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Blackout Blackout Connie Willis In her first novel since 2002, Nebula and Hugo award-winning author Connie Willis returns with a stunning, enormously entertaining novel of time travel, war, and the deeds--great and small--of ordina… OL14914265W
Darwin's radio Darwin's radio Greg Bear "Virus hunter" Christopher Dicken is a man on a mission, following a trail of rumors, government cover-ups, and dead bodies around the globe in search of a mysterious disease that strikes only pregna… OL16508W
Ancillary Justice Ancillary Justice Ann Leckie On a remote, icy planet, the soldier known as Breq is drawing closer to completing her quest. Once, she was the *Justice of Toren*--a colossal starship with an artificial intelligence linking thou… OL17062644W
All the Birds in the Sky All the Birds in the Sky Charlie Jane Anders An ancient society of witches and a hipster technological startup go war as the world from tearing itself. To further complicate things, each of the groups’ most promising followers (Patricia, a bril… OL17357379W
The fountains of paradise The fountains of paradise Arthur C. Clarke In the 22nd century visionary scientist Vannevar Morgan conceives the most grandiose engineering project of all time, and one which will revolutionize the future of humankind in space: a Space Elevat… OL17403W
Rendezvous with Rama Rendezvous with Rama Arthur C. Clarke Written in 1973, a massive 50 kilometre long alien cylinder begins to pass through the solar system provoking a hurried effort to intercept it. The closest available ship rushes to rendezvous so as t… OL17417W
The Stone Sky The Stone Sky N. K. Jemisin Humanity will finally be saved or destroyed in the shattering conclusion to the post-apocalyptic and highly acclaimed NYT bestselling trilogy that won the Hugo Award three years in a row. The Moon… OL17881901W
Dreamsnake Dreamsnake Vonda N. McIntyre In a world devastated by nuclear holocaust, Snake is a healer. One of an elite band dedicated to caring for sick humanity, she goes wherever her skills are needed. With her she takes the three dea… OL1921526W
Network Effect Network Effect Martha Wells **Murderbot returns in its highly-anticipated, first, full-length standalone novel.** You know that feeling when you’re at work, and you’ve had enough of people, and then the boss walks in with ye… OL20735675W
The Forever War The Forever War Patrick Imbert,Joe Haldeman,Marvano,Edith Zilli "The legendary novel of extraterrestrial war in an uncaring universe comes to comics, in a stunningly realized vision of Joe Haldeman's Vietnam War parable epic war story spanning relativistic space … OL271163W
Neuromancer Neuromancer William Gibson The first of William Gibson's Sprawl trilogy, *Neuromancer* is the classic cyberpunk novel. The winner of the Hugo, Nebula, and Philip K. Dick Awards, *Neuromancer* was the first fully-realized glimp… OL27258W
Parable of the Talents Parable of the Talents Octavia E. Butler Environmental devastation and economic chaos have turned America into a land of depravity. Taking advantage of the situation, a zealous bigot wins his way into the White House. Lauren Olamina leads a… OL35618W
Rite of Passage Rite of Passage Alexei Panshin After the destruction of Earth, humanity has established itself precariously among a hundred planets. Between them roam the vast Ships, doling out scientific knowledge in exchange for raw materials. … OL4798474W
Speaker for the Dead Speaker for the Dead Orson Scott Card Ender Wiggin, the young military genius, discovers that a second alien war is inevitable and that he must dismiss his fears to make peace with humanity's strange new brothers. OL49580W
Stations of the Tide Stations of the Tide Michael Swanwick The story of a nameless bureaucrat who is sent by the Office of Technology Transfer, charged with restricting the flow of dangerous technologies, to the planet Miranda to search for a fugitive in pos… OL549274W
Babel-17 Babel-17 Samuel R. Delany During an interstellar war one side develops a language, Babel-17, that can be used as a weapon. Learning it turns one into an unwilling traitor as it alters perception and thought. This is discovere… OL56834W
Paladin of Souls Paladin of Souls Lois McMaster Bujold E-Book Extras: ONE: The Keys to Chalion: A Dictionary of People, Places, and Things; TWO: Chalion MiscellanyIt's been three years since the curse was lifted, but Ista dy Baocia, Dowager Royina of Cha… OL56898W
Startide Rising Startide Rising David Brin David Brin: “Startide Rising” (1983) This is a sci fi story about a Terran (Earth) crew of neo-dolphins and humans on the starship “The Streaker”. Their mission is to find information about th… OL58710W
The Left Hand of Darkness The Left Hand of Darkness Ursula K. Le Guin [Comment by Kim Stanley Robinson, on The Guardian's website][1]: The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K Le Guin (1969) > One of my favorite novels is The Left Hand of Darkness, by Ursula K Le Guin… OL59800W
Dune Dune Frank Herbert Set on the desert planet Arrakis, Dune is the story of the boy Paul Atreides, heir to a noble family tasked with ruling an inhospitable world where the only thing of value is the "spice" melange, a d… OL893415W
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