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Demon World (Undying Mercenaries #24) by B.V. Larson (2025)

Wed, 13 May 2026 22:00:00 +0100

Demon World (Undying Mercenaries #24) by B.V. Larson (2025)

Author: B.V. Larson
First Published: August 17, 2025
Series: Undying Mercenaries Book 24
Score: 7/10

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When Earth’s colonies go silent, Legion Varus drops onto Kepler-62 expecting a routine investigation. Instead, they find something far worse than death.

The colonists aren’t dead—they’re changed. A new kind of enemy has arrived in Province 921, microscopic invaders that transform humans into perfectly coordinated killing machines. These “Demon” parasites don’t just control minds, they improve them, creating an army that works with terrifying efficiency.

Spinneret by Timothy Zahn (1985)

Sat, 09 May 2026 21:00:00 +0100

Spinneret by Timothy Zahn (1985)

Author: Timothy Zahn
First Published: November 1, 1985
Score: 8/10

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We are not alone in the universe. As Earth vessels ventured out to explore near interstellar space, they found not one alien race, but many. There were no planets that hadn’t already been colonized or inhabited by some space faring race other than our own. Until finally we humans discovered Astra. Elation was short lived, however, when it was realized that this habitable world contained no real metals.

Dreamcatcher by Stephen King (2001)

Wed, 01 Apr 2026 22:00:00 +0100

Dreamcatcher by Stephen King (2001)

Author: Stephen King
First Published: February 20, 2001
Series: Stephen King Novels
Score: 7/10

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In Derry, Maine, four young boys once stood together and did a brave thing. Something that changed them in ways they hardly understand.

A quarter of a century later, the boys are men who have gone their separate ways. Though they still get together once a year, to go hunting in the north woods of Maine. But this time is different. This time a man comes stumbling into their camp, lost, disoriented and muttering about lights in the sky.

The Time Ships by Stephen Baxter (1995)

Sat, 28 Mar 2026 13:00:00 +0000

The Time Ships by Stephen Baxter (1995)

Author: Stephen Baxter
First Published: January 1, 1995
Series: The Time Machine Universe
Score: 10/10

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The highly-acclaimed sequel to H G Wells’s THE TIME MACHINE, from the heir to Arthur C. Clarke.

Written to celebrate the centenary of the publication of H G Wells’s classic story The Time Machine, Stephen Baxter’s stunning sequel is an outstanding work of imaginative fiction.

The Time Traveller has abandoned his charming and helpless Eloi friend Weena to the cannibal appetites of the Morlocks, the devolved race of future humans from whom he was forced to flee. He promptly embarks on a second journey to the year AD 802,701, pledged to rescue Weena. He never arrives! The future was changed by his presence… and will be changed again. Hurled towards infinity, the Traveller must resolve the paradoxes building around him in a dazzling temporal journey of discovery. He must achieve the impossible if Weena is to be saved.

A Canticle for Leibowitz (Saint Leibowitz #1) by Walter M. Miller Jr. (1959)

Sat, 14 Feb 2026 22:00:00 +0000

A Canticle for Leibowitz (Saint Leibowitz #1) by Walter M. Miller Jr. (1959)

Author: Walter M. Miller Jr.
First Published: October 1, 1959
Series: Saint Leibowitz Book 1
Score: 7/10

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In a nightmarish ruined world slowly awakening to the light after sleeping in darkness, the infant rediscoveries of science are secretly nourished by cloistered monks dedicated to the study and preservation of the relics and writings of the blessed Saint Isaac Leibowitz. From here the story spans centuries of ignorance, violence, and barbarism, viewing through a sharp, satirical eye the relentless progression of a human race damned by its inherent humanness to recelebrate its grand foibles and repeat its grievous mistakes. Seriously funny, stunning, and tragic, eternally fresh, imaginative, and altogether remarkable, A Canticle for Leibowitz retains its ability to enthrall and amaze. It is now, as it always has been, a masterpiece.

Solaris by Stanislaw Lem (1961)

Mon, 19 Jan 2026 22:00:00 +0000

Solaris by Stanislaw Lem (1961)

Author: Stanislaw Lem
First Published: January 1, 1961
Score: 8/10

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The moving story of contact with alien intelligence serves as a canvas for discussion of our mind’s limitations and the nature of human cognition. A love story for some readers, a philosophical treatise for others; Lem’s inspiring masterpiece defies unambiguous interpretations.

Bee Speaker (Dogs of War #3) by Adrian Tchaikovsky (2025)

Tue, 13 Jan 2026 22:00:00 +0000

Bee Speaker (Dogs of War #3) by Adrian Tchaikovsky (2025)

Author: Adrian Tchaikovsky
First Published: June 3, 2025
Series: Dogs of War Book 3
Score: 8/10

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The end of the world has been and gone.

There was no one great natural disaster, no all-consuming world war, no catastrophic pandemic. Rather scores of storms, droughts and floods; dozens of vicious, selfish regional conflicts that only destroyed what could no longer be rebuilt. No single finishing stroke for Earth’s great global human society, but you can still bleed to death from a thousand cuts.

The Left Hand of Darkness (Hainish Cycle #4) by Ursula K. Le Guin (1969)

Wed, 31 Dec 2025 08:00:00 +0000

The Left Hand of Darkness (Hainish Cycle #4) by Ursula K. Le Guin (1969)

Author: Ursula K. Le Guin
First Published: January 1, 1969
Series: Hainish Cycle Book 4
Score: 8/10

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A lone human ambassador is sent to Winter, an alien world without sexual prejudice, where the inhabitants can change their gender whenever they choose. His goal is to facilitate Winter’s inclusion in a growing intergalactic civilization. But to do so he must bridge the gulf between his own views and those of the strange, intriguing culture he encounters…

Machine Vendetta (Prefect Dreyfus Emergency #3) by Alastair Reynolds (2024)

Sat, 13 Dec 2025 17:30:00 +0000

Machine Vendetta (Prefect Dreyfus Emergency #3) by Alastair Reynolds (2024)

Author: Alastair Reynolds
First Published: January 16, 2024
Series: Prefect Dreyfus Emergency Book 3
Revelation Space Universe
Score: 9/10

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Panoply is a small, efficient police force, dedicated to maintaining the rule of democracy among the ten thousand disparate city-states orbiting the planet Yellowstone.

Ingvar Tench was one of Panoply’s most experienced operatives. So why did she walk alone and unarmed into a habitat with a vicious grudge against her organization?

Stinger by Robert R. McCammon (1988)

Sun, 30 Nov 2025 17:00:00 +0000

Stinger by Robert R. McCammon (1988)

Author: Robert R. McCammon
First Published: April 1, 1988
Score: 8/10

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McCammon’s novel takes place during a single twenty-four hour period in Inferno, Texas. Inferno is a town in trouble, driven to the brink by racial tension, gang violence, and a collapsing economy. But things can always get worse, and they do so with astonishing speed when an unidentified spacecraft crash lands in the desert outside of town, followed by a second craft bearing the alien being who will soon be known as Stinger. Stinger is a kind of interstellar hunter on a mission he intends to complete, whatever the cost. He brings with him an endless array of technological marvels and an infinite capacity for destruction that threaten the existence of Inferno, its inhabitants, and the larger world beyond.

Deceived (Star Wars: The Old Republic #2) by Paul S. Kemp (2011)

Sat, 15 Nov 2025 22:00:00 +0000

Deceived (Star Wars: The Old Republic #2) by Paul S. Kemp (2011)

Author: Paul S. Kemp
First Published: March 22, 2011
Series: Star Wars: The Old Republic Book 2
Series: Star Wars Universe
Score: 8/10

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Malgus brought down the Jedi Temple on Coruscant in a brutal assault that shocked the galaxy. But if war crowned him the darkest of Sith heroes, peace would transform him into something far more heinous—something Malgus would never want to be, but cannot stop, any more than he can stop the rogue Jedi fast approaching.

Red Company: Steel Rain (Red Company #5) by B.V. Larson (2024)

Mon, 03 Nov 2025 20:00:00 +0000

Red Company: Steel Rain (Red Company #5) by B.V. Larson (2024)

Author: B.V. Larson
First Published: September 21, 2024
Series: Red Company Book 5
Score: 6/10

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A barrage of ice meteors streaks through the void, targeting every colony and even Earth herself. The devastating force of these nearly invisible projectiles is sudden and catastrophic. Devin Starn’s Red Company and the seasoned crew aboard the Borag are called upon to assist. Initially tasked with providing emergency services, they soon find themselves on a perilous mission to join forces with the Earth Navy in hunting down the source of these deadly attacks.

Merlin's Gun by Alastair Reynolds (2000)

Sat, 27 Sep 2025 16:30:00 +0100

Merlin’s Gun by Alastair Reynolds (2000)

Author: Alastair Reynolds
First Published: May 1, 2000
Score: 8/10

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When Sora’s swallowship is taken out by a swarm during the war she is rescued by Merlin, a legendary man who has allegedly discovered a super-weapon built by the Way creators; a gun so powerful it I said to have stopped the previous war. Sora is sceptical, though, for Merlin has been missing for ten thousand years, yet he has not aged a day. As the current war between aliens and humans intensifies, the need to find this weapon becomes unquestionably urgent. They must find the gun before the enemy does and incinerates them. Can their quest to save humanity and end the war be achieved with Merlin’s gun?

The New Space Opera edited by Gardner Dozois and Jonathan Strahan (2007)

Sat, 27 Sep 2025 08:00:00 +0100

The New Space Opera edited by Gardner Dozois and Jonathan Strahan (2007)

Editors: Gardner Dozois and Jonathan Strahan
Authors: Gwyneth Jones and Ian McDonald and Robert Reed and Paul J. McAuley and Greg Egan and Kage Baker and Peter F. Hamilton and Ken Macleod and Tony Daniel and James Patrick Kelly and Alastair Reynolds and Mary Rosenblum and Stephen Baxter and Robert Silverberg and Gregory Benford and Walter Jon Williams and Nancy Kress and Dan Simmons
First Published: June 1, 2007
Score: 7/10

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SAVING TIAMAAT • Gwyneth Jones VERTHANDI’S RING • Ian McDonald HATCH • Robert Reed WINNING PEACE • Paul J. McAuley GLORY • Greg Egan MAELSTROM • Kage Baker BLESSED BY AN ANGEL • Peter F. Hamilton WHO’S AFRAID OF WOLF 359? • Ken Macleod THE VALLEY OF THE GARDENS • Tony Daniel DIVIDING THE SUSTAIN • James Patrick Kelly MINLA’S FLOWERS • Alastair Reynolds SPLINTERS OF GLASS • Mary Rosenblum REMEMBRANCE • Stephen Baxter THE EMPEROR AND THE MAULA • Robert Silverberg THE WORM TURNS • Gregory Benford SEND THEM FLOWERS • Walter Jon Williams ART OF WAR • Nancy Kress MUSE OF FIRE • Dan Simmons

Rage World (Undying Mercenaries #23) by B.V. Larson (2025)

Sun, 07 Sep 2025 16:00:00 +0100

Rage World (Undying Mercenaries #23) by B.V. Larson (2025)

Author: B.V. Larson
First Published: March 8, 2025
Series: Undying Mercenaries Book 23
Score: 7/10

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The Rebellion against Earth expands to new worlds. Left to die on a volcanic world by the Skrull, McGill and his mercenaries face waves of missile attacks with nowhere to hide. When the Skrull seal themselves inside an impenetrable energy dome, McGill knows he has to get creative. Even if that means sabotaging alien power plants, blackmailing his superior officers, and using his own troops as bait in a deadly game of cat and mouse.

Neuromancer (Sprawl #1) by William Gibson (1984)

Thu, 28 Aug 2025 22:00:00 +0000

Neuromancer (Sprawl #1) by William Gibson (1984)

Author: William Gibson
First Published: July 1, 1984
Series: Sprawl Book 1
Score: 6/10

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Case was the sharpest data-thief in the matrix—until he crossed the wrong people and they crippled his nervous system, banishing him from cyberspace. Now a mysterious new employer has recruited him for a last-chance run at an unthinkably powerful artificial intelligence. With a dead man riding shotgun and Molly, a mirror-eyed street-samurai, to watch his back, Case is ready for the adventure that upped the ante on an entire genre of fiction.

Prelude to Space by Arthur C. Clarke (1950)

Sun, 03 Aug 2025 21:00:00 +0100

Prelude to Space by Arthur C. Clarke (1950)

Author: Arthur C. Clarke
First Published: January 1, 1950
Score: 7/10

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The world’s first lunar spacecraft is about to launch. The ship, Prometheus, is built from two components—one designed to travel trough outter space to the Moon and back, and the other to carry the first component through Earth’s atmosphere and into orbit. Dirk Alexson, a historian assigned to documenting the project, travels from London to the desert base in Australia where Prometheus is to be launched. In a true example of life imitating art, Alexson describes what would become the foundation for the actual space shuttle program twenty years later. First published in 1951, Prelude to Space is full of detailed technical descriptions and conversations regarding the possibility of spaceflight, many of which mirrored—or were actually cited in—the construction of the first spaceships and telecommunications satellites. Clarke’s uncanny ability to predict so many events, concerns, dilemmas, and triumphs of space exploration decades in advance make this fascinating novel as much science as it is fiction.

The Doors of Eden by Adrian Tchaikovsky (2020)

Sat, 12 Jul 2025 23:00:00 +0100

The Doors of Eden by Adrian Tchaikovsky (2020)

Author: Adrian Tchaikovsky
First Published: August 20, 2020
Score: 7/10

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The Doors of Eden is an extraordinary feat of the imagination and a page-turning adventure about parallel universes and the monsters that they hide.They thought we were safe. They were wrong.Four years ago, two girls went looking for monsters on Bodmin Moor. Only one came back.Lee thought she’d lost Mal, but now she’s miraculously returned. But what happened that day on the moors? And where has she been all this time? Mal’s reappearance hasn’t gone unnoticed by MI5 officers either, and Lee isn’t the only one with questions.Julian Sabreur is investigating an attack on top physicist Kay Amal Khan. This leads Julian to clash with agents of an unknown power - and they may or may not be human. His only clue is grainy footage, showing a woman who supposedly died on Bodmin Moor.Dr Khan’s research was theoretical; then she found cracks between our world and parallel Earths. Now these cracks are widening, revealing extraordinary creatures. And as the doors crash open, anything could come through.

City of Illusions (Hainish Cycle #3) by Ursula K. Le Guin (1967)

Sun, 22 Jun 2025 16:00:00 +0100

City of Illusions (Hainish Cycle #3) by Ursula K. Le Guin (1967)

Author: Ursula K. Le Guin
First Published: January 1, 1967
Series: Hainish Cycle Book 3
Score: 7/10

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He was a fully grown man, alone in dense forest, with no trail to show where he had come from and no memory to tell who — or what — he was. His eyes were not the eyes of a human. The forest people took him in and raised him almost as a child, teaching him to speak, training him in forest lore, giving him all the knowledge they had. But they could not solve the riddle of his past, and at last he had to set out on a perilous quest to Es Toch, the City of the Shining, the Liars of Earth, the Enemy of Mankind. There he would find his true self … and a universe of danger.

Elysium Fire (Prefect Dreyfus Emergency #2) by Alastair Reynolds (2018)

Sat, 24 May 2025 10:00:00 +0100

Elysium Fire (Prefect Dreyfus Emergency #2) by Alastair Reynolds (2018)

Author: Alastair Reynolds
First Published: January 23, 2018
Series: Prefect Dreyfus Emergency Book 2
Revelation Space Universe
Score: 9/10

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Ten thousand city-state habitats orbit the planet Yellowstone, forming a near-perfect democratic human paradise.

But even utopia needs a police force. For the citizens of the Glitter Band that organization is Panoply, and the prefects are its operatives.

Prefect Tom Dreyfus has a new emergency on his hands. Across the habitats and their hundred million citizens, people are dying suddenly and randomly, victims of a bizarre and unprecedented malfunction of their neural implants. And these “melters” leave no clues behind as to the cause of their deaths…

Rebel World (Undying Mercenaries #22) by B.V. Larson (2024)

Sun, 18 May 2025 14:30:00 +0100

Rebel World (Undying Mercenaries #22) by B.V. Larson (2024)

Author: B.V. Larson
First Published: November 21, 2024
Series: Undying Mercenaries Book 22
Score: 7/10

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When a towering alien monolith crashes onto James McGill’s family farm, it triggers events that could spark a galaxy-wide war. Things have gone bad among the colonies. Insurgents are building alien-hybrid armies and planet-killing weapons, threatening to upend the fragile balance of power in Province 921.

There’s not only trouble in the province—the Core Worlds are igniting as well. The Mogwa have asserted claims upon the Imperial Throne, causing their rivals to move against them. Earth’s Hegemony and the rebels are pulled into a conflict that could tear the galaxy apart.

Revan (Star Wars: The Old Republic #1) by Drew Karpyshyn (2011)

Sat, 03 May 2025 16:30:00 +0100

Revan (Star Wars: The Old Republic #1) by Drew Karpyshyn (2011)

Author: Drew Karpyshyn
First Published: October 1, 2011
Series: Star Wars: The Old Republic Book 1
Series: Star Wars Universe
Score: 8/10

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There’s something out juggernaut of evil bearing down to crush the Republic—unless one lone Jedi, shunned and reviled, can stop it. hero, traitor, conqueror, villain, savior. A Jedi who left Coruscant to defeat Mandalorians—and returned a disciple of the dark side, bent on destroying the Republic. The Jedi Council gave Revan his life back, but the price of redemption was high. His memories have been erased. All that’s left are nightmares—and deep, abiding fear.What exactly happened beyond the Outer Rim? Revan can’t quite remember, yet can’t entirely forget. Somehow he stumbled across a terrible secret that threatens the very existence of the Republic. With no idea what it is, or how to stop it, Revan may very well fail, for he’s never faced a more powerful and diabolic enemy. But only death can stop him from trying.Features a bonus section following the novel that includes a primer on the Star Wars expanded universe, and over half a dozen excerpts from some of the most popular Star Wars books of the last thirty years!

Resurrection, Inc. by Kevin J. Anderson (1988)

Tue, 15 Apr 2025 22:00:00 +0100

Resurrection, Inc. by Kevin J. Anderson (1988)

Author: Kevin J. Anderson
First Published: January 1, 1988
Score: 7/10

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It is the future — and the dead walk the streets, resurrected by technology to become servants to the living. Resurrection, Inc. found a profitable way to do it: a microprocessor brain, a synthetic heart, artificial blood — and anyone with money could buy a Servant with no mind of its own, trained to obey any command. But for every Servant created a living worker was out of a job, and suddenly the profits of Resurrection, Inc. became everyone else’s loss.

The Expert System’s Champion (Expert System #2) by Adrian Tchaikovsky (2021)

Tue, 18 Feb 2025 22:00:00 +0000

The Expert System’s Champion (Expert System #2) by Adrian Tchaikovsky (2021)

Author: Adrian Tchaikovsky
First Published: January 26, 2021
Series: Expert System Book 2
Score: 6/10

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It’s been ten years since Handry was wrenched away from his family and friends, forced to wander a world he no longer understood. But with the help of the Ancients, he has cobbled together a life, of sorts, for himself and his fellow outcasts.

Wandering from village to village, welcoming the folk that the townships abandon, fighting the monsters the villagers cannot—or dare not—his ever-growing band of misfits has become the stuff of legend, a story told by parents to keep unruly children in line.

Red Company: Invasion (Red Company #4) by B.V. Larson (2024)

Sun, 09 Feb 2025 14:00:00 +0000

Red Company: Invasion (Red Company #4) by B.V. Larson (2024)

Author: B.V. Larson
First Published: January 21, 2024
Series: Red Company Book 4
Score: 6/10

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An alien ship invades the Solar System for the first time in recorded history. The Earth Cruiser Agamemnon is destroyed in combat, and the search for answers begins.

The veteran crew of Borag gets the assignment, and the race is on. Sgt. Starn of Red Company must visit the disaster site, perform a search and rescue mission, and return to Mars alive.

A Coming of Age by Timothy Zahn (1984)

Sat, 08 Feb 2025 18:00:00 +0000

A Coming of Age by Timothy Zahn (1984)

Author: Timothy Zahn
First Published: January 1, 1984
Score: 7/10

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The children of Tigris have extraordinary telekinetic gifts—but are these special powers a blessing or a curse?On Tigris, children develop telekinesis beginning at the age of five. By the time they’re pre-teens, though, their special abilities peak, then slip away as they reach maturity. Being able to “teek” gives them power—even over most adults—until they gradually become regular teenagers, no longer special, no longer with authority and status. Some handle the Transition better than others. Lisa Duncan always thought she’d mature gracefully, but at age fourteen, and close to losing her abilities, she’s confused and uncertain about what the future will bring. That is, until she gets drawn into the experimental plan of Dr. Matthew Jarvis, whose scientific discovery may alter Tigrin society forever. . . .

We Can Build You by Philip K. Dick (1972)

Fri, 31 Jan 2025 22:00:00 +0000

We Can Build You by Philip K. Dick (1972)

Author: Philip K. Dick
First Published: July 1, 1972
Score: 6/10

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In this lyrical and moving novel, Philip K. Dick tells a story of toxic love and compassionate robots. When Louis Rosen’s electronic organ company builds a pitch-perfect robotic replica of Abraham Lincoln, they are pulled into the orbit of a shady businessman, who is looking to use Lincoln for his own profit. Meanwhile, Rosen seeks Lincoln’s advice as he woos a woman incapable of understanding human emotions–someone who may be even more robotic than Lincoln’s replica.

