favorite science fiction authors

Explore the best favorite science fiction authors and their must-read books. Discover top picks from legendary writers in the sci-fi genre for your next adventure.

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The Gods Themselves

by Isaac Asimov

In the twenty-second century Earth obtains limitless, free energy from a source science little understands: an exchange between Earth and a parallel universe, using a …
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Childhood's End

by Arthur Clarke

For use in schools and libraries only. The author questions the survival of mankind in this science fiction tale about Overlords from outer space who …
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A Woman of the Iron People

by Eleanor Arnason

Lixia and the members of her human crew are determined not to disturb the life on the planet circling the Star Sigma Draconis which they …
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Foreigner

by C. J. Cherryh

It had been nearly five centuries since the starship Phoenix had become lost in space and had encountered the world of the atevi. On this …
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Factoring Humanity

by Robert J. Sawyer

In the near future, a signal is detected coming from the Alpha Centauri system. Mysterious, unintelligible data streams in for ten years. Heather Davis, a …
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Hellspark

by Janet Kagan

Tocohl, a Hellspark trader, goes to the new planet of Lassti, where she is embroiled in the intrigue and mysteries surrounding the death of a …
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Passage

by Connie Willis

One of those rare, unforgettable novels that are as chilling as they are insightful, as thought-provoking as they are terrifying, award-winning author Connie Willis's Passage …