some of my best science fiction and fantasy reads for 2007
Explore top science fiction and fantasy books of 2007 with this curated list of must-reads. Discover epic adventures, futuristic tales, and magical worlds from the best fantasy and sci-fi authors of the year.
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Fatal Revenant
by Stephen R. Donaldson
Linden Avery returns to the Land in search of her kidnapped mentally ill son, whom she discovers fully healed and at the side of her …
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The Yiddish Policemen's Union
by Michael Chabon
For sixty years, Jewish refugees and their descendants have prospered in the Federal District of Sitka, a "temporary" safe haven created in the wake of …
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Farthing
by Jo Walton
A stunning "what-if" in the manner of Fatherland and The Plot Against America
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Jack Knife
by Virginia Baker
Mixing time travel and history, this debut novel creates a new twist on a familiar crime. David Elliott and Sara Grant arrive in 1888 London …
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Crystal Rain
by Tobias S. Buckell
The only hope for a planets delivery from the fearsome Azteca lies in a mythical artifact said to be hidden somewhere in the frozen north. …
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Ragamuffin
by Tobias S. Buckell
“First-class space adventure, with tip-top characterization, action, and world-building.”—Booklist on Ragamuffin
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Troy: Lord of the Silver Bow
by David Gemmell
With this first masterly volume in an epic reimagining of the Trojan War, David Gemmell has written an ageless drama of brave deeds and fierce …
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Shield of Thunder
by David Gemmell
With this first masterly volume in an epic reimagining of the Trojan War, Gemmell has written an ageless drama of brave deeds and fierce battles, …
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Troy
by David Gemmell
In the conclusion of the trilogy retelling the story of Homer's "Iliad," the allies of the Mykene king Agamemnon, including a reluctant Odysseus, ruler of …
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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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The Blade Itself
by Joe Abercrombie
Logen Ninefingers, infamous barbarian, has finally run out of luck. Caught in one feud too many, he s on the verge of becoming a dead …
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Winterbirth
by Brian Ruckley
A fierce war between the armies of the Black Road escalates with the approach of a winter season that compromises an uneasy truce between the …
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The Lies of Locke Lamora
by Scott Lynch
The first book of the epic fantasy caper Gentleman Bastard Sequence about a roguish group of conmen, which George R. R. Martin says “captured me …
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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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The Terror
by Dan Simmons
"Dan Simmons writes with the salty grace and precision of Patrick O'Brian. But in piling supernatural nightmare upon historical nightmare, layering mystery upon mystery, he …
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The Unreasoning Mask
by Philip Jose Farmer
One of the most daring, innovative, and prolific writers in the science fiction genre, Philip Jose Farmer has long been hailed for his soaring imagination …
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The Unreasoning Mask
by Philip Jose Farmer
One of the most daring, innovative, and prolific writers in the science fiction genre, Philip Jose Farmer has long been hailed for his soaring imagination …
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The Unreasoning Mask
by Philip Jose Farmer
One of the most daring, innovative, and prolific writers in the science fiction genre, Philip Jose Farmer has long been hailed for his soaring imagination …
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Old Man's War
by John Scalzi
John Perry did two things on his 75th birthday. First he visited his wife’s grave. Then he joined the army. The good news is that …
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The Ghost Brigades
by John Scalzi
The Ghost Brigades are the Special Forces of the Colonial Defense Forces, elite troops created from the DNA of the dead and turned into the …
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The Last Colony
by John Scalzi
Retired from his fighting days, John Perry is now village ombudsman for a human colony on distant Huckleberry. With his wife, former Special Forces warrior …