Best Modern Science Fiction (that I have read)
Explore the best modern science fiction books I've read, featuring top picks in futuristic, thought-provoking, and thrilling sci-fi novels for avid readers.
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Vacuum Diagrams
by Stephen Baxter
"And everywhere the Humans went, they found life ..." This dazzling future history, winner of the 2000 Philip K. Dick Award, is the most ambitious …
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Ring
by Stephen Baxter
Michael Poole's wormholes constructed in the orbit of Jupiter had opened the galaxy to humankind. Then Poole tried looping a wormhole back on itself, tying …
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Moonseed
by Stephen Baxter
It Eats Planets. And It's Here. It starts when Venus explodes into a brilliant cloud of dust and debris, showering Earth with radiation and bizarre …
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Anvil of Stars
by Greg Bear
Follows the mission of a select group of human survivors as they search in the Ship of Law for the aliens who destroyed their planet
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Cosm
by Gregory Benford
When the ambitious experiment of a brilliant young physicist goes wrong, a wondrous basketball-sized sphere from a newborn cosmos appears, setting off a maelstrom of …
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Ender's Shadow
by Orson Scott Card
The novel that launched the bestselling Ender's Shadow series. The human race is at War with the "Buggers," an insect-like alien race. As Earth prepares …
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A Talent for War
by Jack McDevitt
The acclaimed classic novel and fan favorite-the far-future story of one man's quest to discover the truth behind a galactic war hero.
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The Engines of God
by Jack McDevitt
An unknown race called the Monument-Makers creates a stunning array of gorgeous statues, scattering them throughout the galaxy and encoding them with strange inscriptions that …
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Infinity Beach
by Jack McDevitt
We are alone. That is the verdict, after centuries of Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence missions and space exploration. The only living things in the Universe …
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Stranger in a Strange Land
by Robert Anson Heinlein
This is the epic saga of an earthling, Valentine Michael Smith, born and educated on Mars, who arrives on our planet with "psi" powers--telepathy, clairvoyance, …