swap_horiz Red Mars Alternatives

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The Martian Chronicles

A collection of interconnected science fiction novellas by Ray Bradbury, expertly narrated for a captivating listening e...

Classic Literature Adaptation Science Fiction

9.2 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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The Fifth Season

The Fifth Season is a 2015 science fiction novel by N.K. Jemisin, winner of the Hugo Award for Best Novel, set on a cont...

Geological Apocalypse Hugo Winner Jemisin

9.2 Excellent

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A Canticle for Leibowitz

This 1959 post-apocalyptic science fiction novel by Walter M. Miller Jr. won a Hugo Award and explores Catholic monastic...

Classic Religion Hugo Winner Post Apocalypse

9.1 Excellent

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Mirror Dance

Mirror Dance is a 1994 science fiction novel by Lois McMaster Bujold that won the Hugo and Locus Awards for its explorat...

Space Opera Clone Hugo Winner Bujold

8.9 Great

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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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Children of Time

Children of Time is a 2015 science fiction novel by Adrian Tchaikovsky that won the Arthur C. Clarke Award for its depic...

Space Opera Uplift Tchaikovsky Hugo Winner

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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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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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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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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Green Mars

Green Mars is a 1993 hard science fiction novel by Kim Stanley Robinson, the second book in the Mars Trilogy, chroniclin...

Hard SF Sequel Terraforming Hugo Winner

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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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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Man Plus

Man Plus is a 1976 science fiction novel by Frederik Pohl that won the Nebula Award and follows a human astronaut cyborg...

Hard SF Mars Hugo Winner Pohl

7.5 Good

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New York 2140

New York 2140 is a 2017 science fiction novel by Kim Stanley Robinson set in a partially submerged New York City dealing...

Climate Flood Hard SF Near Future

7.3 Good

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Darwin's Radio

Written by Greg Bear and published in 1999, this science fiction novel about a retrovirus-driven evolutionary leap won t...

Hard SF Genetics Near Future Bear

7.0 Good