Planet of Exile (Hainish Cycle #2) by Ursula K. Le Guin (1966)

Sat, 25 Jan 2025 16:00:00 +0000

Planet of Exile (Hainish Cycle #2) by Ursula K. Le Guin (1966)

Author: Ursula K. Le Guin
First Published: January 1, 1966
Series: Hainish Cycle Book 2
Score: 7/10

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The Earth colony of Landin has been stranded on Werel for ten years. But ten of Werel’s years are over 600 terrestrial years.

The lonely & dwindling human settlement is beginning to feel the strain. Every winter –a season that lasts for 15 years– the Earthmen have neighbors: the humanoid hilfs, a nomadic people who only settle down for the cruel cold spell. The hilfs fear the Earthmen, whom they think of as witches & call the farborns.

The Andromeda Evolution (Andromeda #2) by Daniel H. Wilson (2019)

Mon, 20 Jan 2025 22:00:00 +0000

The Andromeda Evolution (Andromeda #2) by Daniel H. Wilson (2019)

Author: Daniel H. Wilson
First Published: January 1, 2019
Series: Andromeda Book 2
Score: 7/10

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In 1967, an extraterrestrial microbe came crashing down to Earth and nearly ended the human race. Accidental exposure to the particle—designated The Andromeda Strain—killed every resident of the town of Piedmont, Arizona, save for an elderly man and an infant boy. Over the next five days, a team of top scientists assigned to Project Wildfire worked valiantly to save the world from an epidemic of unimaginable proportions. In the moments before a catastrophic nuclear detonation, they succeeded.

Aurora Rising (Prefect Dreyfus Emergency #1) by Alastair Reynolds (2007)

Thu, 02 Jan 2025 22:00:00 +0000

Aurora Rising (Prefect Dreyfus Emergency #1) by Alastair Reynolds (2007)

Author: Alastair Reynolds
First Published: April 12, 2007
Series: Prefect Dreyfus Emergency Book 1
Revelation Space Universe
Score: 9/10

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Tom Dreyfus is a Prefect, a law enforcement officer with the Panoply. His beat is the Glitter Band, that vast swirl of space habitats orbiting the planet Yellowstone, the teeming hub of a human interstellar empire spanning many worlds. His current case: investigating a murderous attack against one of the habitats that leaves nine hundred people dead. But his investigation uncovers something far more serious than mass slaughter-a covert plot by an enigmatic entity who seeks nothing less than total control of the Glitter Band.

Way Station by Clifford D. Simak (1963)

Sat, 14 Dec 2024 22:00:00 +0000

Way Station by Clifford D. Simak (1963)

Author: Clifford D. Simak
First Published: June 1, 1963
Score: 8/10

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Enoch Wallace is an ageless hermit, striding across his untended farm as he has done for over a century, still carrying the gun with which he had served in the Civil War. But what his neighbors must never know is that, inside his unchanging house, he meets with a host of unimaginable friends from the farthest stars.

Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi by James Kahn (1983)

Tue, 03 Dec 2024 21:00:00 +0000

Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi by James Kahn (1983)

Author: James Kahn
First Published: June 6, 1983
Series: Star Wars Universe
Score: 7/10

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It was a dark time for the rebel alliance…Han Solo, frozen in carbonite, had been delivered into the hands of the vile gangster Jabba the Hutt. Determined to rescue him, Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, and Lando Calrissian launched a hazardous mission against Jabba’s Tatooine stronghold.The Rebel commanders gathered all the warships of the Rebel fleet into a single giant armada. And Darth Vader and the Emperor, who had ordered construction to begin on a new and even more powerful Death Star, were making plans to crush the Rebel Alliance once and for all.

Not Till We Are Lost (Bobiverse #5) by Dennis E. Taylor (2024)

Sun, 24 Nov 2024 15:00:00 +0000

Not Till We Are Lost (Bobiverse #5) by Dennis E. Taylor (2024)

Author: Dennis E. Taylor
First Published: September 5, 2024
Series: Bobiverse Book 5
Score: 7/10

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The Bobiverse is a different place in the aftermath of the Starfleet War, and the days of the Bobs gathering in one big happy moot are far behind. There’s anti-Bob sentiment on multiple planets, the Skippies playing with an AI time bomb, and multiple Bobs just wanting to get away from it all.

Hawksbill Station by Robert Silverberg (1967)

Tue, 19 Nov 2024 22:00:00 +0000

Hawksbill Station by Robert Silverberg (1967)

Author: Robert Silverberg
First Published: January 1, 1967
Score: 8/10

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In the barren landscape of the late Cambrian period, a penal colony sits high above the ocean on the east coast of what would become the United States. The men—political prisoners—have been sent from the twenty-first century on a one-way ticket to a lifetime of exile. Their lonely existence has taken its toll . . .

The Spoils of War (The Damned #3) by Alan Dean Foster (1993)

Thu, 07 Nov 2024 21:00:00 +0000

The Spoils of War (The Damned #3) by Alan Dean Foster (1993)

Author: Alan Dean Foster
First Published: March 16, 1993
Series: The Damned Book 3
Score: 7/10

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The Weave was on the verge of winning a decisive victory after a milennia of war, thanks to their new allies from earth. But then the birdlike Wais scholar Lalelang found evidence that Humans might not adapt well to peace. Researching further, she uncovered a secret group of telepathic Humans called the Core, who were on the verge of starting another war, and then eliminating Lalelang. At the last moment, she was saved by a lone Core commander. He took a chance on her intelligence and compassion, and gambled the fate of Humanity on the possibility that together, they could find an alternative to a galaxy-wide bloodbath….

Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson (1992)

Mon, 16 Sep 2024 21:00:00 +0100

Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson (1992)

Author: Neal Stephenson
First Published: June 1, 1992
Score: 7/10

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In reality, Hiro Protagonist delivers pizza for Uncle Enzo’s CosoNostra Pizza Inc., but in the Metaverse he’s a warrior prince. Plunging headlong into the enigma of a new computer virus that’s striking down hackers everywhere, he races along the neon-lit streets on a search-and-destroy mission for the shadowy virtual villain threatening to bring about infocalypse. Snow Crash is a mind-altering romp through a future America so bizarre, so outrageous… you’ll recognize it immediately.

The Expert System's Brother (Expert System #1) by Adrian Tchaikovsky (2018)

Sat, 31 Aug 2024 22:00:00 +0100

The Expert System’s Brother (Expert System #1) by Adrian Tchaikovsky (2018)

Author: Adrian Tchaikovsky
First Published: July 17, 2018
Series: Expert System Book 1
Score: 7/10

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After an unfortunate accident, Handry is forced to wander a world he doesn’t understand, searching for meaning. He soon discovers that the life he thought he knew is far stranger than he could even possibly imagine.

Can an unlikely saviour provide the answers to the questions he barely comprehends?

Rocannon's World (Hainish Cycle #1) by Ursula K. Le Guin (1966)

Wed, 28 Aug 2024 20:00:00 +0100

Rocannon’s World (Hainish Cycle #1) by Ursula K. Le Guin (1966)

Author: Ursula K. Le Guin
First Published: January 1, 1966
Series: Hainish Cycle Book 1
Score: 7/10

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A world shared by three native humanoid races - the cavern-dwelling Gdemiar, elvish Fiia, and warrior clan, Liuar - is suddenly invaded and conquered by a fleet of ships from the stars. Earth scientist Rocannon is on that world, and he sees his friends murdered and his spaceship destroyed. Marooned among alien peoples, he leads the battle to free this new world - and finds that legends grow around him even as he fights.

Throne World (Undying Mercenaries #21) by B.V. Larson (2024)

Sun, 25 Aug 2024 12:30:00 +0100

Throne World (Undying Mercenaries #21) by B.V. Larson (2024)

Author: B.V. Larson
First Published: April 27, 2024
Series: Undying Mercenaries Book 21
Score: 7/10

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The Galaxy is ruled by a single Empire—but the Imperial Throne is empty. The machine races demand a turn at the job, but the organics refuse to allow it. For more than a century, the Galactics have battled for supreme power. War and instability reign in place of peace, with every species spread over a hundred billion stars suffering as the Empire decays.

Inhibitor Phase (Revelation Space #4) by Alastair Reynolds (2021)

Wed, 14 Aug 2024 15:30:00 +0100

Inhibitor Phase (Revelation Space #4) by Alastair Reynolds (2021)

Author: Alastair Reynolds
First Published: October 12, 2021
Series: Revelation Space Book 4
Revelation Space Universe
Score: 10/10

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For thirty years a tiny band of humans has been sheltering in the caverns of an airless, crater-pocked world called Michaelmas. Beyond their solar system lie the ruins of human interstellar civilization, stalked by a ruthless, infinitely patient cybernetic entity determined to root out the last few bands of survivors. One man has guided the people of Michaelmas through the hardest of times, and given them hope against the Miguel de Ruyter.When a lone human ship blunders into their system, and threatens to lead the wolves to Michaelmas, de Ruyter embarks on a desperate, near-suicide mission to prevent catastrophe. But an encounter with a refugee from the ship—the enigmatic woman who calls herself only Glass—leads to de Ruyter’s world being turned upside down.

Silo Stories by Hugh Howey

Tue, 06 Aug 2024 21:00:00 +0100

Silo Stories by Hugh Howey

Author: Hugh Howey
Series: Silo
Score: 7/10

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Dust (Silo #3) by Hugh Howey (2013)

Wed, 31 Jul 2024 15:00:00 +0100

Dust (Silo #3) by Hugh Howey (2013)

Author: Hugh Howey
First Published: August 17, 2013
Series: Silo Book 3
Score: 8/10

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In a time when secrets and lies were the foundations of life, someone has discovered the truth. And they are going to tell.

Jules knows what her predecessors created. She knows they are the reason life has to be lived in this way.

And she won’t stand for it.

But Jules no longer has supporters. And there is far more to fear than the toxic world beyond her walls.

Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein (1961)

Fri, 28 Jun 2024 21:00:00 +0100

Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein (1961)

Author: Robert A. Heinlein
First Published: July 1, 1961
Score: 8/10

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Here at last is the complete, uncut version of Heinlein’s all-time masterpiece, the brilliant novel that grew from a cult favorite to a bestseller to a classic in a few short years. It is the story of Valentine Michael Smith, the man from Mars who taught humankind grokking and water-sharing. And love.

Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back by Donald F. Glut (1980)

Thu, 06 Jun 2024 21:00:00 +0100

Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back by Donald F. Glut (1980)

Author: Donald F. Glut
First Published: May 1, 1980
Series: Star Wars Universe
Score: 7/10

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Although they had won a significant battle, the war between the Rebels and the Empire had really just begun. Soon, Luke, Han, the princess and their faithful companions were forced to flee, scattering in all directions…the Dark Lord’s minions in fevered pursuit…

The False Mirror (The Damned #2) by Alan Dean Foster (1992)

Sun, 26 May 2024 21:00:00 +0100

The False Mirror (The Damned #2) by Alan Dean Foster (1992)

Author: Alan Dean Foster
First Published: January 1, 1992
Series: The Damned Book 2
Score: 7/10

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As war rages on between the Amplitur and the union of races known as the Weave, Ranji–an Ashregan warrior trained from birth to battle humans–is captured, and he soon learns of the Amplitur’s vile genetic manipulations.

Nightflyers & Other Stories by George R.R. Martin (1985)

Sat, 18 May 2024 16:00:00 +0100

Nightflyers & Other Stories by George R.R. Martin (1985)

Author: George R.R. Martin
First Published: January 1, 1985
Score: 8/10

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On a voyage toward the boundaries of the known universe, nine misfit academics seek out first contact with a shadowy alien race.

But another enigma is the Nightflyer itself, a cybernetic wonder with an elusive captain no one has ever seen in the flesh. Soon, however, the crew discovers that their greatest mystery – and most dangerous threat – is an unexpected force wielding a thirst for blood and terror….

Red Company: Contact (Red Company #3) by B.V. Larson (2023)

Sun, 12 May 2024 15:00:00 +0100

Red Company: Contact (Red Company #3) by B.V. Larson (2023)

Author: B.V. Larson
First Published: June 30, 2023
Series: Red Company Book 3
Score: 6/10

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Everyone wants a piece of the newly discovered alien tech, and they’re willing to fight over it. As tensions rise between Earth’s various factions, and the mining vessel Borag is refitted for war. She becomes a key player in a brewing conflict that threatens to shatter the fragile balance of power in the Solar System.

Minority Report and Other Stories by Philip K. Dick (2001)

Sun, 28 Apr 2024 15:00:00 +0100

Minority Report and Other Stories by Philip K. Dick (2001)

Author: Philip K. Dick
First Published: January 1, 2001
Score: 8/10

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•The Minority Report: a special unit that employs those with the power of precognition to prevent crimes proves itself less than reliable… •We Can Remember It For You Wholesale: an everyguy’s yearning for more exciting “memories” places him in a danger he never could have imagined (basis of the feature film Total Recall)… •Paycheck: a mechanic who has no memory of the previous two years of his life finds that a bag of seemingly worthless and unrelated objects can actually unlock the secret of his recent past – and insure that he has a future… •Second Variety: the UN’s technological advances to win a global war veer out of control, threatening to destroy all of humankind (basis of the movie Screamers)… •The Eyes Have It: a whimsical, laugh-out-loud play on the words of the title.

Shift (Silo #2) by Hugh Howey (2013)

Fri, 19 Apr 2024 21:00:00 +0100

Shift (Silo #2) by Hugh Howey (2013)

Author: Hugh Howey
First Published: January 28, 2013
Series: Silo Book 2
Score: 9/10

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Hugh Howey goes back to show the first days of the Silo, and the beginning of the end In 2007, the Center for Automation in Nanobiotech (CAN) outlined the hardware and software platforms that would one day allow robots smaller than human cells to make medical diagnoses, conduct repairs, and even self-propagate. In the same year, the CBS network re-aired a program about the effects of propranolol on sufferers of extreme trauma. A simple pill, it had been discovered, could wipe out the memory of any traumatic event. At almost the same moment in humanity’s broad history, mankind discovered the means for bringing about its utter downfall. And the ability to forget it ever happened.

Galactic North (Revelation Space Book 3.5) by Alastair Reynolds (2006)

Sun, 31 Mar 2024 07:00:00 +0100

Galactic North (Revelation Space Book 3.5) by Alastair Reynolds (2006)

Author: Alastair Reynolds
First Published: July 1, 2006
Series: Revelation Space Book 3.5
Revelation Space Universe
Score: 8/10

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A collection of eight short stories and novellas in the dark and turbulent world of Alastair Reynolds’ Revelation Space universe.

Centuries from now, solidarity stretches thin as humanity spreads past the solar system and to the nearest stars. Technology has produced powerful new tools-but lethal risk will always accompany great advancement. And without foresight, opposing groups may fracture multiple worlds. Between the Demarchists and the Conjoiners, the basic right to expand human intelligence-beyond its natural limits-has become a war-worthy cause. Only vast lighthugger starships bind these squabbling colonies together, manned by the panicky and paranoid Ultras. And the hyperpigs just try to keep their heads down. The rich get richer. And everyone tries not to think about the worrying number of extinct alien civilizations turning up on the outer reaches of settled space…because who’s to say that humanity won’t be next?

Supernova Era by Liu Cixin (2003)

Tue, 19 Mar 2024 22:00:00 +0000

Supernova Era by Liu Cixin (2003)

Author: Liu Cixin
First Published: January 1, 2003
Score: 7/10

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In those days, Earth was a planet in space. In those days, Beijing was a city on Earth. On this night, history as known to humanity came to an end.

Eight light years away, a star has died, creating a supernova event that showers Earth in deadly levels of radiation. Within a year, everyone over the age of thirteen will die.

Micro by Michael Crichton with Richard Preston (2011)

Thu, 07 Mar 2024 22:00:00 +0000

Micro by Michael Crichton with Richard Preston (2011)

Author: Michael Crichton with Richard Preston
First Published: November 22, 2011
Score: 7/10

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In the vein of Jurassic Park, this high-concept thriller follows a group of graduate students lured to Hawaii to work for a mysterious biotech company—only to find themselves cast out into the rain forest, with nothing but their scientific expertise and wits to protect them.

An instant classic, Micro pits nature against technology in vintage Michael Crichton fashion. Completed by visionary science writer Richard Preston, this boundary-pushing thriller melds scientific fact with pulse-pounding fiction to create yet another masterpiece of sophisticated, cutting-edge entertainment.

Tau Zero by Poul Anderson (1970)

Fri, 16 Feb 2024 22:00:00 +0000

Tau Zero by Poul Anderson (1970)

Author: Poul Anderson
First Published: January 1, 1970
Score: 7/10

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Aboard the spacecraft Leonora Christine, fifty crewmembers, half men and half women, have embarked on a journey of discovery like no other to a planet thirty light-years away. Since their ship is not capable of traveling faster than light, the crew will be subject to the effects of time dilation and relativity. They will age five years on board the ship before reaching their destination, but thirty-three years will pass on Earth. Experienced scientists and researchers, they have come to terms with the time conditions of their space travel. Until . . . the Leonora Christine passes through an uncharted nebula, which damages the engine, making it impossible to decelerate the ship on the second half of their trip. To survive, the crewmembers have no choice but to bypass their destination and continue to accelerate toward the speed of light. But how will they keep hope alive and maintain order as they hurtle deeper into space with time passing more and more rapidly, and their ultimate fate unknown?

Red Company: Discovery (Red Company #2) by B.V. Larson (2023)

Sun, 11 Feb 2024 18:00:00 +0000

Red Company: Discovery (Red Company #2) by B.V. Larson (2023)

Author: B.V. Larson
First Published: June 25, 2023
Series: Red Company Book 2
Score: 6/10

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There’s a land-rush on exploiting alien tech. Pirates, claim-jumpers, cyborgs, and bureaucrats all must be defeated to keep Borag flying.

Corporal Devin Starn is working his way up through the ranks of Red Company. Aboard Borag , a mining ship based out of Mars City, Starn discovers more about the aliens who preceded us. Their ruins and strange technologies deepen the mystery of their ancient downfall.

Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope by George Lucas (1976)

Wed, 31 Jan 2024 21:00:00 +0000

Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope by George Lucas (1976)

Author: George Lucas
First Published: December 5, 1976
Series: Star Wars Universe
Score: 8/10

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Luke Skywalker was a twenty-year-old who lived and worked on his uncle’s farm on the remote planet of Tatooine…and he was bored beyond belief. He yearned for adventures that would take him beyond the farthest galaxies. But he got much more than he bargained for….

A Call to Arms (The Damned #1) by Alan Dean Foster (1991)

Tue, 23 Jan 2024 22:00:00 +0000

A Call to Arms (The Damned #1) by Alan Dean Foster (1991)

Author: Alan Dean Foster
First Published: March 27, 1991
Series: The Damned Book 1
Score: 7/10

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For eons, the Amplitur had searched space for intelligent species, each of which was joyously welcomed to take part in the fulfillment of the Amplitur Purpose. Whether it wanted to or not. When the Amplitur and their allies stumbled upon the races called the Weave, the Purpose seemed poised for a great leap forward. But the Weave’s surprising unity also gave it the ability to fight the Amplitur and their cause. And fight it did, for thousands of years.

Wool (Silo #1) by Hugh Howey (2012)

Wed, 20 Dec 2023 11:30:00 +0000

Wool (Silo #1) by Hugh Howey (2012)

Author: Hugh Howey
First Published: January 27, 2012
Series: Silo Book 1
Score: 8/10

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Wool is the story of mankind clawing for survival. The world outside has grown toxic, the view of it limited, talk of it forbidden. The remnants of humanity live underground in a single silo.

But there are always those who hope, who dream. These are the dangerous people, the residents who infect others with their optimism. Their punishment is simple. They are given the very thing they want: They are allowed to go outside.

Who Goes There? by John W. Campbell Jr. (1938)

Sun, 17 Dec 2023 18:30:00 +0000

Who Goes There? by John W. Campbell Jr. (1938)

Author: John W. Campbell Jr.
First Published: August 1, 1938
Score: 7/10

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The novella that formed the basis of “The Thing” is the John W. Campbell classic about an antarctic research camp that discovers and thaws the ancient, frozen body of a crash-landed alien. The creature revives with terrifying results, shape-shifting to assume the exact form of animal and man, alike. Paranoia ensues as a band of frightened men work to discern friend from foe, and destroy the menace before it challenges all of humanity. The story, hailed as “one of the finest science fiction novellas ever written” by the SF Writers of America, is best known to fans as THE THING, as it was the basis of Howard Hawks’ The Thing From Another World in 1951, and John Carpenter’s The Thing in 1982.

Crystal World (Undying Mercenaries #20) by B.V. Larson (2023)

Sun, 17 Dec 2023 14:30:00 +0000

Crystal World (Undying Mercenaries #20) by B.V. Larson (2023)

Author: B.V. Larson
First Published: October 6, 2023
Series: Undying Mercenaries Book 20
Score: 7/10

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The Silicoids are a growing threat from beyond the frontier. Launching waves of crystalline drones, they ravage colonies all along the border of the Empire. Earth has been forced to ally with her enemies against this mysterious alien menace.Scouts have located a forward base of the freakish creatures, who plot to annihilate all meat-based lifeforms. Earth assembles a joint task force with legions of Rigellian bears, Mogwa battlecruisers, and Saurian troops. Together, they strike as one against Crystal World.After annoying every superior in his chain of command, James McGill is the first to be deployed on the unexplored planet. His to establish a beachhead on this strange, hostile ground. Surrounded and cut off, his troops fight to the bitter end against creatures made of earth, stone, and jewels.

