboard a vast seafaring vessel, a band of prisoners and slaves, their bodies remade into grotesque … read more
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2. Unlocked: An Oral History of Haden's Syndrome
By: John Scalzi
4.08
Format: 234 pages, ebook
A new near-future science fiction novella by John Scalzi, one of the most popular authors in modern… read more
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- science fiction
- short stories
- fiction
3. 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)
4. Tigana
By: Guy Gavriel Kay
3.12
Format: None pages, Paperback
Tiganais the magical story of a beleaguered country struggling to be free. It is the tale of a peop… read more
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5. Ventus
By: Karl Schroeder
3.29
Format: None pages, Paperback
After terrifying and titanic struggles, a godlike artificial intelligence gone rogue has finally be… read more
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6. The Empire of Isher: The Weapon Makers / The Weapon Shops of Isher
By: A.E. van Vogt
3.58
Format: 376 pages, Paperback
Contains Van Vogt's classicThe Weapon Makers and The Weapon Shops of Isher, in two novels that foll… read more
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7. A Song for Arbonne
By: Guy Gavriel Kay
3.78
Format: 320 pages,
Based on the troubadour culture that rose in Provence during the High Middle Ages, this panoramic, … read more
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8. Ringworld (Ringworld, #1)
By: Larry Niven
4.50
Format: None pages, Paperback
Pierson's puppeteers, three-leg two-head aliens find immense structure in unexplored part of the un… read more
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9. Translation State
By: Ann Leckie
4.09
Format: 422 pages, Hardcover
The mystery of a missing translator sets three lives on a collision course that will have a ripple … read more
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- fiction
"I am not a potato."-Ann Leckie, Translation State
"You have only small and seemingly pointless choices available to you. But if there is anything I have been trying to teach you, it is that small actions can have larger consequences. If one has only …"-Ann Leckie, Translation State
10. Starter Villain
By: John Scalzi
4.16
Format: 264 pages, Hardcover
Inheriting your uncle's supervillain business is more complicated than you might think. Particularl… read more
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- fiction
"So we’re like Spotify, but for evil."-John Scalzi, Starter Villain
"Wait, is there a plot to take over the world with a giant laser?"-John Scalzi, Starter Villain
"DOGS ARE THE WORST. THEY’LL SELL YOU OUT FOR A TREAT AND A HEAD PAT."-John Scalzi, Starter Villain
"Dogs are the worst. They'll sell you out for a treat and a head pat."-John Scalzi, Starter Villain
11. Moon of the Turning Leaves (Moon, #2)
By: Waubgeshig Rice
4.28
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
In this gripping sequel to the award-winning post-apocalyptic novel Moon of the Crusted Snow , a br… read more
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- fiction
12. One Day All This Will Be Yours
By: Adrian Tchaikovsky
4.04
Format: 144 pages, Hardcover
The bold new work from award-winning author Adrian Tchaikovsky - a smart, funny tale of time-trave… read more
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- short stories
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"Who’d have ever thought I’d find a soulmate in the end times? Not me, obviously, what with my trying my damnedest to eliminate the rest of the human race."-Adrian Tchaikovsky, One Day All This Will Be Yours
"I honestly think someone invented the time machine just so they could go grab a burger when the urge took them. Anyway, turns out saving the planet by eating soy was a bit of a non-starter given how …"-Adrian Tchaikovsky, One Day All This Will Be Yours
"And even if I met a fellow agent who seemed to jibe with me, no guarantee they’d be the same when I rendezvoused with them later and/or earlier (let me tell you, it’s frankly embarrassing to clap you…"-Adrian Tchaikovsky, One Day All This Will Be Yours
13. Master and Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1)
By: Patrick O'Brian
4.07
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
Ardent, gregarious British naval officer Jack Aubrey is elated to be given his first appointment as… read more
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- fiction
"Most men find [peace] entirely unlike what they had expected - like love..."-Patrick O'Brian, Master and Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1)
"The Navy speaks in symbols and you may suit what meaning you choose to the words."-Patrick O'Brian, Master and Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1)
"How wonderfully strange,' he thought, 'to be upset by this trifle; yet I am upset."-Patrick O'Brian, Master and Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1)
"What's wrong with (Captain) Jack Aubrey?" "Everything, since he has a command and I have not."-Patrick O'Brian, Master and Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1)
14. The Long Game (The Far Reaches, #4)
By: Ann Leckie
3.65
Format: 31 pages, Kindle Edition
An inquisitive life-form finds there’s more to existence than they ever dreamed in an imaginative s… read more
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- science fiction
- short stories
- fiction
15. Slow Time Between the Stars (The Far Reaches, #6)
By: John Scalzi
4.18
Format: 28 pages, Kindle Edition
An artificial intelligence on a star-spanning mission explores the farthest horizons of human poten… read more
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- science fiction
- short stories
- fiction
16. L'Iris blanc (Astérix, #40)
By: Fabcaro
3.83
Format: 48 pages, Hardcover
« Pour éclairer la forêt, la floraison d’un seul iris suffit » L’Iris blanc est le nom d’une nouvel… read more
