Speculative Fiction

Speculative fiction is a fiction genre speculating about worlds that are unlike the real world in various important ways. In these contexts, it generally overlaps one or more of the following: science fiction, fantasy fiction, horror fiction, supernatural fiction, superhero fiction, utopian and dystopian fiction, apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction, and alternate history. It is often used as an umbrella term for science fiction and fantasy considered as a single genre. The term is used this way in academic and ideological criticism of these genres, as well as by some readers, writers, and...more

New Releases Tagged "Speculative Fiction"

River of Stars
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Earth Below, Sky Above (The Human Division, #13)
When We Wake (When We Wake, #1)
Orleans
The Sound of Rebellion (The Human Division, #8)
The Observers (The Human Division, #9)
A Problem of Proportion (The Human Division, #11)
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  • Oathtaker by Patricia Reding
    Oathtaker
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    Release date: Mar 05, 2013
    An Oath Sworn.
    A Struggle Engaged.
    A Sacrifice Required.

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    The Six Train to Wisconsin
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    Release date: May 02, 2013
    Sometimes saving the person you love can cost you everything.

    There is one person that ties Oliver Richter to this world: his wife Kai. For Kai, Olive…more View Details »
    Giveaway dates: May 06 - May 23, 2013
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    The Atlantis Gene: A Thriller (The Origin Mystery, #1)
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    Release date: Apr 05, 2013
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    Giveaway dates: May 10 - May 27, 2013
    3 copies available, 572 people requesting
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  • Life After Life
    Scarlet (Lunar Chronicles, #2)
    Every Day
    The Age of Miracles
    The Twelve (The Passage, #2)
    Shades of Earth (Across the Universe, #3)
    The Dog Stars
    Soulless (Parasol Protectorate, #1)
    The Magicians (The Magicians, #1)
    Blood of Dragons (Rain Wild Chronicles, #4)
    Annabel (Delirium, #0.5)
    I Hunt Killers (Jasper Dent, #1)
    The Forest of Hands and Teeth (The Forest of Hands and Teeth, #1)
    The Archived (The Archived, #1)
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    Brave New World by Aldous HuxleyThe Handmaid's Tale by Margaret AtwoodDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. DickNeuromancer by William Gibson1984 by George Orwell
    Earth Is Room Enough--On-Planet SF
    137 books — 42 voters
    The First Pillar by Roy HuffAccelerando by Charles StrossThe Atrocity Archives by Charles StrossSaturn's Children by Charles StrossHalting State by Charles Stross
    Swancon 2013 Reading List
    93 books — 6 voters

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    Quality Dark Fiction
    532 books — 637 voters
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    Literature of ideas
    60 books — 5 voters


    The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games #1)
    The Handmaid's Tale
    1984
    Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
    Brave New World
    Fahrenheit 451
    Oryx and Crake(MaddAddamTrilogy, #1)
    Ender's Game (Ender's Saga, #1)
    Dune (Dune Chronicles, #1)
    The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)
    Never Let Me Go
    The Elephant Tree
    The Zombie Room
    The Road
    American Gods

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    First contact comes not by hand of man, but by metal of machine.
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    Book of Dreams: Science Fiction and Speculative Fiction Short Stories
    1 chapters — updated May 24, 2012 11:46am — 0 people liked it
    The Shushan Citadel
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