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• Carina Nebula

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• Stephen's Quintent

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• Southern Ring Nebula

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• Children of Time

  Tchaikovsky, Adrian, 1972-

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  If you like your SF expansive, it's hard to go wrong with this series which documents the thousands-year history and evolution of both humans and their bio-engineered progeny. Probably not a good choice for arachnophobes.

• Do You Dream of Terra-Two?

  Oh, Temi,

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  This young adult novel tackles in detail both the emotional and engineering challenges of a long-term manned space mission when six teens are trained and sent to colonize the first non-Earth world.

• Aurora

  Robinson, Kim Stanley,

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  A classic staple of hard SFF is the story of the generational ship. Aurora is an especially interesting take that looks at how environment, culture, biology, and language would evolve on a ship like this.

• The Light Brigade

  Hurley, Kameron,

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  This military scifi novel looks at the future of war and the consequences of teleportation technology for a soldier who begins to remember battles never fought.

• The Three-body Problem

  Liu, Cixin,

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  Named after the equation that defines the complicated gravitational relationship between three moving objects in space, this novel's action-packed plot centers on the history of China, virtual reality, and alien first contact.

• Ninefox Gambit

  Lee, Yoon Ha,

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  This dense military scifi novel follows the story of an empire controlled and empowered by rigid mathematical rules. When a nation of heretics threatens to overthrow them, disgraced Commander Cheris is tasked to recapture the Fortress of Scattered…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Seveneves

  Stephenson, Neal,

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  If you like to learn about everything from orbital mechanics to genetic engineering, Neal Stephenson may be the author for you. This compelling read is about the apocalyptic collapse of Earth after the moon blows up, and the large cast of characters…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Project Hail Mary

  a Novel

  Weir, Andy,

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  This unputtdownable novel of a lone astronaut trying to save humanity from the dying sun is an excellent choice for anyone who wants their science fiction science-y but in an approachable format.

• Autonomous

  Newitz, Annalee, 1969-

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  This near future SFF novel tells the cat and mouse tale of Jack, who is fighting a new deadly workforce drug, and the military agent and robot partnership hot on her trail. This novel is full of well-drawn characters and has all the science on drug…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Machinehood

  Divya, S. B.,

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  This fast-paced thriller tackles themes of artificial intelligence, sentience, and labor rights. After her client is killed in front of her, bodyguard Welga Ramirez is sucked into a terrorist plot by a group called The Machinehood.