Science Fiction Off the Beaten Path
Discover hidden gems in science fiction with our curated list of off-the-beaten-path books. Explore unique, lesser-known titles that redefine the genre.




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Native Tongue
by Suzette Haden Elgin
A brilliant cult classic of literary science fiction--back in print.


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Brother to Dragons, Companion to Owls
by Jane Lindskold
The Magic That Doesn't Go Away Cutbacks have forced Sarah out of the asylum in which she was raised--and into a strange new place where …

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Stories of Your Life and Others
by Ted Chiang
One of the best short story collections of the last ten years, back in print in a new edition.



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Venus of Dreams
by Pamela Sargent
Iris Angharads, a determined, independent woman, sets herself one massive goal: to make the poison-filled atmosphere of Venus hospitable to humans. She works day and …

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The Annunciate
by Severna Park
In a dark new age, technologically advanced humans have crossed vast stretches of space-yet have remained brutally, imperfectly human. In the star system ThreeSys, three …

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The Children Star
by Joan Slonczewski
A brilliant new SF adventure from the John W. Campbell award winner which marks her return to the universe of A Door Into The Ocean …

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Hand of Prophecy
by Severna Park
A galaxy whirls in conflict as tyrant slavers prepare to reclaim the frontier planets wrested from them generations ago. Living on one of the forfeited …



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Grass
by Sheri S. Tepper
What could be more commonplace than grass, or a world covered over all its surface with a wind-whipped ocean of grass? But the planet Grass …


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Hurricane Moon
by Alexis Glynn Latner
Astronaut-physician, Catharin Gault, and scientist Joseph Devreze leave Earth to find a new world suitable to begin a new civilization; however, the ship's artificial programming …


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Edenborn
by Nick Sagan
The six survivors of a microbial apocalypse that has wiped out the human race find themselves divided by two different views of how a new …

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Tropic of Creation
by Kay L. Kenyon
In the bloody war that ended between Th Congress Worlds and the alien ahtra, Captain Eli Dammond had distinguished himself as an officer who could …


