swap_horiz Green Mars Alternatives

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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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The Obelisk Gate

The Obelisk Gate is a 2016 science fiction novel by N.K. Jemisin, second in the Broken Earth trilogy, and winner of the...

Sequel Apocalypse Hugo Winner Jemisin

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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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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Speaker for the Dead

Speaker for the Dead is a 1986 science fiction novel by Orson Scott Card, serving as the sequel to Ender's Game and winn...

Card Sequel Anthropology Aliens

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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The Stone Sky

The Stone Sky is a 2017 science fiction novel by N.K. Jemisin concluding the Broken Earth trilogy, and winner of both th...

Sequel Apocalypse Hugo Winner Jemisin

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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Barrayar

Barrayar is a 1991 science fiction novel by Lois McMaster Bujold that won the Hugo Award for Best Novel, detailing the e...

Space Opera Sequel Hugo Winner Bujold

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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Startide Rising

Published in 1983 by David Brin, this novel is a major work in his Uplift universe and won both the Hugo and Nebula Awar...

Uplift Hard SF Hugo Winner Brin

8.4 Great

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Ringworld

Ringworld is a 1970 science fiction novel by Larry Niven about explorers investigating a massive artificial ring-shaped...

Classic Hard SF Hugo Winner Niven

8.3 Great

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A Desolation Called Peace

A Desolation Called Peace is a 2021 science fiction novel by Arkady Martine, serving as the sequel to A Memory Called Em...

Space Opera Sequel First Contact Hugo Winner

8.3 Great

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The Uplift War

This 1987 science fiction novel by David Brin is set in his Uplift universe and won the Hugo Award for Best Novel.

Uplift Hard SF Aliens Hugo Winner

8.3 Great

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Redemption Ark

Written by Alastair Reynolds and released in 2002, this novel is the second book in the hard science fiction Revelation...

Space Opera Hard SF Sequel Reynolds

8.2 Great

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The Fountains of Paradise

The Fountains of Paradise is a 1979 science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke about the construction of a space elevator...

Engineering Hard SF Clarke Hugo Winner

8.0 Great

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Blue Mars

Blue Mars is a 1996 hard science fiction novel by Kim Stanley Robinson, completing the Mars Trilogy with the long-term t...

Hard SF Sequel Terraforming Hugo Winner

7.9 Good

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Ancillary Sword

Ancillary Sword is a 2014 science fiction novel by Ann Leckie and the sequel to Ancillary Justice, continuing the story...

Space Opera Sequel Gender Hugo Winner

7.9 Good

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The Ministry for the Future

The Ministry for the Future is a 2020 science fiction novel by Kim Stanley Robinson depicting international efforts to c...

Climate Hard SF Political Near Future

7.8 Good

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Echopraxia

Echopraxia is a 2014 hard science fiction novel by Peter Watts, a companion piece to Blindsight exploring transhumanism...

Hard SF Sequel Consciousness Watts

7.7 Good