A list of futuristic novels from various ages and topics
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Created and curated by childeofentropy
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Foundation and Empire by Isaac Asimov (The Foundation Novels, #2)
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Led by its founding father, the great psychohistorian Hari Seldon, and taking advantage of its superior science and technology, the …
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Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky
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Children of Time is the epic story of humanity's battle for survival on a terraformed planet.
Who will inherit this …
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Dune is set in the distant future amidst a feudal interstellar society in which various noble houses control planetary fiefs. …
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The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin (Hainish Cycle, #6)
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Shevek, a brilliant physicist, decides to take action. He will seek answers, question the unquestionable, and attempt to tear down …
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The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson (A Bantam spectra book)
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The story of an engineer who creates a device to raise a girl capable of thinking for herself reveals what …
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Robot Dreams by Isaac Asimov (Robot Dreams)
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The author of over 400 books, Isaac Asimov has distinguished himself as a leading scientific writer, historian, and futurist. His …
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The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
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A lone human ambassador is sent to Winter, an alien world without sexual prejudice, where the inhabitants can change their …
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Do androids dream of electric sheep?. by Philip K. Dick (Science fiction)
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It was January 2021, and Rick Deckard had a license to kill. Somewhere among the hordes of humans out there, …
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The Minority Report by Philip K. Dick
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In the world of The Minority Report, Commissioner John Anderton is the one to thank for the lack of crime. …
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Childhood's end by Arthur C. Clarke (Pan science fiction)
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Childhood's End is a 1953 science fiction novel by British author Arthur C. Clarke. The story follows the peaceful alien …
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2001: Space Odyssey (Penguin Readers, Level 3) by Arthur C. Clarke (Penguin Reader , Level 5 (2300 words))
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A novel that proposes an idea about how the human race might have begun and where it might be headed...given …
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Valis by Philip K. Dick (Valis, #1)
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VALIS is the first book in Philip K. Dick's incomparable final trio of novels (the others being The Divine Invasion …
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Dr. Futurity by Philip K. Dick
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Dr. Futurity is a 1960 science fiction novel by American writer Philip K. Dick. It is an expansion of his …
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The final novel from Aldous Huxley, Island is a provocative counterpoint to his worldwide classic Brave New World, in which …
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Johnny Mnemonic by William Gibson, Gibson,William
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"Johnny Mnemonic" is a science fiction short story by American-Canadian writer William Gibson, which served as inspiration for the 1995 …
