Science fiction: An eclectic list of favorites
Explore an eclectic list of must-read science fiction favorites, from timeless classics to hidden gems. Discover your next adventure in this curated collection of top sci-fi books.
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Eifelheim
by Michael Flynn
The alien world of medieval Europe lives again, transformed by the physics of the future, by a winner of the Heinlein Award Over the centuries, …
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Three Days to Never
by Tim Powers
Albert Einstein's groundbreaking scientific discoveries made possible the creation of the most terrible weapon the world had ever known. But he made another discovery that …
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That Hideous Strength
by Clive Staples Lewis
The dark forces that were repulsed in "Out of the Silent Planet" and "Perelandra" are massed for an assault on the planet Earth itself. Word …
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Neuromancer
by William Gibson
Case, a burned-out computer whiz, is asked to steal a security code that is locked in the most heavily guarded databank in the solar system, …
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All Tomorrow's Parties
by William Gibson
Living a down-and-out existence in Tokyo, Colin Laney is determined to make his way back to the United States and to San Francisco, where, thanks …
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The Eyre Affair
by Jasper Fforde
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The first novel in the renowned Thursday Next series, which “combines elements of Monty Python, Harry Potter, Stephen Hawking, and …
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A Canticle for Leibowitz
by Walter M. Miller
Winner of the 1961 Hugo Award for Best Novel and widely considered one of the most accomplished, powerful, and enduring classics of modern speculative fiction, …
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The Andromeda Strain
by Michael Crichton
For five days, American scientists struggle to identify and control a deadly new form of life.
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Watchmen
by Alan Moore
Imagine a future where Nixon is still President, America won the Vietnam War, and the nuclear clock stands at five minutes to midnight.
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From the Notebooks of Doctor Brain
by Minister Faust
An outlandish, outrageous tour de force by the most innovative prose stylist in the field. -Robert J. Sawyer, author of Hominids They're Earth's mightiest superteam-and …
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Thinner Than Thou
by Kit Reed
Rev. Earl's luxury spa, Sylphania, is the rage for those with severe eating disorders until Jeremy Devlin enters and discovers the dark secrets at the …
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Idoru
by William Gibson
In twenty-first century Tokyo, Rez, one of the world's biggest rock stars, prepares to marry Rei Toe, Japan's biggest media star, who is known as …
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Vurt
by Jeff Noon
A cyberpunk novel with a difference, a rollicking, dark, yet humorous examination of a future in which the boundaries between reality and virtual reality are …
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Bad Monkeys
by Matt Ruff
Jane Charlotte has been arrested for murder. She says she's a member of a secret organization devoted to fighting evil. She says she's working with …