swap_horiz Rogue Protocol Alternatives

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The Player of Games

The Player of Games is a 1988 science fiction novel by Scottish author Iain M. Banks, set in his utopian post-scarcity C...

Space Opera AI Game Culture

9.1 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 Moon Is a Harsh Mistress

The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress is a 1966 science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein about a lunar colony's revolt against...

Classic AI Libertarian Revolution

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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Parable of the Talents

Parable of the Talents is a 1998 dystopian science fiction novel by Octavia E. Butler, winning the Nebula Award as the s...

Sequel Religion Dystopia Butler

8.8 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 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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Nemesis Games

Written by James S. A. Corey and published in 2015, this fifth book in The Expanse series deals with a catastrophic atta...

Space Opera Thriller Sequel Corey

8.6 Great

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Ancillary Justice

Ancillary Justice is a 2013 science fiction novel by Ann Leckie that won the Hugo, Nebula, and Clarke awards, notable fo...

Space Opera AI Gender Hugo Winner

8.5 Great

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Network Effect

Network Effect is a 2020 science fiction novel by Martha Wells that won the Hugo Award and serves as the first full-leng...

AI Novel Hugo Winner Wells

8.5 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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All Systems Red

All Systems Red is a 2017 science fiction novella by Martha Wells that introduces the cyborg protagonist Murderbot, winn...

Space Opera AI Novella Wells

8.4 Great

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Artificial Condition

Artificial Condition is a 2018 science fiction novella by Martha Wells, continuing the adventures of the rogue security...

AI Sequel Novella Wells

8.2 Great

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A Closed and Common Orbit

A Closed and Common Orbit is a 2016 science fiction novel by Becky Chambers that explores themes of artificial intellige...

Space Opera AI Identity Sequel

7.9 Good

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System Collapse

System Collapse is a 2023 science fiction novel by Martha Wells and a direct sequel to Network Effect, continuing the st...

AI Novel Sequel Wells

7.9 Good

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The Time Ships

The Time Ships is a 1995 science fiction novel by Stephen Baxter that serves as an authorized sequel to H. G. Wells's cl...

Classic Time Travel Sequel Wells

7.9 Good

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Fugitive Telemetry

Fugitive Telemetry is a 2021 science fiction novella by Martha Wells that follows the cyborg Murderbot solving a murder...

Mystery Sequel Novella Wells

7.8 Good

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The Rise of Endymion

The Rise of Endymion is a 1997 science fiction novel by Dan Simmons, concluding the four-volume Hyperion Cantos with a f...

Space Opera AI Sequel Simmons

7.7 Good

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Ancillary Mercy

Ancillary Mercy is a 2015 science fiction novel by Ann Leckie that concludes the Imperial Radch trilogy, resolving the c...

Space Opera AI Sequel Leckie

7.7 Good