Science Fiction Books - SF classics - Hard SF

Science Fiction Books - SF classics - Hard SF - Space Opera

Science fiction is a broad genre of fiction that often involves speculations based on current or future science or technology. Science fiction is found in books, art, television, films, games, theatre, and other media. In organizational or marketing contexts, science fiction can be synonymous with the broader definition of speculative fiction, encompassing creative works incorporating imaginative elements not found in contemporary reality; this includes fantasy, horror, and related genres. Science fiction differs from fantasy in that, within the context of the story, its imaginary elements are largely possible within scientifically established or scientifically postulated laws of nature (though some elements in a story might still be pure imaginative speculation). Exploring the consequences of such differences is the traditional purpose of science fiction, making it a "literature of ideas". Science fiction is largely based on writing entertainingly and rationally about alternate possibilities in settings that are contrary to known reality.

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Dies the Fire - S.M. Stirling - NEW Book Other S.M. Stirling Books click here Other The Emberverse series or "The Change" click here Paperback - the first Book in "The Change" Dies the Fire chronicles the struggle of two groups who try to survive "The Change" a sudden worldwide event that alters physical laws so that electricity gunpowder and most forms of high-energy-density technology no longer work. As a result modern civilization comes crashing down. Michael Havel a former Marine turned bush pilot is in the air over the Bitterroot mountains in Idaho when The Change occurs on March 17 1998. His passengers are wealthy industrialist Kenneth Larsson Larsson's wi find out more.....
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A Canticle for Leibowitz - Walter M Miller Jr- NEW Book new paperback Get other Post Apocalyptic Science Fiction - click here In the Utah desert Brother Francis of the Albertian Order of Leibowitz has made a miraculous discovery: the relics of the martyr Isaac Leibowitz himself including the blessed blueprint and the sacred shopping list. They may provide a bright ray of hope in a terrifying age of darkness a time of ignorance and genetic monsters that are the unholy aftermath of the Flame Deluge. But as the spellbinding mystery at the core of this extraordinary novel unfolds it is the search itself--for meaning for truth for love--that offers hope to a humanity teetering on the edge of an a extra info.....
Dark Comic Gunslinger Graphic Novel King Stephen Tower

The Gunslinger Born - Stephen King - The Dark Tower - New - Graphic Novel - Comic The rest of the Dark Tower series is here Other Stephen King Books are here "The man in black fled across the desert and the gunslinger followed." With those words millions of readers were introduced to Stephen King's Roland - an implacable gunslinger in search of the enigmatic Dark Tower powering his way through a dangerous land filled with ancient technology and deadly magic. Now in a comic book personally overseen by King himself Roland's past is revealed! Sumptuously drawn by Jae Lee and Richard Isanove adapted by long-time Stephen King expert Robin Furth (author of Stephen King's "The Dark Tower: A Concord more information.....
Verne NEW Thousand Jules under Leagues

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea - Jules Verne - New Paperback Get other Classic Science Fiction books here As the story begins in 1866 a mysterious sea monster theorized by some to be a giant narwhal is sighted by ships of several nations; an ocean liner is also damaged by the creature. The United States government finally assembles an expedition in New York City to track down and destroy the menace. Professor Pierre Aronnax is a noted French marine biologist and narrator of the story; as he happens to be in New York at the time and is a recognized expert in his field he is issued a last-minute invitation to join the expedition and he accepts. Canadian master harpoonist Ned Land and Ar more here.....
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World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War - Max Brooks - NEW Novel Description World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War (abbreviated WWZ) is a 2006 novel by Max Brooks. Though a follow-up to his humorously deadpan previous book The Zombie Survival Guide World War Z is more serious in tone and strives to be both factually and psychologically convincing. Brooks also states that World War Z follows the "laws" set up in The Zombie Survival Guide and that the guide exists in this world as a precursor to the war. Brooks plays the role of an agent of the United Nations Postwar Commission who published the novel in this fictional future after the United Nations left out much of his work f more here.....
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Winds of Dune- Brian Herbert and Kevin J Anderson - NEW Book Get more books in the Dune Series click here Brand New - Trade Paperback The Winds of Dune begins after the events of Dune Messiah. Paul has walked off into the sand blind and is presumed dead. Jessica and Gurney are on Caladan; Alia is trying to hold the Imperial government together with Duncan; Mohiam dead at the hands of Stilgar; Irulan imprisoned. Paul’s former friend Bronso of Ix now seems to be leading opposition to the House of Atreides. Herbert and Anderson’s newest book in this landmark series will concentrate on these characters as well the growing battle between Jessica and her daughter Alia. About the Dune U more details.....
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Snow Crash - Neal Stephenson - New Book Paperback Get other Neal Stephenson Books click here The hero and protagonist whose story the book follows is the aptly-named Hiro Protagonist (Hiro being a homophone of hero) whose business card reads "Last of the freelance hackers and Greatest swordfighter in the world". When Hiro loses his job as a pizza delivery driver for the Mafia he meets a streetwise young girl nicknamed Y.T. (short for Yours Truly) who works as a skateboard "Kourier" and they decide to become partners in the intelligence business (selling data to the CIC the for-profit organization that evolved from the CIA after the U.S. government's loss of power). The pa click here.....
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The Collapsium - Wil McCarthy - NEW Book New Paperback In the eighth decade of the Queendom of Sol three commodities rule the day. The first is wellstone a form of programmable matter capable of emulating almost any substance: natural artificial even hypothetical. The second is collapsium a deadly crystal composed of miniature black holes vital for the transmission of information and matter -- including humans -- throughout the solar system. The third is the bitter rivalry between Her Majesty's top scientists. Bruno de Towaji famed lover and statesman dreams of building an arc de fin an almost mythical device capable of probing the farthest reaches of spacetime. Marlon Sykes de Towaji's riva extra info.....
Unleashed Graphic Novel Wars Star

