Science fiction genre books (349)
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And Shall Machines Surrender by Benjanun Sriduangkaew EN
ThailandDescription:
On the dyson sphere Shenzhen, artificial intelligences rule and humans live in luxury, vying to be chosen as host bodies--called haruspices--for the next generation of AI, and thus be worshiped as gods. Doctor Orfea Leung has come here to escape her past of mercenary violence. Krissana Khongtip has come here to reinvent herself from haunted spy to holy cyborg. But the utopian peace of Shenzhen is shattered when the haruspices begin committing suicide, and the pair are called upon to solve the mystery--and survive the silent war between machines . . .
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Arcadia by Iain Pears EN
EnglandDescription:
"Originally published in hardcover in Great Britain by Faber Faber and Faber Ltd., London, in 2015."
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Archive of Unknown Universes by Ruben Reyes Jr. EN
Country: North America / 
United States of America
United States of America
Description:
From the critically acclaimed author of There Is a Rio Grande in Heaven, a piercing debut novel following two families in alternative timelines of the Salvadoran civil war—a stunning exploration of the mechanisms of fate, the gravity of the past, and the endurance of love. "Beautiful." —LA Times, A Must-Read Book for Summer "Luminous." —People, A Best Book of July Cambridge, 2018. Ana and Luis’s relationship is on the rocks, despite their many similarities, including their mothers who both fled El Salvador during the war. In her search for answers, and against her best judgement, Ana uses The ... continue
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At the Earth's Core by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Science Fiction, Literary by Edgar Rice Burroughs EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
The author relates how, traveling in the Sahara desert, he has encountered a remarkable vehicle and its pilot, David Innes, a man with a remarkable story to tell.
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RussiaDescription:
The year 2005 marks Ayn Randas Centennial Year. The astounding story of a man that said that he would stop the motor of the worldaand did. Tremendous in scope, breathtaking in its suspense, Atlas Shrugged is unlike any other book you have ever read. aA writer of great power. She has a subtle and ingenious mind and the capacity of writing brilliantly, beautifully, bitterly.a aThe New York Times
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Babel-17/Empire Star : Nebula Award Winner by Samuel R. Delany EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
Author of the bestselling Dhalgren and winner of four Nebulas and one Hugo, Samuel R. Delany is one of the most acclaimed writers of speculative fiction. Babel-17, winner of the Nebula Award for best novel of the year, is a fascinating tale of a famous poet bent on deciphering a secret language that is the key to the enemy’s deadly force, a task that requires she travel with a splendidly improbable crew to the site of the next attack. For the first time, Babel-17 is published as the author intended with the short novel Empire Star, the tale of Comet Jo, a simple-minded teen thrust into a compl... continue
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Ball Lightning by Cixin Liu EN
ChinaDescription:
'Cixin Liu is the author of your next favourite sci-fi novel' WIRED On his fourteenth birthday, right before his eyes, Chen's parents are incinerated by a blast of ball lightning. Striving to make sense of this bizarre tragedy, he dedicates his life to a single goal: to unlock the secrets of this enigmatic natural phenomenon. His pursuit of ball lightning will take him far from home, across mountain peaks chasing storms and deep into highly classified subterranean laboratories as he slowly unveils a new frontier in particle physics. Chen's obsession gives purpose to his lonely life, but it can... continue
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Barzakh: The Land In-Between by Moussa Ould Ebnou EN
Country: Africa / 
Mauritania
Mauritania
Description:
In the distant future, archeologists, studying the land of Barzakh in the Sahara, extract the ancient consciousness of Gara whose life they trace through the 11th-century deserts of Mauritania to the dystopic future as he searches for freedom and better humanity. This innovative masterpiece symphonizes mysticism, religion, philosophy, and Mauritanian culture into a surreal reflection on the human condition.
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Bear Head by Adrian Tchaikovsky EN
Description:
Honey the genetically engineered bear takes a ride in Jimmy the Martian's head and starts a revolution on the Red Planet.
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Beautiful Star by Yukio Mishima EN
JapanDescription:
The Osugi family have come to a realization. Each of them hails from a different planet. Father from Mars, mother from Jupiter, son from Mercury and daughter from Venus. Already seen as oddballs in their small Japanese town in the 1960s, this extra-terrestrial knowledge brings them closer together; they climb mountains to wait for UFOs, study at home together and regard their human neighbours with a kindly benevolence. But Father, Juichiro, is worried about the bomb. He writes letters to Khrushchev, trying to warn everyone he can of the terrible threat. After all, humans may be terribly flawed... continue