19 Best science fiction books like Beyond the Farthest Suns (The Complete Short Fiction of Greg Bear) by Greg Bear

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Beyond the Farthest Suns (The Complete Short Fiction of Greg Bear)

By: Greg Bear

3.86

Format: 322 pages, Paperback

7 remarkable stories, newly revised for this collection, showcase the award-winning talents of one …

If you liked the science fiction plot in Beyond the Farthest Suns (The Complete Short Fiction of Greg Bear) by Greg Bear , here is a list of 19 books like this:

Cover of Drive (The Expanse, #2.7) by James S.A. Corey

1. Drive (The Expanse, #2.7)

By: James S.A. Corey

4.05

Format: 30 pages, ebook

Read "Drive", a Prequel to The Expanse series. The Expanse, premiering in December 2015 on Syfy,… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
"The grass is always greener on the other side of personal extinction."

-James S.A. Corey, Drive (The Expanse, #2.7)

"Acceleration is pressing his eyeballs out of their right shape. High tech astigmatism."

-James S.A. Corey, Drive (The Expanse, #2.7)

"On Mars, the joke went, a man’s hole was his castle where values of castle approached dorm room."

-James S.A. Corey, Drive (The Expanse, #2.7)

"That’s what peace is, right? Postponing the conflict until the thing you were fighting over doesn’t matter."

-James S.A. Corey, Drive (The Expanse, #2.7)

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2. A Case of Conscience (After Such Knowledge, #4)

By: Greg Bear , James Blish

4.67

Format: 48 pages, Paperback

Father Ruiz-Sanchez is a dedicated man--a priest who is also a scientist, and a scientist who is al… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
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3. The Ballad of Black Tom

By: Victor LaValle

3.85

Format: 149 pages, Paperback

People move to New York looking for magic and nothing will convince them it isn't there. Charles… read more

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  • fiction
"I wish I’d been more like my father,"

-Victor LaValle, The Ballad of Black Tom

"I'll take Cthulhu over you devils any day."

-Victor LaValle, The Ballad of Black Tom

"A good hustler isn't curious. A good hustler only wants his pay."

-Victor LaValle, The Ballad of Black Tom

"Because to watch would be to understand the play isn't being staged for us."

-Victor LaValle, The Ballad of Black Tom

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4. Galactic North

By: Alastair Reynolds

4.17

Format: 200 pages,

Set in the Revelation Spaceuniverse-the first short story collection by "one of SF's best and most … read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
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5. Autonomous

By: Annalee Newitz

4.33

Format: 481 pages, Hardcover

Autonomousfeatures a rakish female pharmaceutical pirate named Jack who traverses the world in her … read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
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6. The Avatar

By: Poul Anderson

3.83

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
Cover of Blindsight (Firefall, #1) by Peter Watts

7. 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)

8. The Merman's Children

By: Poul Anderson

3.33

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

An ambitious elaboration of the Danish legend echoed in Matthew Arnold's "The Forsaken Merman," her… read more

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9. Brain Wave

By: Poul Anderson

4.07

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

A fascinating 'what if novel, Brainwave is an exploration into the ways human society is organized … read more

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10. Starfarers

By: Poul Anderson

4.18

Format: None pages, Paperback

When evidence of an advanced civilization is discovered by SETI astronomers, an expedition into the… read more

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11. The Ophiuchi Hotline

By: John Varley

4.04

Format: 226 pages, Paperback

After the effortless capture of Earth by vastly superior aliens, humanity is forced to fight for ex… read more

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12. Heavy Planet: The Classic Mesklin Stories

By: Hal Clement

3.87

Format: None pages, Paperback

Discover MESKLIN - Gravity: 3g at the equator, 700g at the poles! Hal Clement is a Grand Master of … read more

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13. Beyond The Fall Of Night

By: Gregory Benford , Arthur C. Clarke

3.88

Format: 192 pages,

Gregory Benford expands Arthur C. Clarke's novella, Against the Fall of Night, into a novel-length … read more

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14. Paradox Bound

By: Peter Clines

3.59

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Eli's willing to admit it: he's a little obsessed with the mysterious woman he met years ago. Okay,… read more

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15. The Prefect (Prefect Dreyfus Emergency, #1)

By: Alastair Reynolds

3.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Tom Dreyfus is a Prefect, a policeman of sorts, and one of the best. His force is Panoply, and his … read more

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16. The Pram

By: Joe Hill

3.77

Format: 58 pages, Kindle Edition

A husband’s obsessive desire for a child leads to an unexpected manifestation of his yearning in a … read more

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  • fiction
Cover of Machine Vendetta (Prefect Dreyfus Emergency, #3) by Alastair Reynolds

17. Machine Vendetta (Prefect Dreyfus Emergency, #3)

By: Alastair Reynolds

4.36

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

From the king of modern space opera comes a new adventure in the Prefect Dreyfus series— Machine Ve… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
"A small request like that, who am I to turn it down? There is something you can do for me in return, though, especially now that you’re practically on our doorstep."

