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Science-Fiction Novels

Children of Time won the 2016 Arthur C Clarke Award for science fiction. Award Director, Tom Hunter, described the novel as "one of the best science fictional extrapolations of a not-so-alien species and their evolving society I've ever read".
Children of Time

by Adrian Tchaikovsky

Award-winning epic follows the development of a suprising new civilization on a terraformed planet.

First published 1 June 2015

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Dune won several awards including the Hugo Award in 1966 and the Nebula Award for Best Novel. In total there are six books in the original Dune series, all written by Frank Herbert before his death in 1986. In 1999, his son Brian Herbert and science fiction author Kevin J. Anderson published several collections of prequel novels, as well as two sequels that continue the original Dune series.
Dune

by Frank Herbert

The Hugo Award and Nebula Award-winning start to the 6-book Dune epic is as much high-fantasy as science fiction.

First published 1 June 1965

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House of Suns was shortlisted for the 2009 Arthur C. Clarke Award.
House of Suns

by Alastair Reynolds

An imaginative sci-fi masterwork, following the “Shatterling” clones of the Gentian Line as they tour the Milky Way.

First published 17 April 2008

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The inter-family battles and corporate intrigue led McDonald to dub the story "Game of Domes" (wordplay on Game of Thrones) and "Dallas in space". This must have piqued the interest of CBS Television Studios as Deadline Hollywood reported in August 2015 that it had been optioned for development as a television series by writer-producer Shane Brennan. Subsequently, there have been no significant updates so the project appears to be dormant or cancelled.
Luna: New Moon

by Ian McDonald

The bitter rivalry between powerful families in a near-future lunar colony

First published 17 September 2015

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Chris Roberson has been a finalist for the Sidewise Award (for alternate historical fiction), the World Fantasy Award, and the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. He is also the publisher of MonkeyBrain Books, an independent American publishing house specializing in genre fiction and non-fiction genre studies.
Paragaea

by Chris Roberson

A rational Soviet cosmonaut lost in a fantasy world provides a "modern" take on the planetary romance genre.

First published 2 May 2006

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Harry Harrison was a prolific American science fiction author, known mostly for his futuristic con man and master thief character, "The Stainless Steel Rat". His ecological dystopian thriller "Make Room! Make Room!" inspired the Hollywood film "Soylent Green" directed by Richard Fleischer and starring Charlton Heston. Keep a look out for the amazing cover designs by Gask & Page, Peter Jones (pictured) and the classic by Tony Roberts.
Spaceship Medic

by Harry Harrison

Crisis follows crisis in this pacey space disaster novel suitable for younger readers as well as adults.

First published 1 January 1969

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The famous cover painting is by the renowned conceptual designer and illustrator, Ralph McQuarrie, who became the lead concept artist for the Star Wars trilogy. It depicts Luke & Leia's confrontation with Darth Vader at the end of the book. As Luke is pinned to the ground by fallen rubble, Leia has to take up Luke's lightsaber to commence the fight.
Splinter of the Mind's Eye

by Alan Dean Foster

The first novel in the Star Wars "Expanded Universe" would have been the sequel to Star Wars had the movie not been a hit.

First published 1 February 1978

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Much more engaging than the Colin Smythe first edition, the Corgi books versions published from 1987 feature the wonderful cover art by Josh Kirby who also produced covers for 26 of Pratchett's Discworld novels.
Strata

by Terry Pratchett

Featuring a “flat Earth”, Pratchett's second science fiction novel provides a prelude to his famous Discworld series.

First published 15 June 1981

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There have been numerous mediocre film adaptations of The Colour Out of Space, the most recent being “Color Out of Space” (RLJE Films) starring Nicholas Cage which was released in 2019. The cover of this Penguin Classics edition features one of the monochromatic etchings from “Vers le blanc infini” (Towards infinite white) by French surrealist, Jean (Hans) Arp. The undercurrent of mystery characteristic of his surrealist imagery seems curiously apt for these works of weird science fiction.
The Colour Out of Space

by H.P. Lovecraft

One of Lovecraft's most popular works, and his own personal favourite amongst all of his short stories.

First Published 2020 (Penguin Classics Edition)

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In his New York Times article "Growing up with Science Fiction" (May 28, 1978) Carl Sagan is critical of "unrealistic" science fiction stories but lists "The Stars My Destination" as being among those "that are so tautly constructed, so rich in the accommodating details of an unfamiliar society that they sweep me along before I have even a chance to be critical".
The Stars My Destination

by Alfred Bester

A fast-paced sci-fi story about one man's quest for revenge having been left marooned aboard a wrecked spacecraft.

First published 1 January 1956

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Christopher Paolini published his first novel, Eragon, in 2003 at the age of nineteen granting him a place in the Guinness Book of Records as the youngest author of a bestselling series. Eragon and its three sequels in his "Inheritance Cycle" have sold nearly 40 million copies worldwide. To Sleep in a Sea of Stars won the 2020 Goodreads Choice Award for Best Science Fiction Novel. In August 2022, Paolini announced that the book was being adapted as a television show and that writing had already begun on the scripts.
To Sleep in a Sea of Stars

by Christopher Paolini

This sizeable tome is the first foray into Science Fiction by the award-winning author of the "Eragon" saga.

First published 15 September 2020

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