Books like 'The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fourth Annual Collection'
Readers who enjoyed The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fourth Annual Collection by Gardner Dozois, Lucius Shepard, Harry Turtledove, Howard Waldrop, Orson Scott Card, Walter Jon Williams, Neal Barrett Jr., Lewis Shiner, Judith Moffett, Kim Stanley Robinson, Tom Maddox, Karen Joy Fowler, John Kessel, William Gibson, Damon Knight, Pat Cadigan, Robert Silverberg, Somtow Sucharitkul, Tanith Lee, Scott Baker, Michael Swanwick, Richard Kearns, Greg Bear, Bruce Sterling, Jack Dann, Tim Powers, James Patrick Kelly & Connie Willis also liked the following books featuring the same tropes, story themes, relationship dynamics and character types.
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Neural Wraith 2 by K.D. Robertson
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFinance isn't Nick Waite’s strong suit as a detective, but he’s learning fast as he investigates the cover-up of a murder inside Neo Babylon’s oldest bank. The winds of conspiracy whirl around him, and everyone from the police commissioner to gang lords warn him to step back.Taking the easy way out isn’t in his nature, however... -
![Cyber Trips by Marie Graßhoff]()
Cyber Trips by Marie Graßhoff
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIm Jahr 2101 hat die Menschheit nach erbitterten Kämpfen gegen die künstliche Intelligenz KAMI einen herben Rückschlag erlitten. Millionen wurden von ihrem technologischen Virus infiziert und verloren jeglichen eigenen Willen... -
![The Long Run by Daniel Keys Moran]()
The Long Run by Daniel Keys Moran
Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsFew of the telepaths survived the massacre by the United Nations Peaceforce. Seven years later, the last telepaths, Denice and Trent, are marked by the Peaceforce, and will die unless Trent can carry out his plan to avenge the deaths of his friends... -
![The Complete Short Stories: Volume 1 by J.G. Ballard]()
The Complete Short Stories: Volume 1 by J.G. Ballard
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFirst in a two volume collection of short stories by the acclaimed author of ‘Empire of the Sun’, ‘Crash’ and ‘Super-Cannes’. The new edition is introduced by Adam Thirwell.With eighteen novels over four decades – from ‘The Drowned World’ in 1962 to his final novel ‘Kingdom Come’ in 2006 – J.G. Ballard is known as one of Britain’s most celebrated and original novelists... -
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![The Big Book of Science Fiction by Ann VanderMeer, Jeff VanderMeer]()
The Big Book of Science Fiction by Ann VanderMeer, Jeff VanderMeer
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsQuite possibly the greatest science fiction collection of all time - past, present and future. What if life was neverending? What if you could change your body to adapt to an alien ecology? What if the pope were a robot? Spanning galaxies and millennia, this must-have anthology showcases classic contributions from H. G. Wells, Arthur C. Clarke, Octavia E... -
![The Best Short Stories of J. G. Ballard by J.G. Ballard]()
The Best Short Stories of J. G. Ballard by J.G. Ballard
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFirst published in 1978, this collection of nineteen of Ballard's best short stories is as timely and informed as ever. His tales of the human psyche and its relationship to nature and technology, as viewed through a strong microscope, were eerily prescient and now provide greater perspective on our computer-dominated culture... -
![The A.I. War: The Big Boost by Daniel Keys Moran]()
The A.I. War: The Big Boost by Daniel Keys Moran
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Long-Awaited Sequel to The Long Run and The Last Dancer.In 2072, the United Nations Space Force began building the Unity . . . at Halfway.The Unity was seven kilometers long... -
![Emerald Eyes by Daniel Keys Moran]()
Emerald Eyes by Daniel Keys Moran
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen the government created 250 telepathic infants to train as warriors, the children were nurtured as only the most valuable of slaves can be. But now these rare children have come of age, and they demand the same freedom as all men and women--and possess a unique power with which to fight for it... -
![Flashfire by David Sherman, Dan Cragg]()
Flashfire by David Sherman, Dan Cragg
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsPacked with hard-core action written by battle-savvy combat veterans, the explosive Starfist series has become hugely popular across America. Now the saga of the courageous Marines continues in Flashfire, as the 34th Fleet Initial Strike Team (FIST) ventures to the edge of Human Space to fight a number of enemies . . . some on their own side... -
