Science Fiction
Books that are out of this world, in the future, and in outer space.
Science fiction overview
Looking to explore other planets/galaxies and worlds in a more science-oriented and science-based novel? Then Science Fiction is for you! With stories that often take place in the future, and/or on other planets this genre tends to focus on the more plausible than magical. Authors often take care in building the worlds they base their stories in and will take pains to research the science behind their story. Sound interesting? Expand and explore your knowledge with one of these reads!
"...science fiction is something that could happen - but usually you wouldn't want it to. Fantasy is something that couldn't happen - though often you only wish that it could." - Arthur C. Clarke
Classic science fiction
Dystopian science fiction
Science experiments gone wrong
Space: the final frontier
Books to movies/tv
New to science fiction? Try one of these books:
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Jurassic Park
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An astonishing technique for recovering and cloning dinosaur DNA has been discovered. Now humankind's most thrilling fantasies have come true. Creatures extinct for eons roam Jurassic Park with their awesome presence and profound mystery, and all the world can visit them--for a price. Until something goes wrong. . . . -
All Systems Red
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On a distant planet, a team of scientists are conducting surface tests, shadowed by their Company-supplied 'droid - a self-aware SecUnit that has hacked its own governor module, and refers to itself (though never out loud) as "Murderbot." Scornful of humans, all it really wants is to be left alone long enough to figure out who it is.But when a neighbouring mission goes dark, it's up to the scientists and their Murderbot to get to the truth. -
Leviathan Wakes
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Jim Holden is XO of an ice miner making runs from the rings of Saturn to the mining stations of the Belt. When he and his crew stumble upon a derelict ship, the Scopuli, they find themselves in possession of a secret they never wanted. A secret that someone is willing to kill for - and kill on a scale unfathomable to Jim and his crew. War is brewing in the system unless he can find out who left the ship and why. Detective Miller is looking for a girl. One girl in a system of billions, but her parents have money and money talks. When the trail leads him to the Scopuli and rebel sympathizer Holden, he realizes that this girl may be the key to everything. Holden and Miller must thread the needle between the Earth government, the Outer Planet revolutionaries, and secretive corporations - and the odds are against them. But out in the Belt, the rules are different, and one small ship can change the fate of the universe.
