Children of Ruin (Children of Time, #2)
By: Adrian Tchaikovsky
4.06
Format: 597 pages, Audible Audio
The astonishing sequel to Children of Time, the award-winning novel of humanity's battle for surviv…
Want to Read $ 9.99"We can only observe the present before we go on to destroy the future."-Adrian Tchaikovsky, Children of Ruin (Children of Time, #2)
"Complex life was merely the recent froth over a great vat of prokaryotes feeding and dividing and dying."-Adrian Tchaikovsky, Children of Ruin (Children of Time, #2)
"Perhaps Senkovi would have approved; he who had once seen himself as the trickster god of the pantheon, before there were no more gods left to trick. Perhaps Senkovi would have recalled ancient human myth figures whose outsize griefs and loves and rages were applauded by ancient audiences as noble, right and true."-Adrian Tchaikovsky, Children of Ruin (Children of Time, #2)
"Meshner has read simplified children’s histories of the spider civilization, vocal in explaining that, these days, everything is fine and male spiders are allowed to play a full role in society. In practice, even Human eyes can see it isn’t quite as advertised. He has no doubt today’s Fabian has far better prospects than the Fabian of a century ago, but the playing field still needs some rolling before it is level."-Adrian Tchaikovsky, Children of Ruin (Children of Time, #2)
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1. For We Are Many (Bobiverse, #2)
By: Ray Porter , Dennis E. Taylor
4.37
Format: 311 pages, Audible Audio
Bob Johansson didn't believe in an afterlife, so waking up after being killed in a car accident was… read more
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"What does kaheerakah mean?"-Ray Porter, For We Are Many (Bobiverse, #2)
"I always wanted to be a bad influence."-Ray Porter, For We Are Many (Bobiverse, #2)
2. We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Bobiverse, #1)
By: Dennis E. Taylor
4.28
Format: 383 pages, Kindle Edition
Alternate Cover Edition can be found here. Bob Johansson has just sold his software company and… read more
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- science fiction fantasy
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"Above my pay grade!"-Dennis E. Taylor, We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Bobiverse, #1)
"Thank God for family. And than GOD for a couple of miles of distance."-Dennis E. Taylor, We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Bobiverse, #1)
"Um. Ways in which a sentence beginning with the word "missiles" could be a good thing... Nope. I got nuthin'."-Dennis E. Taylor, We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Bobiverse, #1)
3. The Dark Forest (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #2)
By: Liu Cixin , Joel Martinsen
4.41
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
This is the second novel in "Remembrance of Earth’s Past", the near-future trilogy written by China… read more
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- novels
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4. All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)
By: Martha Wells
4.15
Format: 144 pages, ebook
"As a heartless killing machine, I was a complete failure." In a corporate-dominated space-farin… read more
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"On the entertainment feed, this is what they call an “oh shit"-Martha Wells, All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)
"They don't give murderbots decent education modules on anything except murdering, even those are cheap versions."-Martha Wells, All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)
"If the humans see me actually doing my job, it helps keep suspicions from forming about faulty governor modules."-Martha Wells, All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)
"I liked the imaginary people on the entertainment feed way more than I liked real ones, but you can’t have one without the other."-Martha Wells, All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)
5. 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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6. 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 fantasy
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"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)
7. The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1)
By: Ken Liu , Liu Cixin
4.08
Format: 472 pages, Hardcover
Set against the backdrop of China's Cultural Revolution, a secret military project sends signals in… read more
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"It’s easy to be led to the abyss."-Ken Liu, The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1)
"Your lack of fear is based on your ignorance."-Ken Liu, The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1)
"Intellectuals always make a fuss about nothing."-Ken Liu, The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1)
"A woman should be like water, able to flow over and around anything."-Ken Liu, The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1)
8. The Fall of Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #2)
By: Dan Simmons
3.77
Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback
In the stunning continuation of the epic adventure begun in Hyperion, Simmons returns us to a far f… read more
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9. Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1)
By: Dan Simmons
4.27
Format: 500 pages, Mass Market Paperback
On the world called Hyperion, beyond the law of the Hegemony of Man, there waits the creature calle… read more
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"You have to live to really know things, my love"-Dan Simmons, Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1)
"In such seconds of decision entire futures are made."-Dan Simmons, Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1)
