Science Fiction Bildungsromane
Explore the best Science Fiction Bildungsromane—coming-of-age tales set in futuristic worlds. Discover top books blending personal growth with sci-fi adventure.
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Always Coming Home
by Ursula K. Le Guin
An "ethnographic" novel that portrays life in California's Napa Valley as it might be a very long time from now, imagined not as a high …
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In the Heart of the Valley of Love
by Cynthia Kadohata
This novel explores human relationships in a Los Angeles of the future, where rich and poor are deeply polarized and where water, food, gas and …
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Riddley Walker, Expanded Edition
by Russell Hoban
This acclaimed story is set in an England that has suffered a nuclear holocaust. Society has regressed to an Iron Age, semi-literate state represented by …
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Sideshow
by Sheri S. Tepper
On the planet of Elsewhere, the Council had always enforced the governing of each province in the manner the people had chosen, so long as …
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Orbital Resonance
by John Barnes
Melpomene Murray and her spaceborn classmates are humanity's last hope, and Mel's just starting to realize how heavy a responsibility this is. But what they …
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Girl in Landscape
by Jonathan Lethem
Girl in Landscape is a daring exploration of the violent nature of sexual awakening, a meditation on language and perception, and an homage to the …
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The Sky So Big and Black
by John Barnes
Accompanying her eco-prospector father on a tour through the Martian wilderness, Terry finds herself having to guide the trip's young survivors back home after a …