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Hyperion

Hyperion is a 1989 science fiction novel by Dan Simmons, structured after The Canterbury Tales, following seven pilgrims...

Space Opera Classic Literary Pilgrimage

9.3 Excellent

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Exhalation

Exhalation is a 2019 collection of science fiction short stories by Ted Chiang that explores profound themes regarding f...

Philosophical Hard SF Short Stories Hugo Winner

9.2 Excellent

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Flowers for Algernon

Flowers for Algernon is a 1966 science fiction novel by Daniel Keyes about a man whose intelligence is dramatically incr...

Classic Literary Intelligence Social SF

9.0 Excellent

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Use of Weapons

Written by Iain M. Banks and published in 1990, this novel is the third installment in the acclaimed Culture space opera...

Space Opera Culture Literary Structure

9.0 Excellent

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The Fall of Hyperion

The Fall of Hyperion is a 1990 science fiction novel by Dan Simmons, the sequel to Hyperion, continuing the story of the...

Space Opera Literary Sequel War

8.9 Great

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The Dark Forest

The Dark Forest is a 2008 science fiction novel by Chinese author Liu Cixin, serving as the second volume in the Remembr...

Hard SF Sequel Trilogy Liu Cixin

8.8 Great

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Blindsight

Blindsight is a 2006 hard science fiction novel by Peter Watts exploring consciousness, first contact with aliens, and t...

Horror Hard SF First Contact Consciousness

8.7 Great

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A Deepness in the Sky

A Deepness in the Sky is a 1999 science fiction novel by Vernor Vinge that explores the emergence of an alien civilizati...

Space Opera Hard SF First Contact Vinge

8.7 Great

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The Three-Body Problem

The Three-Body Problem is a 2008 science fiction novel by Chinese author Liu Cixin that won the Hugo Award and depicts h...

Hard SF Chinese First Contact Hugo Winner

8.7 Great

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Red Mars

Red Mars is a 1992 hard science fiction novel by Kim Stanley Robinson depicting the colonization and terraforming of Mar...

Hard SF Mars Colonization Hugo Winner

8.6 Great

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Gateway

Gateway is a 1977 science fiction novel by Frederik Pohl, winner of multiple major genre awards, about prospectors explo...

Classic Mystery Aliens Hugo Winner

8.5 Great

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Oryx and Crake

Oryx and Crake is a 2003 post-apocalyptic science fiction novel by Margaret Atwood exploring genetic engineering, corpor...

Literary Genetic Engineering Biotech Dystopia

8.5 Great

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The Demolished Man

The Demolished Man is a 1953 science fiction novel by Alfred Bester that won the inaugural Hugo Award for Best Novel and...

Classic Mystery Hugo Winner Bester

8.5 Great

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Leviathan Wakes

Published in 2011 by James S. A. Corey, this space opera is the first novel in The Expanse series and was nominated for...

Space Opera Hard SF Solar System Corey

8.5 Great

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Death's End

Death's End is a 2010 science fiction novel by Chinese author Liu Cixin that concludes the Remembrance of Earth's Past t...

Hard SF Sequel Trilogy Far Future

8.4 Great

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Anathem

Anathem is a 2008 science fiction novel by Neal Stephenson set on a world where scholars live in monastic isolation from...

Philosophy Hard SF Literary Stephenson

8.2 Great

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Ball Lightning

Ball Lightning is a 2005 science fiction novel by Chinese author Liu Cixin that explores the mysterious natural phenomen...

Physics Mystery Hard SF Chinese

7.4 Good

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The Chronoliths

The Chronoliths is a 2001 science fiction novel by Robert Charles Wilson that explores the appearance of giant monuments...

Time Travel Mystery Literary Near Future

7.4 Good

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Songs of Distant Earth

Songs of Distant Earth is a 1986 science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke about a colony on a water world, expanded fro...

Hard SF Literary Clarke Colony Ship

7.4 Good

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Axis

Axis is a 2007 science fiction novel by Robert Charles Wilson, sequel to his Hugo Award-winning novel Spin, continuing t...

Hard SF Sequel Spin First Contact

7.1 Good