![The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Second Annual Collection by Gardner Dozois, Stephen Baxter]()
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Second Annual Collection by Gardner Dozois, Stephen Baxter
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe twenty-eight stories in this collection imaginatively take us far across the universe, into the very core of our beings, to the realm of the gods, and to the moment just after now. Included here are the works of masters of the form and of bright new talents, including: Daniel Abraham • Eleanor Arnason • Pauolo Bacigalupi • Kage Baker • Stephen Baxter • Terry Bisson • James L... -
![The A.I. Chronicles (The Future Chronicles by Samuel Peralta]()
The A.I. Chronicles (The Future Chronicles by Samuel Peralta
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA.I.: Artificial Intelligence. Even today, machines that mimic human thinking surround us... -
![Robot Proletariat: Season One by Sean Platt, Johnny B. Truant]()
Robot Proletariat: Season One by Sean Platt, Johnny B. Truant
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRobot ProletariatTHIS Is How It StartsIn the future, robots like Mars and Cromwell serve their human masters. Having long since replaced humans in the back hallways and servants' quarters of the ultra-wealthy, new models are acquired, render their service, then are quietly deactivated when obsolete. But then we gave them the ability to learn... -
![Qube: Thriller by Tom Hillenbrand]()
Qube: Thriller by Tom Hillenbrand
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLondon, 2091: Investigativjournalist Calvary Doyle wird auf offener Straße niedergeschossen. Zuvor hatte der Reporter zum Thema Künstliche Intelligenz recherchiert. Die auf KI-Gefahrenabwehr spezialisierte UNO-Agentin Fran Bittner beginnt, in dem Fall zu ermitteln... -
![Elegy by Kate Wrath]()
Elegy by Kate Wrath
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLess than one second: how long it takes for everything to change. The story rewritten. The answers lost. The world turned upside down. Eden’s life is in tatters. Too many questions. Too many answers she never would have chosen. With no time to think or mourn, she struggles to take control of her fate once again. There’s one thing that Eden has always wanted— find Oscar... -
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![Chromed: Upgrade by Richard Parry]()
Chromed: Upgrade by Richard Parry
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt’s 2150AD. There hasn’t been a corporate war… until now.Mason Floyd is an augmented syndicate enforcer at the top of his game. His job is asset protection and acquisition, no questions asked.Company tech is stolen on Mason’s watch. Rival megacorps want it, and they don’t mind killing him to get it. Framed for the theft, Mason runs...Categorized as:
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![Clay by Tony Bertauski]()
Clay by Tony Bertauski
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWe map the universe with five sensesInterpret reality with our mindWe rely on this bodyWhat a poor vessel it isJamie wants to be a halfskin.Her life has become dull and pointless. If she had more biomites—synthetic stem cells that promise hope—she could take control of her life. But Jamie’s body is already 49.9% biomites. The rest is clay—her God-given organic cells... -
![Trapped by Randolph Lalonde]()
Trapped by Randolph Lalonde
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhile the artificial intelligences of the galaxy attempted to wipe out humanity, a designer slave, Aspen, escaped into the underworld. Some time later, mankind is slowly regaining control, destroying artificial intelligences by any means but leaving a chaotic, lawless galaxy behind as a result... -
![The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eighth Annual Collection by Gardner Dozois, James Patrick Kelly]()
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eighth Annual Collection by Gardner Dozois, James Patrick Kelly
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAnnually assembling the best science fiction of the year, this series continues to live up to its name with the most original, innovative, and wonderful short fiction published in 1990. A thorough summary of the year in science fiction and a long list of recommended reading round out this volume, rendering it the one book for every reader... -
![Insider X by Dave Buschi]()
Insider X by Dave Buschi
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFacility 67096. It shapes our thoughts. Shapes our world. Manipulates us. And it seeks one thing. The destruction of everything we hold dear.Marks and Lip, one a former Marine, the other a cyber specialist for the NSA, are our answer to Facility 67096. What is Facility 67096? It controls the Web. Has controlled it ever since the beginning... -
