If you've read a lot but never any science fiction, or watched tons of sci-fi movies, but never read any, much of SF can be uncertainly dense. Here's a number of good places to start to learn the conventions while reading some of the best the genre has to offer.
Book - 2005
One of the defining books of SF in the last decade. It is fun, funny, and fast paced, while working with some of the basic ideas of science fiction. Scalz...Show more
One of the defining books of SF in the last decade. It is fun, funny, and fast paced, while working with some of the basic ideas of science fiction. Scalzi's first book shows why he has gone on to prominence as one of the top SF writers. A great place to start reading science fiction.
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One of the defining books of SF in the last decade. It is fun, funny, and fast paced, while working with some of the basic ideas of science fiction. Scalz...Show more
One of the defining books of SF in the last decade. It is fun, funny, and fast paced, while working with some of the basic ideas of science fiction. Scalzi's first book shows why he has gone on to prominence as one of the top SF writers. A great place to start reading science fiction.
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Book - 2011
Criminally underrated, this book is fast paced and an excellent example of local - in our own solar system - space science fiction. At the same time it is also takes interesting and needed looks at age and gender.
Criminally underrated, this book is fast paced and an excellent example of local - in our own solar system - space science fiction. At the same time it is also takes interesting and needed looks at age and gender.
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Criminally underrated, this book is fast paced and an excellent example of local - in our own solar system - space science fiction. At the same time it is also takes interesting and needed looks at age and gender.
Criminally underrated, this book is fast paced and an excellent example of local - in our own solar system - space science fiction. At the same time it is also takes interesting and needed looks at age and gender.
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Unknown - 2004
One of the all time classics of science fiction. Foundation is written in Asimov's deceptively easy prose and is an entertaining read. Beware only its age...Show more
One of the all time classics of science fiction. Foundation is written in Asimov's deceptively easy prose and is an entertaining read. Beware only its age, as it is easy to see how long ago it was written from matters ranging from gender to computers.
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One of the all time classics of science fiction. Foundation is written in Asimov's deceptively easy prose and is an entertaining read. Beware only its age...Show more
One of the all time classics of science fiction. Foundation is written in Asimov's deceptively easy prose and is an entertaining read. Beware only its age, as it is easy to see how long ago it was written from matters ranging from gender to computers.
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Book - 2000
Science fiction written by someone who's been there - with help from one of the genre's best. This near future thriller looks pointedly at both the potential politics and physics of reinvigorating our space program.
Science fiction written by someone who's been there - with help from one of the genre's best. This near future thriller looks pointedly at both the potential politics and physics of reinvigorating our space program.
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Science fiction written by someone who's been there - with help from one of the genre's best. This near future thriller looks pointedly at both the potential politics and physics of reinvigorating our space program.
Science fiction written by someone who's been there - with help from one of the genre's best. This near future thriller looks pointedly at both the potential politics and physics of reinvigorating our space program.
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Book - 2006
A great premise, told in a well written literary manner that will be familiar to readers of mainstream fiction. Great characters react very humanly to extraordinary events.
A great premise, told in a well written literary manner that will be familiar to readers of mainstream fiction. Great characters react very humanly to extraordinary events.
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A great premise, told in a well written literary manner that will be familiar to readers of mainstream fiction. Great characters react very humanly to extraordinary events.
A great premise, told in a well written literary manner that will be familiar to readers of mainstream fiction. Great characters react very humanly to extraordinary events.
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A Novel
Book - 2004
A classic example of a literary author using science fiction ideas and techniques to tell a story that can't be told in modern constraints.
A classic example of a literary author using science fiction ideas and techniques to tell a story that can't be told in modern constraints.
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A classic example of a literary author using science fiction ideas and techniques to tell a story that can't be told in modern constraints.
A classic example of a literary author using science fiction ideas and techniques to tell a story that can't be told in modern constraints.
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Book - 1993
A classic of science fiction, using the classic idea of time travel to learn about the past and how people have changed and stayed the same. Wonderfully and elegiacally written, this is Willis at the heights of her dramatic mode.
A classic of science fiction, using the classic idea of time travel to learn about the past and how people have changed and stayed the same. Wonderfully and elegiacally written, this is Willis at the heights of her dramatic mode.
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A classic of science fiction, using the classic idea of time travel to learn about the past and how people have changed and stayed the same. Wonderfully and elegiacally written, this is Willis at the heights of her dramatic mode.
A classic of science fiction, using the classic idea of time travel to learn about the past and how people have changed and stayed the same. Wonderfully and elegiacally written, this is Willis at the heights of her dramatic mode.
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Book - 1992
A classic example of massive changes, both technological and societal, being just a part of the background of the story. The characters and story are enga...Show more
A classic example of massive changes, both technological and societal, being just a part of the background of the story. The characters and story are engaging and teach you what you need to know to understand their transformations and explorations of what it is to be human.
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A classic example of massive changes, both technological and societal, being just a part of the background of the story. The characters and story are enga...Show more
A classic example of massive changes, both technological and societal, being just a part of the background of the story. The characters and story are engaging and teach you what you need to know to understand their transformations and explorations of what it is to be human.
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Book - 2011
Local space opera at its finest, the first book in the Expanse series is fast paced and adds a mystery thread to its action in space.
Local space opera at its finest, the first book in the Expanse series is fast paced and adds a mystery thread to its action in space.
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Local space opera at its finest, the first book in the Expanse series is fast paced and adds a mystery thread to its action in space.
Local space opera at its finest, the first book in the Expanse series is fast paced and adds a mystery thread to its action in space.
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