Science Fiction

Science fiction (abbreviated SF or sci-fi with varying punctuation and capitalization) is a broad genre of fiction that often involves speculations based on current or future science or technology. Science fiction is found in books, art, television, films, games, theatre, and other media. In organizational or marketing contexts, science fiction can be synonymous with the broader definition of speculative fiction, encompassing creative works incorporating imaginative elements not found in contemporary reality; this includes fantasy, horror and related genres.

Although the two genres are often co
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All That We See or Seem (Julia Z, #1)
The Works of Vermin
Hole in the Sky
The Resurrectionist
The Lost Reliquary (Divine Thrall, #1)
Simultaneous
Cry, Voidbringer
An Ocean Apart (Joy Revolution)
Outside
The Shocking Experiments of Miss Mary Bennet
Only Rogue Actions (Galactic Bonds, #5)
Halcyon Years
The Last Order (Star Wars)
A Plagued Sea
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    The Subtle Art of Folding Space

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    Carl's Doomsday Scenario (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #2)
    3 Days, 9 Months, 27 Years (The Time Traveler's Passport)
    Making Space (The Time Traveler's Passport)
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    The Life Impossible
    A Guardian and a Thief
    A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Monk & Robot, #1)
    For a Limited Time Only (The Time Traveler's Passport)
    The Rose Field (The Book of Dust, #3)
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    Sea of Tranquility
    Fugitive Telemetry (The Murderbot Diaries, #6)
    A Visit to the Husband Archive (The Time Traveler's Passport)
    The First to Die at the End (They Both Die at the End, #0)
    Soulless by Gail CarrigerLeviathan by Scott WesterfeldBoneshaker by Cherie PriestPerdido Street Station by China MiévilleThe Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
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    To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
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    Ready Player One by Ernest ClineThe Martian by Andy WeirOld Man's War by John ScalziThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsLeviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey
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    The Stand by Stephen        KingThe Road by Cormac McCarthyThe Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins1984 by George OrwellWorld War Z by Max Brooks
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    The Republic of Thieves by Scott LynchA Memory of Light by Robert JordanEmperor of Thorns by Mark  LawrenceThe Daylight War by Peter V. BrettThe Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
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    Dune (Dune #1)
    The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)
    Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1)
    The Martian
    Project Hail Mary
    Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1)
    Fahrenheit 451
    1984
    The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
    Brave New World

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    I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.
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