Speculative Scifi
Explore the best speculative sci-fi books that push the boundaries of imagination. Discover mind-bending futures, alternate realities, and visionary tales in this curated list.
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Diaspora
by Greg Egan
In a new world of digital beings, where humans have chosen to be forever digitized, have selected renewable robotic bodies, or remain flesh on Earth, …
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Voice of the Whirlwind
by Walter Jon Williams
A clone of a man murdered searches for the killer and discovers a deadly plot
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Neuromancer
by William Gibson
Case, a nerve-damaged data thief, is recruited by a new employer for a last-chance run against a powerful artificial intelligence.
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Snow Crash
by Neal Stephenson
The “brilliantly realized” (The New York Times Book Review) breakthrough novel from visionary author Neal Stephenson, a modern classic that predicted the metaverse and inspired …
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Hyperion
by Dan Simmons
A stunning tour de force filled with transcendent awe and wonder, Hyperion is a masterwork of science fiction that resonates with excitement and invention, the …
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The Diamond Age
by Neal Stephenson
Vividly imagined, stunningly prophetic, and epic in scope, The Diamond Age is a major novel from one of the most visionary writers of our time …
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Psychohistorical Crisis
by Donald Kingsbury
A loving homage to Asimov, and dialogue with him--a triumph of galactic-scaled SF that is destined to be recognized as a classic in its own …
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Beggars in Spain
by Nancy Kress
Born in 2008, Leisha Camden is beautiful, extraordinarily intelligent . . . and one of an ever-growing number of human beings who have been genetically …
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Excession
by Iain Banks
Iain M. Banks is a true original, an author whose brilliant speculative fiction has transported us into worlds of unbounded imagination and inimitable revelatory power. …
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Glasshouse
by Charles Stross
Awakening in a clinic with amnesia, Robin goes on the run from unknown enemies out to kill him, volunteering to take part in the Glasshouse, …
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Natural History
by Justina Robson
A human and a half-human-half-machine woman must work together to discover the reasons behind a long-lost past civilization, and must fight to make a decision …
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Fallen Dragon
by Peter F. Hamilton
When his platoon is sent to a distant planet to stop a rebellion, Lawrence, determined to escape the constraints of the military, decides to steal …
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Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom
by Cory Doctorow
Realizing his boyhood dream of moving to the twentieth-century artistic creation of Disney World, Jules becomes incensed by a new group that would change the …
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The Speed of Dark
by Elizabeth Moon
Thoughtful, provocative, poignant, unforgettable, The Speed of Dark is a gripping journey into the mind of an autistic person as he struggles with profound questions …