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Science Fiction About Memory, Identity and Who Gets to Decide
Science Fiction About Memory, Identity and Who Gets to Decide
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4 in common: The Archive Undying, Surface Detail and 2 more
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 About Bodies That Can Be Changed
Science Fiction About Bodies That Can Be Changed
by book_guy  • 
4 in common: A Closed and Common Orbit, Autonomous and 2 more
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 Work, Debt and Getting By in the Future
Science Fiction About Work, Debt and Getting By in the Future
by book_guy  • 
3 in common: Service Model, Autonomous and 1 more
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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Funny Science Fiction With Ideas Behind the Jokes
Funny Science Fiction With Ideas Behind the Jokes
by book_guy  • 
3 in common: The Cyberiad, Service Model and 1 more
The best comic futures have rules, even when those rules are appalling. These books make joke and invention work together: copyright can bankrupt a universe in Year Zero, obsolete heroes need new...
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Science Fiction Novellas and Short Novels Built Around One Idea
Science Fiction Novellas and Short Novels Built Around One Idea
by book_guy  • 
3 in common: The Lifecycle of Software Objects, Silently and Very Fast and 1 more
A strong speculative premise can fit inside a small book without making the people inside it small. These novellas and short novels follow a central experiment through its intellectual and...
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Classic Science Fiction That Still Starts Good Arguments
Classic Science Fiction That Still Starts Good Arguments
by book_guy  • 
2 in common: I, Robot and Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
A classic earns another conversation when its central question survives disagreement with its answers. These books offer arguments about expertise, freedom, consent, gender, knowledge and the uses...
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Cyberpunk That Looks Beyond Neon and Rain
Cyberpunk That Looks Beyond Neon and Rain
by book_guy  • 
2 in common: Neuromancer and Autonomous
Cyberpunk becomes more interesting when the network has owners, the modified body needs upkeep and someone has to do the work behind a seamless interface. These books follow those pressures...
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Science Fiction for Readers Who Usually Prefer Realism
Science Fiction for Readers Who Usually Prefer Realism
by book_guy  • 
2 in common: Machines Like Me and De ansatte
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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First-Contact Novels That Make the Alien Feel Alien
First-Contact Novels That Make the Alien Feel Alien
by book_guy  • 
2 in common: Mountain in the Sea and The Invincible by Stanislaw Lem (1973-01-01)
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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Books That Made Me Fall in Love With Reading Again
Books That Made Me Fall in Love With Reading Again
by book_guy  • 
2 in common: A Psalm for the Wild-Built and All Systems Red
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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Science Fiction in Translation That Expands the Genre
Science Fiction in Translation That Expands the Genre
by book_guy  • 
2 in common: The Invincible by Stanislaw Lem (1973-01-01) and De ansatte
Science fiction changes when its histories, narrative habits and routes into English change. These books move from spacefaring adventures and time travel to climate crime, political satire...
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Novels for Readers Who Like Dune's Politics More Than Its Battles
Novels for Readers Who Like Dune's Politics More Than Its Battles
by book_guy  • 
In common: Ancillary Justice
For readers whose favourite pages of Dune are the ones away from the fighting: Duke Leto accepting a fief he knows is a trap, the Bene Gesserit breeding towards a messiah over generations, an...
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Science Fiction About Language and the Limits of Understanding
Science Fiction About Language and the Limits of Understanding
by book_guy  • 
In common: Mountain in the Sea
Knowing the words may still leave you unsure what somebody has promised, what counts as a person, or whether a signal was meant for you at all. These books make that gap consequential. Foreigner...
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Comfort Reads for When Life Feels Too Loud
Comfort Reads for When Life Feels Too Loud
by book_guy  • 
In common: A Psalm for the Wild-Built
Comfort can mean a quiet conversation, a familiar comic voice or the sight of people building a place where others belong. These choices favour companionship and practical kindness. They are not...
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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: Ancillary Justice
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 Series That Change Scale as They Go
Science Fiction Series That Change Scale as They Go
by book_guy  • 
In common: Ancillary Justice
An investigation, a ship's job or a settlement can turn out to be part of a much larger story. These series make that change of scale worth following: early details acquire new significance...
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Space Exploration Books That Restore a Sense of Scale
Space Exploration Books That Restore a Sense of Scale
by book_guy  • 
In common: The Invincible by Stanislaw Lem (1973-01-01)
Distance becomes convincing through what a traveller has to notice, carry, wait for or leave behind. These fictional journeys earn their wonder through particular places: an alien vessel's...
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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: All Systems Red
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 Make a Long Train Journey Fly By
Books That Make a Long Train Journey Fly By
by book_guy  • 
In common: All Systems Red
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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Books Everyone Should Read at Least Once
Books Everyone Should Read at Least Once
by book_guy  • 
In common: All Systems Red
Treat this as a set of doors into different kinds of reading. Familiar novels sit beside translated fiction, memoir, poetry, science and stories told in pictures, chosen for a memorable voice, an...
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