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Lockdown Tales by Neal Asher
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBest-selling author Neal Asher was far from idle during the isolation of lockdown; he kept himself occupied in the best way possible: he wrote. And his imagination was clearly in overdrive. Five brand new novellas and novelettes and one novella reworked and expanded from a story first published in 2019... -
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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... -
![Opening Moves by Cosimo Yap]()
Opening Moves by Cosimo Yap
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsThe Earth is changing. The alien invasion brought social upheaval, advanced technology, and an armada of peacekeeping robots. But Alan, a college student pursuing a now-useless degree, cares little about all of this. He has only one thing on his mind: the Game. A fully immersive virtual reality, the Game appears to be a major part of the invading civilization... -
![The Metamorphosis of Prime Intellect by Roger Williams]()
The Metamorphosis of Prime Intellect by Roger Williams
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIn a time not far from our own, Lawrence sets out simply to build an artifical intelligence that can pass as human, and finds himself instead with one that can pass as a god. Taking the Three Laws of Robotics literally, Prime Intellect makes every human immortal and provides instantly for every stated human desire... -
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![Space Punks by Anna Mocikat]()
Space Punks by Anna Mocikat
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom the bestselling, internationally published author of Behind Blue Eyes!One hundred years ago humanity won the war against Artificial Intelligence, but at a horrible price... -
![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... -
![Compulsory by Martha Wells]()
Compulsory by Martha Wells
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsMurderbot—the sardonic, almost-homicidal, media-loving android created by Martha Wells—has proven to be one of the most popular characters in 21 st century science fiction. Everything that makes this protagonist (it would be wrong to call Murderbot a hero) beloved of fans is on display in Compulsory... -
![Interstellar by Greg Keyes, Jonathan Nolan]()
Interstellar by Greg Keyes, Jonathan Nolan
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsTHE END OF EARTH WILL NOT BE THE END OF USFrom acclaimed filmmaker Christopher Nolan (The Dark Knight Trilogy, Inception), this is the chronicle of a group of explorers who make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage. At stake are the fate of a planet... Earth.. -
![Theft of Fire by Devon Eriksen]()
Theft of Fire by Devon Eriksen
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAt the frozen edge of the solar system lies a hidden treasure which could spell their fortune or their destruction—but only if they survive each other first.Marcus Warnoc has a little problem... -
![Fragmented by Terry Schott]()
Fragmented by Terry Schott
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Game is Life - Book 8 Cooper has made mistakes. Lives were lost. Realties destroyed. Invited to join a mysterious and powerful group known as Wielders, he must learn whether his new powers are a blessing, or a curse... -
![Electric Angel by Plum Parrot]()
Electric Angel by Plum Parrot
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsEnter a frighteningly familiar dystopian world with the first book of a new series from the author of Falling with Folded Wings and Victor of Tucson.In the year 2107, the world has both made astounding leaps forward and reduced humanity to its most basic existence... -
![Digital Heretic by Terry Schott]()
Digital Heretic by Terry Schott
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsMillions on Earth are shaken by the events set in motion by Zack's final play...Billions on Tygon watch breathlessly as the consequences of his actions ripple through both worlds.Will his girlfriend, still inside the Game, step forward to lead the movement that he created?Billions of lives are in jeopardy of being lost...based on the decisions made by children inside the Game... -
![Permutation City by Greg Egan]()
Permutation City by Greg Egan
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsThe story of a man with a vision - immortality : for those who can afford it is found in cyberspace. Permutation city is the tale of a man with a vision - how to create immortality - and how that vision becomes something way beyond his control... -
![The Terminator by Randall Frakes, James Cameron]()
The Terminator by Randall Frakes, James Cameron
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsA novel by Randall Frakes & Bill Wisher; based on a screenplay by James Cameron with Gale Anne Hurd.More deadly than any man alive.The time is now... but he comes from the Year of Darkness, 2029. He was created to reshape the future by destroying the present. He feels no pity, no pain, no fear. He feels nothing. He is an unstoppable killing machine programmed for murder. He is.. -
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![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... -
![The Stories of Ibis by Hiroshi Yamamoto]()
The Stories of Ibis by Hiroshi Yamamoto
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIn a world where humans are a minority and androids have created their own civilization, a wandering storyteller meets the beautiful android Ibis. She tells him seven stories of human/android interaction in order to reveal the secret behind humanity's fall. The story takes place centuries in the future, where the diminished populations of humans live uncultured lives in their own colonies... -
![The Terminator by Shaun Hutson]()
The Terminator by Shaun Hutson
