Favorite Speculative Fiction Books--On Being Human
Explore top speculative fiction books that delve into what it means to be human. Discover favorite reads blending philosophy, futurism, and profound storytelling.
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Little, Big
by John Crowley
Edgewood is many houses, all put inside each other, or across each other. It¿s filled with and surrounded by mystery and enchantment: the further in …
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Mockingbird
by Walter S. Tevis
Mockingbird is a powerful novel of a future world where humans are dying. Those that survive spend their days in a narcotic bliss or choose …
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More Than Human
by Theodore Sturgeon
In this genre-bending novel—among the first to have launched sci-fi into the arena of literature—one of the great imaginers of the twentieth century tells a …
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Friday
by Robert Anson Heinlein
Engineered from the finest genes, and trained to be a secret courier in a future world, Friday operates over a near-future Earth, where chaos reigns. …
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The Breaking of Northwall
by Paul O. Williams
To the Pelbar, the sentence seemed a living death -- exile to distant Northwall for a year, facing barbarian tribes, isolated from the security and …
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The Child Garden
by Geoff Ryman
The multiple-award-winning sf classic from the acclaimed author of Was. In the city of the future, humans photosynthesize, viruses educate people, organics have replaced electronics …
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Air
by Geoff Ryman
What happens when the whole world goes online . . . through the air? A brilliant literary SF novel by the author of 253.
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Was
by Geoff Ryman
This haunting, wildly original novel explores the lives of several characters entwined by The Wizard of Oz--both the novel written by L. Frank Baum and …