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"Science fiction is a genre of fiction in which the stories often tell about science and technology of the future. It is important to note that science fiction has a relationship with the principles of science—these stories involve partially true- partially fictitious laws or theories of science."
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Starhammer (The Vang, #1)
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Metropolitan (Metropolitan, #1)
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The Military Form (The Vang, #2)
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Destroying Angel (The Carlucci Trilogy, #1)
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Police Your Planet
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The Forgotten Planet
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The Void Captain's Tale
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The Man Who Melted
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The Remaking of Sigmund Freud
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The Exile Waiting
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The Stochastic Man
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Buddy Holly Is Alive and Well on Ganymede
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The Grand Wheel
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Rayna of Nightwind: The First of the Taren Novels
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The Rod Of Light (Robot, #2)
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City on Fire (Metropolitan #2)
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The Zen Gun
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The Dark Beyond the Stars
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Ugly Behavior
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3.95 avg rating — 21 ratings
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The Quiet Pools
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Michael P. Kube-McDowell (Goodreads Author)
3.71 avg rating — 119 ratings
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The Umbral Anthology of Science Fiction Poetry
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The Color of Distance
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Aurelia
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Carlucci's Edge
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M'Lady Witch (Warlock's Heirs, #1)
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Galaxies
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Herovit's world
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Brittle Innings
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Of Men and Monsters
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Jack Faust
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Fourth Mansions
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Divided by Infinity
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Tower of Dreams
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Jamil Nasir (Goodreads Author)
3.62 avg rating — 58 ratings
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Notions: Unlimited
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Orbital Resonance (Century Next Door, #1)
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The Happy Unfortunate/The Hunted Heroes
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A Million Open Doors (Giraut #1)
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ASSEMBLERS OF INFINITY
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Kevin J. Anderson (Goodreads Author)
3.59 avg rating — 517 ratings
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Hard Landing
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Quicksand
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The Black Corridor
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Mission Child
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3.75 avg rating — 515 ratings
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Temporary Agency (Unquenchable Fire, #2)
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Dawn's Uncertain Light (Darkest and Dawn #2)
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Pacific Edge (Three Californias Triptych, #3)
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Futures Imperfect: Three Short Novels
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Promised Land
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A Bridge of Years
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Half the Day is Night
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Maureen F. McHugh (Goodreads Author)
3.38 avg rating — 277 ratings
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Alternate Empires (What Might Have Been, #1)
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Gregory Benford (Editor/Contributor)
3.58 avg rating — 228 ratings
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Radix (Radix, #1)
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Forerunner
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The Regiment (The Regiment, #1)
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The 40-Minute War
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3.89 avg rating — 201 ratings
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The Tomorrow Testament
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Project Pope
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Ivory (Birthright, #14)
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Days of Grass
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The Ragged Astronauts (Land and Overland, #1)
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Against Infinity (Jupiter Project #2)
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The Journal of Nicholas the American
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Good News from Outer Space
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Strange Toys
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Golem 100
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Thrice Upon A Time
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Wave Without a Shore
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3.70 avg rating — 663 ratings
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No Enemy But Time
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The Descent of Anansi
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The Pastel City (Viriconium #1)
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When H.A.R.L.I.E. Was One: Release 2.0
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Shadrach in the Furnace
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Cyborg (Six Million Dollar Man #1)
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The Computer Connection
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Altered States
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Enemy Mine
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A Funeral for the Eyes of Fire
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Guernica Night
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Gonna Roll the Bones
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The Space Swimmers (Sea People, #2)
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The Colors of Space
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Citizen in Space
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They'd Rather Be Right
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The Mysterious Planet
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The Shape of Things to Come
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