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Discover futuristic technology, alien worlds and time travel with these science fiction recommendations.
Isaac Asimov
Foundation and Empire is the story of first contact between the two Foundations of Hari Seldon.
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When the First Foundation was conquered by a force Seldon had not foreseen - the overwhelming power of a single individual, a mutant called the Mule - the second Foundation…
Douglas Adams
A special 42nd anniversary edition of Douglas Adams’s mega-selling cult classic, with additional material from the Adams archives.
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Iain M. Banks
A stunning new reissue edition of Consider Phlebas - a space opera of stunning power and awesome imagination, from the modern master of science fiction, Iain M. Banks
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Philip K Dick
Philip K. Dick is the bestselling author of MINORITY REPORT and BLADE RUNNER.
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Philip K. Dick’s classic SF novel, which was adapted as the film BLADE RUNNER.
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A brilliant sci-fi novel from one of the last century’s most influential pop culture figures.
William Gibson
The Hugo, Nebula and Philip K. Dick Award-winning novel that defined the Cyberpunk movement.
Michael Crichton
On a remote jungle island, genetic engineers have created a dinosaur game park. An astonishing technique for recovering and cloning dinosaur DNA has been discovered. Now one of mankind’s most…
Isaac Asimov’s Robot series - from the iconic collection I, Robot to four classic novels - contains some of the most influential works in the history of science fiction. Establishing…
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Octavia E. Butler
Patternist, Book 1: It begins when two immortals meet in an African forest. Together they will change the world.
Patternist, Book 2: a young woman comes into her own power and challenges the ruthless man who controls her.
Patternist, Book 3: a powerful story of survival in unprecedented times.
Patternist, Book 4: an all-powerful ruler’s son vies for control over humanity.
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Brandon Sanderson
The first book in a new, action-packed thrill ride of a series, from the No.1 NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author of the Mistborn Trilogy and THE WAY OF KINGS.
Brandon Sanderson presents the second book in the Reckoners series: Firefight, the sequel to the New York Times bestseller Steelheart.
Brandon Sanderson presents the third and final book in the Reckoners series: CALAMITY, the sequel to the New York Times bestsellers STEELHEART and FIREFIGHT.
The definitive editions of Philip K. Dick’s short stories, containing some of the most defining works in the Science Fiction genre
The definitive editions of Philip K. Dick's short stories, containing some of the most defining works in the Science Fiction genre.
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Isaac Asimov’s ROBOT series - from the iconic collection I, ROBOT to four classic novels - contains some of the most influential works in the history of science fiction. Establishing…
H.G. Wells
Yet across the gulf of space, intellects vast and cool and unsympathetic regarded this earth with envious eyes, and slowly and surely drew their plans against us. Then, late one…
Wells’s masterpiece still retains its power to provoke and enthral. In the Time Traveller’s miraculous new machine, we will be carried from a Victorian dinner table to 802,701 AD, when…
H.G. Wells' terrifying tale of science run amok, with an introduction by Adam Roberts.
Aldous Huxley
Brave New World predicts - with eerie clarity - a terrifying vision of the future.
For over a hundred years the Pacific island of Pala has been the scene of a unique experiment in civilisation.
Brigid Brophy
When my species has destroyed itself, we may need yours to start it all again.
Anna Kavan
Set in a frozen world that is gradually being devastated by ever-encroaching ice, Anna Kavan’s masterwork follows one man’s pursuit of a mysterious silver-haired girl to the ends of the…
Jeff Noon
In this 30th anniversary edition of Jeff Noon's Arthur C. Clarke winning cult classic, Scribble and his friends go on a psychedelic adventure powered by the mysterious feather drug to…
Neal Stephenson
Neal Stephenson hacks into the secret histories of nations and the private obsessions of men, decrypting with dazzling virtuosity the forces that have shaped the past century. He weaves together…