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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Reluctant Voyagers

 

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Tyranael

 

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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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The Fortunate Fall

 

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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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Becoming Human

 

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Testament

 

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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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Pangaea Book I

 

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Hellspark

 

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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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Dust

 

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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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Idlewild

 

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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 …
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West of Eden

 

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An Exchange of Hostages

 

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