Hard Sci-fi, possible futures, speculative fiction, some non-fiction, the things that got us where we are today. Starting with Huxley's Brave New World we can see a theme of sci-fi predicting the future. This list has no order
Brave New World and Beyond Public
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Brave New World (P.S.) by Aldous Huxley
4 stars
Originally published in 1932, this outstanding work of literature is more crucial and relevant today than ever before. Cloning, feel-good …
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Daemon by Daniel Suarez (Deamon, Book 1)
4 stars
Already an underground sensation, a high-tech thriller for the wireless age that explores the unthinkable consequences of a computer program …
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Freedom TM by Daniel Suarez (Deamon, Book 2)
4 stars
The propulsive, shockingly plausible sequel to "New York Times" bestseller "Daemon, Freedom" features a world of rapidly diminishing human power, …
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The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson (A Bantam spectra book)
4 stars
Decades into our future, a stone’s throw from the ancient city of Shanghai, a brilliant nanotechnologist named John Percival Hackworth …
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Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson (A Bantam spectra book)
4 stars
In reality, Hiro Protagonist delivers pizza for Uncle Enzo’s CosaNostra Pizza Inc., but in the Metaverse he’s a warrior prince. …
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Nexus by Ramez Naam (Nexus -- 1)
5 stars
In the near future, the experimental nano-drug Nexus can link human together, mind to mind. There are some who want …
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4 stars
They call Verity 'the app-whisperer,' and she's just been hired to evaluate a pair-of-glasses-cum-digital-assistant called Eunice...
Only Eunice has other …
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Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
4 stars
The international publishing sensation now available in paperback: an audacious, darkly glittering novel about art, fame and ambition, set in …
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Seveneves by Neal Stephenson, Neal Stephenson
4 stars
When a catastrophic event renders the earth a ticking time bomb, it triggers a feverish race against the inevitable. An …
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4 stars
Memory makes reality.
That’s what New York City cop Barry Sutton is learning as he investigates the devastating phenomenon the …
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Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport
4 stars
Digital minimalists are all around us. They're the calm, happy people who can hold long conversations without furtive glances at …
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Dark Matter by Blake Crouch (Thorndike Press large print Bill's bookshelf)
4 stars
One night after an evening out, Jason Dessen, forty-year-old physics professor living with his wife and son in Chicago, is …
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3 stars
In the not-so-distant future, economic inequality and persistent surveillance push Oakland to the brink of civil war. Lilly Miyamoto is …
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The Filter Bubble by Eli Pariser
4 stars
"An eye-opening account of how the hidden rise of personalization on the Internet is controlling-and limiting-the information we consume. In …
