ALternate Societies

Explore the best alternate societies books—dive into dystopian worlds, utopian visions, and speculative futures with our curated list of must-read novels.

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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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Hominids

by Robert J. Sawyer

In a parallel world in which Neanderthals, rather than homo sapiens, became the dominant intelligent species, a dangerous scientific experiment traps a Neanderthal physicist on …
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Lord of Light

by Roger Zelazny

Earth is long since dead. On a colony planet, a band of men has gained control of technology, made themselves immortal, and now rules their …
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Job

 

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Far-Seer

 

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The Mote in God's Eye

by Larry Niven

Science fiction-roman.
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The World of Null-A

by A. E. van Vogt

Presents the science fiction classic set in the year 2650, where the Games Machine--twenty-five thousand electronic brains--sets the course of people's lives.