10 must-read science fiction books like Nebula Awards Showcase 2019 by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

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Nebula Awards Showcase 2019

By: Silvia Moreno-Garcia

3.88

Format: 350 pages, Paperback

The latest edition of the very best science fiction and fantasy as selected by the members of the S…

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1. Stories of Your Life and Others

By: Ted Chiang

4.26

Format: 281 pages, ebook

What if men built a tower from Earth to Heaven-and broke through to Heaven's other side? What if we… read more

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  • science fiction
  • anthologies
  • speculative fiction
  • short stories
"Pragmatism avails a savior far more than aestheticism."

-Ted Chiang, Stories of Your Life and Others

"I remember when you'll be a month old, and I'll stumble out of bed to give you your 2:00 a.m. feeding."

-Ted Chiang, Stories of Your Life and Others

"Living with you will be like aiming for a moving target; you'll always be further along than I expect."

-Ted Chiang, Stories of Your Life and Others

"Maturity means seeing the differences, but realizing they don’t matter. There’s no technological shortcut."

-Ted Chiang, Stories of Your Life and Others

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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
  • speculative 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. The Things They Carried

By: Tim O'Brien

4.10

Format: None pages,

They carried malaria tablets, love letters, 28-pound mine detectors, dope, illustrated bibles, each… read more

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4. 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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5. 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
"(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)

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6. Titanium Noir (Titanium Noir, #1)

By: Nick Harkaway

4.03

Format: 236 pages, Hardcover

A virtuosic mashup of Philip K. Dick and Raymond Chandler by way of Marvel—the story of a detective… read more

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  • science fiction
"In her hands, a corpse is like one of those old Bibles chained up in a dusty room, not only the printed text and the rich colours of the pictures, but the records of marriages and births and deaths i…"

-Nick Harkaway, Titanium Noir (Titanium Noir, #1)

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7. Rogue Protocol (The Murderbot Diaries, #3)

By: Martha Wells

4.26

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

SciFi’s favorite antisocial A.I. is again on a mission. The case against the too-big-to-fail GrayCr… read more

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  • science fiction
"I was tired of pretending to be human. I needed a break."

-Martha Wells, Rogue Protocol (The Murderbot Diaries, #3)

"Pretending bad things aren’t happening is not a great survival strategy."

-Martha Wells, Rogue Protocol (The Murderbot Diaries, #3)

"I hate caring about stuff. But apparently once you start, you can't just stop."

-Martha Wells, Rogue Protocol (The Murderbot Diaries, #3)

"I didn’t want to see helpless humans. I’d rather see smart ones rescuing each other."

-Martha Wells, Rogue Protocol (The Murderbot Diaries, #3)

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8. When We Cease to Understand the World

By: Benjamín Labatut

4.14

Format: 193 pages, Kindle Edition

One of The New York Times Book Review ’s 10 Best Books of 2021 Shortlisted for the 2021 Internat… read more

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  • short stories
"Como la luna en el budismo, una partícula no existe; el acto de medición la vuelve un objeto real"

-Benjamín Labatut, When We Cease to Understand the World

"Reality, they said to those present, does not exist as something separate from the act of observation."

-Benjamín Labatut, When We Cease to Understand the World

"Una de las cosas que siempre me han sorprendido de Chile es la aversión que sentimos por la cordillera. No habitamos las montañas."

-Benjamín Labatut, When We Cease to Understand the World

"Solo una visione di insieme, come quella di un santo, di un pazzo o di un mistico, ci permetterà di decifrare la forma in cui è organizzato l’universo."

-Benjamín Labatut, When We Cease to Understand the World

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9. 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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  • science fiction
"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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10. 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
  • anthologies
  • speculative fiction
  • short stories
"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

Cover of Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries, #5) by Martha Wells

11. Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries, #5)

By: Martha Wells

4.47

Format: 350 pages, Hardcover

It calls itself Murderbot, but only when no one can hear. It worries about the fragile human cre… read more

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  • science fiction
"Ugh, emotions."

-Martha Wells, Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries, #5)

"So, you have a relationship with this transport."

-Martha Wells, Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries, #5)

"I'm a murderbot, I don't give a crap about boats."

-Martha Wells, Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries, #5)

"I am actually trying my best despite the fuck-ups."

-Martha Wells, Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries, #5)

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12. 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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  • science fiction
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13. Nebula Awards Showcase 2019

By: Silvia Moreno-Garcia

3.88

Format: 350 pages, Paperback

The latest edition of the very best science fiction and fantasy as selected by the members of the S… read more

Similar categories in Silvia Moreno-Garcia's Nebula Awards Showcase 2019 book and Silvia Moreno-Garcia's Nebula Awards Showcase 2019

  • science fiction
  • anthologies
  • speculative fiction
  • short stories

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Hernan Diaz

3.83

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3.58

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4.18

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