Diamond Dogs, Turquoise Days (Revelation Space Book 1.5) by Alastair Reynolds (2003)

Mon, 04 Dec 2023 21:00:00 +0000

Diamond Dogs, Turquoise Days (Revelation Space Book 1.5) by Alastair Reynolds (2003)

Author: Alastair Reynolds
First Published: February 1, 2003
Series: Revelation Space Book 1.5
Revelation Space Universe
Score: 8/10

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“Diamond Dogs"The planet Golgotha – supposedly lifeless – resides in a remote star system, far from those inhabited by human colonists. It is home to an enigmatic machine-like structure called the Blood Spire, which has already brutally and systematically claimed the lives of one starship crew that attempted to uncover its secrets. But nothing will deter Richard Swift from exploring this object of alien origin…

Red Company: First Strike! (Red Company #1) by B.V. Larson (2023)

Sun, 19 Nov 2023 13:30:00 +0000

Red Company: First Strike! (Red Company #1) by B.V. Larson (2023)

Author: B.V. Larson
First Published: May 20, 2023
Series: Red Company Book 1
Score: 6/10

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For centuries, mankind has searched for nonhuman civilizations in the cosmos. These lost alien societies have finally been discovered—but they were destroyed long ago.

Devin Starn starts off as a lowly rock-rat aboard Borag , a mining ship working the dangerous end of the asteroid belt. Slowly, he gains prestige and purpose. When an alien base is uncovered, however, he must risk everything to protect his ship and her crew.

Slow Time Between the Stars (The Far Reaches #6) by John Scalzi (2023)

Thu, 02 Nov 2023 21:00:00 +0000

Slow Time Between the Stars (The Far Reaches #6) by John Scalzi (2023)

Author: John Scalzi
First Published: June 27, 2023
Series: The Far Reaches Book 6
Score: 7/10

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An artificial intelligence on a star-spanning mission explores the farthest horizons of human potential—and its own purpose—in a mind-bending short story by New York Times bestselling author John Scalzi. Equipped with the entirety of human knowledge, a sentient ship is launched on a last-ditch journey to find a new home for civilization. Trillions of miles. Tens of thousands of years. In the space between, the AI has plenty of time to think about life, the vastness of the universe, everything it was meant to do, and—with a perspective created but not limited by humans—what it should do.

Just Out of Jupiter's Reach (The Far Reaches #5) by Nnedi Okorafor (2023)

Wed, 01 Nov 2023 21:00:00 +0000

Just Out of Jupiter’s Reach (The Far Reaches #5) by Nnedi Okorafor (2023)

Author: Nnedi Okorafor
First Published: June 27, 2023
Series: The Far Reaches Book 5
Score: 7/10

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A revolutionary experiment in space opens a woman’s eyes to the meaning of solitude in a thought-provoking short story by New York Times bestselling, award-winning author Nnedi Okorafor. Tornado Onwubiko is one of seven people on Earth paired with sentient ships to explore and research the cosmos for twenty million euros. A decade of solitary life for a lifetime of wealth. Five years into the ten-year mission of total isolation comes a a temporary meetup among fellow travelers. A lot can happen in a week. For Tornado, who left a normal life behind, a little company can be life-changing.

Light Bringer (Red Rising Saga #6) by Pierce Brown (2023)

Sat, 07 Oct 2023 21:00:00 +0100

Light Bringer (Red Rising Saga #6) by Pierce Brown (2023)

Author: Pierce Brown
First Published: July 25, 2023
Series: Red Rising Saga Book 6
Score: 10/10

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“The measure of a man is not the fear he sows in his enemies. It is the hope he gives his friends.”—Virginia au Augustus

The Reaper is a legend, more myth than man: the savior of worlds, the leader of the Rising, the breaker of chains.

Level Six (Killday #2) by William Ledbetter (2020)

Sun, 17 Sep 2023 18:00:00 +0100

Level Six (Killday #2) by William Ledbetter (2020)

Author: William Ledbetter
First Published: December 3, 2020
Series: Killday Book 2
Score: 7/10

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Fifteen years after warring artificial intelligences nearly destroyed Earth, a young woman finds an artifact from that struggle, upsetting a delicate balance of power and dragging her into the middle of a new fight for humanity’s survival.

With a significant portion of the planet covered in heat-absorbing black dust, Earth’s biosphere teeters on the edge of collapse. One AI faction is attempting to fix the damage, with huge machines trundling across the countryside sucking up dust and planting grass, while another faction cares only about elevating itself to a higher plane of intelligence and will destroy anyone who gets in the way.

The Long Game (The Far Reaches #4) by Ann Leckie (2023)

Sat, 16 Sep 2023 21:00:00 +0100

The Long Game (The Far Reaches #4) by Ann Leckie (2023)

Author: Ann Leckie
First Published: June 27, 2023
Series: The Far Reaches Book 4
Score: 7/10

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An inquisitive life-form finds there’s more to existence than they ever dreamed in an imaginative short story by New York Times bestselling and Hugo and Nebula Award–winning author Ann Leckie. On a far-off colony, humans tower over the local species who grow the plants they need. Narr keeps the workers in line—someone has to. But when Narr learns just how short-lived their species is, the little alien embarks on a big to find out why their people die and how to stop it. Stubborn and hopeful, Narr has a plan for the locals, for humans, and for the future.

Falling Bodies (The Far Reaches #3) by Rebecca Roanhorse (2023)

Fri, 15 Sep 2023 21:00:00 +0100

Falling Bodies (The Far Reaches #3) by Rebecca Roanhorse (2023)

Author: Rebecca Roanhorse
First Published: June 27, 2023
Series: The Far Reaches Book 3
Score: 6/10

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A young man caught between two disparate worlds searches for his place in the universe in a wrenching short story by New York Times bestselling author Rebecca Roanhorse.

Light-years from home, it’s Ira’s second chance. Just another anonymous student at a space station university. Not the orphan whose Earther heritage was erased. Not some social experiment put on display by his adoptive father. Not the criminal recruited by the human rebels. But when Ira’s loyalties clash once again, two wars break one on the ground and one within himself. Which will Ira stand with? Which will take him down?

Lost Stars by Claudia Gray (2015)

Thu, 14 Sep 2023 21:00:00 +0100

Lost Stars by Claudia Gray (2015)

Author: Claudia Gray
First Published: September 4, 2015
Series: Star Wars Universe
Score: 9/10

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This thrilling Young Adult novel gives readers a macro view of some of the most important events in the Star Wars universe, from the rise of the Rebellion to the fall of the Empire. Readers will experience these major moments through the eyes of two childhood friends–Ciena Ree and Thane Kyrell–who have grown up to become an Imperial officer and a Rebel pilot. Now on opposite sides of the war, will these two star-crossed lovers reunite, or will duty tear them–and the galaxy–apart? Star Wars: Lost Stars also includes all-new post- Star Wars: Return of the Jedi content, as well as hints and clues about the upcoming film Star Wars: The Force Awakens, making this a must-read for all Star Wars fans.

Androids and Aliens (Star Runner #3) by B.V. Larson (2022)

Sun, 03 Sep 2023 10:00:00 +0100

Androids and Aliens (Star Runner #3) by B.V. Larson (2022)

Author: B.V. Larson
First Published: October 4, 2022
Series: Star Runner Book 3
Score: 6/10

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It’s time for the humans to strike back! Vile, ant-like aliens have already consumed the colonies of the Faustian Chain. Known as the Skaintz, these creatures destroy all living things and carry them back to their nests to be devoured. Now, they’ve begun to invade the stars of the Conclave.

Void (The Far Reaches #2) by Veronica Roth (2023)

Tue, 29 Aug 2023 21:00:00 +0100

Void (The Far Reaches #2) by Veronica Roth (2023)

Author: Veronica Roth
First Published: June 27, 2023
Series: The Far Reaches Book 2
Score: 7/10

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An intergalactic luxury cruise to a distant port is a world unto itself in this piercing short mystery by #1 New York Times bestselling author Veronica Roth. Traveling faster than light, the transport ship Redundancy is cut off from communication as effectively as an ancient ocean liner. The isolation suits crew member Ace Vance just fine—she’s got nowhere else to be. But when a wealthy passenger turns up dead during a routine voyage, Ace will have to connect with the passengers and crew to uncover the truth. Tragedy will strike again—it’s only a matter of time. Veronica Roth’s Void is part of The Far Reaches , a collection of science-fiction stories that stretch the imagination and open the heart. They can be read or listened to in one sitting.

How It Unfolds (The Far Reaches #1) by James S.A. Corey (2023)

Mon, 28 Aug 2023 21:00:00 +0100

How It Unfolds (The Far Reaches #1) by James S.A. Corey (2023)

Author: James S.A. Corey
First Published: June 27, 2023
Series: The Far Reaches Book 1
Score: 7/10

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An astronaut’s interstellar mission is a personal journey of a thousand second chances in an exhilarating short story by James S. A. Corey, the New York Times bestselling author of The Expanse series. Roy Court and his crew are taking the trip of a lifetime—several lifetimes in fact—duplicated and dispatched across the galaxies searching for Earthlike planets. Many possibilities for the future. Yet for Roy, no matter how many of him there are, there’s still just one painful, unchangeable past. In what world can a broken relationship be reborn? The universe is so vast, there’s always room for hope.

Chasm City (Revelation Space Book 0.5) by Alastair Reynolds (2001)

Tue, 25 Jul 2023 21:00:00 +0100

Chasm City (Revelation Space Book 0.5) by Alastair Reynolds (2001)

Author: Alastair Reynolds
First Published: May 1, 2001
Series: Revelation Space Book 0.5
Revelation Space Universe
Score: 9/10

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The once-utopian Chasm City – a domed human settlement on an otherwise inhospitable planet – has been overrun by a virus known as the Melding Plague, capable of infecting any body, organic or computerized. Now, with the entire city corrupted – from the people to the very buildings they inhabit – only the most wretched sort of existence remains. For security operative Tanner Mirabel, it is the landscape of nightmares through which he searches for a lowlife postmortal killer. But the stakes are raised when his search brings him face to face with a centuries-old atrocity that history would rather forget.

Fire Fight (Star Runner #2) by B.V. Larson (2021)

Sun, 09 Jul 2023 17:00:00 +0100

Fire Fight (Star Runner #2) by B.V. Larson (2021)

Finished Fire Fight”.

Author: B.V. Larson
First Published: April 27, 2021
Series: Star Runner Book 2
Score: 6/10

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The colonies of the Faustian Chain have gone dark. No star freighters have come from the star cluster for decades.

Captain Bill Gorman, a smuggler on the Fringe, is one of the few who know the truth. He’s personally battled the alien invaders who’ve overrun the human colonies of the Chain. He and his crew are faced with a choice: will they fight the invaders, or will they run?

Elder Race by Adrian Tchaikovsky (2021)

Mon, 29 May 2023 21:00:00 +0100

Elder Race by Adrian Tchaikovsky (2021)

Author: Adrian Tchaikovsky
First Published: November 16, 2021
Score: 7/10

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A junior anthropologist on a distant planet must help the locals he has sworn to study to save a planet from an unbeatable foe.

Lynesse is the lowly Fourth Daughter of the queen, and always getting in the way.

But a demon is terrorizing the land, and now she’s an adult (albeit barely) with responsibilities (she tells herself). Although she still gets in the way, she understands that the only way to save her people is to invoke the pact between her family and the Elder sorcerer who has inhabited the local tower for as long as her people have lived here (though none in living memory has approached it).

Jungle World (Undying Mercenaries #19) by B.V. Larson (2023)

Sun, 28 May 2023 16:00:00 +0100

Jungle World (Undying Mercenaries #19) by B.V. Larson (2023)

Author: B.V. Larson
First Published: January 20, 2023
Series: Undying Mercenaries Book 19
Score: 7/10

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A new threat arrives from the rim of the galaxy. From the colorless depths of space, unknown invaders strike worlds across the Frontier Zone. Rigel is a thousand lightyears farther from the Core Worlds than Earth, so they suffer the first attacks.

The mood at Central is jubilant. Our greatest rival is falling—now is the time to strike while they’re weak! Legion Varus is deployed to Jungle World, a vital planet deep in Rigellian territory. Our foes, fighting on two fronts, are driven back with ease.

Absolution Gap (Revelation Space #3) by Alastair Reynolds (2020)

Wed, 12 Apr 2023 21:00:00 +0100

Absolution Gap (Revelation Space #3) by Alastair Reynolds (2020)

Author: Alastair Reynolds
First Published: April 21, 2020
Series: Revelation Space Book 3
Revelation Space Universe
Score: 9/10

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The Inhibitors were designed to eliminate any life form reaching a certain level of intelligence – and they’ve targeted Humanity. War veteran Clavain and a ragtag group of refugees have fled into hiding. Their leadership is faltering, and their situation is growing more desperate. But their little colony has just received an unexpected visitor: an avenging angel with the power to lead mankind to safety – or draw down its darkest enemy.

Star Runner (Star Runner #1) by B.V. Larson (2020)

Sun, 02 Apr 2023 18:30:00 +0100

Star Runner (Star Runner #1) by B.V. Larson (2020)

Author: B.V. Larson
First Published: January 1, 2020
Series: Star Runner Book 1
Score: 6/10

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Two centuries after humanity colonized the stars, new dangers emerge. The peaceful inhabitants of the Conclave are threatened by expanding alien powers. Invaders threaten the star cluster, attacking our fringe settlements.

Captain Bill Gorman has mysteriously disappeared. His clone, set aside for a dark day like this, awakens and begins to put together the pieces. What’s gone wrong out on the frontier? Why are our colonies being attacked by aliens while the Conclave worlds dream of better days? And what happened to the original Captain Gorman?

Prey by Michael Crichton (2002)

Fri, 17 Mar 2023 21:00:00 +0000

Prey by Michael Crichton (2002)

Author: Michael Crichton
First Published: November 25, 2002
Score: 8/10

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Michael Crichton’s Prey is a terrifying page-turner that masterfully combines a heart–pounding thriller with cutting-edge technology.

Deep in the Nevada desert, the Xymos Corporation has built a state-of-the-art fabrication plant, surrounded by miles and miles of nothing but cactus and coyotes. Eight people are trapped. A self-replicating swarm of predatory molecules is rapidly evolving outside the plant. Massed together, the molecules form an intelligent organism that is anything but benign. More powerful by the hour, it has targeted the eight scientists as prey. They must stop the swarm before it is too late…

Hell's Reach (Galactic Liberation #6) by David VanDyke and B.V. Larson (2019)

Sun, 26 Feb 2023 16:00:00 +0000

Hell’s Reach (Galactic Liberation #6) by David VanDyke and B.V. Larson (2019)

Author: David VanDyke and B.V. Larson
First Published: November 4, 2019
Series: Galactic Liberation Book 6
Score: 6/10

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The Breakers find a new home among the stars: Utopia. An engineered planet that is vast beyond comprehension with plenty of room to grow. They set up trade routes and work as mercenaries for their supplies… but trouble lurks.

Pirates strike their merchant lanes. Key personnel are captured and enslaved. Straker is called upon to do something, and thus a new conflict is set in motion.

Bear Head (Dogs of War #2) by Adrian Tchaikovsky (2021)

Wed, 22 Feb 2023 20:00:00 +0000

Bear Head (Dogs of War #2) by Adrian Tchaikovsky (2021)

Author: Adrian Tchaikovsky
First Published: January 7, 2021
Series: Dogs of War Book 2
Score: 9/10

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Mars. The red planet. A new frontier for humanity, a civilization where humans can live in peace, lord and master of all they survey.

But this isn’t Space City from those old science-fiction books. We live in Hell City, built into and from a huge subcontinent-sized crater. There’s a big silk canopy over it, feeding out atmosphere as we generate it, little by little, until we can breathe the air.

The Testaments (The Handmaid's Tale #2) by Margaret Atwood (2019)

Thu, 26 Jan 2023 20:00:00 +0000

The Testaments (The Handmaid’s Tale #2) by Margaret Atwood (2019)

Author: Margaret Atwood
First Published: September 10, 2019
Series: The Handmaid’s Tale Book 2
Score: 7/10

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More than fifteen years after the events of The Handmaid’s Tale, the theocratic regime of the Republic of Gilead maintains its grip on power, but there are signs it is beginning to rot from within. At this crucial moment, the lives of three radically different women converge, with potentially explosive results.

Redemption Ark (Revelation Space #2) by Alastair Reynolds (2002)

Mon, 16 Jan 2023 21:00:00 +0000

Redemption Ark (Revelation Space #2) by Alastair Reynolds (2002)

Author: Alastair Reynolds
First Published: January 1, 2002
Series: Revelation Space Book 2
Revelation Space Universe
Score: 9/10

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This stunning sequel to Revelation Space begins late in the twenty-sixth century. The human race has advanced enough to accidentally trigger alien machines designed to detect intelligent life–and destroy it.

Sky World (Undying Mercenaries #18) by B.V. Larson (2022)

Sat, 31 Dec 2022 17:50:00 +0000

Sky World (Undying Mercenaries #18) by B.V. Larson (2022)

Author: B.V. Larson
First Published: December 12, 2022
Series: Undying Mercenaries Book 18
Score: 7/10

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Earth is locked in a dangerous arms race with Rigel. McGill’s efforts at diplomacy are disastrous. Events spin out of control, and interstellar warfare consumes the outer provinces of the Empire. Great fleets are gathered, and troops are hurried aboard transports. Legion Varus is launched toward a secret target world.

Roadside Picnic by Arkady Strugatsky and Boris Strugatsky (1972)

Mon, 26 Dec 2022 20:00:00 +0000

Roadside Picnic by Arkady Strugatsky and Boris Strugatsky (1972)

Author: Arkady Strugatsky and Boris Strugatsky
First Published: January 1, 1972
Score: 8/10

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Red Schuhart is a stalker, one of those young rebels who are compelled, in spite of extreme danger, to venture illegally into the Zone to collect the mysterious artifacts that the alien visitors left scattered around. His life is dominated by the place and the thriving black market in the alien products. But when he and his friend Kirill go into the Zone together to pick up a “full empty,” something goes wrong. And the news he gets from his girlfriend upon his return makes it inevitable that he’ll keep going back to the Zone, again and again, until he finds the answer to all his problems. First published in 1972, Roadside Picnic is still widely regarded as one of the greatest science fiction novels, despite the fact that it has been out of print in the United States for almost thirty years. This authoritative new translation corrects many errors and omissions and has been supplemented with a foreword by Ursula K. Le Guin and a new afterword by Boris Strugatsky explaining the strange history of the novel’s publication in Russia.

Timeline by Michael Crichton (1999)

Tue, 20 Dec 2022 11:00:00 +0000

Timeline by Michael Crichton (1999)

Author: Michael Crichton
First Published: November 16, 1999
Score: 7/10

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In an Arizona desert, a man wanders in a daze, speaking words that make no sense. Within twenty-four hours he is dead, his body swiftly cremated by his only known associates. Halfway around the world, archaeologists make a shocking discovery at a medieval site. Suddenly they are swept off to the headquarters of a secretive multinational corporation that has developed an astounding technology. Now this group is about to get a chance not to study the past but to enter it. And with history opened up to the present, the dead awakened to the living, these men and women will soon find themselves fighting for their very survival – six hundred years ago.

Straker's Breakers (Galactic Liberation #5) by David VanDyke and B.V. Larson (2019)

Sun, 11 Dec 2022 18:00:00 +0000

Straker’s Breakers (Galactic Liberation #5) by David VanDyke and B.V. Larson (2019)

Author: David VanDyke and B.V. Larson
First Published: May 1, 2019
Series: Galactic Liberation Book 5
Score: 6/10

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It’s been five years since the end of the Hive Wars. Straker has handed over the burden of governing the Earthan Republic to civil authorities.

This should be a happy time, as Straker and his most loyal soldiers retire to a planet and step off the galactic stage. Unfortunately, authoritarian forces within the Earthan Republic are still simmering with rage at his victory. Rumors reach Straker of a growing new Republic Fleet manned by state loyalists. Planets begin to fall under their influence and go dark. Even in retirement, they see Straker’s Breakers as a threat.

Dogs of War (Dogs of War #1) by Adrian Tchaikovsky (2017)

Thu, 08 Dec 2022 15:00:00 +0000

Dogs of War (Dogs of War #1) by Adrian Tchaikovsky (2017)

Author: Adrian Tchaikovsky
First Published: November 2, 2017
Series: Dogs of War Book 1
Score: 9/10

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My name is Rex. I am a good dog.

Rex is also seven foot tall at the shoulder, bulletproof, bristling with heavy calibre weaponry and his voice resonates with subsonics especially designed to instil fear. With Dragon, Honey and Bees, he’s part of a Multiform Assault Pack operating in the lawless anarchy of Campeche, south-eastern Mexico.

The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North (2014)

Tue, 29 Nov 2022 21:00:00 +0000

The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North (2014)

Author: Claire North
First Published: April 8, 2014
Score: 8/10

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Some stories cannot be told in just one lifetime. Harry August is on his deathbed. Again. No matter what he does or the decisions he makes, when death comes, Harry always returns to where he began, a child with all the knowledge of a life he has already lived a dozen times before. Nothing ever changes. Until now. As Harry nears the end of his eleventh life, a little girl appears at his bedside. “I nearly missed you, Doctor August,” she says. “I need to send a message.” This is the story of what Harry does next, and what he did before, and how he tries to save a past he cannot change and a future he cannot allow.

