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…
Want to Read $ 13.99"The universe began as an enormous breath being held."-Ted Chiang, Exhalation
"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
"I am not that air, I am the pattern that it assumed, temporarily."-Ted Chiang, Exhalation
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1. The Left Hand of Darkness
By: Ursula K. Le Guin , Lech Jęczmyk
4.10
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
A groundbreaking work of science fiction, The Left Hand of Darkness tells the story of a lone human… read more
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- science fiction fantasy
- fiction
- science fiction
- speculative fiction
- fantasy
"The king was pregnant."-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness
"Truth is a matter of the imagination."-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness
"The light is the left hand of darkness"-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness
"Science fiction is not prescriptive; it is descriptive."-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness
2. 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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- science fiction fantasy
- fiction
- science fiction
- speculative fiction
- fantasy
- audiobook
3. 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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- science fiction fantasy
- short stories
- fiction
- science fiction
- fantasy
"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)
4. 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
- fiction
- science fiction
- speculative fiction
- fantasy
"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)
5. 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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- science fiction fantasy
- fiction
- science fiction
- speculative fiction
- fantasy
- audiobook
"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)
6. 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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- time travel
- science fiction fantasy
- fiction
- science fiction
- fantasy
- audiobook
"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)
7. The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia
By: Ursula K. Le Guin
4.25
Format: 387 pages, Paperback
Shevek, a brilliant physicist, decides to take action. He will seek answers, question the unquestio… read more
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- science fiction fantasy
- philosophy
- fiction
- science fiction
- speculative fiction
- fantasy
"... “Dangerous!"-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia
"Freedom is never very safe."-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia
"Who do you think is lying to us?"-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia
"Where does your soul go when you die in Hell?"-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia
8. The Wandering Earth
By: Liu Cixin , Holger Nahm , None , None
3.73
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
First published in Science Fiction World, July 2000. I've never seen the night, nor seen a star; I'… read more
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9. 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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- science fiction fantasy
- fiction
- science fiction
- speculative fiction
- fantasy
- 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)
"The whole universe is in darkness, but we remain lit. We're a tiny bird tied to a branch in the dark forest, with a spotlight trained on on us."-Ken Liu, Death's End (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #3)
10. Children of Time
By: Adrian Tchaikovsky
3.82
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A race for survival among the stars... Humanity's last survivors escaped earth's ruins to find a ne… read more
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11. Annihilation (Southern Reach, #1)
By: Jeff VanderMeer
4.34
Format: 196 pages, Paperback
Winner of the 2015 Nebula Award. Area X has been cut off from the rest of the continent for decades… read more
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12. Axiomatic
By: Greg Egan
3.86
Format: 157 pages,
Axiomaticis a collection of Greg Egan's short stories that appeared in various science fiction maga… read more
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13. The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories
By: Ken Liu
4.33
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A publishing event: Bestselling author Ken Liu selects his award-winning science fiction and fantas… read more
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14. This Is How You Lose the Time War
By: Amal El-Mohtar
3.88
Format: 209 pages, Kindle Edition
Among the ashes of a dying world, an agent of the Commandant finds a letter. It reads: Burn before … read more
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- science fiction
- fantasy
- fiction
- time travel
"Atlantis sinks. Serves it right."-Amal El-Mohtar, This Is How You Lose the Time War