![Мова by Віктар Марціновіч]()
Мова by Віктар Марціновіч
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratings«Мова» – другі беларускамоўны раман Марціновіча пасля «Сцюдзёнага выраю». «У “Мове” я паспрабаваў сабраць у незвычайным сюжэце маё разуменне багажу праблем, звязаных з нашай ідэнтычнасцю, з культурай, мовай і гісторыяй. З тутэйшасцю, з правінцыйнасцю, з гатоўнасцю адмовіцца ад свайго», – кажа аўтар... -
![11,4 sueños luz by Nicholas Avedon]()
11,4 sueños luz by Nicholas Avedon
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEn el París del siglo XXIII donde todo está en venta, las emociones puras son de gran valor para aquellos que no pueden vivirlas. Ariel de Santos es un creador de sueños vívidos, uno de los pocos artistas capaces de modelar las emociones para seducir e inspirar a un mundo que se ha olvidado de soñar... -
![Elite by Nicola Claire]()
Elite by Nicola Claire
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHave you been a model Citizen today?Selena Carstairs has been raised an Elite. She lives the life of privileged luxury, never wanting for anything. Respected. Admired. Honoured.But life is not what it seems...The island of Wánměi has a strict set of rules. Be a model Citizen and all will be rewarded. Disobey the law and the consequences are dire. For Selena, the urge to defy is in her blood... -
![A Star Curiously Singing by Kerry Nietz]()
A Star Curiously Singing by Kerry Nietz
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 10 ratings** Reader's Favorite Gold Medal Award Winner ** Sandfly is a debugger. He is property, bought and paid for in an Earth under sharia law. All faiths but one have been banned. And the rule of the great Imam is supreme. As a debugger, Sandfly has an implant in his head that connects him to the world's technology-and doles out mental shocks to keep him obedient... -
![Cyberpunk City Book One: The Machine Killer by D.L. Young]()
Cyberpunk City Book One: The Machine Killer by D.L. Young
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFor fans of Altered Carbon, Neuromancer, and Snow Crash.Former data thief Maddox thinks his life of cybercrime is behind him. He couldn't be more wrong.Forced by a powerful executive to steal a priceless dataset, Maddox uncovers the shocking truth of a secret war between AIs, raging inside the digital universe known as virtual space... -
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![Pixel Juice by Jeff Noon]()
Pixel Juice by Jeff Noon
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 12 ratings'In the first shop they bought a packet of dogseed, because Doreen had always wanted to grow her own dog...'Pixel Juice is the collected outpourings of an overactive mind. A selection of fifty stories from Jeff Noon's head, each one strange, telling, disturbing, or sometimes just plain wierd...Categorized as:
cyberpunk dystopia adult anthologies contemporary fiction magical-realism male-author -
![A Window Into Time by Peter F. Hamilton]()
A Window Into Time by Peter F. Hamilton
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA profound, poignant, mind-blowing trip into time and consciousness awaits in this ebook original novella from New York Times bestselling author Peter F. Hamilton. In the vein of Life After Life, Hamilton’s bold speculations into the nature of life—and what comes after—make for riveting, provocative fiction. The universe is not only stranger than we imagine, it is stranger than we can imagine... -
![The Stone Within by David Wingrove]()
The Stone Within by David Wingrove
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA dying old man's dreams warn the Seven T'Ang that a fierce storm is approaching...so dark, so deadly it can destroy a world. Not even the T'ang, rulers of the magnificent mile-high city-kingdoms of the planet, can predict from where the danger will come. As assassins spread outward to a fortified palace in space, treachery moves inway into men's and women's heart to bring down a dynasy.. -
![Trapped by James Alan Gardner]()
Trapped by James Alan Gardner
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLife under the thumb of the Spark Lords -- the League's Earthly representatives -- is dull but comfortable for Philemon Abu Dhubhai and the other teachers at a third-rate private school for second-rate rich kids. But all that changes when a female student is found murdered by an unknown alien organism, and her boyfriend, the prime suspect, goes missing... -
![Shadowrun 32: Wolf and Raven by Michael A. Stackpole]()
Shadowrun 32: Wolf and Raven by Michael A. Stackpole
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTogether with a group of cyborg bounty hunters and computer wizards, soldier of fortune Wolfgang Kies assists Elf Lord Dr. Richard Raven in keeping humanity safe from preying monsters--both magical and technological. But crimelord Etienne LaPlante interferes with their vigilantism, preparing to strike at Raven and those who serve him... -
