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Genetic engineering1988

Cyteen

C. J. Cherryh

Science fiction

3.7(9)Open Library rating out of 5

March upcountry

David Weber; John Ringo

3.7(9)Open Library rating out of 5

Book2000

The blind assassin

Margaret Atwood

3.7(9)Open Library rating out of 5

Space opera2019

The Light Brigade

Kameron Hurley; Anna Llisterri; Natalia Cervera

Science fiction

3.7(9)Open Library rating out of 5

Book2003

The Pretender (Liars Club, Book 1)

"Secrets, Seduction, and a Stolen Identity"

Celeste Bradley

3.7(9)Open Library rating out of 5

Space opera1984

Heretics of Dune

Frank Herbert

3.9(55)Open Library rating out of 5

Book1900

The Food of the Gods

H. G. Wells

3.8(18)Open Library rating out of 5

Dystopian worlds2013

Dust

Hugh Howey

3.8(27)Open Library rating out of 5

Space opera2021

A Desolation Called Peace

Arkady Martine

Science fiction

3.6(8)Open Library rating out of 5

Book1992

Anvil of Stars

Greg Bear

3.6(8)Open Library rating out of 5

Artificial intelligence1995

Earthfall

Orson Scott Card

3.6(8)Open Library rating out of 5

Book2020

Hench

A Novel

Natalie Zina Walschots

3.6(8)Open Library rating out of 5

Space opera2013

Kenobi

John Jackson Miller

3.6(8)Open Library rating out of 5

Space exploration1947

Rocket Ship Galileo

Robert A. Heinlein

3.6(8)Open Library rating out of 5

Space opera1997

Star Wars: The Bacta War

X-Wing Book 4

Michael A. Stackpole

3.6(8)Open Library rating out of 5

Artificial intelligence1994

The Ships of Earth

Orson Scott Card

3.6(8)Open Library rating out of 5

These Broken Stars

Amie Kaufman; Meagan Spooner

3.6(8)Open Library rating out of 5

Artificial intelligence2009

Wake: Book One In The WWW Trilogy

Robert J. Sawyer

Science fiction

3.6(8)Open Library rating out of 5

Dystopian worlds1985

The Bachman Books

Four Early Novels by Stephen King

Stephen King

3.9(172)Open Library rating out of 5

Immortality & longevity1963

Way Station

Clifford D. Simak

Science fiction

3.8(17)Open Library rating out of 5

Dystopian worlds2011

Delirium

Lauren Oliver

3.8(26)Open Library rating out of 5

Book2002

Pattern recognition

William Gibson

3.9(61)Open Library rating out of 5

Dystopian worlds1975

High-Rise

J. G. Ballard

3.8(16)Open Library rating out of 5

Neptune's brood

Charles Stross

Science fiction

3.8(16)Open Library rating out of 5