Recs if you like The Sparrow...
you think you just fell out of the coconut tree?
"you exist in the context of all in which you live and what came before you" sci-fi edition canon sci-fi authors (before the year 2000) that have shaped the science fiction we have today. suggestions are enthusiastically welcome ✨ (1 book per author)
we're not alone 👽
a list of sci-fi books containing aliens
Why is there a cowboy?
Books that are not westerns yet inexplicably include a cowboy in the cast.
Fiction on Language and Linguistics
Pieces of fiction with language, linguistics, and communication as themes. I saw some non-fiction lists on this topic, so wanted to add a fiction one as well, as they're really interesting ideas to explore
First Contact Sci-Fi
First Contact with Aliens Sci-Fi Books
Book Riot's Top 100 SF/F Novels by Female Authors
there is no science fiction without women.
my favorite scifi works by women! some classics but some contemporary faves as well
Otherwise Award Winners
Formerly the James Tiptree, Jr. Literary Award: "an annual literary prize for science fiction or fantasy that expands or explores our understanding of gender... The aim of the award is to seek out work that is thought-provoking, imaginative, and perhaps even infuriating." (from the website)
Annual award winners listed chronologically back to the award's origin in 1991; some standalone stories aren't (yet?) available to be included. Note that some years have multiple winners.
Clergy in Space!
A specific but oddly large genre of respected religious figures in space. (A bit broader than clergy.)
The Broken Binding Scifi Sub Master List
A list of all the books featured as monthly picks for The Broken Binding Scifi Sub. Not including special editions outside of the monthly sub. I will include new books as they are announced!
At the Edge of the Map
Sea voyages, space missions, and exploration (colonialism, stage one) Suggestions welcome
Sword and Laser Podcast
A list of books selected for the Sword and Laser Podcast
Sci-fi for space haters
At Nohara66's request, scfi books "without space and physics!" (Or as close as can be). Some of these do feature spaceships in the background or as a step from point A to B, or set within galactic empires, or once colonised worlds, but involve no physics and don't focus on life/travel in space.
Wreck Me Like You Mean It
Those books where the author clearly wanted to hurt your feelings, but you read it anyway because you're a reader who likes getting their soul shattered. Same, friend, same.
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