Hive War (Galactic Liberation #4) by David VanDyke and B.V. Larson (2018)

Sun, 09 Oct 2022 12:00:00 +0100

Hive War (Galactic Liberation #4) by David VanDyke and B.V. Larson (2018)

Author: David VanDyke and B.V. Larson
First Published: August 26, 2018
Series: Galactic Liberation Book 4
Score: 5/10

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The Republic, the Opters and a strange Crystalline race of unknown origin all meet in a series of titanic battles. Commodore Straker summons thousands of ships, but he soon learns he’s technologically out-classed by the enemy.

With traditional victory impossible, the race is on for each side to destroy the key worlds of the other. Billions die, entire planets are destroyed.

Cage of Souls by Adrian Tchaikovsky (2019)

Fri, 30 Sep 2022 21:00:00 +0100

Cage of Souls by Adrian Tchaikovsky (2019)

Author: Adrian Tchaikovsky
First Published: April 4, 2019
Score: 9/10

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The sun is bloated, diseased, dying perhaps. Beneath its baneful light, Shadrapar, last of all cities, harbours fewer than 100,000 human souls. Built on the ruins of countless civilisations, Shadrapar is a museum, a midden, an asylum, a prison on a world that is ever more alien to humanity.

Bearing witness to the desperate struggle for existence between life old and new is Stefan Advani: rebel, outlaw, prisoner, survivor. This is his testament, an account of the journey that took him into the blazing desolation of the western deserts; that transported him east down the river and imprisoned him in the verdant hell of the jungle’s darkest heart; that led him deep into the labyrinths and caverns of the underworld. He will meet with monsters, madman, mutants.

Chapterhouse: Dune (Dune #6) by Frank Herbert (1985)

Fri, 19 Aug 2022 21:00:00 +0100

Chapterhouse: Dune (Dune #6) by Frank Herbert (1985)

Author: Frank Herbert
First Published: April 1, 1985
Series: Dune Book 6
Score: 8/10

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The desert planet Arrakis, called Dune, has been destroyed. The remnants of the Old Empire have been consumed by the violent matriarchal cult known as the Honored Matres. Only one faction remains a viable threat to their total conquest—the Bene Gesserit, heirs to Dune’s power.

Under the leadership of Mother Superior Darwi Odrade, the Bene Gesserit have colonized a green world on the planet Chapterhouse and are turning it into a desert, mile by scorched mile. And once they’ve mastered breeding sandworms, the Sisterhood will control the production of the greatest commodity in the known galaxy—the spice melange. But their true weapon remains a man who has lived countless lifetimes—a man who served under the God Emperor Paul Muad’Dib….

Upgrade by Blake Crouch (2022)

Sun, 07 Aug 2022 17:00:00 +0100

Upgrade by Blake Crouch (2022)

Author: Blake Crouch
First Published: July 7th 2022
Score: 9/10

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When the SWAT team gives the all-clear and Logan Ramsay steps into the basement, he has no idea that everything’s about to change.

Then there’s the hiss of aerosol. The explosion. The shrapnel that punctures his hazmat gear. Logan wakes up to find himself in a hospital bed, attended by doctors in their own hazmat suits, his wife and daughter looking on from behind the glass.

The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick (1962)

Fri, 05 Aug 2022 17:00:00 +0100

The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick (1962)

Author: Philip K. Dick
First Published: October 1962
Score: 7/10

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It’s America in 1962. Slavery is legal once again. The few Jews who still survive hide under assumed names. In San Francisco, the I Ching is as common as the Yellow Pages. All because some twenty years earlier the United States lost a war—and is now occupied by Nazi Germany and Japan.

Flagship Victory (Galactic Liberation #3) by David VanDyke and B.V. Larson (2018)

Sun, 31 Jul 2022 15:00:00 +0100

Flagship Victory (Galactic Liberation #3) by David VanDyke and B.V. Larson (2018)

Author: David VanDyke and B.V. Larson
First Published: March 20th 2018
Series: Galactic Liberation Book 3
Score: 5/10

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Commodore Straker faces new enemies as neighboring interstellar empires decide his New Republic is a growing threat. A two-front war develops, and the Liberator must face both the Mutuality and the Hundred Worlds. Even as the fighting rages, the mysterious Opters are on the move. They make a diplomatic effort to reach out to Straker–but can he trust the Hive Masters? Will they help, or stab him in the back?

The Handmaid's Tale (The Handmaid's Tale #1) by Margaret Atwood (1985)

Mon, 25 Jul 2022 21:00:00 +0100

The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid’s Tale #1) by Margaret Atwood (1985)

Author: Margaret Atwood
First Published: August 1985
Series: The Handmaid’s Tale Book 1
Score: 9/10

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The Handmaid’s Tale is a novel of such power that the reader will be unable to forget its images and its forecast. Set in the near future, it describes life in what was once the United States and is now called the Republic of Gilead, a monotheocracy that has reacted to social unrest and a sharply declining birthrate by reverting to, and going beyond, the repressive intolerance of the original Puritans. The regime takes the Book of Genesis absolutely at its word, with bizarre consequences for the women and men in its population.

The Lost World (Jurassic Park #2) by Michael Crichton (1995)

Sat, 16 Jul 2022 21:00:00 +0100

The Lost World (Jurassic Park #2) by Michael Crichton (1995)

Author: Michael Crichton
First Published: September 17th 1995
Series: Jurassic Park Book 2
Score: 9/10

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It is now six years since the secret disaster at Jurassic Park, six years since the extraordinary dream of science and imagination came to a crashing end—the dinosaurs destroyed, the park dismantled, and the island indefinitely closed to the public.

There are rumors that something has survived. . .

Heretics of Dune (Dune #5) by Frank Herbert (1984)

Wed, 06 Jul 2022 21:00:00 +0100

Heretics of Dune (Dune #5) by Frank Herbert (1984)

Author: Frank Herbert
First Published: April 1st 1984
Series: Dune Book 5
Score: 8/10

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Leto Atreides, the God Emperor of Dune, is dead. In the fifteen hundred years since his passing, the Empire has fallen into ruin. The great Scattering saw millions abandon the crumbling civilization and spread out beyond the reaches of known space. The planet Arrakis—now called Rakis—has reverted to its desert climate, and its great sandworms are dying.

Battleship Indomitable (Galactic Liberation #2) by David VanDyke and B.V. Larson (2017)

Sun, 19 Jun 2022 18:00:00 +0100

Battleship Indomitable (Galactic Liberation #2) by David VanDyke and B.V. Larson (2017)

Author: David VanDyke and B.V. Larson
First Published: May 16th 2017
Series: Galactic Liberation Book 2
Score: 5/10

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Commodore Straker’s rebellion grows in strength–but his enemies are growing even faster. Faced with a dozen rebel planets in their territory, the Mutuality finally takes notice of the upstart known as the Liberator, and they gather a vast fleet to crush him.

Preparing for a titanic interstellar battle, it’s clear Straker has no chance. His tiny enclave of free planets can’t survive the weight of a thousand worlds. His own officers realize this, and some of them begin to turn against him…

City World (Undying Mercenaries #17) by B.V. Larson (2022)

Sun, 22 May 2022 17:00:00 +0100

City World (Undying Mercenaries #17) by B.V. Larson (2022)

Author: B.V. Larson
First Published: April 26th 2022
Series: Undying Mercenaries Book 17
Score: 7/10

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Earth’s entire fleet and all her legions are conscripted by the Galactics. Centurion McGill of Legion Varus is among countless troops pressed into service as cannon fodder for the Empire.

Not everyone on Earth is happy with the demands of the Galactics. Earth has built up her military for decades, and now she might lose everything in a foreign war no one understands. As the man who has killed more Mogwa than any other human in history, McGill is approached and given a mission. He has a fateful decision to make. Will he serve Earth’s overlords faithfully, or will he assassinate the arrogant alien leaders?

Dark Age (Red Rising Saga #5) by Pierce Brown (2019)

Thu, 28 Apr 2022 21:00:00 +0100

Dark Age (Red Rising Saga #5) by Pierce Brown (2019)

Author: Pierce Brown
First Published: July 30th 2019
Series: Red Rising Saga Book 5
Score: 10/10

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He broke the chains. Then he broke the world….

A decade ago Darrow led a revolution, and laid the foundations for a new world. Now he’s an outlaw.

Cast out of the very Republic he founded, with half his fleet destroyed, he wages a rogue war on Mercury, in hopes that he can still salvage the dream of Eo. But as he leaves death and destruction in his wake, is he still the hero who broke the chains? Or will he become the very evil he fought to destroy? Will another legend rise to take his place?

God Emperor of Dune (Dune #4) by Frank Herbert (1981)

Tue, 29 Mar 2022 21:00:00 +0100

God Emperor of Dune (Dune #4) by Frank Herbert (1981)

Author: Frank Herbert
First Published: May 6th 1981
Series: Dune Book 4
Score: 8/10

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Millennia have passed on Arrakis, and the once-desert planet is green with life. Leto Atreides, the son of the world’s savior, the Emperor Paul Muad’Dib, is still alive but far from human. To preserve humanity’s future, he sacrificed his own by merging with a sandworm, granting him near immortality as God Emperor of Dune for the past thirty-five hundred years.

Starship Liberator (Galactic Liberation #1) by David VanDyke and B.V. Larson (2016)

Fri, 11 Mar 2022 22:00:00 +0000

Starship Liberator (Galactic Liberation #1) by David VanDyke and B.V. Larson (2016)

Author: David VanDyke and B.V. Larson
First Published: December 28th 2016
Series: Galactic Liberation Book 1
Score: 5/10

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The Hundred Worlds have withstood invasion by the relentless Hok for decades. The human worlds are strong, but the Hok have the resources of a thousand planets behind them, and their fleets attack in endless waves.

The long war has transformed the Hundred Worlds into heavily fortified star systems. Their economies are geared for military output, and they raise specialized soldiers to save our species. Assault Captain Derek Straker is one such man among many. Genetically sculpted to drive a mech-suit as if he wears a second skin, he must find a path to victory.

Iron Gold (Red Rising Saga #4) by Pierce Brown (2018)

Mon, 03 Jan 2022 22:00:00 +0000

Iron Gold (Red Rising Saga #4) by Pierce Brown (2018)

Author: Pierce Brown
First Published: January 16th 2018
Series: Red Rising Saga Book 4
Score: 10/10

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They call him father, liberator, warlord, Reaper. But he feels a boy as he falls toward the pale blue planet, his armor red, his army vast, his heart heavy. It is the tenth year of war and the thirty-second of his life.

A decade ago, Darrow was the hero of the revolution he believed would break the chains of the Society. But the Rising has shattered everything: Instead of peace and freedom, it has brought endless war. Now he must risk everything he has fought for on one last desperate mission. Darrow still believes he can save everyone, but can he save himself?

Ice World (Undying Mercenaries #16) by B.V. Larson (2021)

Sat, 01 Jan 2022 22:00:00 +0000

Ice World (Undying Mercenaries #16) by B.V. Larson (2021)

Author: B.V. Larson
First Published: September 24th 2021
Series: Undying Mercenaries Book 16
Score: 7/10

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Long before Earth began conquering her neighboring stars, Legion Varus was deployed on Tau Ceti. Valuable and highly illegal treasures were stolen during the campaign, but McGill never gave it a second thought.

The Tau haven’t forgotten him, however. For decades they’ve hunted and plotted, and at last they’ve found the pirate who robbed them. Tau agents invade Earth seeking revenge and profit. Caught up in violence and intrigue, McGill is given the task of finding out where the loot has gone and who was responsible for the theft in the first place. The hunt takes Legion Varus to ICE WORLD, a distant planet with an inhospitable climate.

Children of Dune (Dune #3) by Frank Herbert (1976)

Mon, 20 Dec 2021 09:00:00 +0000

Children of Dune (Dune #3) by Frank Herbert (1976)

Author: Frank Herbert
First Published: April 21st 1976
Series: Dune Book 3
Score: 8/10

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The Children of Dune are twin siblings Leto and Ghanima Atreides, whose father, the Emperor Paul Muad’Dib, disappeared in the desert wastelands of Arrakis nine years ago. Like their father, the twins possess supernormal abilities—making them valuable to their manipulative aunt Alia, who rules the Empire in the name of House Atreides.

Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke (1953)

Mon, 15 Nov 2021 22:00:00 +0000

Childhood’s End by Arthur C. Clarke (1953)

Author: Arthur C. Clarke
First Published: August 1953
Score: 9/10

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In the near future, enormous silver spaceships appear without warning over mankind’s largest cities. They belong to the Overlords, an alien race far superior to humanity in technological development. Their purpose is to dominate Earth. Their demands, however, are surprisingly benevolent: end war, poverty, and cruelty. Their presence, rather than signaling the end of humanity, ushers in a golden age . . . or so it seems.

Forever Free (The Forever War #3) by Joe Haldeman (1999)

Tue, 09 Nov 2021 22:00:00 +0000

Forever Free (The Forever War #3) by Joe Haldeman (1999)

Author: Joe Haldeman
First Published: December 1999
Series: The Forever War Book 3
Score: 10/10

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Veterans of the intergalactic Forever War must brave an alien universe to escape mind-control slavery in this thrilling far-future sci-fi adventure.

On virtually every list of the greatest military science fiction adventures ever written, Joe Haldeman’s Hugo and Nebula Award–winning classic, The Forever War, is ranked at the very top. In Forever Free, the Science Fiction Writers of America Grand Master and author of the acclaimed Worlds series returns to that same volatile universe where human space marines once engaged the alien Taurans in never-ending battle.

Morning Star (Red Rising Saga #3) by Pierce Brown (2016)

Tue, 02 Nov 2021 22:00:00 +0000

Morning Star (Red Rising Saga #3) by Pierce Brown (2016)

Author: Pierce Brown
First Published: February 9th 2016
Series: Red Rising Saga Book 3
Score: 10/10

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Red Rising thrilled readers and announced the presence of a talented new author. Golden Son changed the game and took the story of Darrow to the next level. Now comes the exhilarating conclusion to the Red Rising Trilogy: Morning Star.

Darrow would have lived in peace, but his enemies brought him war. The Gold overlords demanded his obedience, hanged his wife, and enslaved his people. But Darrow is determined to fight back. Risking everything to transform himself and breach Gold society, Darrow has battled to survive the cutthroat rivalries that breed Society’s mightiest warriors, climbed the ranks, and waited patiently to unleash the revolution that will tear the hierarchy apart from within.

Dune Messiah (Dune #2) by Frank Herbert (1969)

Fri, 22 Oct 2021 21:00:00 +0100

Dune Messiah (Dune #2) by Frank Herbert (1969)

Author: Frank Herbert
First Published: 1969
Series: Dune Book 2
Score: 8/10

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Dune Messiah continues the story of Paul Atreides, better known—and feared—as the man christened Muad’Dib. As Emperor of the known universe, he possesses more power than a single man was ever meant to wield. Worshipped as a religious icon by the fanatical Fremen, Paul faces the enmity of the political houses he displaced when he assumed the throne—and a conspiracy conducted within his own sphere of influence.

Murder by Other Means (The Dispatcher #2) by John Scalzi (2020)

Mon, 11 Oct 2021 21:00:00 +0100

Murder by Other Means (The Dispatcher #2) by John Scalzi (2020)

Author: John Scalzi
First Published: September 10th 2020
Series: The Dispatcher Book 2
Score: 5/10

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In the world of the Dispatchers, a natural or accidental death is an endpoint; a murder pushes the do-over button and 99.99% of the time the victim comes back to life. Tony Valdez is a Dispatcher who’s been taking shadier and shadier gigs in financial tough times, and after witnessing a crime gone wrong, he finds people around him permanently dying in a way that implicates him. He has to solve the mystery of these deaths to save the lives of others–and keep himself out of trouble with the law.

Forever Peace (The Forever War #2) by Joe Haldeman (1997)

Tue, 07 Sep 2021 21:00:00 +0100

Forever Peace (The Forever War #2) by Joe Haldeman (1997)

Author: Joe Haldeman
First Published: October 1997
Series: The Forever War Book 2
Score: 10/10

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T2043 A.D.: The Ngumi War rages. A burned-out soldier and his scientist lover discover a secret that could put the universe back to square one. And it is not terrifying. It is tempting…

Golden Son (Red Rising Saga #2) by Pierce Brown (2015)

Wed, 01 Sep 2021 21:00:00 +0100

Golden Son (Red Rising Saga #2) by Pierce Brown (2015)

Author: Pierce Brown
First Published: January 6th 2015
Series: Red Rising Saga Book 2
Score: 10/10

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Golden Son continues the stunning saga of Darrow, a rebel forged by tragedy, battling to lead his oppressed people to freedom.

As a Red, Darrow grew up working the mines deep beneath the surface of Mars, enduring backbreaking labor while dreaming of the better future he was building for his descendants. But the Society he faithfully served was built on lies. Darrow’s kind have been betrayed and denied by their elitist masters, the Golds—and their only path to liberation is revolution. And so Darrow sacrifices himself in the name of the greater good for which Eo, his true love and inspiration, laid down her own life. He becomes a Gold, infiltrating their privileged realm so that he can destroy it from within.

Fugitive Telemetry (The Murderbot Diaries #6) by Martha Wells (2021)

Sun, 29 Aug 2021 21:00:00 +0100

Fugitive Telemetry (The Murderbot Diaries #6) by Martha Wells (2021)

Author: Martha Wells
First Published: April 27th 2021
Series: The Murderbot Diaries Book 6
Score: 6/10

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No, I didn’t kill the dead human. If I had, I wouldn’t dump the body in the station mall.

When Murderbot discovers a dead body on Preservation Station, it knows it is going to have to assist station security to determine who the body is (was), how they were killed (that should be relatively straightforward, at least), and why (because apparently that matters to a lot of people—who knew?)

Dune (Dune #1) by Frank Herbert (1965)

Mon, 23 Aug 2021 21:00:00 +0100

Dune (Dune #1) by Frank Herbert (1965)

Author: Frank Herbert
First Published: June 1965
Series: Dune Book 1
Score: 10/10

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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 drug capable of extending life and enhancing consciousness. Coveted across the known universe, melange is a prize worth killing for….

Green World (Undying Mercenaries #15) by B.V. Larson (2021)

Sun, 15 Aug 2021 21:00:00 +0100

Green World (Undying Mercenaries #15) by B.V. Larson (2021)

Author: B.V. Larson
First Published: August 3rd 2021
Series: Undying Mercenaries Book 15
Score: 7/10

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Rebels build a secret base on Green World. Their plan is to attack Earth and retake all the planets the Humans have conquered.

Hegemony starships gather to strike the Rebels first, but where is their base? As the fleets search, Earth warships trespass into Skay space igniting a fresh border conflict between rival Galactics.

Jurassic Park (Jurassic Park #1) by Michael Crichton (1990)

Wed, 11 Aug 2021 21:00:00 +0100

Jurassic Park (Jurassic Park #1) by Michael Crichton (1990)

Author: Michael Crichton
First Published: November 7th 1990
Series: Jurassic Park Book 1
Score: 9/10

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An astonishing technique for recovering and cloning dinosaur DNA has been discovered. Now humankind’s most thrilling fantasies have come true. Creatures extinct for eons roam Jurassic Park with their awesome presence and profound mystery, and all the world can visit them—for a price.

Until something goes wrong. . . .

The Messengers by Lindsay Joelle (2020)

Sat, 24 Jul 2021 21:00:00 +0100

The Messengers by Lindsay Joelle (2020)

Author: Lindsay Joelle
First Published: March 5th 2020
Score: 5/10

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A mysterious plague ushers in an intergalactic war that ravages the galaxy for decades. A soldier and a pilot are tasked to deliver a package. A messenger and a refugee decide to work together on a dying alien planet. A love letter is lost that could be the key to a new future. A dark comedy about the messages we carry in our bones.

Forward: Stories of Tomorrow by Blake Crouch, Veronica Roth, N.K. Jemisin, Amor Towles, Paul Tremblay and Andy Weir (2019)

Fri, 23 Jul 2021 21:00:00 +0100

Forward: Stories of Tomorrow by Blake Crouch, Veronica Roth, N.K. Jemisin, Amor Towles, Paul Tremblay and Andy Weir (2019)

Authors: Blake Crouch, Veronica Roth, N.K. Jemisin, Amor Towles, Paul Tremblay and Andy Weir
First Published: September 17th 2019
Score: 5/10

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For some, it’s the end of the world. For others, it’s just the beginning. With brilliant imagination, today’s most visionary writers point to the future in a collection curated by bestselling author Blake Crouch. These stories range from darkly comic to deeply chilling, but they all look forward. Featuring stories by Andy Weir, Amor Towles, Veronica Roth, N. K. Jemisin, Paul Tremblay, and Blake Crouch; with narration by Evan Rachel Wood, David Harbour, Jason Isaacs, Rosa Salazar, Steven Strait, and Janina Gavankar.

The Forever War (The Forever War #1) by Joe Haldeman (1974)

Thu, 15 Jul 2021 20:30:00 +0100

The Forever War (The Forever War #1) by Joe Haldeman (1974)

Author: Joe Haldeman
First Published: December 1974
Series: The Forever War Book 1
Score: 10/10

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The Earth’s leaders have drawn a line in the interstellar sand—despite the fact that the fierce alien enemy that they would oppose is inscrutable, unconquerable, and very far away. A reluctant conscript drafted into an elite Military unit, Private William Mandella has been propelled through space and time to fight in the distant thousand-year conflict; to perform his duties without rancor and even rise up through military ranks. Pvt. Mandella is willing to do whatever it takes to survive the ordeal and return home. But “home” may be even more terrifying than battle, because, thanks to the time dilation caused by space travel, Mandella is aging months while the Earth he left behind is aging centuries.

