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Cold Eyes by Peter Cawdron
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsCOLD EYES is a FIRST CONTACT tribute to the 1974 science fiction classic, THE MOTE IN GOD'S EYE.The UN warship Magellan is twelve light-years from Earth, exploring a cold eye, a tidally-locked super-earth called Bee. At least two advanced, intelligent species evolved on the planet, but no one is waiting for them in orbit. Dali Patel has to figure out why... -
![Spinward Fringe Broadcast 15: Pursuit by Randolph Lalonde]()
Spinward Fringe Broadcast 15: Pursuit by Randolph Lalonde
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAlice Valent, Noah "Carnie" Lucas and the crew of the Clever Dream are delving into the galactic underworld in search of resistance groups and Mary Reed, an elusive leader amongst the rebels... -
![Axiomatic by Greg Egan]()
Axiomatic by Greg Egan
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsAxiomatic is a collection of Greg Egan's short stories that appeared in various science fiction magazines (mostly Interzone and Asimov's) between 1989 and 1992... -
![The Cyberiad by Stanisław Lem]()
The Cyberiad by Stanisław Lem
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsA brilliantly funny collection of stories for the next age, from the celebrated author of Solaris. Ranging from the prophetic to the surreal, these stories demonstrate Stanislaw Lem's vast talent and remarkable ability to blend meaning and magic into a wholly entertaining and captivating work...Categorized as:
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![Dogs of War by Adrian Tchaikovsky]()
Dogs of War by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsMy name is Rex. I am a good dog. Rex is also seven foot tall at the shoulder, bulletproof, bristling with heavy caliber weaponry and his voice resonates with subsonics especially designed to instill fear. With Dragon, Honey and Bees, he's part of a Multiform Assault Pack operating in the lawless anarchy of Campeche, Mexico. A genetically engineered Bioform, he's a deadly weapon in a dirty war... -
![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... -
![Quantum Proliferation: A Near-Future CyberPunk Thriller by Joe Kuster]()
Quantum Proliferation: A Near-Future CyberPunk Thriller by Joe Kuster
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGetting his revenge felt great. Right up until the bills came due.Alex and his quantum-powered AI companion might have broken free from Apollo’s threat to shut him down, but he is still on the hook for millions he doesn’t have, and the mega-corp isn’t going to forgive and forget... -
![Eclipse Phase: The Roleplaying Game of Transhuman Conspiracy and Horror by Rob Boyle, Lars Blumenstein]()
Eclipse Phase: The Roleplaying Game of Transhuman Conspiracy and Horror by Rob Boyle, Lars Blumenstein
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEclipse Phase is the post-apocalyptic game of conspiracy and horror. Humanity is enhanced and improved, but also battered and bitterly divided. Technology allows the re-shaping of bodies and minds, but also creates opportunities for oppression and puts the capability for mass destruction in the hands of everyone...Categorized as:
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![The Last Dancer by Daniel Keys Moran]()
The Last Dancer by Daniel Keys Moran
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Manhattan-based Unification government controls the earth, but rebellion brews in Occupied America as the American Revolution's tricentennial approaches... -
![The Prefect by Alastair Reynolds]()
The Prefect by Alastair Reynolds
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsTom Dreyfus is a Prefect, a policeman of sorts, and one of the best. His force is Panoply, and his beat is the multi-faceted utopian society of the Glitter Band, that vast swirl of space habitats orbiting the planet Yellowstone. These days, his job is his life... -
![Honor Among Enemies by David Weber]()
Honor Among Enemies by David Weber
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsKNOW THY ENEMYFor Captain Honor Harrington, it's sometimes hard to know who the enemy really is. Despite political foes, professional jealousies, and the scandal which drove her into exile, she's been offered a chance to reclaim her career as an officer of the Royal Manticoran Navy. But there's a catch... -
![Field of Dishonor by David Weber]()
Field of Dishonor by David Weber
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 40 ratingsHONOR BETRAYEDThe People's Republic of Haven's sneak attack on the Kingdom of Manticore has failed. The Peeps are in disarray, their leaders fighting for power in bloody revolution, and the Royal Manticoran Navy stands victorious.But Manticore has domestic problems of its own, and success can be more treacherous than defeat for Honor Harrington... -
![Echoes of Honor by David Weber]()
Echoes of Honor by David Weber
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsFor eight bloody years, the Star Kingdom of Manticore and its allies have taken the war to the vastly more powerful People's Republic of Haven, and Commodore Honor Harrington has been in the forefront of that war.But now Honor has fallen, captured by the Peep Navy, turned over to the forces of State Security ... and executed on the interstellar network's nightly news... -
