Pew Pew Pew – science fiction novels set in space
December 28, 2020
The Abyss Beyond Dreams by Peter F. Hamilton In the Void, the laws of physics are not as expected and magic-like powers are common. When humans and a merciless alien species are both trapped in the Void, will they fight each other or band together against their common enemy? Book eBook Audio eBook | |
Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie In this winner of the Hugo, Nebula, and Arthur C. Clarke awards (!), sentient ships control human bodies to extend their empire. But what happens when one of the ships’ AI decides to seek revenge? Book eBook | |
Blindsight by Peter Watts A linguist with Multiple Personality Disorder, a human cyborg biologist, a pacifist warrior, a vampire, and a synthesis: this is the team assembled to seek out and make contact with an alien intelligence whose intentions are unknown. Book Audio eBook | |
Dune by Frank Herbert The best-selling science fiction novel of all time, Dune introduces the desert planet Arrakis, home to giant sandworms and the only source of the mind-expanding spice “melange,” crucial for space navigation. Book eBook Audio eBook | |
Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey George R.R. Martin calls this “interplanetary adventure the way it ought to be written.” Conspiracies, crime noir, political maneuvering, all set in our colonized solar system. Book eBook | |
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers The next mission for the motley crew of the Wayfarer is to build a wormhole to an alien planet. What could possibly go wrong? Book eBook Audio eBook | |
Old Man’s War by John Scalzi On one hand, humans have reached interstellar space. On the other hand, they and many other races are in a battle for inhabitable planets. So on his 75th birthday, John Perry has joined the army. Book | |
Prador Moon: A Novel of the Polity by Neal Asher The Polity Collective has taken its civilization into space. But when their first contact with alien life is a hostile race of crablike carnivores, the Prador, warfare is inevitable. Book eBook | |
The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell A scientific mission making first contact with intelligent extraterrestrial life is led by Fr. Emilio Sandoz, a linguist and Jesuit priest. What begins as a promising encounter soon degrades into devastation. Book eBook | |
Trading in Danger by Elizabeth Moon After being thrown out of the military academy, Kylara Vatta is given a second chance as captain of a delivery ship in her family’s transport business. But after the ship makes a detour, she has no choice but to engage in combat. Book eBook Audio eBook |