Great Beginnings in SF/F
Discover the best beginnings in science fiction and fantasy books. Explore captivating openings that hook readers from the first page in this curated list of SF/F must-reads.
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Cordelia's Honor
by Lois McMaster Bujold
When Enemies Become More than Friends -- THEY WIN In her first trial by fire, Cordelia Naismith captained a throwaway ship of the Betan Expeditionary …

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Rats, Bats & Vats
by Eric Flint
Chip Connolly was a conscripted grunt in trouble: stuck behind enemy lines with a bunch of cyber-uplifted rats and bats. Rats with human speech, but …
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Ender's Game
by Orson Scott Card
From New York Times bestselling author Orson Scott Card, Ender's Game—adapted to film in 2013 starring Asa Butterfield and Harrison Ford—is the classic Hugo and …
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Kitty and the Midnight Hour
by Carrie Vaughn
Kitty Norville is a midnight-shift DJ for a Denver radio station-and a werewolf in the closet. Sick of lame song requests, she accidentally starts 'The …


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Magician: Apprentice
by Raymond E. Feist
A worthy pupil . . . A dangerous quest To the forest on the shore of the Kingdom of the Isles, the orphan Pug came …

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Nightlife
by Rob Thurman
“There are monsters among us. There always have been and there always will be. I’ve known that ever since I can remember, just like I’ve …

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Assassin's Apprentice
by Robin Hobb
“Fantasy as it ought to be written . . . Robin Hobb’s books are diamonds in a sea of zircons.”—George R. R. Martin Young Fitz …



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Storm Front
by Jim Butcher
In the first novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling Dresden Files series, Harry Dresden’s investigation of a grisly double murder pulls him into …