Mathematical Science Fiction
Explore the best mathematical science fiction books with our curated list. Discover thrilling stories where math meets imagination, perfect for sci-fi fans and math enthusiasts alike.
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Mathenauts
by Rudy von Bitter Rucker
Twenty-three stories deal with mathematical space, the fourth dimension, a cubic earth, two dimensional worlds, catastrophe theory, paradox, topology, and mathematical modeling
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The Mathematical Magpie
by Clifton Fadiman
The companion volume to Fadiman's Fantasia Mathematica, this second anthology of mathematical writings is even more varied and contains stories, cartoons, essays, rhymes, music, anecdotes, …
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The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate
by Ted Chiang
This curious time-travel novella is a gracefully told lesson about accepting fate-or, as better suits this medieval Arabian setting, the will of Allah. A Baghdad …
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Stories of Your Life and Others
by Ted Chiang
Now in softcover, the first book from one of the most acclaimed new sci-fi writers of the last 20 years. Collected for the first time …
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The Planiverse
by A.K. Dewdney
A classic book about life in a two-dimensional universe, written by a well-known author. Now brought back into print in this revised and updated edition, …
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Crystal Nights and Other Stories
by Greg Egan
A representative sampling of Hugo winner Egan's distinctive hard science fiction drawing from previously uncollected stories.
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Incandescence
by Greg Egan
The long-awaited new novel from Greg Egan! Hugo Award-winning author Egan returns to the field with Incandescence, a new novel of hard SF. The Amalgam …
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Dark Integers and Other Stories
by Greg Egan
Features five science fiction stories dealing with the abuse of mathematical or physical concepts and the dire consequences on humanity's future.
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Diaspora
by Greg Egan
In a new world of digital beings, where humans have chosen to be forever digitized, have selected renewable robotic bodies, or remain flesh on Earth, …
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Schild's Ladder
by Greg Egan
Twenty-thousand years in the future, a dangerous experiment in quantum physics creates an expanding vacuum in space that threatens to wipe out all humanity. By …
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Permutation City
by Greg Egan
Transformed into an electronic code, a Copy must discover an alternate way out, back into its real body, because the original avenue of escape has …
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Axiomatic
by Greg Egan
A dazzling collection of short fiction, filled with invention and hard-science speculation, by the popular author of QUARANTINE, PERMUTATION CITY, and DISTRESS. Growing in reputation …
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Mathematicians in Love
by Rudy Rucker
Reality is never more unpredictable than when two mathematicians are in love with the same girl, and can change the world to get her. Bela …
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White Light
by Rudy von Bitter Rucker
Felix Rayman spends the day teaching indifferent students, pondering his theories on infinity, and daydreaming. When his dreams finally separate him from his physical body, …
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Spaceland
by Rudy Rucker
Joe Cube is a Silicon Valley hotshot--well, a would-be hotshot anyway--hoping that the 3-D TV project he's managing will lead to the big money IPO …
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The Atrocity Archives
by Charles Stross
The father of modern computer science, Alan Turing paves the way for esoteric mathematical computations that, when used by Nazi Germany
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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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Toast
by Charles Stross
Short story collection containing such gems as "Antibodies," "Bear Trap," "Extracts from the Club Diary," "A Colder War," "TOAST: A con report," "A Boy and …
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Traces
by Stephen Baxter
Feeling secure in our everyday here-and-now? Then let Stephen Baxter reveal to you disturbing traces of other worlds - traces of other pasts, other presents, …
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A Logical Magician
by Robert Weinberg
When Jack Collins answers an ad asking for a young man with a background in mathematics and fantastic literature, he finds himself working for the …
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A Calculated Magic
by Robert Weinberg
Journeying to Las Vegas on a quest for his master, Merlin the Magician, Jack Collins seeks out Old Man in the Mountain, a demon force …
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Flatterland
by Ian Stewart
First there was Edwin A. Abbott's remarkable Flatland, published in 1884, and one of the all-time classics of popular mathematics. Now, from mathematician and accomplished …
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Diamond Dogs, Turquoise Days
by Alastair Reynolds
Just when you thought it was safe to go back into interstellar space ...Alastair Reynolds burst onto the SF scene with the Arthur C. Clarke …
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Fiasco
by Stanisław Lem
The planet Quinta is pocked by ugly mounds and covered by a spiderweb-like network. It is a kingdom of phantoms and of a beauty afflicted …
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The Peace War
by Vernor Vinge
The novel that garnered Vinge his first "Best Novel" Hugo Finalist nomination, back in print after thirteen years. With a combination of hard-SF concepts, tight …
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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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Cryptonomicon
by Neal Stephenson
With this extraordinary first volume in what promises to be an epoch-making masterpiece, Neal Stephenson hacks into the secret histories of nations and the private …
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Numbers Don't Lie
by Terry Bisson
Originally published in Asimov's Science Fiction as the short stories "The Edge of the Universe," "Get Me to the Church on Time," and "The Hole …
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Psychohistorical Crisis
by Donald Kingsbury
A loving homage to Asimov, and dialogue with him--a triumph of galactic-scaled SF that is destined to be recognized as a classic in its own …
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Rocheworld
by Robert L. Forward
Powered by a revolutionary, laser-driven stardrive, the first interstellar spaceship would reach the double planet that circled Barnard's Star in a mere 20 years. Some …
