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Ursula K. Le Guin

The Principle of Simultaneity is a scientific breakthrough which will revolutionize interstellar civilization by making possible instantaneous communication. It is the life work of Shevek, a brilliant physicist from the arid anarchist world of Anarres. But Shevek's work is being stifled by jealous colleagues, so he travels to Anarres's sister-planet Urras, hoping to find more l...

Arthur C. Clarke

The third book in Clarke's beloved Space Odyssey series, 2061: Odyssey Three returns to Heywood Floyd, survivor of two previous encounters with the mysterious monoliths and the alien intelligences behind them. Floyd is chosen as one of a handful of celebrity guests to witness the first manned touchdown on the surface of Halley's Comet on the privately-owned spaceship Universe. ...

Frederik Pohl / Cyril M. Kornbluth

It is the 20th Century, an advertisement-drenched world in which the big ad agencies dominate governments and everything else. Now Schoken Associates, one of the big players, has a new challenge for star copywriter Mitch Courtenay. Volunteers are needed to colonise Venus. It's a hellhole, and nobody who knew anything about it would dream of signing up. But by the time Mitch has...

Tomihiko Morimi

In the boiling heat of summer, a broken remote control for an air conditioner threatens life as we know it in this reality-bending, time-slipping sequel to The Tatami Galaxy. During a scorching August in Kyoto, our protagonist and his worst friend, Ozu, are locked in a glaring contest in a four-and-a-half-tatami-mat room. Ozu has spilled Coke on the air conditioner's remote con...

Adrian Tchaikovsky

What waits in the shadows as we fight our greatest foe?After one great battle, the Architects disappeared. Yet humanity's fragile peace is brief. For, forty years later, the galaxy's greatest alien enemy has returned. This time, the artefacts that preserved entire worlds from destruction are ineffective. And no planet is safe.The Human Colony worlds are in turmoil as they face ...

Octavia E. Butler

'The Octavia Butler novel for our times' THE ATLANTIC 'My book of the year . . . completely devours the genre which gave rise to it' JUNOT DÍAZ The final ground-breaking novel from renowned, bestselling author Octavia E. Butler. A young girl wakes up in the woods, gravely injured and alone, with no memory of what happened or who she is. As Shori heals, she realises that she...

Adrian Tchaikovsky

Pierce Brown

Octavia E. Butler

Frank Herbert

Pierce Brown

D.nolan Clark

Ben Aaronovitch

Boris Strugatsky

Dan Simmons

Frank Herbert

Isaac Asimov

Ray Bradbury

Isaac Asimov

William Gibson

Robert A.heinlein

Arthur C. Clarke

Arthur C. Clarke

Arthur C. Clarke

Arthur C. Clarke

Olaf Stapledon

Kurt Vonnegut

Adrian Tchaikovsky

A thrilling far-future space adventure, and the second instalment in the epic Final Architecture Trilogy, from this Arthur C. Clarke award-winning author of Children of Time, Adrian Tchaikovsky. What waits in the shadows as we fight our greatest foe? After one great battle, the Architects disappeared. Yet humanity's fragile peace is brief. For, forty years later, the galaxy's...

Hugh Howey

"Wool introduced the world of the Silo. Shift told the story of its creation. Dust will describe its downfall. Juliette, now mayor of Silo 18, doesn't trust Silo 1, especially its leader, Donald. But in the world of the Silos, there is no black and white -- everything is shades of gray. Donald may not be the monster Juliette thinks he is, and may in fact be key to humanity's co...

Adrian Tchaikovsky