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn the Year of Darkness, 2029, the rulers of this planet devised the ultimate plan. They would reshape the Future by changing the Past. The plan required something that felt no pity. No pain. No fear. Something unstoppable. They created THE TERMINATOR... -
![Ragnarok by Ari Bach]()
Ragnarok by Ari Bach
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsValhalla: Book Two After a year spent hunting for Mishka and Wulfgar, V team is no closer to finding them. If they're going to locate their nemeses, they're going to have to break some rules. As they begin their most dangerous mission yet, the stakes grow higher than they ever imagined as they uncover not only the subjects of their hunt, but the greatest threat the Earth has ever known... -
![Semi/Human by Erik Hanberg]()
Semi/Human by Erik Hanberg
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsRobots are in. Humans are out. Can one teenager steal her way to a better future?Pen Davis just lost her internship to a robot. As supercomputers take over all the jobs in the world, the lonely teen doesn’t see a future. Desperate to escape the coming robo-pocalpyse, she devises a plot to steal millions from her former boss... -
![Colony One by Tarah Benner]()
Colony One by Tarah Benner
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsFrom the author of The Fringe comes a riveting new adventure in space. Maggie Barnes is at the end of her rope. She’s young and broke living in New York, and her newspaper job has been taken by robots. When she’s offered a job aboard the first civilian space colony, Maggie thinks it’s her lucky break. For Jonah Wyatt, the Space Force is his last shot at a military career... -
![Degrees of Freedom by Simon Morden]()
Degrees of Freedom by Simon Morden
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWinner of the 2012 Philip K. Dick Award The Six Degrees of PetrovitchMichael is an AI of incalculable complexity trapped under the remains of Oshicora tower. Petrovitch will free him one day, he just has to trust Michael will still be sane by the time he does.Maddy and Petrovitch have trust issues. She's left him, but Petrovitch is pretty sure she still loves him... -
![The Gabble And Other Stories by Neal Asher]()
The Gabble And Other Stories by Neal Asher
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsMost of Neal Asher's stories are set in a galactic future-scape called 'The Polity', and with this collection of marvellously inventive and action-packed short stories, he takes us further into the manifold diversities of that amazing universe... -
![Sacrificial Pieces by Cosimo Yap]()
Sacrificial Pieces by Cosimo Yap
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAfter failing to take down the United World Government, Alan is a wanted fugitive on Earth. With nowhere else to go he leads the Black Rose guild into the Abyss Labyrinth. But hidden agendas thrive within the mercenary guild, and Alan soon discovers larger forces at play. The Game is a war for survival, and a solo victory is virtually impossible—Alan needs to pick a side... -
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Digital Evolution by Terry Schott
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTen years have passed on Tygon since the Virtual Prophet woke the Dreamers. Games of life and death continue and the stakes for winning — or losing — promise to affect the inhabitants across three realities...Categorized as:
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![A.I. Apocalypse by William Hertling]()
A.I. Apocalypse by William Hertling
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsLeon Tsarev is a high school student set on getting into a great college program, until his uncle, a member of the Russian mob, coerces him into developing a new computer virus for the mob’s botnet - the slave army of computers they used to commit digital crimes.The evolutionary virus Leon creates, based on biological principles, is successful -- too successful... -
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Killswitch by Joel Shepherd
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTwo years after the unhatching of Callayan President Neiland's plot to make the capital city of Tanusha the center of the Federation, Callay is under siege. So begins the third installment of this gripping trilogy from an exciting new sci-fi author. A powerful faction of conservative Fleet captains has surrounded Callay, at Earth's behest, and is threatening a blockade – or worse... -
![Extinction Reversed by J.S. Morin]()
Extinction Reversed by J.S. Morin
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThese days, even the humans are built by robots. Charlie7 is the progenitor of a mechanical race he built from the ashes of a dead world—Earth. He is a robot of leisure and idle political meddling—a retirement well-earned. Or he was, until a human girl named Eve was dropped in his lap. Geneticists have restored Earth’s biome and begun repopulation... -
![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... -
![I, Robot: The Illustrated Screenplay by Harlan Ellison]()
I, Robot: The Illustrated Screenplay by Harlan Ellison
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNumerous attempts had been made to adapt Isaac Asimov's classic story-cycle to the motion picture medium. All efforts failed. In 1977, producers approached the author to take a crack at this impossible project. He accepted, and produced an astonishing screenplay. This book presents that screenplay... -
![Nexis by A.L. Davroe]()
Nexis by A.L. Davroe
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn the domed city of Evanescence, appearance is everything. A Natural Born amongst genetically-altered Aristocrats, all Ella ever wanted was to be like everyone else. Augmented, sparkling, and perfect. Then…the crash. Devastated by her father’s death and struggling with her new physical limitations, Ella is terrified to learn she is not just alone, but little more than a prisoner...Categorized as:
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Vicarious by Rhett C. Bruno