"And everyone is alive, somewhere in time."-Amal El-Mohtar, This Is How You Lose the Time War
"All the stars are eyes here, always seeking."-Amal El-Mohtar, This Is How You Lose the Time War
"I would rather break the world than lose you."-Amal El-Mohtar, This Is How You Lose the Time War
15. A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Monk & Robot, #1)
By: Becky Chambers
None
Format: 160 pages, Kindle Edition
ASIN B08H831J18 moved to the more recent edition Centuries before, robots of Panga gained self-a… read more
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- science fiction fantasy
- fiction
- science fiction
- fantasy
- audiobook
16. Piranesi
By: Susanna Clarke
4.23
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Piranesi’s house is no ordinary building: its rooms are infinite, its corridors endless, its walls … read more
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- science fiction fantasy
- fiction
- science fiction
- fantasy
- audiobook
"In my mind are all the tides, their seasons, their ebbs and their flows."-Susanna Clarke, Piranesi
"May your Paths be safe, your Floors unbroken and may the House fill your eyes with Beauty."-Susanna Clarke, Piranesi
"The House is valuable because it is the House. It is enough in and of Itself. It is not the means to an end."-Susanna Clarke, Piranesi
"It does not matter that you do not understand the reason. You are the Beloved Child of the House. Be comforted. And I am comforted."-Susanna Clarke, Piranesi
17. 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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- time travel
- science fiction fantasy
- anthologies
- philosophy
- short stories
- fiction
- science fiction
- speculative fiction
- fantasy
- audiobook
"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
18. Sea of Tranquility
By: Emily St. John Mandel
4.07
Format: 259 pages, Hardcover
A novel of art, time travel, love, and plague that takes the reader from Vancouver Island in 1912 t… read more
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- time travel
- science fiction fantasy
- fiction
- science fiction
- speculative fiction
- fantasy
- audiobook
"It seems like it’s been fairly well contained,"-Emily St. John Mandel, Sea of Tranquility
"You should have told me my cat was a time traveler."-Emily St. John Mandel, Sea of Tranquility
"There's a low-level, specific pain and having to accept that putting up with you requires a certain generosity of spirit in your loved ones."-Emily St. John Mandel, Sea of Tranquility
"What if one were to dissolve into the wilderness like salt into water. He wants to go home. For the first time, Edwin begins to worry about his sanity."-Emily St. John Mandel, Sea of Tranquility
19. Project Hail Mary
By: Andy Weir
4.51
Format: 476 pages, Hardcover
Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission—and if he fails, humanity and… read more
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- science fiction fantasy
- fiction
- science fiction
- fantasy
- audiobook
"No. You no can die. You are friend."-Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary
"Usually you not stupid. Why stupid, question?"-Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary
"He puts his claw against the divider. “Fist my bump."-Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary
"Grumpy. Angry. Stupid. How long since last sleep, question?"-Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary
20. Recursion
By: Blake Crouch
4.17
Format: 326 pages, Hardcover
Memory makes reality. That's what NYC cop Barry Sutton is learning, as he investigates the devas… read more
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- time travel
- science fiction fantasy
- fiction
- science fiction
- fantasy
- audiobook
"I think balance is for people who don't know why they're here."-Blake Crouch, Recursion
"Is déjà vu actually the specter of false timelines that never happened but did, casting their shadows upon reality?"-Blake Crouch, Recursion
"With no way out, no endgame in sight, and everyone she loves gone, she is unsure how much longer she will keep doing this."-Blake Crouch, Recursion
"Consciousness is a result of environment. Our cognitions - our idea of reality - are shaped by what we can perceive, by the limitations of our senses."-Blake Crouch, Recursion
21. The Hidden Girl and Other Stories
By: Ken Liu
3.93
Format: 411 pages, Hardcover
original cover of ISBN 9781982134037 From award-winning author Ken Liu comes his much anticipate… read more
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- science fiction fantasy
- anthologies
- short stories
- fiction
- science fiction
- speculative fiction
- fantasy
- audiobook
"Nostalgia is a wound that we refuse time to heal."-Ken Liu, The Hidden Girl and Other Stories
"The act of remembering is an act of retracing, and by doing so we erase and change the stencil."-Ken Liu, The Hidden Girl and Other Stories
"As the author, I construct an artifact out of words, but the words are meaningless until they're animated by the consciousness of the reader. The story is co-told by the author and the reader, and ev…"-Ken Liu, The Hidden Girl and Other Stories
