I have a preference for clever, plot-oriented stories, especially ones where several threads come together in a satisfying way. I also enjoy character-driven stories, but you’re more likely to find the former on this list/
My Favorite Science Fiction Books Public
Created by Michael Rawdon
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A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge
5 stars
Thousands of years in the future, humanity is no longer alone in a universe where a mind's potential is determined …
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Chasm City by Alastair Reynolds (Revelation Space, #2)
4 stars
The once-utopian Chasm City -a doomed human settlement on an otherwise inhospitable planet- has been overrun by a virus known …
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Childhood's end by Arthur C. Clarke (Ballantine books)
4 stars
Childhood's End is a 1953 science fiction novel by British author Arthur C. Clarke. The story follows the peaceful alien …
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The Human Division by John Scalzi
3 stars
B Team leader Lieutenant Harry Wilson counters hostile alien forces, angry humans and unpredictable elements from the universe in order …
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All Systems Red by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)
4 stars
"As a heartless killing machine, I was a complete failure."
In a corporate-dominated spacefaring future, planetary missions must be approved …
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4 stars
From back cover Warner paperback February 1989:
ARIANE EMORY IS DEAD. BUT NOT FOR LONG. WHERE IS ARIANE?
For fifty …
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A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr.
5 stars
Highly unusual After the Holocaust novel. In the far future, 20th century texts are preserved in a monastery, as "sacred …
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The Demolished Man by Alfred Bester (A Kangaroo book)
4 stars
In a world in which the police have telepathic powers, how do you get away with murder?
Ben Reichs heads …
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4 stars
When Robin wakes up in a clinic with most of his memories missing, it doesn't take him long to discover …
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The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham, Marcel Battin, Cover by Andy Bridge, and 1 other
4 stars
When Bill Masen wakes up blindfolded in hospital there is a bitter irony in his situation. Carefully removing his bandages, …
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4 stars
Jeff Winston, forty-three, didn't know he was a replayer until he died and woke up twenty-five years younger in his …
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