14 must-read science fiction books like Valuable Humans in Transit by qntm

Valuable Humans in Transit

By: qntm

4.04

Format: None pages, ebook

The power of the universal constructor is this: to create food from burnt charcoal and water. To tu…

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Cover of Acceptance (Southern Reach, #3) by Jeff VanderMeer

1. Acceptance (Southern Reach, #3)

By: Jeff VanderMeer

3.64

Format: 341 pages, Paperback

It is winter in Area X, the mysterious wilderness that has defied explanation for thirty years, reb… read more

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"What does the border look like?"

-Jeff VanderMeer, Acceptance (Southern Reach, #3)

"I hope to find Area X in Area X."

-Jeff VanderMeer, Acceptance (Southern Reach, #3)

"The time for expeditions was over."

-Jeff VanderMeer, Acceptance (Southern Reach, #3)

"Was this first contact, or last contact?"

-Jeff VanderMeer, Acceptance (Southern Reach, #3)

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2. The Goblin Emperor

By: Katherine Addison

3.84

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

A vividly imagined fantasy of court intrigue and dark magics in a steampunk-inflected world, by a b… read more

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3. Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies

By: Nick Bostrom

3.50

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Superintelligence asks the questions: What happens when machines surpass humans in general intellig… read more

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4. The Man Who Ended History: A Documentary

By: Ken Liu

3.97

Format: 176 pages, free online

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

5. 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
"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)

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6. 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
"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)

7. The Library at Mount Char

By: Scott Hawkins

3.44

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

A missing God. A library with the secrets to the universe. A woman too busy to notice her heart sl… read more

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8. The Metamorphosis of Prime Intellect

By: None

3.50

Format: 519 pages, Paperback

In a time not far from our own, Lawrence sets out simply to build an artifical intelligence that ca… read more

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9. Collected Fiction

By: Hannu Rajaniemi

3.00

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

'Inside the firewall the city is alive. Buildings breathe, cars attack, angels patrol, and hyper-in… read more

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10. The Metropolitan Man

By: Alexander Wales

3.37

Format: 204 pages, ebook

The year is 1934, and Superman has arrived in Metropolis. Features Lex Luthor as the villain protag… read more

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11. The Light Fantastic (Discworld, #2; Rincewind #2)

By: Terry Pratchett

3.33

Format: 75 pages, Mass Market Paperback

In The Light Fantasticonly one individual can save the world from a disastrous collision. Unfortuna… read more

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12. Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 124 (Clarkesworld Magazine, #124)

By: Aliette de Bodard , Rich Larson , John Kessel , Neil Clarke , Kelly Robson , Lettie Prell , Gary Kloster , None , Emanuela Valentini , None , None , Vina Jie-Min Prasad

3.92

Format: 314 pages, ebook

FICTION "The Ghost Ship Anastasia" by Rich Larson "A Series of Steaks" by Vina Jie-Min Prasad "Just… read more

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13. Deep Navigation

By: Alastair Reynolds , John Picacio , None

3.96

Format: 332 pages, Hardcover

Deep Navigation is the 2010 Boskone Book by Boskone's Guest of Honor Alastair Reynolds. It contains… read more

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14. What If? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions (What If?, #2)

By: Randall Munroe

4.37

Format: 354 pages, Hardcover

The #1 New York Times–bestselling author of What If? and How To provides his best answers yet to th… read more

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15. The Grief of Stones (The Cemeteries of Amalo, #2)

By: Katherine Addison

4.32

Format: 245 pages, Hardcover

In The Grief of Stones, Katherine Addison returns to the world of The Goblin Emperor with a direct … read more

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16. Eversion

By: Alastair Reynolds

3.98

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

From the master of the space opera comes a dark, mind-bending adventure spread across time and spac… read more

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  • science fiction
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17. The Bezzle (Martin Hench #2)

By: Cory Doctorow

4.13

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestseller Cory Doctorow's The Bezzle is a high stakes thriller where the lives of t… read more

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  • science fiction
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18. Fugitive Telemetry (The Murderbot Diaries, #6)

By: Martha Wells

4.31

Format: 168 pages, Hardcover

No, I didn’t kill the dead human. If I had, I wouldn’t dump the body in the station mall. When M… read more

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"Tural left with the air of escaping before things got worse."

