Near Future

Near-future science fiction takes place in the present day or in the next few decades. Elements of the setting should be familiar to the reader, and the technology may be current or in development. Stories about nanotechnology or genetics often fall into this category.

Vera, or Faith
The Sanctuary
Terrestrial History
Deep Freeze (The Revival Series, #1)
The Great Transition
Human Resources
Venomous Lumpsucker
Remember You Will Die
The Launch Party
The Lost Cause
Dual Memory
The New One
Glass Houses
We Are Satellites
Scorpion
Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1)
The Martian
Lock In (Lock In, #1)
The Handmaid's Tale
Halting State (Halting State, #1)
The Windup Girl
Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1)
Artemis
Station Eleven
Snow Crash
The Water Knife
Neuromancer (Sprawl, #1)
Nexus (Nexus, #1)
Little Brother (Little Brother, #1)
Rule 34 (Halting State, #2)
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own M... by Catherynne M. ValenteStranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. HeinleinThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank BaumThe Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
SFF: Best Settings
49 books — 18 voters
The Cyclops by Emerson LittlefieldThe Quest for Freedom by Matthew D. Devitt1984 by George OrwellIt by Stephen  KingGood Omens by Terry Pratchett
SFF: Best Plot
40 books — 38 voters

The Last Unicorn by Peter S. BeagleThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakStardust by Neil GaimanThe Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine ArdenA Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin
SFF: Best Prose
42 books — 19 voters
The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsRedemption by Regina M. JosephCatching Fire by Suzanne CollinsMockingjay by Suzanne Collins
Reflective Cosmopolitan.
4 books — 2 voters


Sarah Mazza
I never thought I would choose a place like this. That I would even consider giving up my existence, to lie in a bed of lies. I never expected a lot of things to happen in my life. I try not to think about anything at all. Especially not how I become this; a man without hope. A man without dreams.
Sarah Mazza, I Dream in Color

Sarah Mazza
Live your life. Don’t subscribe to other people’s ideals because this is what happens. One way or another, it will crush you.
Sarah Mazza, I Dream in Color

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