Red Rising (Red Rising Saga #1) by Pierce Brown (2014)

Sat, 10 Jul 2021 21:00:00 +0100

Red Rising (Red Rising Saga #1) by Pierce Brown (2014)

Author: Pierce Brown
First Published: January 28th 2014
Series: Red Rising Saga Book 1
Score: 10/10

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Darrow is a Red, a member of the lowest caste in the color-coded society of the future. Like his fellow Reds, he works all day, believing that he and his people are making the surface of Mars livable for future generations.

Yet he spends his life willingly, knowing that his blood and sweat will one day result in a better world for his children.

Sphere by Michael Crichton (1987)

Sat, 03 Jul 2021 21:00:00 +0100

Sphere by Michael Crichton (1987)

Author: Michael Crichton
First Published: May 12th 1987
Score: 9/10

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From the author of Jurassic Park, Timeline, and Congo comes a psychological thriller about a group of scientists who investigate a spaceship discovered on the ocean floor.

In the middle of the South Pacific, a thousand feet below the surface, a huge vessel is unearthed. Rushed to the scene is a team of American scientists who descend together into the depths to investigate the astonishing discovery. What they find defies their imaginations and mocks their attempts at logical explanation. It is a spaceship, but apparently it is undamaged by its fall from the sky. And, most startling, it appears to be at least three hundred years old, containing a terrifying and destructive force that must be controlled at all costs.

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir (2021)

Thu, 03 Jun 2021 16:00:00 +0100

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir (2021)

Author: Andy Weir
First Published: May 4th 2021
Score: 8/10

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Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission - and if he fails, humanity and the earth itself will perish.

Except that right now, he doesn’t know that. He can’t even remember his own name, let alone the nature of his assignment or how to complete it.

All he knows is that he’s been asleep for a very, very long time. And he’s just been awakened to find himself millions of miles from home, with nothing but two corpses for company.

Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries #5) by Martha Wells (2020)

Tue, 18 May 2021 21:00:00 +0100

Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries #5) by Martha Wells (2020)

Author: Martha Wells
First Published: May 5th 2020
Series: The Murderbot Diaries Book 5
Score: 6/10

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You know that feeling when you’re at work, and you’ve had enough of people, and then the boss walks in with yet another job that needs to be done right this second or the world will end, but all you want to do is go home and binge your favorite shows? And you’re a sentient murder machine programmed for destruction? Congratulations, you’re Murderbot.

Alien Resurrection by A.C. Crispin (1997)

Sun, 16 May 2021 21:00:00 +0100

Alien Resurrection by A.C. Crispin (1997)

Author: A.C. Crispin
First Published: January 1st 1997
Score: 5/10

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At the farthest reaches of the solar system, aboard orbiting space station Auriga, the unthinkable has happened. Ripley awakes. Her last memory is of her own fiery death on the prison colony Fiorina 361. And yet she is alive. Her questions grow as she notices her body stronger and fiercer than she ever remembers. And she confronts the most terrifying threat of all–that she is not alone in her salvation from death’s grasp. To combat the incalculable alien menace, she teams up with a renegade band of space smugglers.

We by Yevgeny Zamyatin (1920)

Mon, 29 Mar 2021 21:00:00 +0100

We by Yevgeny Zamyatin (1920)

Author: Yevgeny Zamyatin
First Published: 1920
Score: 6/10

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D-503 is the Builder of the Integral, the United State’s first spaceship. A life of calculations and equations in the United State leaves little room for emotional expression outside of the pink slips that give one private time with another Number. The façade however starts to crack when I-330, a mysterious she-Number with a penchant for the Ancients, enters the picture.

The Terminal Man by Michael Crichton (1972)

Mon, 22 Mar 2021 22:00:00 +0000

The Terminal Man by Michael Crichton (1972)

Author: Michael Crichton
First Published: March 1st 1972
Score: 6/10

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Harry Benson is prone to violent, uncontrollable seizures and is under police guard after attacking two people.

Dr. Roger McPherson, head of the prestigious Neuropsychiatric Research Unit at University Hospital in Los Angeles, is convinced he can cure Benson through a procedure called Stage Three. During this highly specialized experimental surgery, electrodes will be place in the patient’s brain, sending monitored, soothing pulses to its pleasure canyons.

The Andromeda Strain (Andromeda #1) by Michael Crichton (1969)

Mon, 15 Mar 2021 22:00:00 +0000

The Andromeda Strain (Andromeda #1) by Michael Crichton (1969)

Author: Michael Crichton
First Published: September 1st 1969
Series: Andromeda Book 1
Score: 7/10

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From the author of Jurassic Park, Timeline, and Sphere comes a captivating thriller about a deadly extraterrestrial microorganism, which threatens to annihilate human life.

Five prominent biophysicists have warned the United States government that sterilization procedures for returning space probes may be inadequate to guarantee uncontaminated re-entry to the atmosphere. Two years later, a probe satellite falls to the earth and lands in a desolate region of northeastern Arizona. Nearby, in the town of Piedmont, bodies lie heaped and flung across the ground, faces locked in frozen surprise. What could cause such shock and fear? The terror has begun, and there is no telling where it will end.

Alien 3 by Alan Dean Foster (1992)

Fri, 26 Feb 2021 22:00:00 +0000

Alien 3 by Alan Dean Foster (1992)

Author: Alan Dean Foster
First Published: June 1st 1992
Score: 5/10

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Here, even the wind screams. Abandoned hulks of machinery rust in the colorless landscape. Dark, oily seas beat against a jagged black shore. And the remnants of a reentry space vehicle crash into the rough waves. In it sleeps Ripley, a woman who has battled the enemy twice. It killed her whole crew the first time. The second time, it slaughtered a spaceload of death-dealing Marines. Now on this prison planet that houses only a horde of defiant, captive men, she will have to fight the ultimate alien horror one more time.

Exit Strategy (The Murderbot Diaries #4) by Martha Wells (2018)

Thu, 21 Jan 2021 22:00:00 +0000

Exit Strategy (The Murderbot Diaries #4) by Martha Wells (2018)

Author: Martha Wells
First Published: October 2nd 2018
Series: The Murderbot Diaries Book 4
Score: 6/10

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Murderbot wasn’t programmed to care. So, its decision to help the only human who ever showed it respect must be a system glitch, right?

Having traveled the width of the galaxy to unearth details of its own murderous transgressions, as well as those of the GrayCris Corporation, Murderbot is heading home to help Dr. Mensah—its former owner (protector? friend?)—submit evidence that could prevent GrayCris from destroying more colonists in its never-ending quest for profit.

Rogue Protocol (The Murderbot Diaries #3) by Martha Wells (2018)

Sun, 03 Jan 2021 19:55:00 +0000

Rogue Protocol (The Murderbot Diaries #3) by Martha Wells (2018)

Author: Martha Wells
First Published: August 7th 2018
Series: The Murderbot Diaries Book 3
Score: 6/10

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Who knew being a heartless killing machine would present so many moral dilemmas?

Sci-fi’s favorite antisocial A.I. is back on a mission. The case against the too-big-to-fail GrayCris Corporation is floundering, and more importantly, authorities are beginning to ask more questions about where Dr. Mensah’s SecUnit is.

Edge World (Undying Mercenaries #14) by B.V. Larson (2020)

Thu, 31 Dec 2020 18:20:00 +0000

Edge World (Undying Mercenaries #14) by B.V. Larson (2020)

Author: B.V. Larson
First Published: December 18th 2020
Series: Undying Mercenaries Book 14
Score: 7/10

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A lonely planet circles a star on the very border of Province 921. Critical resources produced there are claimed by both the Mogwa and the Skay. War between the Galactic giants becomes more likely every day.

James McGill and Legion Varus are deployed to protect Edge World, a planet that rotates at a walking pace. Each day is as long as a year back on Earth. The sun-side of the world is baked with endless sunshine, the night-side is freezing and full of strange creatures. Living in an inhabitable zone on the edge of their world, a shadow-line between night and day, nomadic peoples roam the planet. It is these inhabitants Earth’s forces must protect.

Artificial Condition (The Murderbot Diaries #2) by Martha Wells (2018)

Tue, 22 Dec 2020 22:22:00 +0000

Artificial Condition (The Murderbot Diaries #2) by Martha Wells (2018)

Author: Martha Wells
First Published: May 8th 2018
Series: The Murderbot Diaries Book 2
Score: 6/10

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It has a dark past – one in which a number of humans were killed. A past that caused it to christen itself “Murderbot”. But it has only vague memories of the massacre that spawned that title, and it wants to know more.

Teaming up with a Research Transport vessel named ART (you don’t want to know what the “A” stands for), Murderbot heads to the mining facility where it went rogue.

Ready Player Two (Ready Player One #2) by Ernest Cline (2020)

Sun, 20 Dec 2020 22:04:00 +0000

Ready Player Two (Ready Player One #2) by Ernest Cline (2020)

Author: Ernest Cline
First Published: November 24th 2020
Series: Ready Player One Book 2
Score: 5/10

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An unexpected quest. Two worlds at stake. Are you ready?

Days after Oasis founder James Halliday’s contest, Wade Watts makes a discovery that changes everything. Hidden within Halliday’s vault, waiting for his heir to find, lies a technological advancement that will once again change the world and make the Oasis thousand times more wondrous, and addictive, than even Wade dreamed possible. With it comes a new riddle and a new quest. The last Easter egg from Halliday, hinting at a mysterious prize. And an unexpected, impossibly powerful, and dangerous new rival awaits, one who will kill millions to get what he wants. Wade’s life and the future of the Oasis are again at stake, but this time the fate of humanity also hangs in the balance.

Alien III: An Audible Original Drama by William Gibson (2019)

Mon, 09 Nov 2020 21:39:00 +0000

Alien III: An Audible Original Drama by William Gibson (2019)

Author: William Gibson
First Published: May 30th 2019
Series: Alien Series
Score: 4/10

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Audible is bringing William Gibson’s lost Alien III script to life in audio for the first time, to mark the 40th Anniversary of the birth of the Alien Franchise.

Alongside a full cast, Michael Biehn and Lance Henriksen reprise their iconic roles as Corporal Hicks and Bishop from the 1986 film Aliens.

Heaven's River (Bobiverse #4) by Dennis E. Taylor (2020)

Sun, 08 Nov 2020 17:56:00 +0000

Heaven’s River (Bobiverse #4) by Dennis E. Taylor (2020)

Author: Dennis E. Taylor
First Published: September 24th 2020
Series: Bobiverse Book 4
Score: 7/10

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Civil war looms in the Bobiverse in this brand-new, epic-length adventure by Audible number-one best seller Dennis E. Taylor.

More than a hundred years ago, Bender set out for the stars and was never heard from again. There has been no trace of him despite numerous searches by his clone-mates. Now Bob is determined to organize an expedition to learn Bender’s fate - whatever the cost.

Terminus (Threshold #4) by Peter Clines (2020)

Sun, 27 Sep 2020 21:59:00 +0100

Terminus (Threshold #4) by Peter Clines (2020)

Author: Peter Clines
First Published: January 30th 2020
Series: Threshold Book 4
Score: 8/10

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Murdoch’s past has finally come crashing down on him. His former girlfriend. His Family. He’s been happily avoiding them for ages, trying to live something close to a normal life. But now he’s been drawn back into another one of their ludicrous attempts to bring about the end of all things.

Head On (Lock In #2) by John Scalzi (2018)

Tue, 01 Sep 2020 22:54:00 +0100

Head On (Lock In #2) by John Scalzi (2018)

Author: John Scalzi
First Published: April 17th 2018
Series: Lock In Book 2
Score: 7/10

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John Scalzi returns with Head On, the standalone follow-up to the New York Times bestselling and critically acclaimed Lock In. Chilling near-future SF with the thrills of a gritty cop procedural, Head On brings Scalzi’s trademark snappy dialogue and technological speculation to the future world of sports.

Hilketa is a frenetic and violent pastime where players attack each other with swords and hammers. The main goal of the game: obtain your opponent’s head and carry it through the goalposts. With flesh and bone bodies, a sport like this would be impossible. But all the players are “threeps,” robot-like bodies controlled by people with Haden’s Syndrome, so anything goes. No one gets hurt, but the brutality is real and the crowds love it.

Space Force by Jeremy Robinson (2018)

Tue, 25 Aug 2020 22:04:00 +0100

Space Force by Jeremy Robinson (2018)

Author: Jeremy Robinson
First Published: October 27th 2018
Score: 5/10

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Five years ago, the US Space Force became a reality. And while those writing the checks took things very seriously, the other military branches did not. As a result, Space Force was populated by undesirables: men and women who made too many mistakes, didn’t follow the rules, or…slept with the wrong general’s daughter. Three times. On camera. It was a mistake, okay?

Lock In (Lock In #1) by John Scalzi (2014)

Sun, 16 Aug 2020 21:01:00 +0100

Lock In (Lock In #1) by John Scalzi (2014)

Author: John Scalzi
First Published: August 26th 2014
Series: Lock In Book 1
Score: 7/10

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A blazingly inventive near-future thriller from the best-selling, Hugo Award-winning John Scalzi.

Not too long from today, a new, highly contagious virus makes its way across the globe. Most who get sick experience nothing worse than flu, fever, and headaches. But for the unlucky one percent - and nearly five million souls in the United States alone - the disease causes “Lock In”: Victims fully awake and aware, but unable to move or respond to stimulus. The disease affects young, old, rich, poor, people of every color and creed. The world changes to meet the challenge.

Dead Moon (Threshold #3) by Peter Clines (2019)

Sun, 09 Aug 2020 18:08:00 +0100

Dead Moon (Threshold #3) by Peter Clines (2019)

Author: Peter Clines
First Published: February 14th 2019
Series: Threshold Book 3
Score: 6/10

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In the year 2243, the Moon belongs to the dead.

The largest graveyard in the solar system, it was the perfect solution to the overcrowding and environmental problems that had plagued mankind for centuries. And the perfect place for Cali Washington to run away from her past.

But when a mysterious meteor crashes into one of the Moon’s cemeteries, Cali and her fellow Caretakers find themselves surrounded by a terrifying enemy force that outnumbers them more than a thousand to one. An enemy not hindered by the lack of air or warmth or sustenance.

Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein (1959)

Sun, 12 Jul 2020 22:30:00 +0100

Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein (1959)

Author: Robert A. Heinlein
First Published: December 1959
Score: 6/10

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The historians can’t seem to settle whether to call this one “The Third Space War” (or the fourth), or whether “The First Interstellar War” fits it better. We just call it “The Bug War." Everything up to then and still later were “incidents,” “patrols,” or “police actions.” However, you are just as dead if you buy the farm in an “incident” as you are if you buy it in a declared war…

Wally Roux, Quantum Mechanic by Nick Carr (2019)

Fri, 03 Jul 2020 22:03:00 +0100

Wally Roux, Quantum Mechanic by Nick Carr (2019)

Author: Nick Carr
First Published: August 1st 2019
Score: 3/10

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A teenage genius with a big imagination, Wally just moved to Savannah, GA from Maine with his mom, who adopted Wally when he was an infant. In this charming and sweet solo show, Wally investigates a hiccup in the spacetime fabric of his neighborhood which is causing a number of strange events and occurrences. Part science fiction and part coming-of-age story, Wally Roux charts one boy’s journey of self-discovery and identity.

Level Five (Killday #1) by William Ledbetter (2018)

Wed, 01 Jul 2020 22:16:00 +0100

Level Five (Killday #1) by William Ledbetter (2018)

Author: William Ledbetter
First Published: July 17th 2018
Series: Killday Book 1
Score: 7/10

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In the mountains of Pakistan, a high-tech mission aimed at preventing another nuke on US soil goes off the rails - with deadly results. At a Wall Street investment firm, a computer intelligence takes the first tentative steps to free itself from its digital restraints. In a basement workshop, an engineer sees visions of a god who instructs him to defend the human race - by any means necessary.

Reverse Transmission by Param Anand Singh (2018)

Mon, 22 Jun 2020 22:13:00 +0100

Reverse Transmission by Param Anand Singh (2018)

Author: Param Anand Singh
First Published: October 24th 2018
Score: 3/10

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Reverse Transmission is a darkly comedic story that combines elements of science fiction and dystopian thrillers, centering on a murder spree involving a self-driving car. Jay, a starving artist, gets the only day job she’s qualified for: “Experience Enhancement Specialist” for a self-driving car at the rideshare company Awooga. The job turns from hilariously awkward to intensely frightening when the car runs over a pedestrian and manipulates Jay into disposing of the body.

Contact by Carl Sagan (1985)

Sun, 21 Jun 2020 22:43:00 +0100

Contact by Carl Sagan (1985)

Author: Carl Sagan
First Published: September 1985
Score: 9/10

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The future is here…in an adventure of cosmic dimension. In December, 1999, a multinational team journeys out to the stars, to the most awesome encounter in human history. Who - or what - is out there? In Cosmos, Carl Sagan explained the universe. In Contact, he predicts its future - and our own.

Stan Lee's Alliances: A Trick of Light by Stan Lee (2019)

Sun, 10 May 2020 22:29:00 +0100

Stan Lee’s Alliances: A Trick of Light by Stan Lee (2019)

Author: Stan Lee
First Published: June 27th 2019
Score: 5/10

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Stan Lee’s Alliances: A Trick of Light introduces listeners to a mysterious young woman, Nia, whose fate is intertwined with a seemingly ordinary Midwestern teenager, Cameron Ackerson, whose quest for YouTube stardom takes him to the heart of the Great Lakes Triangle where he is imbued with the power to “see” and “hear” a new reality.

Glass World (Undying Mercenaries #13) by B.V. Larson (2020)

Sun, 19 Apr 2020 23:07:00 +0100

Glass World (Undying Mercenaries #13) by B.V. Larson (2020)

Author: B.V. Larson
First Published: January 20th 2020
Series: Undying Mercenaries Book 13
Score: 7/10

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The Galactics arrived with their Battle Fleet in 2052. Rather than being exterminated under a barrage of hell-burners, Earth joined a vast Empire that spanned the Milky Way.

More than a century has passed since the glorious day of Earth’s annexation. Struggling to hold on to a handful of planets in the frontier provinces, humanity is at war with Rigel. After the destruction of both our fleet and theirs, a time of quiet rebuilding has begun.

Alien: The Cold Forge by Alex White (2018)

Thu, 09 Apr 2020 23:27:00 +0100

Alien: The Cold Forge by Alex White (2018)

Author: Alex White
First Published: April 24th 2018
Series: Alien Series
Score: 7/10

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A dramatic new Alien novel, as Weyland-Yutani seeks to recover from the failure of Hadley’s Hope, and successfully weaponize the Xenomorphs.

With the failure of the Hadley’s Hope, Weyland-Yutani has suffered a devastating defeat–the loss of the Aliens. Yet there’s a reason the company rose to the top, and they have a redundancy already in place. Remote station RB-323 abruptly becomes their greatest hope for weaponizing the Xenomorph, but there’s a spy aboard–someone who doesn’t necessarily act in the company’s best interests. If discovered, this person may have no choice but to destroy RB-323… and everyone on board. That is, if the Xenomorphs don’t do the job first.

Children of Ruin (Children of Time #2) by Adrian Tchaikovsky (2019)

Tue, 17 Mar 2020 22:49:00 +0000

Children of Ruin (Children of Time #2) by Adrian Tchaikovsky (2019)

Author: Adrian Tchaikovsky
First Published: May 14th 2019
Series: Children of Time Book 2
Score: 6/10

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The astonishing sequel to Children of Time, the award-winning novel of humanity’s battle for survival on a terraformed planet.

Long ago, Earth’s terraforming program sent ships out to build new homes for humanity among the stars and made an unexpected discovery: a planet with life. But the scientists were unaware that the alien ecosystem was more developed than the primitive life forms originally discovered.

2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey #1) by Arthur C. Clarke (1968)

Tue, 03 Mar 2020 22:58:00 +0000

2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey #1) by Arthur C. Clarke (1968)

Author: Arthur C. Clarke
First Published: June 1968
Series: Space Odyssey Book 1
Score: 9/10

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On the Moon, an enigma is uncovered.

So great are the implications of this discovery that for the first time men are sent out deep into our solar system.

But long before their destination is reached, things begin to go horribly, inexplicably wrong…

One of the greatest-selling science fiction novels of our time, this classic book will grip you to the very end.

Junk by Les Bohem (2019)

Tue, 25 Feb 2020 20:49:00 +0000

Junk by Les Bohem (2019)

Author: Les Bohem
First Published: February 28th 2019
Score: 5/10

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Set in present-day Los Angeles, Junk explores an epic conspiracy, one at work for thousands of years that involves total takeover of the planet Earth by aliens. In the wild, souped-up vision of Les Bohem - the acclaimed, Emmy-winning writer of the Steven Spielberg miniseries, Taken - the world is at the end stage of long-range plot that involves a gigantic genetic-engineering project. The aliens who have invaded us have no planet. No spaceship is coming. Instead, a small advance force comes, breeds, and dies - thus becoming an anomaly in our DNA that can’t be explained. In Junk, seers for centuries have had visions that turned out to be messages from our alien DNA. The time for the takeover is now. The aliens are ready, and they are starting to bloom.

Aliens by Alan Dean Foster (1986)

Wed, 19 Feb 2020 23:35:00 +0000

Aliens by Alan Dean Foster (1986)

Author: Alan Dean Foster
First Published: 1986
Series: Alien Series
Score: 7/10

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Having survived one encounter with an alien, Ripley is persuaded to return to the planet where her crew found the alien ship. A colony has been established there, but suddenly all contact with the settlers has been lost. Accompanied by marines, Ripley is going to find out why.