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed - NEW Graphic Novel Other Star Wars Books click here Star Wars: The Force Unleashed is the graphic novel version of The Force Unleashed multimedia project. Along with the book it features the storyline of the game. The project bridges the two Star Wars trilogies and introduces a new protagonist Starkiller as Darth Vader's secret apprentice. Blurb Now it can be told: after the birth pangs of the Empire Darth Vader took on a secret apprentice. Sent on deadly missions to track down and destroy the Jedi this apprentice helped shape one of the darkest times in the history of the galaxy. Synopsis Star Wars: The Force Unleashed tells the story of Darth Vader's secret more details.....
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Star Wars: The Clone Wars - NEW Novel Other Star Wars Books click here Based on the movie Star Wars: The Clone Wars. The Clone Wars written by Karen Traviss is the novelization of the animated movie. It is the first in a series of five novels designed to tie into the events of the movie and the animated series. Description “NOBATA BARGON! EECHUTA ROTTA ME PEEDUNKEE MUFKIN WAJEEKEE!” --Jabba the Hutt. War has spread chaos across the galaxy and Jedi Generals Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker find themselves leading a massive clone army into battle against Count Dooku and his Separatist Alliance. On the planet of Tatooine deep in the Outer Rim of the galaxy crime lord Jabba the Hutt’s son has extra info.....
J Herbert Kevin Anderson Hunters Dune Brian

Hunters of Dune - Brian Herbert and Kevin J Anderson - NEW Book Get more books in the Dune Series click here The first main plotline follows the adventures of the passengers of the no-ship used by Sheeana and Duncan Idaho to flee from Chapterhouse as a result of Sheeana's disagreement with Bene Gesserit leader Murbella's plans for the Sisterhood. The second plot involves Murbella's attempts to unite the Bene Gesserit and Honored Matres while conquering rebellious factions of Honored Matres on various planets and attempting to prepare for a confrontation with an Ancient Enemy. This unknown enemy was responsible for driving the Honored Matres back into the Old Empire. For several years the no- find out more.....
Bennet Novel Sum NEW Greater Christopher Generation

Star Trek The Next Generation: Greater Than the Sum - Christopher L. Bennet - NEW Novel Paperback Get other Star Trek Books click here Synopsis The Starship Rhea has discovered a cluster of carbon planets that seems to be the source of the quantum energies rippling through a section of space. A landing party finds unusual life-forms inhabiting one of the planets. One officer Lieutenant T'Ryssa Chen--a half-Vulcan--makes a tenuous connection with them. But before any progress can be made the Rhea comes under attack from the Einstein--a Starfleet vessel now controlled by the Borg. The landing party can only listen in horror as their comrades are assimilated. The Borg descend to the planet and more information.....
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Halting State - Charles Stross - NEW Book new paperback Get other Charles Stross Book click here The plot opens with a faux email addressed to Nigel MacDonald listing a job offer. It is later learned that this email is for a work-at-home programmer position at Hayek Associates PLC. It is then learned that a cybercrime has been committed in the MMORPG Avalon Four. A robbery of several thousand dollars worth of "prestige items" occurs in the game's central bank led by a band of orcs and a "dragon for fire support." It is later noticed that this seemingly simple incident has deep implications -- both financial (Hayek stock price) and logistical (compromised cryptographic key more here.....
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Jumper - Steven Gould - NEW Novel What if you could go anywhere in the world in the blink of an eye? Where would you go? What would you do? Davy can teleport. To survive Davy must learn to use and control his power in a world that is more violent and complex than he ever imagined. But mere survival is not enough for him. Davy wants to find others like himself others who can Jump. Synopsis Deciding he has finally had enough abuse from his drunken father and is now determined to get away--any way he can--Davy discovers that he has the ability to teleport anywhere he wants. So he "jumps" to New York City. But next he finds himself desperately short on cash so he "jumps" into a bank vault. While more.....
Book Princes Trade Book NEW Family