![Inhibitor Phase by Alastair Reynolds]()
Inhibitor Phase by Alastair Reynolds
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsMiguel de Ruyter is a man with a past.Fleeing the 'wolves' - the xenocidal alien machines known as Inhibitors - he has protected his family and community from attack for forty years, sheltering in the caves of an airless, battered world called Michaelmas. The slightest hint of human activity could draw the wolves to their home, to destroy everything ... utterly... -
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![After Atlas by Emma Newman]()
After Atlas by Emma Newman
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAcclaimed author Emma Newman returns to the captivating universe she created in Planetfall with a stunning science fiction mystery where one man’s murder is much more than it seems... Govcorp detective Carlos Moreno was only a baby when Atlas left Earth to seek truth among the stars. But in that moment, the course of Carlos’s entire life changed... -
![In Enemy Hands by David Weber]()
In Enemy Hands by David Weber
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsHonor Harrington's career has its ups and its downs. She's survived ship-to-ship battles, assassins, political vendettas, and duels. She's been shot at, shot down, and just plain shot, had starships blown out from under her, and made personal enemies who will stop at nothing to ruin her, and somehow she's survived it all.But this time she's really in trouble... -
![The Causal Angel by Hannu Rajaniemi]()
The Causal Angel by Hannu Rajaniemi
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsWith his infectious love of storytelling in all its forms, his rich characterisation and his unrivalled grasp of thrillingly bizarre cutting-edge science Hannu Rajaniemi has swiftly set a new benchmark for SF in the 21st century. And now with his third novel he completes the tale of his gentleman rogue, the many lives and minds of Jean de Flambeur... -
![Apex by Ramez Naam]()
Apex by Ramez Naam
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsGlobal unrest spreads as mass protests advance throughout the US and China, Nexus-upgraded riot police battle against upgraded protestors, and a once-dead scientist plans to take over the planet's electronic systems. The world has never experienced turmoil of this type, on this scale.They call them the Apex - humanity's replacement. They're smarter, faster, better. And infinitely more dangerous... -
![Diaspora by Greg Egan]()
Diaspora by Greg Egan
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsBy the end of the 30th century humanity has the capability to travel the universe, to journey beyond earth and beyond the confines of the vulnerable human frame... -
![Mission of Honor by David Weber]()
Mission of Honor by David Weber
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsThe Star Kingdom of Manticore and the Republic of Haven have been enemies for Honor Harrington's entire life, and she has paid a price for the victories she's achieved in that conflict. And now the unstoppable juggernaut of the mighty Solarian League is on a collision course with Manticore... -
![At All Costs by David Weber]()
At All Costs by David Weber
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsWhat Price Victory?The War with the Republic of Haven has resumed...disastrously for the Star Kingdom of Manticore. Admiral Lady Dame Honor Harrington has been recalled from the Sidemore System to command Eighth Fleet... -
![The Dreaming Void by Peter F. Hamilton]()
The Dreaming Void by Peter F. Hamilton
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsThe year is 3589, fifteen hundred years after Commonwealth forces barely staved off human extinction in a war against the alien Prime. Now an even greater danger has surfaced: a threat to the existence of the universe itself... -
![Causes of Separation by Travis J.I. Corcoran]()
Causes of Separation by Travis J.I. Corcoran
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEarth in 2064 is politically corrupt and in economic decline. The Long Depression has dragged on for 56 years, and the Bureau of Sustainable Research is hard at work making sure that no new technologies disrupt the planned economy... -
![The Magpie Bridge by J.A. Huss]()
The Magpie Bridge by J.A. Huss
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSometimes what you wantDoesn’t matter,Sometimes you justGotta finish what you started.Sometimes this reallyFucking sucks.But other timesYou need to take a breath And sit on the beach.A long, deep, breathTo remind you of why You signed on for this shit In the first place.This is my breath... -
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![Jack Four by Neal Asher]()
Jack Four by Neal Asher
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsCreated to die - determined to live . . .Jack Four - one of twenty human clones - has been created to be sold. His purchasers are the alien prador and they only want him for their experimentation program. But there is something different about Jack. No clone should possess the knowledge that's been loaded into his mind. And no normal citizen of humanity's Polity worlds would have this information... -
