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First-Contact Novels That Make the Alien Feel Alien
First-Contact Novels That Make the Alien Feel Alien
by book_guy  • 
4 in common: Blindsight, Dragon's egg and 2 more
These novels make contact difficult because other minds inhabit different bodies, environments and timescales, with priorities that may resist human expectations. Some stage a first meeting...
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Generation-Ship Novels About Living Inside a Long Journey
Generation-Ship Novels About Living Inside a Long Journey
by book_guy  • 
2 in common: Aurora and The dazzle of day
On a generation ship, the long journey is also an entire working world. These novels consider the people maintaining its systems, the rules handed down to their children and the arguments that...
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Science Fiction About Bodies That Can Be Changed
Science Fiction About Bodies That Can Be Changed
by book_guy  • 
In common: To Be Taught, If Fortunate
A different body can open a door, create a new dependence or become somebody else's property. These books explore all three possibilities. All Systems Red and A Closed and Common Orbit give...
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Science Fiction About Colonisation From More Than One Side
Science Fiction About Colonisation From More Than One Side
by book_guy  • 
In common: Red Mars
A landing is never the whole story of colonisation. These books ask who can claim land, decide what counts as knowledge and set the terms on which other people may survive. Alien encounters sit...
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Science Fiction About Memory, Identity and Who Gets to Decide
Science Fiction About Memory, Identity and Who Gets to Decide
by book_guy  • 
In common: Permutation City
A memory can be evidence, a possession, a bond with someone else or a version of events that an institution would rather replace. These books make that uncertainty part of their speculative...
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Science Fiction With Older Women at the Centre
Science Fiction With Older Women at the Centre
by book_guy  • 
In common: The dazzle of day
These women have histories, jobs, loyalties and things they still want. Their stories make room for the judgement that comes with experience, including the times it fails. The range runs from...
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Books for People Who Think They Do Not Like Reading
Books for People Who Think They Do Not Like Reading
by book_guy  • 
In common: The Martian
If films, podcasts and a good conversation usually win your attention, start with the kind of experience you already enjoy. These books offer an immediate voice, a compelling question or pictures...
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Books That Made Me Fall in Love With Reading Again
Books That Made Me Fall in Love With Reading Again
by book_guy  • 
In common: Project Hail Mary
When reading starts to feel like another unfinished obligation, a book with an inviting voice can matter more than a reading target. These choices favour emotional involvement, manageable...
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Books That Make a Long Train Journey Fly By
Books That Make a Long Train Journey Fly By
by book_guy  • 
In common: The Martian
A good train book establishes its voice quickly and gives you a reason to return after a platform change or an announcement. These choices range from mysteries and speculative adventures to...
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Novels Told Through Letters, Diaries and Documents
Novels Told Through Letters, Diaries and Documents
by book_guy  • 
In common: Flowers for Algernon
A letter has an intended reader; a diary has a keeper; a case file has someone who selected the evidence. These novels and novellas make those facts matter. Some unfold entirely through...
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Science Fiction for Readers Who Usually Prefer Realism
Science Fiction for Readers Who Usually Prefer Realism
by book_guy  • 
In common: Flowers for Algernon
If you usually choose novels for their people, social observation or moral tensions, these books offer several ways into science fiction. Start with Never Let Me Go for an intimate voice, Station...
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Cosy Mysteries With Communities I Would Revisit
Cosy Mysteries With Communities I Would Revisit
by book_guy  • 
More from book_guy
The people are the reason to return: friends with unfinished conversations, colleagues who know one another’s habits, and neighbours whose lives continue after a case is closed. These are openings...
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Science Fiction About Work, Debt and Getting By in the Future
Science Fiction About Work, Debt and Getting By in the Future
by book_guy  • 
More from book_guy
A future feels different when someone has to pay for repairs, negotiate a contract or find a place to live after losing a job. These books make material conditions part of the story: service...
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