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Alien life1989

Rama II

The Sequel to Rendezvous with Rama

Arthur C. Clarke; Gentry Lee

3.3(23)Open Library rating out of 5

Alien life2001

Dreamcatcher

Stephen King

3.4(37)Open Library rating out of 5

Artificial intelligence2002

Prey

Michael Crichton

3.5(44)Open Library rating out of 5

Space opera1989

The State of the Art

Iain Banks

3.4(32)Open Library rating out of 5

Time travel1936

Anthem

Ayn Rand; classics jifara; Spectrum Spectrum Classics

Science fiction · Fantasy

3.5(53)Open Library rating out of 5

Alien life2014

Annihilation

Jeff VanderMeer

3.6(101)Open Library rating out of 5

Space opera1996

Blue Mars

Kim Stanley Robinson

Science fiction

3.4(38)Open Library rating out of 5

Book1991

Rising Sun

Michael Crichton

3.1(17)Open Library rating out of 5

Book1996

The Ringworld throne

Larry Niven

3.2(20)Open Library rating out of 5

Book1991

The Difference Engine

William Gibson; Bruce Sterling

3.3(26)Open Library rating out of 5

Dystopian worlds2012

The Rapture of the Nerds

A tale of the singularity, posthumanity, and awkward social situations

Cory Doctorow; Charles Stross

2.6(11)Open Library rating out of 5

Space opera1987

Consider Phlebas

Iain Banks

3.6(105)Open Library rating out of 5

Climate futures2004

State of Fear

Michael Crichton

2.5(10)Open Library rating out of 5

Genetic engineering2006

Michael Crichton

3.2(26)Open Library rating out of 5

Time travel1999

Timeline

Michael Crichton

3.5(61)Open Library rating out of 5

Cyberpunk2019

Fall; or, Dodge in Hell

A Novel

Neal Stephenson; Malcolm Hillgartner

2.8(15)Open Library rating out of 5

Dystopian worlds1999

The Man in the High Castle

Philip K. Dick

Science fiction

3.6(130)Open Library rating out of 5

Book1980

Congo

Michael Crichton

3.3(46)Open Library rating out of 5

Space opera2015

Armada

Ernest Cline

3.3(49)Open Library rating out of 5

Dystopian worlds2019

Ready Player Two

A Novel

Ernest Cline

3.1(40)Open Library rating out of 5

Power & politics2001

Deception Point

Dan Brown

3.4(117)Open Library rating out of 5

Power & politics1936

Atlas Shrugged

Ayn Rand; Sophie Bastide-Foltz; Adrian Rand

3.3(118)Open Library rating out of 5

Book2020

!

THE EISEGESIS OF CYAN, MAGENTA, YELLOW, AND BLACK

Daniel Arthur Zagaya

Awaiting reader ratings

Book1948

"...and some were human"

a dozen

Lester del Rey

Awaiting reader ratings

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Rama II

Dreamcatcher

Prey

The State of the Art

Anthem

Annihilation

Blue Mars

Rising Sun

The Ringworld throne

The Difference Engine

The Rapture of the Nerds

Consider Phlebas

State of Fear

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Timeline

Fall; or, Dodge in Hell

The Man in the High Castle

Congo

Armada

Ready Player Two

Deception Point

Atlas Shrugged

!

"...and some were human"

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