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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorConsider Phlebas
Iain M. Banks · 471 pages
Consider Phlebas is perhaps one of the lesser-known, but nevertheless the first, of the revelationary late Iain M. Banks' science fiction books. Consider Phlebas introduces us to the complex world of the mind-controlling, ubiquitous utopia of the Culture, which contrasts to their mortal sentient enemies. Iain Banks creates an imaginative and encapsulating premise to keep the reader hooked for more
The Butlerian Jihad
Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson · 664 pages
Cinder
Marissa Meyer · 448 pages
Humans and androids crowd the raucous streets of New Beijing. A deadly plague ravages the population. From space, a ruthless lunar people watch, waiting to make their move. No one knows that Earth's fate hinges on one girl. . . . Cinder, a gifted mechanic, is a cyborg. She's a second-class citizen with a mysterious past, reviled by her stepmother and blamed for her stepsister's illness. But when
Ancillary Justice
Ann Leckie · 401 pages
On a remote, icy planet, the soldier known as Breq is drawing closer to completing her quest. Once, she was the *Justice of Toren*--a colossal starship with an artificial intelligence linking thousands of soldiers in the service of the Radch, the empire that conquered the galaxy. Now, an act of treachery has ripped it all away, leaving her with one fragile human body, unanswered questions, a
Cytonic
Brandon Sanderson · 433 pages
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The third book in an epic series about a girl who will travel beyond the stars to save the world she loves from destruction from the author of the Reckoners series, the Mistborn trilogy, and the Stormlight Archive. Spensa’s life as a Defiant Defense Force pilot has been far from ordinary. She proved herself one of the best starfighters in the human enclave of Detritus a
Warlord
David Drake, S.M. Stirling · 567 pages
I dislike this book for several reasons: Even though anything man can imagine probably exists given eternity and infinity, I found the idea of dogs replacing horses rather ridiculous - as well as a religion based on computers. The ending of this story was too abrupt and left me completely unsatisfied, in short, this book sucked. I do NOT recommend it to others. gmb 12/17/19
Murderbot Diaries
Martha Wells
Tears in Rain
Rosa Montero · 417 pages
In the United States of Earth, Madrid, 2109, the number of techno-human deaths is rapidly growing. Detective Bruna Husky is hired to discover what's behind this wave of insanity. She must trust no one, because those who call themselves allies are ready to betray her.
The Forge
S.M. Stirling, David Drake · 336 pages
The Unconquerable: Bolos 2
Keith Laumer · 288 pages
Spin State
Chris Moriarty · 640 pages
Perdido Street Station
China Mieville · 710 pages
Beneath the towering bleached ribs of a dead, ancient beast lies New Crobuzon, a squalid city where humans, Re-mades, and arcane races live in perpetual fear of Parliament and its brutal militia. The air and rivers are thick with factory pollutants and the strange effluents of alchemy, and the ghettos contain a vast mix of workers, artists, spies, junkies, and whores. In New Crobuzon, the unsavory
Roboteer
Alex Lamb · 439 pages
A hard science fiction novel set in a future in which the colonisation of the stars has turned out to be anything but easy, and civilization on Earth has collapsed under the pressure of relentless mutual terrorism.
War Factory
Neal Asher · 454 pages
"Thorvald Spear, resurrected from his death over a hundred years earlier, continues to hunt Penny Royal, the rogue AI and dangerous war criminal on the run from Polity forces. Beyond the Graveyard, a lawless and deadly area in deep space, Spear follows the trail of several enemy Prador, the crab-like alien species with a violent history of conflict with humanity. Sverl, a Prador genetically modifi
The Road to Damascus
John Ringo, Linda Evans · 768 pages
Foundation's Fear
Gregory Benford · 620 pages
Thrust into the First Ministership of the Empire, Hari Seldon must administer twenty-five million inhabited worlds from the all-steel planet of Trantor. He's also developing the science that will transform history, and ultimately pit him against future history's most awesome threat.Isaac Asimov's Foundation Trilogy is one of the high-water marks of science fiction. It is the monumental story of a
Renegade
Debra Driza · 438 pages
Mila is back on the run--this time with potential boyfriend Hunter by her side. As they search for a man who might know more about her mysterious past, Mila must rely on her android abilities to protect them from the people who want her dead. But embracing her identity as a machine leads her to question the state of her humanity, as well as Hunter's true intentions.
Foundation's Triumph
David Brin · 364 pages
The Second Foundation Trilogy begins with Gregory Benford's Foundation's Fear, telling the origins of Hari Seldon, the Foundation's creator. Gregory Bear's Foundation and Chaos relates the epic tale of Seldon's downfall and the first stirrings of robotic rebellion. Now, in David Brin's Foundation's Triumph, Seldon is about to escape exile and risk everything for one final quest -- the outcome of w
T2: Rising Storm
S.M. Stirling · 384 pages
The future is now. Skynet is sentient, and the first Hunter-Killer and T-90 Terminator units are operational. Humanity faces extinction. But one man, guided by the very Terminator once sent to kill him, has been preparing for this future: John Connor. The battle is engaged. S.M. Stirling’s final T2 volume. Begun with T2: Infiltrator and continuing in T2: Rising Storm -- all available from PerfectB
Robopocalypse
Daniel H. Wilson · 347 pages
Echo of Worlds
M.R. Carey · 496 pages
The Corporation Wars: Dissidence
Ken MacLeod · 336 pages