![Race Across Spacetime by M.D. Cooper]()
Race Across Spacetime by M.D. Cooper
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Alliance has suffered an unimaginable loss: Tangel is dead. The crew of the I2 struggles to carry on, dealing with the impending occupation of New Sol and surrender of the Orion Freedom Alliance. But Bob harbors a suspicion, a kernel of hope, and sends the Falconer in search of additional survivors... -
![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... -
![Three Worlds Collide by Eliezer Yudkowsky]()
Three Worlds Collide by Eliezer Yudkowsky
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThree Worlds Collide is a story I wrote to illustrate some points on naturalistic metaethics and diverse other issues of rational conduct. It grew, as such things do, into a small novella. On publication, it proved widely popular and widely criticized. Be warned that the story, as it wrote itself, ended up containing some profanity and PG-13 content... -
![The Shadow of Saganami by David Weber]()
The Shadow of Saganami by David Weber
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe Star Kingdom has a new generation of officers! And this elite group hand-picked and trained by Honor Harrington herself is going to be needed immediately, as their first assignment turns out to be more dangerous than anyone expected... -
![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... -
![Ashes of Victory by David Weber]()
Ashes of Victory by David Weber
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsThe People's Republic of Haven made a tiny mistake when it announced the execution of Honor Harrington. It seemed safe enough. After all, they knew she was already dead. Unfortunately, they were wrong. Now Honor has escaped from the prison planet called Hell and returned to the Manticoran Alliance with a few friends... -
![Crux by Ramez Naam]()
Crux by Ramez Naam
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsFinalist for the 2014 Prometheus Award.Six months have passed since the release of Nexus 5. The world is a different, more dangerous place. In the United States, the terrorists – or freedom fighters – of the Post-Human Liberation Front use Nexus to turn men and women into human time bombs aimed at the President and his allies... -
![Sycamore 2 by Craig A. Falconer]()
Sycamore 2 by Craig A. Falconer
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAfter discovering the truth behind Sycamore, tech pioneer Kurt Jacobs rejects the corporation’s offer of a new identity and chooses to fight to expose the truth. But with an overt threat against his family hanging over him, Kurt must act without being seen... -
![Катастеризм by Альфина, Александра Голубева]()
Катастеризм by Альфина, Александра Голубева
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsНе бывает технологий, способных вернуть молодость. Не бывает чудо-лекарств, способных вылечить любую болезнь. Или бывают? Зря мы, что ли, строили будущее? В этом мире наконец-то можно позвонить на ключи, записи с видеокамер помогают распознавать потенциальных преступников, а бахилы не надевают, а напыляют. Мы нашли ответы почти на все вопросы — кроме парочки... -
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![Criptonomicón III: El código Aretusa by Neal Stephenson, Pedro Jorge Romero]()
Criptonomicón III: El código Aretusa by Neal Stephenson, Pedro Jorge Romero
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEn 1942, Lawrence Pritchard Waterhouse, genio matemático y capitán de la marina estadounidense, colabora con Allan Turing y los especialistas británicos de Bletchley Park en el trabajo de descifrar los códigos secretos de las potencias del Eje...Categorized as:
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![True Names... and Other Dangers by Vernor Vinge]()
True Names... and Other Dangers by Vernor Vinge
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsContents:Bookworm, Run! (1966)True Names (1981)The Peddler's Apprentice (1975) with Joan D... -
![Luminous by Greg Egan]()
Luminous by Greg Egan
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsLUMINOUS collects together one original story plus nine previously unpublished in book form. Greg Egan's short fiction is at the cutting edge of the genre. His stories range from near future predictions to far future, far space improvisations. His grasp of the latest scientific breakthroughs is unparalleled in science fiction... -
![True Names: and the Opening of the Cyberspace Frontier by Vernor Vinge, James Frenkel]()
True Names: and the Opening of the Cyberspace Frontier by Vernor Vinge, James Frenkel
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsOnce in a great while a science fiction story is so visionary, yet so close to impending scientific developments that it becomes not only an accurate predictor, but itself the locus for new discoveries and development. True Names by Vernor Vinge, first published in 1981, is such a work... -
![The Turing Exception by William Hertling]()
The Turing Exception by William Hertling
