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Power & politics2002

Interface

Neal Stephenson

2.9(9)Open Library rating out of 5

Time travel2018

The Gone World

Tom Sweterlitsch

2.9(9)Open Library rating out of 5

Book2009

Makers

Cory Doctorow

3.2(13)Open Library rating out of 5

Book1976

Deus Irae

Philip K. Dick; Roger Zelazny

1.8(4)Open Library rating out of 5

Time travel2011

The Clockwork Rocket

Greg Egan

1.8(4)Open Library rating out of 5

Book2009

John Dies at the End

David Wong

3.5(30)Open Library rating out of 5

Book1985

The cat who walks through walls

A comedy of manners

Robert A. Heinlein

3.1(12)Open Library rating out of 5

Dystopian worlds2013

The Circle

Dave Eggers

3.5(29)Open Library rating out of 5

Virtual worlds2011

Reamde

Neal Stephenson

3.6(57)Open Library rating out of 5

Alternate history2009

Boneshaker

Cherie Priest

Science fiction · Horror

3.3(19)Open Library rating out of 5

And Another Thing...

Eoin Colfer

3.4(23)Open Library rating out of 5

Space opera1981

Downbelow Station (Alliance-Union Universe)

C. J. Cherryh

Science fiction · Fantasy

2.8(9)Open Library rating out of 5

New societies2017

Artemis

Andy Weir

3.7(130)Open Library rating out of 5

Book1986

Hardwired

Walter Jon Williams

2.6(8)Open Library rating out of 5

Space opera2002

Misspent Youth

Peter F. Hamilton

2.6(8)Open Library rating out of 5

The children of the sky

Vernor Vinge

3.2(16)Open Library rating out of 5

Dystopian worlds2013

MaddAddam

Margaret Atwood

3.3(23)Open Library rating out of 5

Book1998

Forever Peace

Joe Haldeman

Science fiction

3.3(19)Open Library rating out of 5

Apocalypse & aftermath2017

The Marrow Thieves

Cherie Dimaline

2.4(7)Open Library rating out of 5

Life on Mars1992

Red Mars

Kim Stanley Robinson

Science fiction

3.6(81)Open Library rating out of 5

Time travel2014

A Thousand Pieces Of You

Claudia Gray

2.2(6)Open Library rating out of 5

Axis

Robert Charles Wilson

3.0(13)Open Library rating out of 5

Military science fiction2007

The Sagan Diary

John Scalzi

3.0(13)Open Library rating out of 5

Book2014

Acceptance

Jeff VanderMeer

3.4(31)Open Library rating out of 5