-Alastair Reynolds, Machine Vendetta (Prefect Dreyfus Emergency, #3)

Cover of The Sins of Our Fathers (The Expanse, #9.5) by James S.A. Corey

18. The Sins of Our Fathers (The Expanse, #9.5)

By: James S.A. Corey

4.14

Format: 64 pages, ebook

Through one of the gates, a colony stands alone. Their supplies are low. Their defenses, weak. The … read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
Cover of How It Unfolds (The Far Reaches, #1) by James S.A. Corey

19. How It Unfolds (The Far Reaches, #1)

By: James S.A. Corey

4.01

Format: 38 pages, Kindle Edition

An astronaut’s interstellar mission is a personal journey of a thousand second chances in an exhila… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
Cover of Elysium Fire (Prefect Dreyfus Emergency, #2) by Alastair Reynolds

20. Elysium Fire (Prefect Dreyfus Emergency, #2)

By: Alastair Reynolds

4.07

Format: 415 pages, Kindle Edition

Ten thousand city-state habitats orbit the planet Yellowstone, forming a near-perfect democratic hu… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
"The place is of no concern to them. They've left it to fester. An informational dead zone. The abstraction doesn't penetrate here, by design. The dome rebuffs it. The family craved their privacy, the…"

-Alastair Reynolds, Elysium Fire (Prefect Dreyfus Emergency, #2)

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21. 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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  • science fiction
  • fiction
  • anthologies
"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

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22. Cut and Thirst

By: Margaret Atwood

3.15

Format: 35 pages, Kindle Edition

Three women scheme to avenge an old friend in a darkly witty short story about loyalty, ambition, a… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of The Visit (Black Stars, #1) by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

23. The Visit (Black Stars, #1)

By: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

3.95

Format: 20 pages, Kindle Edition

As a powerful matriarchy reshapes the world, two men—old friends—confront the past and future in a … read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
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24. Lovers at the Museum

By: Isabel Allende

3.48

Format: 25 pages, Kindle Edition

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Wind Knows My Name comes a mesmerizing tale of tw… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of Arkhangelsk by Elizabeth H. Bonesteel

25. Arkhangelsk

By: Elizabeth H. Bonesteel

4.15

Format: 470 pages, Paperback

Head peace officer Anya Savelova believed her people, living on a hostile planet in the ice-bound c… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
Cover of 2043... a Merman I Should Turn to Be (Black Stars, #3) by Nisi Shawl

26. 2043... a Merman I Should Turn to Be (Black Stars, #3)

By: Nisi Shawl

2.95

Format: 31 pages, Kindle Edition

African-descended USians are finally obtaining reparations—underwater. Plunge into the action of a … read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
Cover of Clap Back (Black Stars, #5) by Nalo Hopkinson

27. Clap Back (Black Stars, #5)

By: Nalo Hopkinson

3.80

Format: 21 pages, Kindle Edition

A past struggle for racial equity could achieve a profound future victory in this audacious short s… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
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28. Shadows of Eternity

By: Gregory Benford

3.28

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

Shadows of Eternity is legendary author Gregory Benford’s return to interstellar science fiction as… read more

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  • science fiction
Cover of These Alien Skies (Black Stars, #4) by C.T. Rwizi

29. These Alien Skies (Black Stars, #4)

By: C.T. Rwizi

4.27

Format: 25 pages, Kindle Edition

Accidents happen in the strange realms of the African Union system. One of them sends two humans to… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
Cover of The Mercy of Gods (The Captive’s War, #1) by James S.A. Corey

30. The Mercy of Gods (The Captive’s War, #1)

By: James S.A. Corey

4.24

Format: 422 pages, Hardcover

How humanity came to the planet called Anjiin is lost in the fog of history, but that history is ab… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of Beyond the Farthest Suns (The Complete Short Fiction of Greg Bear) by Greg Bear

31. Beyond the Farthest Suns (The Complete Short Fiction of Greg Bear)

By: Greg Bear

3.86

Format: 322 pages, Paperback

7 remarkable stories, newly revised for this collection, showcase the award-winning talents of one … read more

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  • anthologies

22 Top fiction books like Beyond the Farthest Suns (The Complete Short Fiction of Greg Bear) by Greg Bear

Transform Your Habits

Drive (The Expanse, #2.7)

James S.A. Corey

4.05

Transform Your Habits

A Case of Conscience (After Such Knowledge, #4)

Greg Bear , James Blish

4.67

Transform Your Habits

The Ballad of Black Tom

Victor LaValle

3.85

Transform Your Habits

Galactic North

Alastair Reynolds

4.17

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18 Best fiction books like Machine Vendetta (Prefect Dreyfus Emergency, #3) by Alastair Reynolds

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Blindsight (Firefall, #1)

Peter Watts

4.01

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Machine Vendetta (Prefect Dreyfus Emergency, #3)

Alastair Reynolds

4.36

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Europa Deep

Gary Gibson

4.17

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The Bezzle (Martin Hench #2)

Cory Doctorow

4.13

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