Science Fiction

26 books on the shelf tagged Science Fiction, with highlights and notes. All books →

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Matter

IAIN M. BANKS

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A sprawling science fiction epic set in the Culture universe where a sentient planet called Matter holds secrets that could reshape civilization.

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The Folded Sky

Elizabeth Bear

3 highlights

A science fiction novella set in a space station where reality and perception become increasingly unreliable.

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Future's Edge

Gareth Powell

1 highlights

A science fiction narrative exploring future possibilities and the edge of technological and social change.

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Lords of Uncreation

Adrian Tchaikovsky

1 highlights

A science fiction novel exploring themes of creation, consciousness, and reality through speculative storytelling.

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Pinion

Elizabeth Bear

2 highlights

A science fiction novel set in a gothic, dreamlike world where the protagonist navigates a decaying landscape filled with strange technologies and mysteries.

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The Doors of Eden

Adrian Tchaikovsky

1 highlights

A science fiction novel exploring parallel universes and alternative timelines where evolution took radically different paths, with teams uncovering interconnected worlds.

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The Diamond Age

Neal Stephenson

1 highlights

A science fiction novel set in a nanotechnological future that follows a young girl's journey as she becomes entangled in a world of advanced technology and intrigue.

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Descendant Machine

Gareth L. Powell

2 highlights

A science fiction novel following a protagonist navigating a complex future world with themes of identity and consciousness.

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Eversion

Alastair Reynolds

2 highlights

A science fiction novel featuring reality-bending concepts and alternate dimensions as characters navigate strange and shifting worlds.

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The End of All Things

John Scalzi

2 highlights

The final book in John Scalzi's Old Man's War series, following aging soldiers in an intergalactic conflict.

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King's Fall

Evan Currie

1 highlights

A science fiction novel featuring space warfare and political intrigue, likely part of a series.

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Machine

Elizabeth Bear

2 highlights

A science fiction novel featuring AI and consciousness themes set in a complex, far-future universe.

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Ancestral Night

Elizabeth Bear

3 highlights

A science fiction novel exploring space exploration, identity, and consciousness across multiple perspectives and timelines.

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Shards of Earth

Adrian Tchaikovsky

1 highlights

An epic science fiction novel depicting human conflict, space exploration, and first contact with alien civilizations in a richly detailed universe.

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Contact

Carl Sagan

1 highlights

A science fiction novel about humanity's first contact with an extraterrestrial intelligence through a machine designed to make contact.

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Salvation Lost

Peter F. Hamilton

1 highlights

A science fiction novel set in a far-future universe involving advanced technology, artificial intelligence, and human conflict.

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Velocity Weapon

Megan E. O'Keefe

1 highlights

A science fiction novel featuring interstellar conflict, AI protagonists, and exploration across multiple planets and timelines.

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Snow Crash

Neal Stephenson

2 highlights

A cyberpunk science fiction novel set in a near-future virtual reality metaverse involving pizza delivery, corporate intrigue, and hacking.

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Artemis

Andy Weir

2 highlights

A science fiction novel set on the Moon about a detective investigating a murder in humanity's first lunar city.

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Empire in Black and Gold

Adrian Tchaikovsky

1 highlights

A science fiction novel set in a far-future world where insectoid species and advanced technology shape an alien civilization.

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Light of Impossible Stars

Gareth L. Powell

1 highlights

A science fiction novel exploring space exploration, advanced technology, and humanity's place in a vast, mysterious universe.

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Cage of Souls

Adrian Tchaikovsky

1 highlights

A science fiction novel set in a distant future where a prisoner navigates a mysterious, dangerous world.

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The Soldier

Neal Asher

1 highlights

A military science fiction novel following a soldier in a future warfare setting.

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The Hydrogen Sonata

Iain M. Banks

1 highlights

A science fiction novel set in the Culture universe exploring artificial intelligences and cosmic-scale conflicts.

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Red Mars

Kim Stanley Robinson

1 highlights

A science fiction epic following human colonization efforts on Mars in the near future, exploring the political, social, and environmental challenges of terraforming.

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The Departure

Neal Asher

1 highlights

A science fiction thriller set in a post-human future involving artificial intelligences, advanced technology, and existential conflict.