14 must-read science fiction books like Spook Country (Blue Ant, #2) by William Gibson

Cover of Spook Country (Blue Ant, #2) by William Gibson

Spook Country (Blue Ant, #2)

By: William Gibson

3.72

Format: 371 pages, Hardcover

Tito is in his early twenties. Born in Cuba, he speaks fluent Russian, lives in one room in a NoLit…

"Secrets...are the very root of cool."

-William Gibson, Spook Country (Blue Ant, #2)

"Secrets...are the very root of cool."

-William Gibson, Spook Country (Blue Ant, #2)

"That’s what money will buy you, in America,"

-William Gibson, Spook Country (Blue Ant, #2)

"That’s what money will buy you, in America,"

-William Gibson, Spook Country (Blue Ant, #2)

If you liked the science fiction plot in Spook Country (Blue Ant, #2) by William Gibson , here is a list of 14 books like this:

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1. The Fabulous Riverboat (Riverworld #2)

By: Philip José Farmer

3.87

Format: 231 pages, Paperback

In To Your Scattered Bodies Go, Philip José Farmer introduces readers to the awesome Riverworld, a … read more

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  • science fiction
  • novels
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
"By the shattered hymen of Thor's bride!"

-Philip José Farmer, The Fabulous Riverboat (Riverworld #2)

"Invincible ignorance always upset him, even though he knew he should just laugh at it."

-Philip José Farmer, The Fabulous Riverboat (Riverworld #2)

"Out of nothing I come, through a world populated by asses I pass, and into nothing I go."

-Philip José Farmer, The Fabulous Riverboat (Riverworld #2)

"Actually, the situation was intolerable. But then it was surprising how much intolerableness a man could tolerate."

-Philip José Farmer, The Fabulous Riverboat (Riverworld #2)

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2. The Memory of Earth (Homecoming, #1)

By: Orson Scott Card

3.59

Format: 332 pages, Mass Market Paperback

High above the planet Harmony. the Oversoul watches Its task. programmed so many millennia ago. is … read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • novels
  • speculative fiction
"That's what Father and Mother are, thought Nafai. They stay together, not because of any gain, but because of the gift. Father doesn't stay with Mother because she is good for him, but rather because…"

-Orson Scott Card, The Memory of Earth (Homecoming, #1)

"Once these two had been joined together in love, or something like love; they had made two babies, and yet, only fifteen years later, the last tie between them was broken now. All lost, all gone. Not…"

-Orson Scott Card, The Memory of Earth (Homecoming, #1)

"He splashed into the water, his whole body, not with the reverent attitude of prayer, but with a desperate thirst; he buried his head under the water and drank deep, with his cheek against the cold s…"

-Orson Scott Card, The Memory of Earth (Homecoming, #1)

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3. Against a Dark Background

By: Iain M. Banks

4.11

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

She came from one of the more disreputable aristocratic families. Sharrow was once the leader of… read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • novels
  • speculative fiction
"We are a race prone to monsters, she thought, and when we produce one we worship it."

-Iain M. Banks, Against a Dark Background

"He might come in useful.' 'Yeah. So's a broken leg if you want to kick yourself in the back of the head."

-Iain M. Banks, Against a Dark Background

"It gripped her hand gently. 'Regret is for humans,' it said. She laughed. 'Really?' The machine shrugged and let go of her hand. 'Oh, no. It's just something we tell ourselves."

-Iain M. Banks, Against a Dark Background

"She walked away down the broad grey curve of the causeway, the rain spattering her face while the evil-smelling wind whipped her hair, and realised with some surprise that, after nearly eight years o…"

-Iain M. Banks, Against a Dark Background

Cover of Earthfall (Homecoming, #4) by Orson Scott Card

4. Earthfall (Homecoming, #4)

By: Orson Scott Card

3.76

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

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  • science fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of I Sing the Body Electric! & Other Stories by Ray Bradbury

5. I Sing the Body Electric! & Other Stories

By: Ray Bradbury

3.00

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

The mind of Ray Bradbury is a wonder-filled carnival of delight and terror that stretches from the … read more

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  • science fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of The Empire Strikes Back by Donald F. Glut, George Lucas, Lawrence Kasdan

6. The Empire Strikes Back

By: Donald F. Glut , George Lucas , Lawrence Kasdan

3.97

Format: 352 pages, Mass Market Paperback

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away Luke, Han, and Princess Leia's story didn't end with the … read more

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  • science fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
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7. Dreamsnake

By: Vonda N. McIntyre

3.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

In a far-future, post-holocaust Earth, a young healer named Snake travels the world, healing the si… read more

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  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of The Fractal Prince (Jean le Flambeur, #2) by Hannu Rajaniemi

8. The Fractal Prince (Jean le Flambeur, #2)

By: Hannu Rajaniemi

4.00

Format: 162 pages, Kindle Edition

"The good thing is, no one will ever die again. The bad thing is, everyone will want to." A physici… read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • cyberpunk
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
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9. Dying Inside