![Хищные вещи века by Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky]()
Хищные вещи века by Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen Ivan Zhilin, interplanetary engineer, returned after years of space work, he wanted a quiet vacation on some sunny restful spot on Earth. And at first, it seemed he found the place - a charming seaside city in a "liberated" country. But somehow, since his long sojourn in far orbits, things had subtly gone wrong... -
![The Ones Who Look by Katharine Duckett]()
The Ones Who Look by Katharine Duckett
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsEthical Empire built the gate to heaven, and their employees hold the keys. By offering custom-built afterlives through full-brain uploads, they answered the needs of a society pushed to the brink by climate change and cascading antibiotic failure. But for Zoe, who works daily to assess the sins of users and decide who's worthy of salvation, heaven is not so simple... -
![The Eighth Science Fiction Megapack: 25 Modern and Classic Stories by Pamela Sargent, George R.R. Martin]()
The Eighth Science Fiction Megapack: 25 Modern and Classic Stories by Pamela Sargent, George R.R. Martin
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"The Eighth Science Fiction Megapack" presents another stellar lineup of classic science fiction, new and old. Here are 25 stories (plus a bonus interview with best-selling author George R.R. Martin) by some of the field's greatest authors. Included are:THE TRUE DARKNESS, by Pamela SargentPERMANENT FATAL ERRORS, by Jay LakeADJUSTMENT TEAM, by Philip K... -
![House of the Sun by Nigel Findley]()
House of the Sun by Nigel Findley
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe kingdom of Hawaii is a tropical playground with a sinister underside. Dirk Montgomery, former Lone Star cop turned shadowrunner, must stay one step ahead of the factions battling to control the islands--the megacorps, the government, the rebels and the yazuka, not to mention the dragons, elves, new friends and old enemies... -
![Beyond the Pale by Jak Koke]()
Beyond the Pale by Jak Koke
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRyan Mercury, the late president's secret agent, must find a mage with the ability to control the awesome power of the Dragon Heart. If he fails, the world will fall prey not only to industrial saboteurs, but spiritual demons as well. But in a turn of good fortune, Mercury will be joined by a mysterious figure--one who's known to be one of the more powerful individuals in the "Shadowrun" universe... -
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![The World According To Ellie Quin (ELLIE QUIN by Alex Scarrow]()
The World According To Ellie Quin (ELLIE QUIN by Alex Scarrow
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEllie Quin has escaped the tedium of life on her father's farm to the domed main city of her home world - New Haven. A noisy, colourful, over-crowded city filled with ditto-heads and limp-chiks, the dregs of society watching day-time sopa-drams on the toob. A place where crime is rife and a naive young woman can too easily become a victim and a statistic...Categorized as:
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![The Girl Who Was Plugged In/Screwtop by James Tiptree Jr., Vonda N. McIntyre]()
The Girl Who Was Plugged In/Screwtop by James Tiptree Jr., Vonda N. McIntyre
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis book is two novels in one; Screwtop by Vonda N. McIntyre and The Girl Who Was Plugged in by James Tiptree Jr... -
![The Dark Side of the Earth by Alfred Bester]()
The Dark Side of the Earth by Alfred Bester
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAlfred Bester writes fiction that is offbeat and intensely imaginative. In THE DARK SIDE OF THE EARTH, a volume that includes his new novella and five short stories, Mr. Bester is at his most inventive... -
![After the Winter by Mark R. Healy]()
After the Winter by Mark R. Healy
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Earth is in ruins. Cities and nations destroyed. Those who survive the onslaught succumb to the cold blackness of winter. A handful of machines finally emerge into the light, lost and directionless. They are the last remnants of civilisation.Brant is a synthetic - a machine who has the appearance and emotions of the humans who made him... -
![Starburst by Bester Alfred]()
Starburst by Bester Alfred
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTime, Space and the Future. Here is your passport into the fascinating world of science fiction...eleven dazzling, jet-propelled, rocket-paced tales of tomorrow by one of today's leading writers... -
![Big Data by Lucas Carlson]()
Big Data by Lucas Carlson