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe real world is only where you breathe…In High Earth, entertainment is everything. Virtual Worlds. Games. Steaming shows. Simulations—there’s something for everybody. You don't ever even have to leave your home.For Asher Reinhart, nothing compares to Ignis: Live, a reality show that pushes human beings to their very extremes... -
![Bot Wars by J.V. Kade]()
Bot Wars by J.V. Kade
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTwelve-year-old Trout St. Kroix has been searching for his missing father for the last two years, after his dad disappeared while fighting in the Bot Wars. The Bot Wars began after robots became so advanced that they revolted and demanded more workers' rights, causing the government to declare all robots terrorists and ban them from the Districts... -
![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... -
![Terminator Salvation: Trial by Fire by Timothy Zahn]()
Terminator Salvation: Trial by Fire by Timothy Zahn
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFollowing the dramatic events of Terminator Salvation, a recovering John Connor grants Barnes permission to return to the destroyed VLA lab and bury his brother, killed in the explosive opening of the movie. At the ruins Barnes and Blair Williams hunt through the debris for the remains of their comrade but instead uncover a mysterious cable leading up into the mountains... -
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![Dreaming Metal by Melissa Scott]()
Dreaming Metal by Melissa Scott
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsScott returns to the world of her earlier novel, Dreamships, and, as in several of her novels, takes up the theme of artificial intelligence. Persephone is a planet racked by class struggle and economic and political upheaval... -
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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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![Cyber Dawn by M.L. Adams]()
Cyber Dawn by M.L. Adams
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBen survived cancer... that was the easy part.After losing his leg to cancer and spending six years as a prototype in a top-secret cybernetic research program, seventeen-year-old Ben Raine is ready for a normal life. Now a junior in high school, it seems as though normal is just what he’s going to get...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... -
![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... -
![Mal Goes to War by Edward Ashton]()
Mal Goes to War by Edward Ashton
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe humans are fighting again. Go figure.As a free A.I., Mal finds the war between the modded and augmented Federals and the puritanical Humanists about as interesting as a battle between rival anthills... -
![The Curve of the Earth by Simon Morden]()
The Curve of the Earth by Simon Morden
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWelcome to the Metrozone -- post-apocalyptic London of the Future, full of homeless refugees, street gangs, crooked cops and mad cults. Enter Samuil Petrovitch: a Russian émigré with a smart mouth, a dodgy heart and a dodgier past. He's brilliant, selfish, cocky and might just be most unlikely champion a city has ever had... -
![Ordnance by Andrew Vaillencourt]()
Ordnance by Andrew Vaillencourt
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsRoland Tankowicz wasn’t even legally a person anymore. The aging cyborg had never really recovered from being betrayed and enslaved by his superiors in the Army, and the final insult of being permanently classified as “defunct military ordnance” had been a bitter pill to swallow. Now, he spent most of his time drinking beer and working as a fixer for the crime families in 25th-century Boston... -
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![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... -
![OtherLife by Jason Segel, Kirsten Miller]()
OtherLife by Jason Segel, Kirsten Miller
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsReturn to the series BuzzFeed compared to Ready Player One with the third book in the fast-paced trilogy from New York Times bestselling authors Jason Segel and Kirsten Miller that's perfect for fans of HBO's Westworld.Simon, Kat, Busara, and Elvis are on the run with the tech super-villains at the Company hot on their heels...Categorized as:
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![By Force of Arms by William C. Dietz]()
By Force of Arms by William C. Dietz
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHaving stopped a mutiny against Earth's government, General Bill Booly and his troops face an even greater challenge: a battle for the future of every living being in the universe, against a fanatical human and his killer technology."Dietz's expertise in matters of mayhem is second to none... -
![Assembly Code by Colin F. Barnes]()
Assembly Code by Colin F. Barnes
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBeing human is no longer enough to save humanity.The fanatical Red Widows sweep destruction across the abandoned lands. Their aggression threatens to destroy the city Gerry had risked his life to save. Petal, the woman Gerry has come to love is dying... -
![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... -
![Terminator Salvation: The Official Movie Novelization by Alan Dean Foster]()
Terminator Salvation: The Official Movie Novelization by Alan Dean Foster
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe eagerly awaited fourth Terminator movie, Terminator Salvation, starring Christian Bale and directed by McG, reaches cinemas on 22 May 2009.In a brand-new chapter in the Terminator chronicles, Judgment Day has come to pass and Skynet has destroyed much of the world’s population. In this post-apocalyptic world, the resistance, led by John Connor, continues its brutal fight for survival...
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