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The Stars My Destination

by Alfred Bester

In this pulse-quickening novel, Alfred Bester imagines a future in which people "jaunte" a thousand miles with a single thought, where the rich barricade themselves …
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When Gravity Fails

by George Alec Effinger

The classic of cyberpunk SF
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True Names and the Opening of the Cyberspace Frontier

by Vernor Vinge

A collection of articles and essays about the new frontier of the Internet, especially a direct interface between brain and computer that enables game players …
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His master’s voice

 

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The Forever War

by Joe W. Haldeman

Private William Mandella is a hero in spite of himself. He never wanted to go to war, but the leaders on Earth have drawn a …
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The Puppet Masters

by Robert Anson Heinlein

Earth was being invaded by aliens and the top security agencies were helpless: the aliens were controlling the mind of every person they encountered. So …
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The Space Merchants

by Frederik Pohl

Mitchell Courtenay, an advertising copywriter of the future is assigned to sway public support for the American colonization of Venus.
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Ender's Game

by Orson Scott Card

Ender Wiggin is Battle School's latest recruit. His teachers reckon he could become a great leader. And they need one. A vast alien force is …
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Dune

by Frank Herbert

• DUNE: PART TWO • THE MAJOR MOTION PICTURE Directed by Denis Villeneuve, screenplay by Denis Villeneuve and Jon Spaihts, based on the novel Dune …
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The Futurological Congress (from the Memoirs of Ijon Tichy)

by Stanisław Lem

Bringing his twin gifts of scientific speculation and scathing satire to bear on that hapless planet, Earth, Lem sends his unlucky cosmonaut, Ijon Tichy, to …
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The Rediscovery of Man

by Cordwainer Smith

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Mirrorshades

 

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Burning Chrome

by William Gibson

Best-known for his seminal sf novel Neuromancer, William Gibson is actually best when writing short fiction. Tautly-written and suspenseful, Burning Chrome collects 10 of his …
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Her Smoke Rose Up Forever

by James Tiptree

These 18 darkly complex short stories and novellas touch upon human nature and perception, metaphysics and epistemology, and gender and sexuality, foreshadowing a world in …