Recs if you like 2001: A Space Odyssey...

Based on the list/book published in 2006, general editor Peter Boxall.

If we are going to do Qwordy's the Hardest Reading Challenge You'll Ever Do 3.0 - we should probably get some Pagebound badges along the way! I'm specifically going to be adding books from Quests and readalongs that go past the July start date and match at least one of these title prompts: Periodic Table, Familial Terms, Rainbow of Words (also Joseph's coat), Numerical Titles, Titular Counting 5+, Pun in the Title, and First & Last Name in the Title. Recommendations welcome!

we have always tried to predict the future. these books were written about a future that is now our past - their predictions vary in terms of accuracy.

as always, open to suggestions!

On space travel and moon joy. 🌌 A mixture of non-fiction, historical fiction and hard science fiction.

trying to keep modern classic science fiction alive! giants and significant works from late 20th century to present across the world. all sub-genres included to the best I can.

hard, soft, steampunk, silkpunk, spicepunk, aliens, robots, time travel, space opera, dystopian, clifi, apocalyptic, afrofuturism, slipstream, cyberpunk, and more

recommendations welcome!

This is for the classics, the old and new, the lesser known books, the short stories and the translated speculative fiction. Sci-fi could be argued to be one of the best and most expansive genres out there - it’s just a matter of finding the right book for you.

If there is a series, I will only be putting the first book unless they are unrelated.

I tried to find the latest version (2026).

Wait! What? If it’s not about spaceships and aliens and strange new worlds, what is sci-fi about?

It’s about what’s going on here, now, to us— just like other genres. Setting the story centuries in the future is a way for the author to view our world from a different perspective. Which is cool. But not necessary.

Here are some sci-fi and speculative fiction works set in the author’s own time. Some old, some new. Some not even sci-fi. But all will give you a new perspective on the world.

Books that have formed the foundation of science fiction

A mix of non-fiction and science fiction titles related to the cosmos and physics

Every book that has been adapted into a movie covered by the Blank Check podcast

A collection dedicated to long spans of time in space with the same bunch of people; planetary stops are just layovers, as they're always on the move. The seats aren't great, the food's probably even worse, and everybody's in each other's space. But hey, it's a nice view out there.

Don't you get a little claustrophobic after a while?

"When enough flattery had been expended on me, I agreed at least to read the screenplay. That was fatal, for I liked it and felt the urge to write the novel." ― Isaac Asimov

A companion to my vintage fantasy list, because we all know when you find that box of well-loved fantasy books at the garage sale, there’s usually plenty of sci-fi in there with it!

Media literacy test! Do these books enforce or criticize traditional expressions of masculinity? -I hate fight club- Suggestions appreciated!

For when you are in the mood for a little moonlight. Highly rated books that place the moon in the title, on the cover, or at the heart of the story.

The original greats of the scifi genre from the 19th through late 20th century, including the big three: Isaac Asimov, Robert Heinlein & Arthur C. Clarkle

Science fiction books in english published between 1960 and 1969 (going by when it was published as a book, generally).

The full title is the List of Indispensable Science Fiction for the Compleat Gentleman.... this is a list I found online in 2020 which I did not finish after having a bad time with H.G. Wells, but I'm ready to dip my toe back in. If anyome else wouod like to be a compleat gentleman (gender neutral) with me, come along :)