-Martha Wells, Fugitive Telemetry (The Murderbot Diaries, #6)

"The only thing worse than humans infantilizing bots was bots infantilizing themselves."

-Martha Wells, Fugitive Telemetry (The Murderbot Diaries, #6)

"Humans so the "make it a question so it doesn't sound so bad" thing and it still sounds bad."

-Martha Wells, Fugitive Telemetry (The Murderbot Diaries, #6)

"Humans do the "make it a question so it doesn't sound so bad" thing and it still sounds bad."

-Martha Wells, Fugitive Telemetry (The Murderbot Diaries, #6)

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19. Heaven's River (Bobiverse, #4)

By: Dennis E. Taylor

4.29

Format: 17 pages, Audible Audio

Listening Length: 16 hours and 57 minutes Civil war looms in the Bobiverse in this brand-new, ep… read more

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"Subtlety: I no haz it."

-Dennis E. Taylor, Heaven's River (Bobiverse, #4)

"Sadly, it was like most political arguments. No one was willing to debate their base assumptions or justify them or compromise on them. The simple tactic being that if you repeated your assertion oft…"

-Dennis E. Taylor, Heaven's River (Bobiverse, #4)

"We'd gotten onto the concept or morality and Frida had just asked Theresa how she could have any sense of morality without a deity to define what was or was not moral. [...] "What deities give you ar…"

-Dennis E. Taylor, Heaven's River (Bobiverse, #4)

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20. Number Go Up: Inside Crypto's Wild Rise and Staggering Fall

By: Zeke Faux

4.26

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In 2021 cryptocurrency went mainstream. Giant investment funds were buying it; celebrities like Tom… read more

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21. Carl's Doomsday Scenario (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #2)

By: Matt Dinniman

4.56

Format: 364 pages, Kindle Edition

"The training levels have concluded. Now the games may truly begin." The ratings and views are o… read more

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  • science fiction
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22. The Last Echo of the Lord of Bells (Mage Errant #7)

By: John Bierce

4.50

Format: 750 pages, Kindle Edition

A new kind of war has come to the continent of Ithos. Airborne mage armies traverse enemy territ… read more

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23. The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #3)

By: Matt Dinniman

4.51

Format: 534 pages, Kindle Edition

Welcome to the Gun Show! The top ten list is populated. The sponsorship program is open. The di… read more

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  • science fiction
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24. The Gate of the Feral Gods (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #4)

By: Matt Dinniman

4.58

Format: 632 pages, Kindle Edition

New Achievement! Total, Utter Failure. You failed a quest less than five minutes after you recei… read more

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  • science fiction
Cover of Shadow's Seventh Step (Divine Apostasy, #7) by A.F. Kay

25. Shadow's Seventh Step (Divine Apostasy, #7)

By: A.F. Kay

4.55

Format: 668 pages, Kindle Edition

Ruwen wants nothing more than to relax in the Third Secret and recover from the terrible damage to … read more

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26. The Eighth Harmony (Divine Apostasy #8)

By: A.F. Kay

4.59

Format: 598 pages, Kindle Edition

Ruwen returns home to discover a civil war he unintentionally ignited eighteen months prior. Still … read more

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27. Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom

By: Ted Chiang

4.40

Format: 70 pages, Paperback

The story is about a future technology called “prisms.” “In colloquial terms, the prism created two… read more

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  • short stories
"I’m not sure about the math,"

-Ted Chiang, Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom

"Every decision you make contributes to your character and shapes the kind of person you are."

-Ted Chiang, Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom

"When a prism was activated, a quantum measurement was performed inside the device, with two possible outcomes of equal probability:"

-Ted Chiang, Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom

"Each time you do something generous, you’re shaping yourself into someone who’s more likely to be generous next time, and that matters."

-Ted Chiang, Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom

28. Three Bodies at Mitanni

By: Seth Dickinson

4.43

Format: None pages, None

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29. Valuable Humans in Transit

By: qntm

4.04

Format: None pages, ebook

The power of the universal constructor is this: to create food from burnt charcoal and water. To tu… read more

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30. Mad investor chaos and the woman of asmodeus

By: Eliezer Yudkowsky

4.17

Format: None pages, ebook

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