Browsing: Science Fiction

“Fans of Tom Clancy and Agent Jack Bauer should find a lot to like here” (Publishers Weekly): In this “rousing” alternate history (Booklist) for readers who enjoyed The Man in the High Castle, Japan occupies Hawaii after a second attack on Pearl Harbor, but Colonel Jimmy Doolittle has a plan…

From an author called “a prophet of technology’s future” (Booklist): Nanotech engineer John Percival Hackworth risks the future of society when he steals a copy of a device that teaches independent thought. A “whimsical, satirical, and cautionary” sci-fi tale (USA Today) with over 32,000 five-star Goodreads ratings!

From a Hugo and Nebula Award–winning author comes “a powerful cautionary tale” (Whitley Streiber): Years after the Doomwar decimated the United States, Gordon Krantz becomes an unlikely symbol of hope — but there are those who’d thwart his mission…

In the near future, Emperor Cleon I is visited by young Hari Seldon, whose power over the future makes him the most wanted man in the empire… A compelling novel from “one of the most dynamic imaginations in science fiction” (The Daily Telegraph), with over 23,000 five-star Goodreads ratings.

With over 4,200 five-star Goodreads ratings: Stavia comes of age in a matriarchal utopia, where women possess the secrets of civilization. But when she begins to question its laws, the future of society hangs in the balance. “Lively, thought-provoking… The plot is ingenious, packing a wallop of a surprise” (Ursula K. Le Guin).

A New York Times bestseller: As Christmas approaches, wayward angels Shirley, Goodness, and Mercy set out to help a little boy, a lonely young woman, and a maternity nurse longing for a child of her own… “Heartfelt, touching” (Library Journal).

As a pestilence ravages the galaxy, humanity sends Marjorie Westriding Yrarier and her family to investigate a seemingly immune planet. “One of the most satisfying science fiction novels I have read in years” (The New York Times Book Review), with nearly 4,300 five-star ratings on Goodreads.

From a Hugo Award–winning, New York Times bestselling author comes this strikingly imaginative start to a series. After her singing career is derailed, Killashandra Ree commits her vocal gifts to harvesting invaluable crystals on the foreboding world of Ballybran. “An excellent book” (Chicago Sun-Times).

Discover the three laws of Robotics — and the robots that test their limits! This visionary sequence of interlinked stories is a landmark sci-fi masterpiece with nearly 95,000 five-star ratings on Goodreads. “Asimov was one of the great explainers of the age” (Carl Sagan).

From the author of A Town Like Alice: In this “haunting evocation” (The New York Times), society reels from the devastating effects of nuclear war. “Nevil Shute was, in brief, the sort of novelist who genuinely touches the imagination and feeling” (The Times).