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
All That We See or Seem (Julia Z, #1)
Venomous Lumpsucker
UnWorld
Human Resources
Deep Freeze (The Revival Series, #1)
Terrestrial History
The Great Transition
Glass Houses
The Sanctuary
The Job at the End of the World
Remember You Will Die
The Launch Party
We Are Satellites
The Lost Cause
Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1)
The Martian
Lock In (Lock In, #1)
Halting State (Halting State, #1)
The Handmaid's Tale
The Windup Girl
Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1)
Artemis
Station Eleven
The Water Knife
Snow Crash
Neuromancer (Sprawl, #1)
Nexus (Nexus, #1)
The Peripheral (Jackpot, #1)
Little Brother (Little Brother, #1)
Old Man's War by John ScalziEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardDauntless by Jack CampbellA Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor VingePoor Man's Fight by Elliott Kay
Damn Sight, Good Space Opera
91 books — 80 voters
The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas by Ursula K. Le Guin1984 by George OrwellSomething Wicked This Way Comes by Ray BradburyStories of Your Life and Others by Ted ChiangA Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin
SFF: Best Themes
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Sarah Mazza
My name is Alex Johansson, and I am a man who chose this. I chose to give up my body. To become lost in a dream. To never wake up again. Except that I did.
Sarah Mazza, I Dream in Color

Ernest Cline
I never blamed my mom for the way things were. She was a victim of fate and cruel circumstance, like everyone else. Her generation had it the hardest. She’d been born into a world of plenty, then had to watch it all slowly vanish. More than anything, I remember feeling sorry for her.
Ernest Cline, Ready Player One

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