Solid Sci Fi/Fantasy (W/o Corny Lasers Phasers and Swords)
Discover top-tier sci-fi and fantasy books without clichés—no corny lasers, phasers, or overused swords. Explore solid, immersive reads for true genre enthusiasts.
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Schismatrix plus : includes Schismatrix and selected stories from Crystal Express
by Bruce Sterling
Here is a definitive edition of one of the most beloved worlds in science fiction--fans will love it. In the last decade, Bruce Sterling has …
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Altered Carbon
by Richard K. Morgan
In the 25th century, humankind has spread throughout the galaxy, monitored by the watchful eye of the U.N. While divisions in race, religion, and class …
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A Case of Conscience
by James Blish
Winner of the Hugo Award • The future of Earth will rely upon one man’s sense of right and wrong. . . . Father Ruiz-Sanchez …
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Cryptonomicon
by Neal Stephenson
With this extraordinary first volume in what promises to be an epoch-making masterpiece, Neal Stephenson hacks into the secret histories of nations and the private …
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Heavy Weather
by Bruce Sterling
Bruce Sterling, one of the founding fathers of the cyberpunk genre, now presents a novel of vivid imagination and invention that proves his talent for …
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Signal to Noise
by Eric S. Nylund
Jack Potter puts computer cryptography to work for the highest bidder: sometimes for private corporations, sometimes for the government. Sometimes the work is legal; if …
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American Gods
by Neil Gaiman
Shadow is a man with a past. But now he wants nothing more than to live a quiet life with his wife and stay out …
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Neverwhere
by Neil Gaiman
Richard Mayhew is a plain man with a good heart -- and an ordinary life that is changed forever on a day he stops to …
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Ilium
by Dan Simmons
The first installment of a new saga based on themes from "The Iliad" and "The Tempest" places classical characters and gods in such settings as …
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Jennifer Government
by Max Barry
In the near future, corporations rule the world and the one who defies them is pursued relentlessly.
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Broken Angels
by Richard K. Morgan
Welcome back to the brash, brutal new world of the twenty-fifth century: where global politics isn’t just for planet Earth anymore; and where death is …
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Cloud Atlas
by David Stephen Mitchell
Recounts the connected stories of people from the past and the distant future, from a nineteenth-century notary and an investigative journalist in the 1970s to …