Book↕ | Author↕ | Year↕ | Subgenre↕ | Theme↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Dune | Frank Herbert | 1965 | Space Opera | Power & ecology |
Neuromancer | William Gibson | 1984 | Cyberpunk | AI & hacking |
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | Douglas Adams | 1979 | Comedy Sci-Fi | Absurdity of existence |
Ender's Game | Orson Scott Card | 1985 | Military Sci-Fi | Child soldiers & empathy |
Foundation | Isaac Asimov | 1951 | Space Opera | Psychohistory & civilization |
The Expanse | James S.A. Corey | 2011 | Hard Sci-Fi | Solar system politics |
Snow Crash | Neal Stephenson | 1992 | Cyberpunk | Virtual reality & linguistics |
The Left Hand of Darkness | Ursula K. Le Guin | 1969 | Social Sci-Fi | Gender & diplomacy |
Hyperion | Dan Simmons | 1989 | Space Opera | Time & pilgrimage |
2001: A Space Odyssey | Arthur C. Clarke | 1968 | Hard Sci-Fi | AI & evolution |
The Three-Body Problem | Liu Cixin | 2008 | Hard Sci-Fi | First contact & physics |
Fahrenheit 451 | Ray Bradbury | 1953 | Dystopian | Censorship & knowledge |
The Martian | Andy Weir | 2011 | Hard Sci-Fi | Survival & ingenuity |
Childhood's End | Arthur C. Clarke | 1953 | First Contact | Evolution & alien overlords |
Slaughterhouse-Five | Kurt Vonnegut | 1969 | Anti-war Sci-Fi | Time & trauma |
I, Robot | Isaac Asimov | 1950 | Robot Fiction | Three Laws of Robotics |
Project Hail Mary | Andy Weir | 2021 | Hard Sci-Fi | Friendship & survival |
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? | Philip K. Dick | 1968 | Cyberpunk | What is human? |
Rendezvous with Rama | Arthur C. Clarke | 1973 | Hard Sci-Fi | Alien megastructure |
The War of the Worlds | H.G. Wells | 1898 | Invasion | Alien invasion & hubris |
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