By: Robert Silverberg

3.87

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

David Selig was born with an awesome power -- the ability to look deep into the human heart, to pro… read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • novels
  • speculative fiction
Cover of Spook Country (Blue Ant, #2) by William Gibson

10. Spook Country (Blue Ant, #2)

By: William Gibson

3.72

Format: 371 pages, Hardcover

Tito is in his early twenties. Born in Cuba, he speaks fluent Russian, lives in one room in a NoLit… read more

Similar categories in William Gibson's Spook Country (Blue Ant, #2) book and William Gibson's Spook Country (Blue Ant, #2)

  • espionage
  • science fiction fantasy
  • suspense
  • cyberpunk
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • novels
  • speculative fiction
  • science fiction
"Secrets...are the very root of cool."

-William Gibson, Spook Country (Blue Ant, #2)

"That’s what money will buy you, in America,"

-William Gibson, Spook Country (Blue Ant, #2)

"Canadian cities looked the way American cities did on television."

-William Gibson, Spook Country (Blue Ant, #2)

"the windows of army surplus stores constituted hymns to male powerlessness."

-William Gibson, Spook Country (Blue Ant, #2)

11. WWW: Wake (WWW, #1)

By: Robert J. Sawyer

3.99

Format: 112 pages,

Caitlin Decter is young, pretty, feisty, a genius at math, and blind. When she receives an implant … read more

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12. Blue Remembered Earth (Poseidon's Children, #1)

By: Alastair Reynolds

3.99

Format: None pages, Hardcover

BLUE REMEMBERED EARTH is the first volume in a monumental trilogy tracing the Akinya family across … read more

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13. The Legacy of Heorot (Heorot #1)

By: Larry Niven , Steven Barnes , Jerry Pournelle

4.28

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

The colonists from Earth have spent a century in cold sleep to make the first journey, one way, to … read more

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14. The Gap Into Conflict: The Real Story (Gap, #1)

By: Stephen R. Donaldson

4.00

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

Author of The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, one of the most acclaimed fantasy series of all time, … read more

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15. Neutron Star (Known Space)

By: Larry Niven

4.47

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

Come to Larry Niven's Universe and meet all the natives: Thrints, Bandersnatchi, Puppeteers -- and … read more

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16. 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
  • novels
  • 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

Cover of Our Blue Orange (Godfrey Davis, #1) by A.R. Merrydew

17. 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 Homo Cosmicus 2: Titan: A Science Fiction Novel by Todor Bombov

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
  • novels
"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. Child of Another Kind

By: Steven Decker

4.29

Format: 392 pages, Kindle Edition

A little girl can look at someone and know their past. How? Why? Single mom Cynthia Pace has he… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
  • science fiction
"No,"

-Steven Decker, Child of Another Kind

"Teacher,"

-Steven Decker, Child of Another Kind

"We do not sleep,"

-Steven Decker, Child of Another Kind

"They came for me the next morning."

-Steven Decker, Child of Another Kind

Cover of The Octunnumi Fosbit Files Prologue by Trevor Alan Foris

20. The Octunnumi Fosbit Files Prologue

By: Trevor Alan Foris

4.04

Format: 520 pages, None

Publishers note: The Octunnumi does not exist. Fosbit and any files relating to a Fosbit do n… read more

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  • science fiction
  • novels
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
"He licked my face, sir."

-Trevor Alan Foris, The Octunnumi Fosbit Files Prologue

"That’s Vegan not Vulcan!"

-Trevor Alan Foris, The Octunnumi Fosbit Files Prologue

"Veebeebe ve ve – Beeeeb..."

-Trevor Alan Foris, The Octunnumi Fosbit Files Prologue

"Hey, I didn’t come here to lose,"

-Trevor Alan Foris, The Octunnumi Fosbit Files Prologue

Cover of Inara (Godfrey Davis, #3) by A.R. Merrydew

21. Inara (Godfrey Davis, #3)

By: A.R. Merrydew

4.43

Format: 351 pages, Kindle Edition

The third book in the series, ‘Inara’, prepares the reader for the aftermath of Godfrey, and his fr… read more

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  • novels
"Isn’t this exciting!"

-A.R. Merrydew, Inara (Godfrey Davis, #3)

"We might even make this after all,’ he hollered, but the craft didn’t reply."

-A.R. Merrydew, Inara (Godfrey Davis, #3)

"If any of them fail me, I will flush them from an airlock into the pit of space, like an unwanted turd. Do I make myself clear?"

-A.R. Merrydew, Inara (Godfrey Davis, #3)

"Well at least one of you present here today, has the scaly green balls to give me an honest answer,’ he said, as he broke into a hearty lizard laugh."

-A.R. Merrydew, Inara (Godfrey Davis, #3)

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3.87

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Orson Scott Card

3.59

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Iain M. Banks

4.11

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Lisa Kaniut Cobb

4.37

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Michael G. Kramer

4.36

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