Brilliant Recent Science Fiction
Explore the best recent science fiction books with our curated list of brilliant sci-fi reads. Discover mind-blowing stories, futuristic worlds, and cutting-edge ideas from top authors.
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The Algebraist
by Iain M. Banks
“Banks is a phenomenon…Wildly successful, fearlessly creative.”—William Gibson, author of Neuromancer, winner of the Hugo, Nebula, and Philip K. Dick Awards It is 4034 AD. …
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Anathem
by Neal Stephenson
For ten years Fraa Erasmas, a young avout, has lived in a cloistered sanctuary for mathematicians, scientists, and philosophers, protected from the corrupting influences of …
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The Big God Network
by J.C. McGowan
"Baba Ed's wealthy Offworld cult seeks to interact with aliens through 'The Channel, ' hot technology sought by bionic Yakuza, AI hitmen, ruthless multinationals, wired …
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The Sunrise Lands
by S. M. Stirling
First in a new trilogy, this book continues the successful alternate history saga of "A Meeting at Corvallis, The Protectors War," and "Dies the Fire," …
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Making Money
by Terry Pratchett
The Ankh-Morpork Post Office is running like . . . well, not at all like a government office. The mail is delivered promptly; meetings start …
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Sandworms of Dune
by Brian Herbert
At the end of Frank Herbert's final novel, Chapterhouse: Dune, a ship carrying a crew of refugees escapes into the uncharted galaxy, fleeing from a …
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The Android's Dream
by John Scalzi
"A human diplomat kills his alien counterpart. Earth is on the verge of war with a vastly superior alien race. A lone man races against …
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Pattern Recognition
by William Gibson
Hired to investigate a mysterious video collection that has been appearing on the Internet, market research consultant Cayce Pollard realizes that there is more to …
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City at the End of Time
by Greg Bear
In a time like the present, in a world that may or may not be our own, three young people–Ginny, Jack, and Daniel–dream of a …
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Halting State
by Charles Stross
“Halting State [is] a near-future story that is at once over-the-top and compellingly believable.” – Vernor Vinge, author of Rainbows End In the year 2018, …
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Fleet of Worlds
by Larry Niven
A brand-new novel set in Niven's Known Space, two hundred years before the discovery of the Ringworld.