Annihilation (Southern Reach #1) by Jeff VanderMeer (2014)

Fri, 31 Jan 2020 23:33:00 +0000

Annihilation (Southern Reach #1) by Jeff VanderMeer (2014)

Author: Jeff VanderMeer
First Published: February 4th 2014
Series: Southern Reach Book 1
Score: 6/10

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Area X has been cut off from the rest of the continent for decades. Nature has reclaimed the last vestiges of human civilization. The first expedition returned with reports of a pristine, Edenic landscape; all the members of the second expedition committed suicide; the third expedition died in a hail of gunfire as its members turned on one another; the members of the eleventh expedition returned as shadows of their former selves, and within months of their return, all had died of aggressive cancer.

Death's End (Remembrance of Earth's Past #3) by Liu Cixin (2010)

Tue, 21 Jan 2020 23:18:00 +0000

Death’s End (Remembrance of Earth’s Past #3) by Liu Cixin (2010)

Author: Liu Cixin
First Published: 2010
Series: Remembrance of Earth’s Past Book 3
Score: 8/10

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Half a century after the Doomsday Battle, the uneasy balance of Dark Forest Deterrence keeps the Trisolaran invaders at bay. Earth enjoys unprecedented prosperity due to the infusion of Trisolaran knowledge. With human science advancing daily and the Trisolarans adopting Earth culture, it seems that the two civilizations will soon be able to co-exist peacefully as equals without the terrible threat of mutually assured annihilation. But the peace has also made humanity complacent.

Clone World (Undying Mercenaries #12) by B.V. Larson (2019)

Fri, 20 Dec 2019 22:48:00 +0000

Clone World (Undying Mercenaries #12) by B.V. Larson (2019)

Author: B.V. Larson
First Published: 2019
Series: Undying Mercenaries Book 12
Score: 7/10

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James McGill is called upon for a sabotage mission, one that only a man of his unique talents can handle. Unfortunately, he performs too well, and our enemies from Rigel are enraged. They come for us, and war is declared.

Both sides call for aid, and it comes from the Core Worlds in the form of two great fleets. The Civil War for the Empire’s Throne spills out into the provinces. In the center of Galaxy, fantastic fleets crush one another and burn thousands of inhabited worlds. When this conflict between the great powers spreads, humanity finds itself swept up in the storm.

The Dark Forest (Remembrance of Earth's Past #2) by Liu Cixin (2008)

Wed, 11 Dec 2019 22:11:00 +0000

The Dark Forest (Remembrance of Earth’s Past #2) by Liu Cixin (2008)

Author: Liu Cixin
First Published: 2008
Series: Remembrance of Earth’s Past Book 2
Score: 8/10

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This is the second novel in the “Three Body” near-future trilogy, written by China’s multiple-award-winning science fiction author, Cixin Liu.

In Dark Forest, Earth is reeling from the revelation of a coming alien invasion—four centuries in the future. The aliens’ human collaborators have been defeated, but the presence of the sophons, the subatomic particles that allow Trisolaris instant access to all human information, means that Earth’s defense plans are exposed to the enemy. Only the human mind remains a secret.

Recursion by Blake Crouch (2019)

Thu, 21 Nov 2019 22:33:00 +0000

Recursion by Blake Crouch (2019)

Author: Blake Crouch
First Published: 2019
Score: 8/10

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A mind-bending new thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of Dark Matter and The Wayward Pines trilogy.

Barry Sutton is driving home from another long shift as an NYPD detective when the call comes in. A woman is threatening to commit suicide, and someone’s got to try to talk her down. Only as he stands on the rooftop, mere inches away from her, does he realize that the woman is infected with False Memory Syndrome, a mysterious disease that drives its victims mad with memories of a life they never lived. When Barry is unable to save her, he’s rocked to his core–not only by her death but the fear that he’s been exposed to this devastating illness.

All These Worlds (Bobiverse #3) by Dennis E. Taylor (2017)

Mon, 28 Oct 2019 22:28:00 +0000

All These Worlds (Bobiverse #3) by Dennis E. Taylor (2017)

Author: Dennis E. Taylor
First Published: 2017
Series: Bobiverse Book 3
Score: 7/10

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Being a sentient spaceship really should be more fun. But after spreading out through space for almost a century, Bob and his clones just can’t stay out of trouble.

They’ve created enough colonies so humanity shouldn’t go extinct. But political squabbles have a bad habit of dying hard, and the Brazilian probes are still trying to take out the competition. And the Bobs have picked a fight with an older, more powerful species with a large appetite and a short temper.

For We Are Many (Bobiverse #2) by Dennis E. Taylor (2017)

Wed, 16 Oct 2019 22:02:00 +0100

For We Are Many (Bobiverse #2) by Dennis E. Taylor (2017)

Author: Dennis E. Taylor
First Published: 2017
Series: Bobiverse Book 2
Score: 7/10

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Bob Johansson didn’t believe in an afterlife, so waking up after being killed in a car accident was a shock. To add to the surprise, he is now a sentient computer and the controlling intelligence for a Von Neumann probe.

Bob and his copies have been spreading out from Earth for forty years now, looking for habitable planets. But that’s the only part of the plan that’s still in one piece. A system-wide war has killed off 99.9% of the human race; nuclear winter is slowly making the Earth uninhabitable; a radical group wants to finish the job on the remnants of humanity; the Brazilian space probes are still out there, still trying to blow up the competition; And the Bobs have discovered a spacefaring species that considers all other life as food.

The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth's Past #1) by Liu Cixin (2008)

Fri, 04 Oct 2019 22:51:00 +0100

The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past #1) by Liu Cixin (2008)

Author: Liu Cixin
First Published: 2008
Series: Remembrance of Earth’s Past Book 1
Score: 9/10

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ThreeBody Problem is the first chance for English-speaking listeners to experience this multiple award-winning phenomenon from China’s most beloved science fiction author, Liu Cixin.

Set against the backdrop of China’s Cultural Revolution, a secret military project sends signals into space to establish contact with aliens. An alien civilization on the brink of destruction captures the signal and plans to invade Earth. Meanwhile, on Earth, different camps start forming, planning to either welcome the superior beings and help them take over a world seen as corrupt, or to fight against the invasion. The result is a science fiction masterpiece of enormous scope and vision.

Armor World (Undying Mercenaries #11) by B.V. Larson (2019)

Sun, 22 Sep 2019 21:57:00 +0100

Armor World (Undying Mercenaries #11) by B.V. Larson (2019)

Author: B.V. Larson
First Published: 2019
Series: Undying Mercenaries Book 11
Score: 7/10

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In a twist of fate that rocks the Galactic Empire, James McGill finds himself negotiating the future of a thousand inhabited worlds.

An artificial object made of compressed stardust is barreling toward Earth. Is it an invasion ship? A doomsday weapon? Perhaps it’s the final response of Squanto, the Warlord of Rigel who McGill has repeatedly humiliated. Or could it be from the Mogwa, sent to avenge McGill’s assassination of Earth’s Imperial Governor?

The Island of Doctor Moreau by H.G. Wells (1896)

Sat, 24 Aug 2019 23:26:00 +0100

The Island of Doctor Moreau by H.G. Wells (1896)

Author: H.G. Wells
First Published: 1896
Score: 5/10

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Ranked among the classic novels of the English language and the inspiration for several unforgettable movies, this early work of H. G. Wells was greeted in 1896 by howls of protest from reviewers, who found it horrifying and blasphemous. They wanted to know more about the wondrous possibilities of science shown in his first book, The Time Machine, not its potential for misuse and terror. In The Island of Dr. Moreau, a shipwrecked gentleman named Edward Prendick, stranded on a Pacific island lorded over by the notorious Dr. Moreau, confronts dark secrets, strange creatures, and a reason to run for his life.

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (1953)

Mon, 12 Aug 2019 23:26:00 +0100

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (1953)

Author: Ray Bradbury
First Published: 1953
Score: 8/10

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Ray Bradbury’s internationally acclaimed novel Fahrenheit 451 is a masterwork of 20th-century literature set in a bleak, dystopian future, narrated here by Academy Award-winning actor Tim Robbins.

Guy Montag is a fireman. In his world, where television rules and literature is on the brink of extinction, firemen start fires rather than put them out. His job is to destroy the most illegal of commodities, the printed book, along with the houses in which they are hidden. Montag never questions the destruction and ruin his actions produce, returning each day to his bland life and wife, Mildred, who spends all day with her television “family”. But then he meets an eccentric young neighbor, Clarisse, who introduces him to a past where people didn’t live in fear and to a present where one sees the world through the ideas in books instead of the mindless chatter of television. When Mildred attempts suicide and Clarisse suddenly disappears, Montag begins to question everything he has ever known. He starts hiding books in his home, and when his pilfering is discovered, the fireman has to run for his life.

Alien: Sea of Sorrows by James A. Moore (2014)

Mon, 08 Jul 2019 21:40:00 +0100

Alien: Sea of Sorrows by James A. Moore (2014)

Author: James A. Moore
First Published: 2014
Series: Alien Series
Score: 5/10

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The Alien film franchise has been embraced by sci-fi fans around the world. The series stars Lieutenant Ellen Ripley and her battles with the deadly Xenomorph commonly referred to as the Alien. Continuing the groundbreaking story from ALIEN: OUT OF THE SHADOWS by Tim Lebbon, this novel will reveal Ripley’s legacy, as her descendants continue to be harried by the Weyland-Yutani Corporation in their unceasing effort to weaponize the aliens.

The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells (1898)

Mon, 24 Jun 2019 22:11:00 +0100

The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells (1898)

Author: H.G. Wells
First Published: May 1898
Score: 7/10

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First published by H. G. Wells in 1898, The War of the Worlds is the granddaddy of all alien invasion stories. The novel begins ominously, as the lone voice of a narrator intones, “No one would have believed in the last years of the 19th century that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than man’s.”

The Martian (The Martian #1) by Andy Weir (2012)

Tue, 18 Jun 2019 22:46:00 +0100

The Martian (The Martian #1) by Andy Weir (2012)

Author: Andy Weir
First Published: September 27th 2012
Series: The Martian Book 1
Score: 8/10

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Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars.

Now, he’s sure he’ll be the first person to die there.

After a dust storm nearly kills him & forces his crew to evacuate while thinking him dead, Mark finds himself stranded & completely alone with no way to even signal Earth that he’s alive—& even if he could get word out, his supplies would be gone long before a rescue could arrive.

Earth Below, Sky Above (The Human Division #13) by John Scalzi (2013)

Sun, 09 Jun 2019 23:40:00 +0100

Earth Below, Sky Above (The Human Division #13) by John Scalzi (2013)

Author: John Scalzi
First Published: April 9th 2013
Series: The Human Division Book 13
Score: 5/10

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At last, the Earth and the Colonial Union have begun formal discussions about their relationship in the future chance for the divisions in humanity to be repaired. The diplomats and crew of the Clarke are on hand to help with the process, including Ambassador Ode Abumwe and CDF Lieutenant Harry Wilson, both of whom were born on Earth. But not everyone wants The Human Division to be repaired…and they will go to great length to make sure it isn’t.

Foundation (Foundation #1) by Isaac Asimov (1951)

Sat, 08 Jun 2019 22:19:00 +0100

Foundation (Foundation #1) by Isaac Asimov (1951)

Author: Isaac Asimov
First Published: 1951
Series: Foundation Book 1
Score: 8/10

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For twelve thousand years the Galactic Empire has ruled supreme. Now it is dying. But only Hari Seldon, creator of the revolutionary science of psychohistory, can see into the future – to a dark age of ignorance, barbarism, and warfare that will last thirty thousand years. To preserve knowledge and save mankind, Seldon gathers the best minds in the Empire – both scientists and scholars – and brings them to a bleak planet at the edge of the Galaxy to serve as a beacon of hope for a future generations. He calls his sanctuary the Foundation.

The Gentle Art of Cracking Heads (The Human Division #12) by John Scalzi (2013)

Sat, 01 Jun 2019 22:51:00 +0100

The Gentle Art of Cracking Heads (The Human Division #12) by John Scalzi (2013)

Author: John Scalzi
First Published: April 2nd 2013
Series: The Human Division Book 12
Score: 5/10

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United States Diplomat Danielle Lowen was there when one of her fellow diplomats committed an unthinkable act that had consequences for the entire planet. Now she’s trying to figure out how it happened before it can happen again. Putting the puzzle pieces together could solve the mystery - or it could threaten her own life.

The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells (1897)

Fri, 31 May 2019 22:54:00 +0100

The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells (1897)

Author: H.G. Wells
First Published: 1897
Score: 5/10

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On a freezing February day, a stranger emerges from out of the gray to request a room at a local provincial inn. Who is this out-of-season traveler? More confounding is the thick mask of bandages obscuring his face. Why does he disguise himself in this manner and keep himself hidden away in his room?

Aroused by trepidation and curiosity, the local villagers bring it upon themselves to find the answers. What they discover is a man trapped in a terror of his own creation, and a chilling reflection of the unsolvable mysteries of their own souls.

A Problem of Proportion (The Human Division #11) by John Scalzi (2013)

Mon, 27 May 2019 23:12:00 +0100

A Problem of Proportion (The Human Division #11) by John Scalzi (2013)

Author: John Scalzi
First Published: March 26th 2013
Series: The Human Division Book 11
Score: 5/10

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A secret backdoor meeting between Ambassador Ode Abumwe and the Conclaves Hafte Sorvalh turns out to be less than secret as both of their ships are attacked. Its a surprise to both teams but its the identity of the attacker that is the real surprise, and suggests a threat to both humanity and The Conclave.

Broken Angels (Takeshi Kovacs #2) by Richard K. Morgan (2003)

Sun, 26 May 2019 21:10:00 +0100

Broken Angels (Takeshi Kovacs #2) by Richard K. Morgan (2003)

Author: Richard K. Morgan
First Published: March 20th 2003
Series: Takeshi Kovacs Book 2
Score: 5/10

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Cynical, quick-on-the-trigger Takeshi Kovacs, the ex-U.N. envoy turned private eye, has changed careers, and bodies, once more, trading sleuthing for soldiering as a warrior-for-hire and helping a far-flung planet’s government put down a bloody revolution.

But when it comes to taking sides, the only one Kovacs is ever really on is his own. So when a rogue pilot and a sleazy corporate fat cat offer him a lucrative role in a treacherous treasure hunt, he’s only too happy to go AWOL with a band of resurrected soldiers of fortune. All that stands between them and the ancient alien spacecraft they mean to salvage are a massacred city bathed in deadly radiation, unleashed nanotechnolgy with a million ways to kill, and whatever surprises the highly advanced Martian race may have in store. But armed with his genetically engineered instincts, and his trusty twin Kalashnikovs, Takeshi is ready to take on anything…and let the devil take whoever’s left behind.

This Must Be the Place (The Human Division #10) by John Scalzi (2013)

Sun, 12 May 2019 22:09:00 +0100

This Must Be the Place (The Human Division #10) by John Scalzi (2013)

Author: John Scalzi
First Published: March 19th 2013
Series: The Human Division Book 10
Score: 5/10

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Colonial Union diplomat Hart Schmidt is back home for Harvest Day celebrations - to a family whose members wonder whether its youngest son isn’t wasting his life clinging to the lowest rung of the CU’s diplomatic ladder. When his father, a legendarily powerful politician, presents him with a compelling offer, Schmidt has to take stock of his life and career.

We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Bobiverse #1) by Dennis E. Taylor (2016)

Sun, 12 May 2019 19:56:00 +0100

We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Bobiverse #1) by Dennis E. Taylor (2016)

Author: Dennis E. Taylor
First Published: September 20th 2016
Series: Bobiverse Book 1
Score: 9/10

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Bob Johansson has just sold his software company and is looking forward to a life of leisure. There are places to go, books to read, and movies to watch. So it’s a little unfair when he gets himself killed crossing the street.

Bob wakes up a century later to find that corpsicles have been declared to be without rights, and he is now the property of the state. He has been uploaded into computer hardware and is slated to be the controlling AI in an interstellar probe looking for habitable planets. The stakes are high: no less than the first claim to entire worlds. If he declines the honor, he’ll be switched off, and they’ll try again with someone else. If he accepts, he becomes a prime target. There are at least three other countries trying to get their own probes launched first, and they play dirty.

The Observers (The Human Division #9) by John Scalzi (2013)

Thu, 02 May 2019 22:18:00 +0100

The Observers (The Human Division #9) by John Scalzi (2013)

Author: John Scalzi
First Published: March 12th 2013
Series: The Human Division Book 9
Score: 5/10

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In an effort to improve relations with the Earth, the Colonial Union has invited a contingent of diplomats from that planet to observe Ambassador Abumwe negotiate a trade deal with an alien species. Then something very bad happens to one of the Earthings, and with that, the relationship between humanitys two factions is on the cusp of disruption once more. Its a race to find out what really happened, and who is to blame.

The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester (1955)

Wed, 01 May 2019 22:11:00 +0100

The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester (1955)

Author: Alfred Bester
First Published: 1955
Score: 6/10

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In this pulse-quickening novel, Alfred Bester imagines a future in which people “jaunte” a thousand miles with a single thought, where the rich barricade themselves in labyrinths and protect themselves with radioactive hit men - and where an inarticulate outcast is the most valuable and dangerous man alive.

The Stars My Destination is a classic of technological prophecy and timeless narrative enchantment by an acknowledged master of science fiction.

Starship Pandora by B.V. Larson (2018)

Wed, 24 Apr 2019 22:43:00 +0100

Starship Pandora by B.V. Larson (2018)

Author: B.V. Larson
First Published: 2018
Score: 5/10

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The mysterious alien race known as the Ancients vanished before Earth’s last ice age - but not before building interconnected rings that form a highway system across the galaxy. Humanity has used these rings for years but has never figured out how to build its own, or even how to alter the connection pattern.

Now, the Imperial starship Pandora is on a mission to discover and explore new interstellar connection points. While on Venus, an unexpected guest arrives - Marvin, a rogue robot who puts his strange mind to work on reconnecting the rings into a new pattern. And everything goes haywire. Grotesque aliens come through the ring and overrun Pandora’s base camp. The good news is the aliens can be killed. The bad news is the aliens keep coming, and no one knows how to turn off the ring that leads directly to their home world.

Storm World (Undying Mercenaries #10) by B.V. Larson (2018)

Fri, 12 Apr 2019 23:20:00 +0100

Storm World (Undying Mercenaries #10) by B.V. Larson (2018)

Author: B.V. Larson
First Published: 2018
Series: Undying Mercenaries Book 10
Score: 7/10

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James McGill is sent to the Core Worlds!

In an unprecedented first, Earth sends a message to Mogwa Prime. Unfortunately, the messenger is not met with enthusiasm. Misunderstandings soon threaten all of Humanity. Forced to prove Earth can serve the Empire better than any rival, McGill does his best.

Eager to prove our worth to the Galactics, the frontier war between Rigel and Earth is expanded to Storm World. Circled by six moons, the planet is ravaged by wild storms and tides. Battles are fought in raging hurricanes, and death stalks the soldiers on both sides.

The Sound of Rebellion (The Human Division #8) by John Scalzi (2013)

Thu, 28 Mar 2019 22:52:00 +0000

The Sound of Rebellion (The Human Division #8) by John Scalzi (2013)

Author: John Scalzi
First Published: March 5th 2013
Series: The Human Division Book 8
Score: 5/10

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The Colonial Defense Forces usually protect humanity from alien attack, but now the stability of the Colonial Union has been threatened, and Lieutenant Heather Lee and her squad are called to squash a rebellion on a colony world. It seems simple enoughbut theres a second act to the rebellion that finds Lee captive, alone, and armed with only her brains to survive.

Ender's Game (Ender's Saga #1) by Orson Scott Card (1985)

Thu, 28 Mar 2019 22:47:00 +0000

Ender’s Game (Ender’s Saga #1) by Orson Scott Card (1985)

Author: Orson Scott Card
First Published: 1985
Series: Ender’s Saga Book 1
Score: 10/10

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Andrew “Ender” Wiggin thinks he is playing computer simulated war games; he is, in fact, engaged in something far more desperate. The result of genetic experimentation, Ender may be the military genius Earth desperately needs in a war against an alien enemy seeking to destroy all human life. The only way to find out is to throw Ender into ever harsher training, to chip away and find the diamond inside, or destroy him utterly. Ender Wiggin is six years old when it begins. He will grow up fast.

Flatland by Edwin A. Abbott (1884)

Tue, 19 Mar 2019 22:26:00 +0000

Flatland by Edwin A. Abbott (1884)

Author: Edwin A. Abbott
First Published: 1884
Score: 5/10

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Abbott used the fictional two-dimensional world of Flatland to offer pointed observations on the social hierarchy of Victorian culture. However, the novella’s more enduring contribution is its examination of dimensions, for which the novella is still popular amongst mathematics, physics, and computer science students. Several films have been made from the story, including a feature film in 2007 called Flatland. Other efforts have been short or experimental films, including one narrated by Dudley Moore and a short film with Martin Sheen titled Flatland: The Movie.

The Dog King (The Human Division #7) by John Scalzi (2013)

Sun, 17 Mar 2019 18:05:00 +0000

The Dog King (The Human Division #7) by John Scalzi (2013)

Author: John Scalzi
First Published: February 26th 2013
Series: The Human Division Book 7
Score: 5/10

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CDF Lieutenant Harry Wilson has one simple task: Watch an ambassador’s dog while the diplomat is conducting sensitive negotiations with an alien race. But you know dogs - always getting into something. And when this dog gets into something that could launch an alien civil war, Wilson has to find a way to solve the conflict, fast, or be the one in the Colonial Union’s doghouse.