"The whole planet reeks of mysticism without revelation."-Dan Simmons, Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1)
"The essence of honor lay in the moment of combat between equals."-Dan Simmons, Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1)
10. Death's End (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #3)
By: Ken Liu , Liu Cixin
4.42
Format: 604 pages, Hardcover
With The Three-Body Problem, English-speaking readers got their first chance to experience the mult… read more
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- audiobook
"Time is the cruelest force of all."-Ken Liu, Death's End (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #3)
"We’re going to advance! Advance! We’ll stop at nothing to advance!"-Ken Liu, Death's End (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #3)
"Ignorance and weakness is not an impediment to survival. Arrogance is."-Ken Liu, Death's End (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #3)
"Life reached an evolutionary milestone when it climbed onto land from the ocean, but those first fish that climbed onto land ceased to be fish."-Ken Liu, Death's End (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #3)
11. All These Worlds (Bobiverse, #3)
By: Dennis E. Taylor
4.57
Format: 140 pages,
Being a sentient spaceship really should be more fun. But after spreading out through space for alm… read more
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12. 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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"(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)
13. Translation State
By: Ann Leckie
4.09
Format: 422 pages, Hardcover
The mystery of a missing translator sets three lives on a collision course that will have a ripple … read more
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"I am not a potato."-Ann Leckie, Translation State
"You have only small and seemingly pointless choices available to you. But if there is anything I have been trying to teach you, it is that small actions can have larger consequences. If one has only …"-Ann Leckie, Translation State
14. Starter Villain
By: John Scalzi
4.16
Format: 264 pages, Hardcover
Inheriting your uncle's supervillain business is more complicated than you might think. Particularl… read more
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"So we’re like Spotify, but for evil."-John Scalzi, Starter Villain
"Wait, is there a plot to take over the world with a giant laser?"-John Scalzi, Starter Villain
"Dogs are the worst. They'll sell you out for a treat and a head pat."-John Scalzi, Starter Villain
"DOGS ARE THE WORST. THEY’LL SELL YOU OUT FOR A TREAT AND A HEAD PAT."-John Scalzi, Starter Villain
15. 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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"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)
16. Children of Ruin (Children of Time, #2)
By: Adrian Tchaikovsky
4.06
Format: 597 pages, Audible Audio
The astonishing sequel to Children of Time, the award-winning novel of humanity's battle for surviv… read more
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"We can only observe the present before we go on to destroy the future."-Adrian Tchaikovsky, Children of Ruin (Children of Time, #2)
"Complex life was merely the recent froth over a great vat of prokaryotes feeding and dividing and dying."-Adrian Tchaikovsky, Children of Ruin (Children of Time, #2)
"Perhaps Senkovi would have approved; he who had once seen himself as the trickster god of the pantheon, before there were no more gods left to trick. Perhaps Senkovi would have recalled ancient human…"-Adrian Tchaikovsky, Children of Ruin (Children of Time, #2)
"Meshner has read simplified children’s histories of the spider civilization, vocal in explaining that, these days, everything is fine and male spiders are allowed to play a full role in society. In p…"-Adrian Tchaikovsky, Children of Ruin (Children of Time, #2)
17. Exit Strategy (The Murderbot Diaries, #4)
By: Martha Wells
4.38
Format: 176 pages, Kindle Edition
Murderbot wasn’t programmed to care. So, its decision to help the only human who ever showed it res… read more
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"Why is this ship so old and shitty?"-Martha Wells, Exit Strategy (The Murderbot Diaries, #4)
"I was having an emotion, and I hate that."-Martha Wells, Exit Strategy (The Murderbot Diaries, #4)
"But they were humans— who knows why they did anything?"-Martha Wells, Exit Strategy (The Murderbot Diaries, #4)
"Once I started telling the truth, it was hard to stop."-Martha Wells, Exit Strategy (The Murderbot Diaries, #4)
18. A Memory Called Empire (Teixcalaan, #1)
By: Arkady Martine
4.12
Format: 448 pages, Paperback
Ambassador Mahit Dzmare arrives in the center of the multi-system Teixcalaanli Empire only to disco… read more
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"made in blood, acclaimed in sunlight."-Arkady Martine, A Memory Called Empire (Teixcalaan, #1)
"Released, I am a spear in the hands of the sun."-Arkady Martine, A Memory Called Empire (Teixcalaan, #1)
"An end to empires. An immovable object to crash an impossible force upon, and break it."-Arkady Martine, A Memory Called Empire (Teixcalaan, #1)
"The problem with sending messages was that people responded to them, which meant one had to write more messages in reply."-Arkady Martine, A Memory Called Empire (Teixcalaan, #1)
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)
20. Infinity Gate (Pandominion, #1)
By: M.R. Carey
4.17
Format: 499 pages, Paperback
From bestselling author M. R. Carey comes a brilliant genre-defying story of humanity's expansion … read more
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21. 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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