swap_horiz The Time Ships Alternatives

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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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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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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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Roadside Picnic

Roadside Picnic is a 1972 Soviet science fiction novel by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky about the aftermath of an alien vi...

Russian Classic Zone Aliens

9.1 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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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 Forever War

The Forever War is a 1974 military science fiction novel by Joe Haldeman depicting a soldier's experience in an interste...

Classic Military SF Haldeman Time Dilation

8.8 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 Stars My Destination

The Stars My Destination is a 1956 science fiction novel by Alfred Bester noted for its revenge plot and its influence o...

Classic Revenge Noir Bester

8.7 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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The Island of Doctor Moreau

The Island of Doctor Moreau is an 1896 science fiction novel by H. G. Wells about a scientist who creates human-animal h...

Classic Victorian Biotech Wells

8.1 Great

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Rogue Protocol

Rogue Protocol is a 2018 science fiction novella by Martha Wells and the third installment in the popular Murderbot Diar...

AI Sequel Novella Wells

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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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 Light of Other Days

The Light of Other Days is a 2000 science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke and Stephen Baxter that examines the societa...

Time Travel Surveillance Near Future Clarke

7.4 Good

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Timelike Infinity

Timelike Infinity is a 1992 hard science fiction novel by Stephen Baxter that forms an early entry in his expansive and...

Time Travel Hard SF Far Future Baxter

7.3 Good