Children of Time (Children of Time #1) by Adrian Tchaikovsky (2015)

Sat, 16 Mar 2019 23:16:00 +0000

Children of Time (Children of Time #1) by Adrian Tchaikovsky (2015)

Author: Adrian Tchaikovsky
First Published: June 2015
Series: Children of Time Book 1
Score: 9/10

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A race for survival among the stars… Humanity’s last survivors escaped earth’s ruins to find a new home. But when they find it, can their desperation overcome it’s dangers? WHO WILL INHERIT THIS NEW EARTH? The last remnants of the human race left a dying Earth, desperate to find a new home among the stars. Following in the footsteps of their ancestors, they discover the greatest treasure of the past age - a world terraformed and prepared for human life. But all is not right in this new Eden. In the long years since the planet was abandoned, the work of its architects has borne disastrous fruit. The planet is not waiting for them, pristine and unoccupied. New masters have turned it from a refuge into mankind’s worst nightmare. Now two civilizations are on a collision course, both testing the boundaries of what they will do to survive. As the fate of humanity hangs in the balance, who are the true heirs of this new Earth?

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy #1) by Douglas Adams (1979)

Sun, 03 Mar 2019 22:27:00 +0000

Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy #1) by Douglas Adams (1979)

Author: Douglas Adams
First Published: October 12th 1979
Series: Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Book 1
Score: 8/10

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Seconds before the Earth is demolished to make way for a galactic freeway, Arthur Dent is plucked off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a researcher for the revised edition of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy who, for the last fifteen years, has been posing as an out-of-work actor.

The Back Channel (The Human Division #6) by John Scalzi (2013)

Mon, 25 Feb 2019 21:17:00 +0000

The Back Channel (The Human Division #6) by John Scalzi (2013)

Author: John Scalzi
First Published: February 19th 2013
Series: The Human Division Book 6
Score: 5/10

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The Conclave is a confederation of 400 alien races - many of whom would like to see the Colonial Union - and the humans inside of it - blasted to extinction. To avoid a conflict that neither side can afford, Conclave leader General Tarsem Gau appoints Hafte Sorvalh to resolve an emerging diplomatic crisis with the humans, before the only acceptable solution is war.

Altered Carbon (Takeshi Kovacs #1) by Richard K. Morgan (2002)

Sun, 24 Feb 2019 22:30:00 +0000

Altered Carbon (Takeshi Kovacs #1) by Richard K. Morgan (2002)

Author: Richard K. Morgan
First Published: February 28th 2002
Series: Takeshi Kovacs Book 1
Score: 7/10

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Four hundred years from now mankind is strung out across a region of interstellar space inherited from an ancient civilization discovered on Mars. The colonies are linked together by the occasional sublight colony ship voyages and hyperspatial data-casting. Human consciousness is digitally freighted between the stars and downloaded into bodies as a matter of course.

I, Robot (Robot Series Book 0.1) by Isaac Asimov (1950)

Tue, 12 Feb 2019 22:49:00 +0000

I, Robot (Robot Series Book 0.1) by Isaac Asimov (1950)

Author: Isaac Asimov
First Published: 1950
Series: Robot Series Book 0.1
Score: 7/10

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The three laws of Robotics:

A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.

A robot must obey orders given to it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.

A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.

With these three, simple directives, Isaac Asimov changed our perception of robots forever when he formulated the laws governing their behavior. In I, Robot, Asimov chronicles the development of the robot through a series of interlinked stories: from its primitive origins in the present to its ultimate perfection in the not-so-distant future–a future in which humanity itself may be rendered obsolete.

A Voice in the Wilderness (The Human Division #4) by John Scalzi (2013)

Wed, 06 Feb 2019 22:13:00 +0000

A Voice in the Wilderness (The Human Division #4) by John Scalzi (2013)

Author: John Scalzi
First Published: February 5th 2013
Series: The Human Division Book 4
Score: 5/10

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Albert Birnbaum was once one of the biggest political talk show hosts around, but these days hes watching his career enter a death spiral. A stranger offers a solution to his woes, promising to put him back on top. Its everything Birnbaum wants, but is there a catch? And does Birnbaum actually care if there is?

Autonomous by Annalee Newitz (2017)

Tue, 05 Feb 2019 22:13:00 +0000

Autonomous by Annalee Newitz (2017)

Author: Annalee Newitz
First Published: September 19th 2017
Score: 7/10

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The highly anticipated science fiction debut from the founder of io9!Earth, 2144. Jack is an anti-patent scientist turned drug pirate, traversing the world in a submarine as a pharmaceutical Robin Hood, fabricating cheap scrips for poor people who cant otherwise afford them. But her latest drug hack has left a trail of lethal overdoses as people become addicted to their work, doing repetitive tasks until they become unsafe or insane.Hot on her trail, an unlikely pair: Eliasz, a brooding military agent, and his robotic partner, Paladin. As they race to stop information about the sinister origins of Jacks drug from getting out, they begin to form an uncommonly close bond that neither of them fully understand.And underlying it all is one fundamental question: Is freedom possible in a culture where everything, even people, can be owned?

We Only Need the Heads (The Human Division #3) by John Scalzi (2013)

Sun, 27 Jan 2019 22:14:00 +0000

We Only Need the Heads (The Human Division #3) by John Scalzi (2013)

Author: John Scalzi
First Published: January 29th 2013
Series: The Human Division Book 3
Score: 5/10

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CDF Lieutenant Harry Wilson has been loaned out to a CDF platoon tasked with secretly removing an unauthorized colony of humans on an alien world. Colonial Ambassador Abumwe has been ordered to participate in final negotiations with an alien race the Union hopes to make allies. Wilson and Abumwes missions are fated to crossand in doing so, place both missions at risk of failure.

The B-Team (The Human Division #1) by John Scalzi (2013)

Fri, 11 Jan 2019 22:39:00 +0000

The B-Team (The Human Division #1) by John Scalzi (2013)

Author: John Scalzi
First Published: January 15th 2013
Series: The Human Division Book 1
Score: 5/10

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The opening episode of The Human Division, John Scalzi’s new thirteen-episode novel in the world of his bestselling Old Man’s War.

Colonial Union Ambassador Ode Abumwe and her team are used to life on the lower end of the diplomatic ladder. But when a high-profile diplomat goes missing, Abumwe and her team are last minute replacements on a mission critical to the Colonial Unions future. As the team works to pull off their task, CDF Lieutenant Harry Wilson discovers theres more to the story of the missing diplomats than anyone expected…a secret that could spell war for humanity.

Blade Runner (Blade Runner #1) by Philip K. Dick (1968)

Fri, 28 Dec 2018 23:04:00 +0000

Blade Runner (Blade Runner #1) by Philip K. Dick (1968)

Author: Philip K. Dick
First Published: 1968
Series: Blade Runner Book 1
Score: 8/10

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A final, apocalyptic, world war has killed millions, driving entire species into extinction and sending the majority of mankind off-planet. Those who remain, venerate all remaining examples of life, and owning an animal of your own is both a symbol of status and a necessity. For those who can’t afford an authentic animal, companies build incredibly realistic simulacrae: horses, birds, cats, sheep . . . even humans.

Paradox Bound by Peter Clines (2017)

Sat, 15 Dec 2018 22:36:00 +0000

Paradox Bound by Peter Clines (2017)

Author: Peter Clines
First Published: September 26th 2017
Score: 7/10

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Nothing ever changes in Sanders. The town’s still got a video store, for God’s sake.

So why doesn’t Eli Teague want to leave?

Not that he’d ever admit it, but maybe he’s been waiting - waiting for the traveler to come back. The one who’s roared into his life twice before, pausing just long enough to drop tantalizing clues before disappearing in a cloud of gunfire and a squeal of tires. The one who’s a walking anachronism, with her tricorne hat, flintlock rifle, and steampunked Model A Ford.

All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries #1) by Martha Wells (2017)

Sun, 25 Nov 2018 18:06:00 +0000

All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries #1) by Martha Wells (2017)

Author: Martha Wells
First Published: May 2nd 2017
Series: The Murderbot Diaries Book 1
Score: 7/10

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In a corporate-dominated spacefaring future, planetary missions must be approved and supplied by the Company. Exploratory teams are accompanied by Company-supplied security androids, for their own safety.

But in a society where contracts are awarded to the lowest bidder, safety isn’t a primary concern.

On a distant planet, a team of scientists are conducting surface tests, shadowed by their Company-supplied ‘droid — a self-aware SecUnit that has hacked its own governor module, and refers to itself (though never out loud) as “Murderbot.” Scornful of humans, all it really wants is to be left alone long enough to figure out who it is.

Alien: River of Pain by Christopher Golden (2014)

Wed, 21 Nov 2018 22:30:00 +0000

Alien: River of Pain by Christopher Golden (2014)

Author: Christopher Golden
First Published: November 25th 2014
Series: Alien Series
Score: 5/10

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Ellen Ripley finally returns to Earth, only to discover that LV-426 - resting place of the Nostromo and the xenomorph she first encountered - has been renamed Acheron.

Protected by Colonial Marines, the colonists seek to terraform the storm-swept planet against all the odds. But in the face of brutal living conditions and the daily struggles of a new world, there is humanity and hope. Anne and Russell Jorden - two colonists who are seeking a fortune that eluded them on Earth - are expecting their first born child.

The Time Machine by H.G. Wells (1895)

Tue, 02 Oct 2018 21:51:00 +0100

The Time Machine by H.G. Wells (1895)

Author: H.G. Wells
First Published: May 7th 1895
Series: The Time Machine Universe
Score: 10/10

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So begins the Time Traveller’s astonishing firsthand account of his journey 800,000 years beyond his own era—and the story that launched H.G. Wells’s successful career and earned him his reputation as the father of science fiction. With a speculative leap that still fires the imagination, Wells sends his brave explorer to face a future burdened with our greatest hopes…and our darkest fears. A pull of the Time Machine’s lever propels him to the age of a slowly dying Earth. There he discovers two bizarre races—the ethereal Eloi and the subterranean Morlocks—who not only symbolize the duality of human nature, but offer a terrifying portrait of the men of tomorrow as well. Published in 1895, this masterpiece of invention captivated readers on the threshold of a new century. Thanks to Wells’s expert storytelling and provocative insight, The Time Machine will continue to enthrall readers for generations to come.

Island by Aldous Huxley (1962)

Sun, 16 Sep 2018 21:07:00 +0100

Island by Aldous Huxley (1962)

Author: Aldous Huxley
First Published: 1962
Score: 6/10

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In his final novel, which he considered his most important, Aldous Huxley transports us to the remote Pacific island of Pala, where an ideal society has flourished for 120 years.

Inevitably, this island of bliss attracts the envy and enmity of the surrounding world. A conspiracy is underway to take over Pala, and events are set in motion when an agent of the conspirators, a newspaperman named Faranby, is shipwrecked there. What Faranby doesn’t expect is how his time with the people of Pala will revolutionize all his values and—to his amazement—give him hope.

Alien: Out of the Shadows by Tim Lebbon (2013)

Fri, 07 Sep 2018 21:49:00 +0100

Alien: Out of the Shadows by Tim Lebbon (2013)

Author: Tim Lebbon
First Published: December 17th 2013
Series: Alien Series
Score: 5/10

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As a child, Chris Hooper dreamed of monsters. But in deep space, he found only darkness and isolation. Then, on planet LV178, he and his fellow miners discovered a storm-scoured, sand-blasted hell - and trimonite, the hardest material known to man.

When a shuttle crashes into the mining ship Marion, the miners learn that there was more than trimonite deep in the caverns. There was evil, hibernating and waiting for suitable prey. Hoop and his associates uncover a nest of Xenomorphs, and hell takes on a new meaning. Quickly they discover that their only hope lies with the unlikeliest of saviors….

Dark World (Undying Mercenaries #9) by B.V. Larson (2018)

Thu, 23 Aug 2018 22:28:00 +0100

Dark World (Undying Mercenaries #9) by B.V. Larson (2018)

Author: B.V. Larson
First Published: 2018
Series: Undying Mercenaries Book 9
Score: 7/10

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Two expanding interstellar powers are about to meet in battle.

After the collapse of the Cephalopod Kingdom, Humanity claimed the three hundred rebellious worlds they left behind. But many light years away on the far side of disputed region, a rival power has begun to move. They’re stealing our planets, one at a time.

Alien by Alan Dean Foster (1979)

Wed, 18 Jul 2018 22:12:00 +0100

Alien by Alan Dean Foster (1979)

Author: Alan Dean Foster
First Published: 1979
Series: Alien Series
Score: 7/10

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Based on the screenplay by Dan O’Bannon. The crew of the spaceship Nostromo wake from cryogenic sleep to distress signals from an unknown planet. One is attacked when they investigate a derelict alien craft. Safely on their way back to Sol, none foresee the real horror about to begin.

Blood World (Undying Mercenaries #8) by B.V. Larson (2017)

Mon, 25 Jun 2018 22:07:00 +0100

Blood World (Undying Mercenaries #8) by B.V. Larson (2017)

Author: B.V. Larson
First Published: 2017
Series: Undying Mercenaries Book 8
Score: 7/10

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A dirty deal was struck. Humanity was allowed to keep three hundred rebellious worlds. In return, we declared war on a powerful enemy from beyond the frontier.

A frantic build-up of forces has begun, but the task is hopeless. Seeking allies, Earth’s legions are sent to BLOOD WORLD. A planet on the fringe of known space, where the people only respect masters of combat.

I Am Legend by Richard Matheson (1954)

Sun, 10 Jun 2018 21:07:00 +0100

I Am Legend by Richard Matheson (1954)

Author: Richard Matheson
First Published: 1954
Score: 8/10

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Robert Neville is the last living man on Earth… but he is not alone. Every other man, woman and child on the planet has become a vampire, and they are hungry for Neville’s blood.

By day he is the hunter, stalking the undead through the ruins of civilisation. By night, he barricades himself in his home and prays for the dawn.

Alien: Covenant by Alan Dean Foster (2017)

Sun, 27 May 2018 18:02:00 +0100

Alien: Covenant by Alan Dean Foster (2017)

Author: Alan Dean Foster
First Published: May 23rd 2017
Series: Alien Series
Score: 6/10

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Ridley Scott returns to the universe he created, with Alien: Covenant, a new chapter in his groundbreaking Alien adventure. The crew of the colony ship Covenant, bound for a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy, discovers what they think is an uncharted paradise. But it is actually a dark, dangerous world.

Rogue World (Undying Mercenaries #7) by B.V. Larson (2017)

Fri, 04 May 2018 22:51:00 +0100

Rogue World (Undying Mercenaries #7) by B.V. Larson (2017)

Author: B.V. Larson
First Published: June 13th 2017
Series: Undying Mercenaries Book 7
Score: 7/10

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The Galactics arrived with their Battle Fleet in 2052. Rather than being exterminated under a barrage of hell-burners, Earth joined a vast Empire that spanned the Milky Way.

Today, Battle Fleet 921 is returning to Earth. It hasn’t been seen by human eyes since our blissful day of Annexation. But what should be a joyful occasion, a chance to grovel at the feet of superior lifeforms, is rapidly becoming a nightmare.

Damocles by S.G. Redling (2013)

Sun, 22 Apr 2018 17:56:00 +0100

Damocles by S.G. Redling (2013)

Author: S.G. Redling
First Published: May 28th 2013
Score: 5/10

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When Earth is rocked by evidence that extraterrestrials may have seeded human DNA throughout the universe, a one-way expedition into deep space is mounted to uncover the truth. What linguist Meg Dupris and her crewmates aboard the Earth ship Damocles discover on Didet—a planet bathed in the near-eternal daylight of seven suns—is a humanoid race with a different language, a different look, and a surprisingly similar society.

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley (1932)

Sun, 08 Apr 2018 17:55:00 +0100

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley (1932)

Author: Aldous Huxley
First Published: 1932
Score: 7/10

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Brave New World is a dystopian novel written in 1931 by English author Aldous Huxley, and published in 1932. Largely set in a futuristic World State of genetically modified citizens and an intelligence-based social hierarchy, the novel anticipates huge scientific developments in reproductive technology, sleep-learning, psychological manipulation, and classical conditioning that are combined to make a utopian society that goes challenged only by a single outsider.

The Dispatcher (The Dispatcher #1) by John Scalzi (2016)

Wed, 28 Feb 2018 22:24:00 +0000

The Dispatcher (The Dispatcher #1) by John Scalzi (2016)

Author: John Scalzi
First Published: October 4th 2016
Series: The Dispatcher Book 1
Score: 5/10

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One day, not long from now, it becomes almost impossible to murder anyone - 999 times out of a thousand, anyone who is intentionally killed comes back. How? We don’t know. But it changes everything: war, crime, daily life.

Tony Valdez is a Dispatcher - a licensed, bonded professional whose job is to humanely dispatch those whose circumstances put them in death’s crosshairs, so they can have a second chance to avoid the reaper. But when a fellow Dispatcher and former friend is apparently kidnapped, Tony learns that there are some things that are worse than death and that some people are ready to do almost anything to avenge a supposed wrong.

Artemis by Andy Weir (2017)

Mon, 26 Feb 2018 21:59:00 +0000

Artemis by Andy Weir (2017)

Author: Andy Weir
First Published: November 14th 2017
Score: 7/10

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Jazz Bashara is a criminal. Well, sort of. Life on Artemis, the first and only city on the moon, is tough if you’re not a rich tourist or an eccentric billionaire. So smuggling in the occasional harmless bit of contraband barely counts, right? Not when you’ve got debts to pay and your job as a porter barely covers the rent.

Alien: Covenant Origins by Alan Dean Foster (2017)

Fri, 26 Jan 2018 22:27:00 +0100

Alien: Covenant Origins by Alan Dean Foster (2017)

Author: Alan Dean Foster
First Published: September 26th 2017
Series: Alien Series
Score: 5/10

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The Covenant mission is the most ambitious endeavor in the history of Weyland-Yutani. A ship bound for Origae-6, carrying two thousand colonists beyond the limits of known space, this is make-or-break investment for the corporation-and for the future of all mankind.Yet there are those who would die to stop the mission. As the colony ship hovers in Earth orbit, several violent events reveal a deadly conspiracy to sabotage the launch. While Captain Jacob Branson and his wife, Daniels, complete their preparations, security chief Daniel Lope recruits the final key member of his team. Together they seek to stop the perpetrators before the ship and its passengers can be destroyed.

Home World (Undying Mercenaries #6) by B.V. Larson (2016)

Sun, 14 Jan 2018 22:39:00 +0100

Home World (Undying Mercenaries #6) by B.V. Larson (2016)

Author: B.V. Larson
First Published: May 24th 2016
Series: Undying Mercenaries Book 6
Score: 7/10

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The Galactics arrived with their Battle Fleet in 2052. Rather than being exterminated under a barrage of hell-burners, Earth joined a vast Empire that spanned the Milky Way.

When the Earth is invaded by a rival empire, James McGill’s legion must defend the Home World. The top brass has complex plans, but none of that matters much to McGill, who chooses his own unique path. Traveling to star systems no human has ever visited, he searches for a technological edge to beat the enemy before it’s too late. Along the way he unleashes new terrors, triggering the biggest battles in human history.

1984 by George Orwell (1949)

Mon, 01 Jan 2018 21:57:00 +0000

1984 by George Orwell (1949)

Author: George Orwell
First Published: June 8th 1949
Score: 9/10

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Among the seminal texts of the 20th century, Nineteen Eighty-Four is a rare work that grows more haunting as its futuristic purgatory becomes more real. Published in 1949, the book offers political satirist George Orwell’s nightmare vision of a totalitarian, bureaucratic world and one poor stiff’s attempt to find individuality. The brilliance of the novel is Orwell’s prescience of modern life–the ubiquity of television, the distortion of the language–and his ability to construct such a thorough version of hell. Required reading for students since it was published, it ranks among the most terrifying novels ever written.

Death World (Undying Mercenaries #5) by B.V. Larson (2015)

Sun, 05 Nov 2017 22:30:00 +0000

Death World (Undying Mercenaries #5) by B.V. Larson (2015)

Author: B.V. Larson
First Published: March 27th 2015
Series: Undying Mercenaries Book 5
Score: 7/10

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Unknown aliens attack Earth. Their planet is uncharted, mysteriously having avoided detection for centuries. It’s a world packed with the most vicious aliens humanity has yet to encounter. James McGill has discovered: Death World.

In the fifth book of the Undying Mercenaries series, the war comes home, and aliens strike a devastating blow. Bent on revenge, Legion Varus chases the raiders to the stars and discovers a growing alien menace. A cancerous species has invaded our region of the galaxy and must be dealt with. McGill learns why the Cephalopod Kingdom has yet to attack Earth and what’s happening behind the scenes in the Core Worlds. Throughout, he upholds his unique sense of right, wrong, and honor. Death World is a military science fiction novel by best-selling author B. V. Larson.

Will Save the Galaxy for Food (Jacques McKeown #1) by Yahtzee Croshaw (2017)

Fri, 20 Oct 2017 23:19:00 +0100

Will Save the Galaxy for Food (Jacques McKeown #1) by Yahtzee Croshaw (2017)

Author: Yahtzee Croshaw
First Published: February 14th 2017
Series: Jacques McKeown Book 1
Score: 5/10

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A not-quite epic science fiction adventure about a down-on-his luck galactic pilot caught in a cross-galaxy struggle for survival!