The Family Trade- Charles Stross - NEW Book new paperback Book 1 of the Merchant Princes Get other Charles Stross Book click here Miriam's adoptive mother gives her a shoebox filled with items that belonged to Miriam's birth mother a Jane Doe who died mysteriously when Miriam was only a baby. Among other items Miriam finds a locket. Inside is a design not unlike a Celtic knot and when she focuses on it she is transported to a parallel world that never developed beyond the Dark Ages—except for the men on horses who try to kill her with machine guns. Miriam quickly finds herself caught up in the feuds of her estranged family which calls itself the Clan. The Clan has used the genetic abil more.....
NEW Hyperion Dan Novel

Hyperion - Dan Simmons - NEW Novel Simmons became famous in 1989 for Hyperion winner of Hugo and Locus Awards for the best science fiction novel. This novel deals with a space war and is inspired in its structure by Boccaccio's Decameron and Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. Description Mankind stands on the brink of Armageddon as a consequence of imminent warfare with the Ousters post-humans genetically altered to live in deep space. Humanity's deliverance may rest with seven pilgrims whose unique experiences offer understanding of the unsolved riddles of the Time Tombs located on the planet Hyperion. The unthinking hubris of man resulted in the death of the home-world (Earth) and this arrogant p more information.....
NEW Day Wyndham Triffids

The Day of the Triffids - John Wyndham - New Book Paperback Triffids are fictional plants capable of animal-like behaviour: they feed on rotting meat are able to uproot themselves and move about on their three "legs" possess a deadly whip-like poisonous sting and appear to communicate with each other. The narrator and protagonist is Bill Masen who has made his living working with Triffids. Being an expert on the subject he speculates that they were deliberately bioengineered in the Soviet Union and that Triffid seeds were spread worldwide when an attempt was made to smuggle them out of Russia; the escaping plane is presumed to have been shot down literally scattering the seeds to t more here.....
NEW Book Baxter Flood Stephen

Flood - Stephen Baxter - NEW Book new hardback Get other Post Apocalyptic Science Fiction - click here The above effects are catastrophic and exceed current estimates of climate change- related sea level rise. In the opening chapter four main characters (Lily Piers Helen and Gary) are liberated from a "Christian extremist" Catalonian terrorist bunker in Barcelona after five years of captivity in 2016. At this point sea level changes have already submerged Tuvalu a low lying South Pacific island whose inhabitants have been evacuated to New Zealand. However as a tidal surge hits London and Sydney scientists become aware that this cannot be explained solely by the consequences of clim extra info.....
NEW Space Reynolds

Revelation Space - Alastair Reynolds - New Other Alastair Reynolds SF Books click here Revelation Space is a 2000 hard science fiction space opera novel by Welsh author Alastair Reynolds. It was the first novel set in the universe which became known as the Revelation Space universe although the then-unnamed universe had already been established by several published short stories. Revelation Space was followed in publication by Chasm City a stand-alone novel which was set earlier in the universe's timeline but wasn't strictly a prequel. Chasm City was followed by Redemption Ark which was a direct sequel both to Revelation Space and Chasm City. On the planet Resurgam archaeologist and scion of find out more.....
NEW Reflex Steven

Reflex - Steven Gould - NEW Novel Davy has always been alone. He believes that he’s the only person in the world who can teleport. But what if he isn’t? “Reflex” released in 2004 picks up ten years after the events in “Jumper”. Synopsis A mysterious group of people has taken Davy captive. They don’t want to hire him and they don’t have any hope of appealing to him to help them. What they want is to own him. They want to use his abilities for their own purposes whether Davy agrees to it or not. And so they set about brainwashing him and conditioning him. They have even found a way to keep a teleport captive. Description Davy a young man with the ability to teleport instantaneously to any loca click here.....

These may include:

* A setting in the future, in alternative time lines, or in a historical past that contradicts known facts of history or the archeological record
* A setting in outer space, on other worlds, or involving aliens
* Stories that involve technology or scientific principles that contradict known laws of nature
* Stories that involve discovery or application of new scientific principles, such as time travel or psionics, or new technology, such as nanotechnology, faster-than-light travel or robots, or of new and different political or social systems

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