12 must-read science fiction fantasy books like The Hydrogen Sonata (Culture #10) by Iain M. Banks

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The Hydrogen Sonata (Culture #10)

By: Iain M. Banks

5.00

Format: 64 pages, Hardcover

They are, truly, probably, End Days for the Gzilt civilization. An ancient people, they helped set …

If you liked the science fiction fantasy plot in The Hydrogen Sonata (Culture #10) by Iain M. Banks , here is a list of 12 books like this:

Cover of Revelation Space (Revelation Space, #1) by Alastair Reynolds

1. Revelation Space (Revelation Space, #1)

By: Alastair Reynolds

4.17

Format: 200 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Nine hundred thousand years ago, something annihilated the Amarantin civilization just as it was on… read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • audiobook
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2. Chasm City

By: Alastair Reynolds

4.17

Format: 200 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The once-utopian Chasm City -a doomed human settlement on an otherwise inhospitable planet- has bee… read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • audiobook
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3. Absolution Gap

By: Alastair Reynolds

4.17

Format: 200 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The Inhibitors were designed to eliminate any life-form reaching a certain level of intelligence - … read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • audiobook
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4. The Hydrogen Sonata (Culture #10)

By: Iain M. Banks

5.00

Format: 64 pages, Hardcover

They are, truly, probably, End Days for the Gzilt civilization. An ancient people, they helped set … read more

Similar categories in Iain M. Banks's The Hydrogen Sonata (Culture #10) book and Iain M. Banks's The Hydrogen Sonata (Culture #10)

  • cultural
  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Quantum Thief (Jean le Flambeur, #1) by Hannu Rajaniemi

5. The Quantum Thief (Jean le Flambeur, #1)

By: Hannu Rajaniemi

4.16

Format: None pages,

Jean le Flambeur gets up in the morning and has to kill himself before his other self can kill him … read more

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  • science fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
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6. Redemption Ark

By: Alastair Reynolds

3.90

Format: 205 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Late in the twenty-sixth century, the human race has advanced enough to accidentally trigger the In… read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • audiobook

7. The Culture Series of Iain M. Banks: A Critical Introduction

By: None

3.91

Format: 256 pages,

This critical history of Iain M. Banks' Culture novels covers the series from its inception in the … read more

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8. The Business

By: Iain Banks

3.95

Format: None pages, Paperback

Kate is a senior executive officer in a powerful and massively discreet transglobal organization. T… read more

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9. The Reality Dysfunction (Night's Dawn, #1)

By: Peter F. Hamilton

0.00

Format: 126 pages, Mass Market Paperback

In AD 2600 the human race is finally beginning to realize its full potential. Hundreds of colonized… read more

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10. The Bridge

By: Iain Banks

4.17

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

A darkly brilliant novel of self-discovery the cutting edge of experimental fiction. It leads from … read more

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11. The Quarry

By: Iain Banks

4.05

Format: 208 pages, Kindle Edition

Kit doesn't know who his mother is. What he does know, however, is that his father, Guy, is dying o… read more

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12. A Song of Stone

By: Iain Banks

3.73

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

A European nation not unlike Bosnia: armed forces roam the lawless land where dark columns of smoke… read more

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13. Taming Flame

By: Therisa Peimer

4.30

Format: 312 pages, Paperback

Flaminius's days of bouncing between beds are snatched away the instant he sets eyes on his perfect… read more

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  • speculative fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
"Tightening his embrace around his wife and little Theo, he vowed, "I will do everything in my power to continue being worthy of the faith you have in me."

-Therisa Peimer, Taming Flame

"Why do you have such faith in me, Aurelia?" "I've told you a million times that I love you, you make me feel safe and cherished, and you care deeply for our people. Why wouldn't I have faith in you?"

-Therisa Peimer, Taming Flame

"I'm so proud of you I could burst, but in the interest of saving the poor cleaning staff the hassle, I would, instead, like to take you to our room and lick you from stem to stern until you beg me to…"

-Therisa Peimer, Taming Flame

"A virgin," Flaminius smiled deviously. "I'll take her." Instantly, surprised chatter erupted. Mother Guardian held up her hand for silence. "You cannot be serious, Sire." "Oh, but I am," he replied w…"

-Therisa Peimer, Taming Flame

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14. The Polymorph

By: Max Nowaz

4.29

Format: None pages, ebook

Arbitrator, Jim Brown is returning to Earth after completing a successful mission to put down a rev… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
"One thing I have learnt is that you may do a lot of evil things, but if you are ever afforded a chance to be good, then you should take it. You will feel better about yourself."