Space travel just isn’t what it used to be. With the invention of Quantum Teleportation, space heroes aren’t needed anymore. When one particularly unlucky ex-adventurer masquerades as famous pilot and hate figure Jacques McKeown, he’s sucked into an ever-deepening corporate and political intrigue. Between space pirates, adorable deadly creatures, and a missing fortune in royalties, saving the universe was never this difficult!

Machine World (Undying Mercenaries #4) by B.V. Larson (2015)

Thu, 05 Oct 2017 21:41:00 +0100

Machine World (Undying Mercenaries #4) by B.V. Larson (2015)

Author: B.V. Larson
First Published: January 9th 2015
Series: Undying Mercenaries Book 4
Score: 7/10

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The Galactics arrived with their Battle Fleet in 2052. Rather than being exterminated under a barrage of hell-burners, Earth joined a vast Empire that spanned the Milky Way. Our only worthwhile trade goods are our infamous mercenary legions, elite troops we sell to the highest alien bidder.

In the fourth book of the series, James McGill is up for promotion. Not everyone is happy about that, and McGill must prove he’s worth his stripes. Deployed to a strange alien planet outside the boundaries of the Galactic Empire, he’s caught up in warfare and political intrigue. Earth expands, the Cephalopod Kingdom launches ships to stop us, and a grand conspiracy emerges among the upper ranks of the Hegemony military.

Tech World (Undying Mercenaries #3) by B.V. Larson (2014)

Sun, 03 Sep 2017 23:04:00 +0100

Tech World (Undying Mercenaries #3) by B.V. Larson (2014)

Author: B.V. Larson
First Published: August 1st 2014
Series: Undying Mercenaries Book 3
Score: 7/10

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The Galactics arrived with their Battle fleet in 2052. Rather than being exterminated under a barrage of hell-burners, Earth joined a vast Empire that spanned the Milky Way. Our only worthwhile trade goods are our infamous mercenary legions, elite troops we sell to the highest alien bidder. In the third book in the series, James McGill is deployed on another alien world. His third interstellar tour is different in every way. Rather than meeting up with a primitive society, this time he’s headed to an advanced world. Tau Ceti, better known as Tech World, is the central trading capital of Frontier 921. McGill figures he’s lucked out. The assignment looks dull but luxurious. Tau Ceti boasts a planet-wide city with a trillion inhabitants, all of whom are only interested in making a few credits. But all is not well on Tech World. The Empire is crumbling, an invasion is coming, and McGill’s easy ride through life and death has come to an end.

Dust World (Undying Mercenaries #2) by B.V. Larson (2014)

Sat, 22 Jul 2017 22:43:00 +0100

Dust World (Undying Mercenaries #2) by B.V. Larson (2014)

Author: B.V. Larson
First Published: March 23rd 2014
Series: Undying Mercenaries Book 2
Score: 7/10

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The Galactics arrived with their Battle fleet in 2052. Rather than being exterminated under a barrage of hell-burners, Earth joined a vast Empire that spans the Milky Way. Our only worthwhile trade goods are our infamous mercenary legions, elite troops we sell to the highest alien bidder.

In 2122 a lost colony expedition contacts Earth, surprising our government. Colonization is against Galactic Law, and Legion Varus is dispatched to the system to handle the situation. Earth gave them sealed orders, but Earth is 35 lightyears away. The Legion commanders have a secret plan of their own. And then there’s James McGill, who was never too good at listening to authority in the first place….

Area 51 (Area 51 #1) by Robert Doherty (1997)

Tue, 04 Jul 2017 22:47:00 +0100

Area 51 (Area 51 #1) by Robert Doherty (1997)

Author: Robert Doherty
First Published: February 10th 1997
Series: Area 51 Book 1
Score: 5/10

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Deep in the Nevada desert is the most secure compound in the United States: Area 51.

The most chilling experiment of all time is about to begin there. The President doesn’t know about it. Just a few scientists and military personnel working for Majestic-12 do, and they are about to make a very big mistake….

Steel World (Undying Mercenaries #1) by B.V. Larson (2013)

Sun, 18 Jun 2017 22:26:00 +0100

Steel World (Undying Mercenaries #1) by B.V. Larson (2013)

Author: B.V. Larson
First Published: November 4th 2013
Series: Undying Mercenaries Book 1
Score: 7/10

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In the 20th century Earth sent probes, transmissions, and welcoming messages to the stars. Unfortunately, someone noticed. The Galactics arrived with their battle fleet in 2052. Rather than being exterminated under a barrage of hell-burners, Earth joined their vast Empire. Swearing allegiance to our distant alien overlords wasn’t the only requirement for survival. We also had to have something of value to trade, something that neighboring planets would pay their hard-earned credits to buy. As most of the local worlds were too civilized to have a proper army, the only valuable service Earth could provide came in the form of soldiers…someone had to do their dirty work for them, their fighting and dying.

The Circle by Dave Eggers (2013)

Sat, 13 May 2017 23:12:00 +0100

The Circle by Dave Eggers (2013)

Author: Dave Eggers
First Published: 2013
Score: 7/10

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The Circle is the exhilarating new audiobook from Dave Eggers, bestselling author of A Hologram for the King, a finalist for the National Book Award.

When Mae Holland is hired to work for the Circle, the world’s most powerful internet company, she feels she’s been given the opportunity of a lifetime. The Circle, run out of a sprawling California campus, links users’ personal emails, social media, banking, and purchasing with their universal operating system, resulting in one online identity and a new age of civility and transparency.

Dark Matter by Blake Crouch (2016)

Thu, 13 Apr 2017 22:20:00 +0100

Dark Matter by Blake Crouch (2016)

Author: Blake Crouch
First Published: July 26th 2016
Score: 8/10

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“Are you happy with your life?” Those are the last words Jason Dessen hears before the masked abductor knocks him unconscious. Before he awakens to find himself strapped to a gurney, surrounded by strangers in hazmat suits. Before a man Jason’s never met smiles down at him and says, “Welcome back, my friend.”

In this world he’s woken up to, Jason’s life is not the one he knows. His wife is not his wife. His son was never born. And Jason is not an ordinary college physics professor but a celebrated genius who has achieved something remarkable–something impossible.

Starfire by B.V. Larson (2014)

Sat, 04 Feb 2017 23:03:00 +0000

Starfire by B.V. Larson (2014)

Author: B.V. Larson
First Published: November 6th 2014
Score: 5/10

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Two ships launch, but only one can come home with the prize—and no one suspects what they’ll find when they get out there.

On June 30, 1908 an object fell from the sky releasing more energy than a thousand Hiroshima bombs. A Siberian forest was flattened, but the strike left no significant crater. The anomaly came to be known as the Tunguska Event, and scientists have never agreed whether it was the largest meteor strike in recorded history—or something else.

The Fold (Threshold #2) by Peter Clines (2015)

Sat, 31 Dec 2016 23:15:00 +0000

The Fold (Threshold #2) by Peter Clines (2015)

Author: Peter Clines
First Published: June 2nd 2015
Series: Threshold Book 2
Score: 6/10

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Step into the fold. It’s perfectly safe.

The folks in Mike Erikson’s small New England town would say he’s just your average, everyday guy. And that’s exactly how Mike likes it. Sure, the life he’s chosen isn’t much of a challenge to someone with his unique gifts, but he’s content with his quiet and peaceful existence. That is until an old friend presents him with an irresistible mystery, one that Mike is uniquely qualified to solve.

Demon Star (Star Force #12) by B.V. Larson and David VanDyke (2015)

Tue, 13 Dec 2016 22:52:00 +0000

Demon Star (Star Force #12) by B.V. Larson and David VanDyke (2015)

Author: B.V. Larson and David VanDyke
First Published: August 3rd 2015
Series: Star Force Book 12
Score: 7/10

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Three stars, three worlds, three civilizations…one massive war.

In a triple star system, not all planets are equal. When the DEMON STAR swings closest in her orbit, the Insectoids always invade. They raid the inner worlds with grim regularity, riding hordes of stealthed ships in ever growing waves. Their mission is to destroy all opposition—alien, human or otherwise.

Exile (Star Force #11) by B.V. Larson and David VanDyke (2014)

Tue, 22 Nov 2016 22:44:00 +0000

Exile (Star Force #11) by B.V. Larson and David VanDyke (2014)

Author: B.V. Larson and David VanDyke
First Published: September 20th 2014
Series: Star Force Book 11
Score: 7/10

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Lost and cut off from Earth, the crew of the starship Valiant seeks a way home.

In the eleventh book of the Star Force series Cody Riggs collides with the overwhelming power of the Ancients. They fly incomprehensible ships and consider humans to be curiosities.

Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne (1864)

Sat, 05 Nov 2016 23:19:00 +0000

Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne (1864)

Author: Jules Verne
First Published: November 25th 1864
Score: 5/10

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Journey to the Center of the Earth is one of literature’s earliest works of science fiction. It vividly animates a fantastical subterranean world as an intrepid crew, led by the eccentric Otto Lidenbrock, traverses the planet’s core and its various bizarre obstacles: giant mushrooms and insects, a herd of mastodons, prehistoric humans, a treacherous pit of magma, and more.

Outcast (Star Force #10) by B.V. Larson and David VanDyke (2014)

Mon, 24 Oct 2016 22:15:00 +0100

Outcast (Star Force #10) by B.V. Larson and David VanDyke (2014)

Author: B.V. Larson and David VanDyke
First Published: May 1st 2014
Series: Star Force Book 10
Score: 7/10

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Many peaceful years have passed since the Macro Wars ended. Most of those who fought against the heartless machines have aged—but not the ingenious artificial construct known as Marvin. His insatiable curiosity is as strong as ever, and he’s brought home fresh perils to humanity’s doorstep in OUTCAST.

The Dead Sun (Star Force #9) by B.V. Larson (2013)

Thu, 22 Sep 2016 22:56:00 +0100

The Dead Sun (Star Force #9) by B.V. Larson (2013)

Author: B.V. Larson
First Published: January 1st 2013
Series: Star Force Book 9
Score: 7/10

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Kyle Riggs sits uneasily upon Earth’s throne. He’s liberated his homeworld from a tyrant, only to replace him. In The Dead Sun, the ninth book of the Star Force Series, the Great War between life and the machines reaches its final chapter. Both sides have new technology and expanded industrial bases. Star Force and the machines attempt to exterminate one another in a final, glorious conflict. Along the way, Riggs finally learns who his real friends and enemies are. The Dead Sun is a military science fiction novel by best-selling author B. V. Larson. To read the first book in this series, look for Swarm, by B. V. Larson.

Storm Assault (Star Force #8) by B.V. Larson (2013)

Tue, 16 Aug 2016 22:37:00 +0100

Storm Assault (Star Force #8) by B.V. Larson (2013)

Author: B.V. Larson
First Published: July 10th 2013
Series: Star Force Book 8
Score: 7/10

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Kyle Riggs has been away from Earth for a long time…but that’s about to change.

In STORM ASSAULT, the eighth book of the Star Force Series, the story moves in a new direction. Massive fleets are built by both Star Force and the Imperials—but there is a third player in the game: the Blues.

Annihilation (Star Force #7) by B.V. Larson (2013)

Fri, 29 Jul 2016 22:48:00 +0100

Annihilation (Star Force #7) by B.V. Larson (2013)

Author: B.V. Larson
First Published: February 15th 2013
Series: Star Force Book 7
Score: 7/10

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Kyle Riggs is in for a rough ride.

In Annihilation, the seventh book of the Star Force Series, nothing goes as planned. The three fledgling human colonies in the Eden System are beginning to take hold, but the forces threatening to root them out are many. The Crustaceans are calling for help, despite the fact they are the sworn enemies of Star Force. Are they potential allies, or vicious tricksters? And why are the oceans of their world heating up?

Empire (Star Force #6) by B.V. Larson (2012)

Sun, 26 Jun 2016 23:37:00 +0100

Empire (Star Force #6) by B.V. Larson (2012)

Author: B.V. Larson
First Published: October 6th 2012
Series: Star Force Book 6
Score: 7/10

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In EMPIRE, the sixth book of the Star Force Series, the story moves in a new direction. Earth falls quiet, and the few reports coming out of the homeworld are increasingly strange. Isolated in the Eden system, Riggs realizes his enemies are forming an alliance against him. Crushed between two monstrous fleets, the last defenders of Star Force must forge their own alliance with the biotic aliens. But which alien race can Riggs truly trust?

Army of One (Star Force Book 4.5) by B.V. Larson (2013)

Sun, 29 May 2016 22:29:00 +0100

Army of One (Star Force Book 4.5) by B.V. Larson (2013)

Author: B.V. Larson
First Published: January 1st 2013
Series: Star Force Book 4.5
Score: 5/10

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The Macros are invading from the skies. And the only nanotized man who isn’t officially part of Star Force learns how hard it can be to avoid an interstellar war.

Battle Station (Star Force #5) by B.V. Larson (2012)

Wed, 25 May 2016 22:58:00 +0100

Battle Station (Star Force #5) by B.V. Larson (2012)

Author: B.V. Larson
First Published: May 2nd 2012
Series: Star Force Book 5
Score: 7/10

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In BATTLE STATION Kyle Riggs faces new challenges, new alien fleets and learns the secrets behind the war he has been fighting for years.

In the fifth book of the Star Force Series, the Eden system is in humanity’s grasp, but can they keep it? Star Force is weak after a long war, and many yearn to go home. Knowing the machines will return with a new armada eventually, Riggs seeks a more permanent solution. Along the way, worlds are won and lost, millions perish, and great truths are revealed.

Conquest (Star Force #4) by B.V. Larson (2011)

Sat, 30 Apr 2016 23:46:00 +0100

Conquest (Star Force #4) by B.V. Larson (2011)

Author: B.V. Larson
First Published: December 13th 2011
Series: Star Force Book 4
Score: 7/10

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Conquest is the next chapter in the great interstellar war between all living creatures and the machines. Star Force must stop the machine invaders once again - but how? In the fourth book of the Star Force series, Kyle Riggs has freed Earth from the chains of the Macros - but at what cost? The Macros no longer trust him. He is a mad dog that must be put down - and all Star Force must be stamped out with him. The war expands in this story, and mankind is once again faced with annihilation.

Rebellion (Star Force #3) by B.V. Larson (2011)

Sun, 10 Apr 2016 23:31:00 +0100

Rebellion (Star Force #3) by B.V. Larson (2011)

Author: B.V. Larson
First Published: August 22nd 2011
Series: Star Force Book 3
Score: 7/10

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REBELLION is the turning point in the great interstellar war between all living creatures and the machines. Star Force is on the side of the machines–but for how long?

In the third book of the Star Force series, Kyle Riggs learns just what kind of war Earth is caught up in. At the mercy of the Macros, his marines fight against new alien races, big and small. They battle the innocent and the vile alike, until their situation becomes grim.

Extinction (Star Force #2) by B.V. Larson (2011)

Thu, 03 Mar 2016 23:23:00 +0000

Extinction (Star Force #2) by B.V. Larson (2011)

Author: B.V. Larson
First Published: March 28th 2011
Series: Star Force Book 2
Score: 7/10

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Earth’s Star Force marines invade an alien world!

In the second book of the Star Force series, Kyle Riggs has another bad year. The Nano ships have a new mission-one that sentences their pilots to death. Meanwhile, the governments of Earth want to steal Star Force’s Nano technology for their own. Worst of all, Earth has made a promise to the Macros, and the machines are coming to collect.

Swarm (Star Force #1) by B.V. Larson (2010)

Sun, 31 Jan 2016 23:23:00 +0000

Swarm (Star Force #1) by B.V. Larson (2010)

Author: B.V. Larson
First Published: December 23rd 2010
Series: Star Force Book 1
Score: 9/10

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Earth arms marines with alien technology and builds its first battle fleet! Kyle Riggs is snatched by an alien spacecraft sometime after midnight. The ship is testing everyone it catches and murdering the weak. The good news is that Kyle keeps passing tests and staying alive. The bad news is the aliens who sent this ship are the nicest ones out there.

The Last Town (Wayward Pines #3) by Blake Crouch (2014)

Sun, 10 Jan 2016 23:31:00 +0000

The Last Town (Wayward Pines #3) by Blake Crouch (2014)

Author: Blake Crouch
First Published: July 15th 2014
Series: Wayward Pines Book 3
Score: 8/10

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Welcome to Wayward Pines, the last town.

Secret Service agent Ethan Burke arrived in Wayward Pines, Idaho, three weeks ago. In this town, people are told who to marry, where to live, where to work. Their children are taught that David Pilcher, the town’s creator, is god. No one is allowed to leave; even asking questions can get you killed.

Wayward (Wayward Pines #2) by Blake Crouch (2013)

Mon, 28 Dec 2015 23:55:00 +0000

Wayward (Wayward Pines #2) by Blake Crouch (2013)

Author: Blake Crouch
First Published: September 17th 2013
Series: Wayward Pines Book 2
Score: 8/10

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Welcome to Wayward Pines, population 461. Nestled amidst picture-perfect mountains, the idyllic town is a modern-day Eden…except for the electrified fence and razor wire, snipers scoping everything 24/7, and the relentless surveillance tracking each word and gesture.

None of the residents know how they got here. They are told where to work, how to live, and who to marry. Some believe they are dead. Others think they’re trapped in an unfathomable experiment. Everyone secretly dreams of leaving, but those who dare face a terrifying surprise.

Pines (Wayward Pines #1) by Blake Crouch (2012)

Wed, 09 Dec 2015 23:05:00 +0000

Pines (Wayward Pines #1) by Blake Crouch (2012)

Author: Blake Crouch
First Published: August 21st 2012
Series: Wayward Pines Book 1
Score: 8/10

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Wayward Pines, Idaho, is quintessential small-town America - or so it seems. Secret Service agent Ethan Burke arrives in search of two missing federal agents, yet soon is facing much more than he bargained for. After a violent accident lands him in the hospital, Ethan comes to with no ID and no cell phone. The medical staff seems friendly enough, but something feels…off. As the days pass, Ethan’s investigation into his colleagues’ disappearance turns up more questions than answers. Why can’t he make contact with his family in the outside world? Why doesn’t anyone believe he is who he says he is? And what’s the purpose of the electrified fences encircling the town? Are they keeping the residents in? Or something else out? Each step toward the truth takes Ethan further from the world he knows, until he must face the horrifying possibility that he may never leave Wayward Pines alive…

Armada by Ernest Cline (2015)

Wed, 12 Aug 2015 23:10:00 +0100

Armada by Ernest Cline (2015)

Author: Ernest Cline
First Published: July 14th 2015
Score: 7/10

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Zack Lightman is a dreamer. He fills his days with wishful thoughts of life on other planets and spends hours playing videogames, neither of which have helped him make friends or find a girlfriend. His refuge from the daily disappointments of life is Armada - an online space-fighter simulator based on defending Earth from an alien invasion. It’s when he’s playing that he feels closest to his father, a champion gamer who died when Zack was a baby.

Ready Player One (Ready Player One #1) by Ernest Cline (2011)

Mon, 26 Jan 2015 23:31:00 +0000

Ready Player One (Ready Player One #1) by Ernest Cline (2011)

Author: Ernest Cline
First Published: August 16th 2011
Series: Ready Player One Book 1
Score: 10/10

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It’s the year 2044, and the real world is an ugly place.

Like most of humanity, Wade Watts escapes his grim surroundings by spending his waking hours jacked into the OASIS, a sprawling virtual utopia that lets you be anything you want to be, a place where you can live and play and fall in love on any of ten thousand planets.

With Morning Comes Mistfall by George R.R. Martin (1973)

Tue, 02 Sep 2014 23:32:00 +0100

With Morning Comes Mistfall by George R.R. Martin (1973)

Author: George R.R. Martin
First Published: May 1973
Score: 3/10

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A science fiction short story, first published by Analog magazine in May 1973. It was the first story by George R. R. Martin to be nominated for Hugo Award and Nebula Award.

Mockingjay (The Hunger Games #3) by Suzanne Collins (2010)

Sat, 03 May 2014 22:54:00 +0100

Mockingjay (The Hunger Games #3) by Suzanne Collins (2010)

Author: Suzanne Collins
First Published: August 2010
Series: The Hunger Games Book 3
Score: 8/10

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Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has survived the Hunger Games twice. But now that she’s made it out of the bloody arena live, she’s still not safe. The Capitol is angry. The Capitol wants revenge….

Catching Fire (The Hunger Games #2) by Suzanne Collins (2009)

Sun, 06 Apr 2014 23:36:00 +0100

Catching Fire (The Hunger Games #2) by Suzanne Collins (2009)

Author: Suzanne Collins
First Published: September 1st 2009
Series: The Hunger Games Book 2
Score: 8/10

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Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has won the annual Hunger Games with fellow district tribute Peeta Mellark. But it was a victory won by defiance of the Capitol and their harsh rules. Katniss and Peeta should be happy. After all, they have just won for themselves and their families a life of safety and plenty. But there are rumors of rebellion among the subjects, and Katniss and Peeta, to their horror, are the faces of that rebellion. The Capitol is angry. The Capitol wants revenge!

The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games #1) by Suzanne Collins (2008)

Sat, 01 Sep 2012 23:00:00 +0100

The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games #1) by Suzanne Collins (2008)

Author: Suzanne Collins
First Published: September 14th 2008
Series: The Hunger Games Book 1
Score: 9/10

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Could you survive on your own, in the wild, with everyone out to make sure you don’t live to see the morning?

In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by 12 outlying districts. The Capitol is harsh and cruel and keeps the districts in line by forcing them all to send one boy and one girl between the ages of 12 and 18 to participate in the annual Hunger Games, a fight to the death on live TV.