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLuna Valencia is the founder of the hottest artificial intelligence startup in history. She’s about to become incredibly rich and powerful. But just when she’s about to take her company public, her world begins to fall apart.On the day of her startup’s IPO, a stock exchange shooter plummets Luna into a downward spiral toward a threat more menacing than she ever imagined possible... -
![Goliath by Neil Gaiman]()
Goliath by Neil Gaiman
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFree online fiction, short story.Originally posted on Warner Brothers' "The Matrix" website.I suppose that I could claim that I had always suspected that the world was a cheap and shoddy sham, a bad cover for something deeper and weirder and infinitely more strange, and that, in some way, I already knew the truth... -
![Starfist: Firestorm by David Sherman, Dan Cragg]()
Starfist: Firestorm by David Sherman, Dan Cragg
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsCombat vets David Sherman and Dan Cragg know firsthand the courage, sacrifice, and hell of war–and their experiences have made the popular Starfist novels thrill rides of the highest order... -
![I Am AI by Ai Jiang]()
I Am AI by Ai Jiang
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIf you have the opportunity to give up humanity for efficiency, mechanical invincibility, and to surpass human limitations. . . would you? Ai is a cyborg, under the guise of an AI writing program, who struggles to keep up with the never-blinking city of Emit as it threatens to leave all those like her behind... -
![Printcrime by Cory Doctorow]()
Printcrime by Cory Doctorow
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsFree download, all ebook formats.Short Story, near future science fiction."The coppers came through the door with truncheons swinging, one of them reciting the terms of the warrant through a bullhorn... -
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![Cyber Shogun Revolution by Peter Tieryas]()
Cyber Shogun Revolution by Peter Tieryas
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Man in the High Castle meets Pacific Rim in this action-packed alternate history novel from the award-winning author of United States of Japan and Mecha Samurai Empire.NO ONE SURVIVES AN ALLIANCE WITH THE NAZIS. NOT WITHOUT USE OF FORCE.California, 2020... -
![Thrill Switch by Tim Hawken]()
Thrill Switch by Tim Hawken
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDetective Ada Byron is pumped to finally be assigned her first murder case... until she sees the crime scene. Someone has been killed exactly the same way as her father was seven years earlier.To see if this is a copycat, or something more sinister, Ada must work with her personal nightmare Jazlin Switch - the programmer who murdered her dad... -
![Schismatrix by Bruce Sterling]()
Schismatrix by Bruce Sterling
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsTHE FUTURE OF MANKIND CAN TAKE ONE OF TWO DIRECTIONS...The Mechanists are ancient aristocrats, their lives prosthetically extended with advanced technology. The Shapers are genetically altered revolutionaries, their skills the result of psychotechnic training and artificial conditioning.Both factions are fighting to control the Schismatrix of humankind... -
![Donnerjack by Roger Zelazny, Jane Lindskold]()
Donnerjack by Roger Zelazny, Jane Lindskold
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIn our world, called the Verite, he is a Scottish laird, an engineer, and a master of virtual reality design. In the computer-generated universe of Virtu, created by the crash of the World Net, he is a living legend. Scientist and poet with a warrior's soul, Donnerjack strides like a giant across the virtual landscape he helped to shape... -
![Into the Shadows by Jordan K. Weisman, Tom Dowd]()
Into the Shadows by Jordan K. Weisman, Tom Dowd
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis bestselling series has achieved an average sales pace of 5,000 copies per month. In the world of the future, where magic and technology coexist, the super-corporations' wars wage out of control--and shadowrunners survive by their wits and by their skill at riding the computer Matrix. Cross-marketed with the Shadowrun role-playing game... -
![Remix by Jon Courtenay Grimwood]()
Remix by Jon Courtenay Grimwood
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSteel-eating mutant bacteria have reduced Europe to isolated, barbarous rubble and Nazi cossacks are at the gates of Imperial Paris. LizAlec, adopted daughter of Lady Claire, icily glamourous head of Imperial security, is kidnapped from a lunar Arrivals Lounge on her way to finishing school, and rescued by a one-lunged outcast who keeps his best friend's head in a coolbox...
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