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Hard Sci Fi
8 reading guides and book lists curated by the Editors Reads team.
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Where to Start with Adrian Tchaikovsky: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Adrian Tchaikovsky — whether to begin with Children of Time or Children of Ruin. A complete reading guide to the British science fiction author.
Best Classic Science Fiction: Essential Golden Age and Beyond
The best classic science fiction — from Dune and Foundation to The Left Hand of Darkness and Stranger in a Strange Land. Essential Golden Age sci-fi and beyond.
Where to Start with Andy Weir: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Andy Weir — whether to begin with The Martian or Project Hail Mary. A complete reading guide to the science fiction novelist and his hard sci-fi thrillers.
Where to Start with Arthur C. Clarke: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Arthur C. Clarke — whether to begin with 2001, Childhood's End, or Rendezvous with Rama. A complete reading guide to the science fiction master.
Where to Start with Kim Stanley Robinson: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Kim Stanley Robinson — whether to begin with Red Mars, The Ministry for the Future, or The Years of Rice and Salt. A complete reading guide.
Where to Start with Liu Cixin: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Liu Cixin — whether to begin with The Three-Body Problem or The Dark Forest. A complete reading guide to Chinese science fiction's greatest writer.
Books Like The Martian: Problem-Solving, Survival, and Optimistic Science Fiction
Andy Weir's Mark Watney — abandoned on Mars, keeping himself alive by growing potatoes in a habitat fertilized with astronaut waste — is the most cheerful castaway in fiction. These books share its relentless ingenuity, its celebration of science, and its faith that problems have solutions.
Best Science Fiction Books of All Time — The Essential Reading List
From Dune to Project Hail Mary, Asimov to Le Guin — the greatest science fiction novels ever written. Ranked and reviewed by our editorial team, with reading paths for every type of reader.
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