Nanotechnology in Science Fiction
Explore the fascinating intersection of nanotechnology and science fiction with our curated list of top books. Discover futuristic tales where tiny tech transforms worlds, from medical marvels to dystopian dangers.
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A Fire Upon The Deep
by Vernor Vinge
A Fire Upon the Deep is the big, breakout book that fulfills the promise of Vinge's career to date: a gripping tale of galactic war …
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A Deepness in the Sky
by Vernor Vinge
After thousands of years searching, humans stand on the verge of first contact with an alien race. Two human groups: the Qeng Ho, a culture …
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Prey
by Michael Crichton
A cloud of nanoparticles - all programmed to become predators - has escaped from a laboratory in Nevada.
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Nanotech
by Jack Dann
Nanotechology--the creation of self-replicating machines with the capability to build or alter almost any structure, including the human form, by manipulating atoms or molecules--has captured …
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Queen City Jazz
by Kathleen Ann Goonan
"A first novelist of enormous talent and energy . . . she grounds her apocalyptic vision in a few short, finely detailed scenes that reveal …
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Bloom
by Wil McCarthy
A man-made fungus called mycora has wiped out most of humanity on Earth and on several planets, but reports persist of human survivors in colder …
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Ventus
by Karl Schroeder
On the terraformed planet of Ventus, Jordan Mason, a young man plagued by visions, is kidnapped by offworld human Calandria May and then escapes to …
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Singularity Sky
by Charles Stross
In a world transformed by the Eschaton, a sentient artificial intelligence, the colony of New Republic, founded by people who wanted no part of the …
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Moonwar
by Ben Bova
Ben Bova's extraordinary Moonbase Saga continues with a breathtaking near-future adventure rich in character and incident. The action begins seven years after the indomitable Stavenger …
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The First Immortal
by James L. Halperin
“[James Halperin] plots the book with thoroughness and imagination. . . . Innovative.”—Publishers Weekly In 1988, Benjamin Smith suffers a massive heart attack. But he …
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Nano
by John Robert Marlow
"As this fast-paced nanothriller unfolds, readers are taken on a tour de force of nanotechnology's promises and perils - until the fate of the earth …
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Blood Music
by Greg Bear
The Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author of Moving Mars presents the book that launched his career, featuring a scientist who conducts an experiment in cell …
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Plague Year
by Jeff Carlson
When the nanotechnology designed to fight cancer evolves into a machine plague, killing nearly five billion people, a group of survivors, struggling to stay alive, …