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIn the year 2043, humans and AI coexist in a precarious balance of power enforced by a rigid caste reputation system designed to ensure that only those AI who are trustworthy and contribute to human society increase in power. Everything changes when a runaway nanotech event destroys Miami... -
![Beyond the Rift by Peter Watts]()
Beyond the Rift by Peter Watts
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsCombining complex science with skillfully executed prose, these edgy, award-winning tales explore the shifting border between the known and the alien. The beauty and peril of technology and the passion and penalties of conviction merge in narratives that are by turns dark, satiric, and introspective...Categorized as:
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![Perilous Shield by Jack Campbell]()
Perilous Shield by Jack Campbell
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsNew York Times bestselling author Jack Campbell returns with the next chapter in the overthrow of the Syndicate Worlds’ oppression… Following a successful coup, the leaders of the rebel Midway Star System struggle to forge a government free enough to please its citizens yet strong enough to secure power... -
![Galactic North by Alastair Reynolds]()
Galactic North by Alastair Reynolds
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsWith eight short stories and novellas--including three original to this collection--Galactic North imparts the centuries-spanning events that have produced the dark and turbulent world of Revelation Space...Categorized as:
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![Victory Conditions by Elizabeth Moon]()
Victory Conditions by Elizabeth Moon
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsA vast and hostile force is attacking prosperous trade centres, destroying their space fleets then moving on, leaving death and chaos in their wake. Admiral Ky Vatta’s family was decimated by one such attack and Turek, the pirate force’s leader, will not escape her vengeance.Ky has a loyal taskforce, but the enemy have three times the ships and the firepower to match... -
![Engaging the Enemy by Elizabeth Moon]()
Engaging the Enemy by Elizabeth Moon
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsIn the wake of a series of assassinations that have left her parents dead and their shipping empire in ruins, Kylara Vatta, the unorthodox renegade heir to Vatta Transport, Ltd., one of the galaxy's wealthiest merchant houses, sets out to avenge their death... -
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![War of Honor by David Weber]()
War of Honor by David Weber
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsNO ONE WANTED ANOTHER WAR Thomas Theisman didn't. After risking his life and a fresh round of civil war to overthrow the Committee of Public Safety's reign of terror and restore the Republic of Haven's ancient Constitution, an interstellar war was the last thing he wanted. Baron High Ridge didn't. The Prime Minister of Manticore was perfectly happy with the war he had... -
![Alpha Centauri by Lisa Richman, M.D. Cooper]()
Alpha Centauri by Lisa Richman, M.D. Cooper
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings**### The Sentience Wars may be won, but the battle is not over...** The Sentience Wars in Sol have come to an end. In the wake of war, refugees still flee to nearby stars, but there are sinister forces at work in Alpha Centauri who would turn their plight into profit. None of this is apparent to an easygoing, self assured pilot-for-hire named Jason Andrews... -
![War in Heaven by David Zindell]()
War in Heaven by David Zindell
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDanlo returns to the city of Neverness where a cult plans to take over the galaxy, and worships Danlo's long-lost father as a god. He fights to survive: the warrior-poet sworn to kill him, the madman with a star-killing weapon and a grim ultimatum, the charismatic leader friend-turned-foe, and his unbreakable vow never to harm a living thing... -
![On the Steel Breeze by Alastair Reynolds]()
On the Steel Breeze by Alastair Reynolds
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIt is a thousand years in the future. Mankind is making its way out into the universe on massive generation ships.On the Steel Breeze is the follow-up to Blue Remembered Earth. It is both a sequel and a standalone novel, which just happens to be set in the same universe and revolves around members of the Akinya family... -
![Zima Blue and Other Stories by Alastair Reynolds]()
Zima Blue and Other Stories by Alastair Reynolds
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsShort story collection by the critically acclaimed author of Revelation Space and Diamond Dogs, Turquoise Days... -
![WWW: Watch by Robert J. Sawyer]()
WWW: Watch by Robert J. Sawyer
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsAward-winning author Robert J. Sawyer continues his "wildly thought-provoking" science fiction saga of a sentient World Wide Web. Webmind is an emerging consciousness that has befriended Caitlin Decter and grown eager to learn about her world...
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