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- fiction
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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- science fiction
- short stories
- fiction
18. Post Captain (Aubrey & Maturin, #2)
By: Patrick O'Brian
4.26
Format: 480 pages, Paperback
“If Jane Austen had written rousing sea yarns, she would have produced something very close to the … read more
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- fiction
"Compulsion is the death of friendship."-Patrick O'Brian, Post Captain (Aubrey & Maturin, #2)
"I sew his ears on from time to time, sure."-Patrick O'Brian, Post Captain (Aubrey & Maturin, #2)
"I should send my bees ashore for you, upon my sacred honour."-Patrick O'Brian, Post Captain (Aubrey & Maturin, #2)
"Rested, shaved, coffee’d, steaked, you will be a different man."-Patrick O'Brian, Post Captain (Aubrey & Maturin, #2)
19. Sid Meier's Memoir!: A Life in Computer Games
By: Sid Meier
4.19
Format: 286 pages, Hardcover
The life and career of the legendary developer celebrated as the “godfather of computer gaming,” an… read more
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"In the right context, a game is not just a vehicle for fun, but an exercise in self-determination and confidence."-Sid Meier, Sid Meier's Memoir!: A Life in Computer Games
"Separately is probably how I work best with everyone, to be honest. I'm an introvert who likes people: I want to collaborate on the whole, but do my part individually."-Sid Meier, Sid Meier's Memoir!: A Life in Computer Games
"Whatever it is you want to be good at, you have to make sure you continue to read, and learn, and seek joy elsewhere, because you never know where inspiration will strike."-Sid Meier, Sid Meier's Memoir!: A Life in Computer Games
"Games were not just a diversion, I realized. Games could make you feel. If great literature could would its power through nothing but black squiggles on a page, how much more could be done with movem…"-Sid Meier, Sid Meier's Memoir!: A Life in Computer Games
20. Some Desperate Glory
By: Emily Tesh
4.06
Format: 438 pages, Hardcover
While we live, the enemy shall fear us. All her life Kyr has trained for the day she can avenge … read more
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- fiction
"While Earth's children live, the enemy shall fear us."-Emily Tesh, Some Desperate Glory
"While we live, the enemy shall fear us. We are what's left. We are what must survive."-Emily Tesh, Some Desperate Glory
21. Alien Clay
By: Adrian Tchaikovsky
4.06
Format: 396 pages, Kindle Edition
They travelled into the unknown and left themselves behind . . . On the distant world of Kiln li… read more
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- fiction
22. Season of Skulls (Laundry Files, #12; New Management, #3)
By: Charles Stross
4.20
Format: 376 pages, Kindle Edition
Season of Skulls continues Hugo Award-winning author Charles Stross's Lovecraftian Laundry Files se… read more
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- fiction
23. Walking to Aldebaran
By: Adrian Tchaikovsky
3.75
Format: 144 pages, Hardcover
Chilling story of a lost astronaut on an alien artefact from Arthur C. Clarke award-winning Adrian … read more
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- short stories
- fiction
24. Rose/House
By: Arkady Martine
3.72
Format: 128 pages, Hardcover
Dust jacket illustration by David Curtis. Arkady Martine, the acclaimed author of the Teixcalaan… read more
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- short stories
- fiction
25. 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)
26. Mal Goes to War: A Novel
By: Edward Ashton
3.99
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
The humans are fighting again. Go figure. As a free A.I., Mal finds the war between the modded and… read more
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27. Semiosis (Semiosis, #1)
By: Sue Burke
3.91
Format: 333 pages, Hardcover
In this character driven novel of first contact by debut author Sue Burke, human survival hinges on… read more
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"Equality is not a fact, like the length of days... Equality is an idea, a belief, like beauty."-Sue Burke, Semiosis (Semiosis, #1)
"A Pax day and night lasted about twenty Earth hours, and a Pax year about 490 Earth days. A year seemed like such a long time."-Sue Burke, Semiosis (Semiosis, #1)
"I have a significant and inescapable communication to enter into with them. Animals never grow smarter, but I do. Ours will be a rewarding relationship."-Sue Burke, Semiosis (Semiosis, #1)
"... what bothered them more were the pink slugs twenty centimeters long they found eating old carcasses. The slugs would attack anything and dissolved living flesh on contact."-Sue Burke, Semiosis (Semiosis, #1)
28. Nothing but the Rain
By: Naomi Salman
3.88
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
A sleepy little town discovers its memories have become part of the water cycle in Naomi Salman's d… read more
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- short stories
- fiction
29. Sleep and the Soul
By: Greg Egan
4.07
Format: 429 pages, Kindle Edition
Sleep and the Soul contains ten stories from Hugo Award-winning author Greg Egan.“You and Whose Arm… read more
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- short stories
30. The Year's Top Hard Science Fiction Stories 7
By: Allan Kaster
3.77
Format: 469 pages, Kindle Edition
An unabridged collection spotlighting the best hard science fiction stories and novellas published … read more
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31. Life Beyond Us: An Original Anthology of SF Stories and Science Essays
By: Julie Nováková
3.88
Format: 582 pages, Hardcover
European Astrobiology Institute Presents: Life Beyond Us: An Original Anthology of SF Stories and S… read more
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