-Max Nowaz, The Polymorph

"If you always try to subjugate people by coercion, because you are strong, then sooner or later you will run into somebody who is just as strong, if not stronger. Then you'll be in trouble."

-Max Nowaz, The Polymorph

"He was planning to take my shape and marry you. Then he was going to kill your father and take over his business empire." "And you? What are your plans?" "I have no plans to kill your father."

-Max Nowaz, The Polymorph

"Every morning when I wake up, I ask myself, "Why was I born?" Then I answer myself, "You were born to be successful." If you can learn to define your own success and not let others dictate it, you ca…"

-Max Nowaz, The Polymorph

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15. Our Blue Orange (Godfrey Davis, #1)

By: A.R. Merrydew

4.23

Format: 307 pages, Kindle Edition

When inventor Godfrey Davis arrived at the ministry that Monday morning he had his first experience… read more

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  • science fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
"Sir, I think you need to read this,’ he said, nervously handing over the mainframe’s dissertation of its own wellbeing."

-A.R. Merrydew, Our Blue Orange (Godfrey Davis, #1)

"Steve shook his head in amazement. ‘If that GOD person hadn’t left that case, we wouldn’t have any of this.’ Thomas agreed. ‘Personally, I can’t praise him enough.’     "

-A.R. Merrydew, Our Blue Orange (Godfrey Davis, #1)

"Semilla’s Phlegm-O-Matic promptly made an observation. ‘Wow Semilla look at that shuttle.’ ‘Keep your voice down Raymond we’re in danger,’ Semilla hissed. ‘Raymond?’ Burt said incredulously. ‘I had t…"

-A.R. Merrydew, Our Blue Orange (Godfrey Davis, #1)

"With one hand disturbing a colony of parasitic life forms in his uncombed hair, he yawned loudly. ‘Morning Steve,’ Thomas said scratching his grubby face. His breath drifted across the space between …"

-A.R. Merrydew, Our Blue Orange (Godfrey Davis, #1)

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

16. 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

Similar categories in Alastair Reynolds's Machine Vendetta (Prefect Dreyfus Emergency, #3) book and Iain M. Banks's The Hydrogen Sonata (Culture #10)

  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • audiobook
"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)

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17. Children of Memory (Children of Time, #3)

By: Adrian Tchaikovsky

4.02

Format: 486 pages, Kindle Edition

The modern classic of space opera that began with Children of Time continues in this extraordinary … read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • audiobook
"The essential fallacy,' Ghoti picks up, 'is that humans and other biologically evolved, calculating engines feel themselves to be sentient, when sufficient investigation suggests this is not so. And …"

-Adrian Tchaikovsky, Children of Memory (Children of Time, #3)

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18. Homo Cosmicus 2: Titan: A Science Fiction Novel

By: Todor Bombov

4.37

Format: 152 pages, Paperback

2nd Book in Sci-Fi Series Is Set on Saturn’s Moon Homo Cosmicus-2: Titan is a sci-fi novel, sui … read more

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  • science fiction
"While an elderly man in his mid-eighties looks curiously at a porno site, his grandson asks him from afar, “‘What are you reading, grandpa?’"

-Todor Bombov, Homo Cosmicus 2: Titan: A Science Fiction Novel

"Let’s get to know each other. My name’s William, William More, but you can call me Willy. I’m an engineer-chemist who graduated from MIT. So . . . but you’re all alike to me . . . of course, you woul…"

-Todor Bombov, Homo Cosmicus 2: Titan: A Science Fiction Novel

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19. 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

Similar categories in Adrian Tchaikovsky's Service Model book and Iain M. Banks's The Hydrogen Sonata (Culture #10)

  • science fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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20. 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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  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Lords of Uncreation (The Final Architecture, #3) by Adrian Tchaikovsky

21. Lords of Uncreation (The Final Architecture, #3)

By: Adrian Tchaikovsky

4.35

Format: 608 pages, Hardcover

The Arthur C. Clarke award-winning author of Children of Time brings us the third and final novel i… read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • audiobook

14 Best fiction books like The Hydrogen Sonata (Culture #10) by Iain M. Banks

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Alastair Reynolds

4.17

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Chasm City

Alastair Reynolds

4.17

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Absolution Gap

Alastair Reynolds

4.17

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The Hydrogen Sonata (Culture #10)

Iain M. Banks

5.00

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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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Gary Gibson

4.17

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The Bezzle (Martin Hench #2)

Cory Doctorow

4.13

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