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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…

2 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…

2 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…

2 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…

2 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…

2 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…

2 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…

2 years ago

The Best Science Fiction Books Written by Scientists

It's nice when science fiction authors actually get the science right (or, at least, believable). All the authors on this…

2 years ago

The Best Science Fiction Books with Alien Languages

Communication is part of what makes us human, and boy, we have a ton of ways of doing that. But…

2 years ago

The Best John Scalzi Books

John Scalzi, one of my favorite authors, consistently writes fun, inventive, thoughtful, and fast-paced science fiction. If you haven't picked…

2 years ago