Esquire's 75 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time Public
Created and curated by Andy
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The book of Phoenix by Nnedi Okorafor (DAW book collectors -- No. 1688)
4 stars
"Phoenix was grown and raised among other genetic experiments in New York's Tower 7. She is an 'accelerated woman'--only two …
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Sea of Rust by C. Robert Cargill
4 stars
A scavenger robot wanders in the wasteland created by a war that has destroyed humanity in this evocative post-apocalyptic "robot …
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Way station by Clifford D. Simak (Collier nucleus fantasy & science fiction)
4 stars
Way Station is a 1963 science fiction novel by American writer Clifford D. Simak, originally published as Here Gather the …
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Under the skin by Michel Faber
3 stars
Short-listed for the Whitbread Award, this remarkable book defies categorisation. Under the Skin introduces Isserley, a woman obsessed with picking …
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4 stars
In December, 1999, a multinational team journeys out to the stars, to the most awesome encounter in human history. Who …
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Star Maker by Olaf Stapledon (SF Masterworks)
4 stars
After reading "Last and First Men", I approached Olaf's next masterpiece, "Star Maker" ( first published in 1937), with some …
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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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Midnight Robber by Nalo Hopkinson
4 stars
PRISONER OF NEW HALF-WAY TREE It's Carnival time and the Caribbean-colonized planet of Toussaint is celebrating with music, dance, and …
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Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino
4 stars
At the moment when Voyager 1 is launched into space carrying its famous golden record, a baby of unusual perception …
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4 stars
THEY WERE EXPENDABLE . . . UNTIL THEY STARTED COMPARING NOTES
Ensign Andrew Dahl has just been assigned to the …
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The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal (Lady Astronaut, #1)
4 stars
On a cold spring night in 1952, a huge meteorite fell to Earth and obliterated much of the east coast …
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4 stars
I’m embarrassed, still, by how long it took me to notice. Everything was right there in the open, right there …
