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Summer 2023 Science Fiction Reading List

You're finally vacationing on a planet with a decent set of rings, your kid just got promoted to Hyper-engineer, and…

3 years ago

The Best Lesser-known Golden Age Science Fiction Books

Depending who you ask, the Golden Age of science fiction lasted from the 1930s to the 1950s, and marked when…

3 years ago

The Best Modern Artificial Intelligence Science Fiction Books

Most artificial intelligence in books is very similar to human intelligence, but with perfect memory and incredibly fast speed of…

3 years ago

The Best Optimistic Science Fiction Books

So much of science fiction is filled with woe, a parade of apocalypses, and wretched, soul-crushing dystopias. These books are…

3 years ago

Review: <em>The Gone World</em> by Tom Sweterlitsch

The Gone World is brilliant: part noir murder mystery, part alternate history, part here-comes-the-apocalypse, and part thriller. It’s unique, mind-bending…

3 years ago

The Readers Speak! This Blog’s Readers’ Favorite Science Fiction Series

A few weeks ago I asked my readers (the mighty and awesome ones who get my newsletter) what their favorite…

3 years ago

Review: <em>Sleeping Giants</em> by Sylvain Neuvel

Sleeping Giants is a great science fiction thriller/mystery with a fun hook: a girl biking through a forest falls in…

3 years ago

The Readers Speak! This Blog’s Readers’ Favorite Science Fiction Books

In an email to my readers, I asked what their favorite science fiction books were, and I got a TON…

3 years ago

Review: <em>Legends & Lattes</em> by Travis Baldree

This book sells itself as “high fantasy and low stakes” and delivers on both counts. There’s all manner of creatures…

3 years ago

The Best Science Fiction Books for Beginners

If you know someone who is science fiction-curious but reluctant to take the leap, try giving them one of these…

3 years ago