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Cosmos by Carl Sagan
This book is about science in its broadest human context, how science and civilization grew up together. It is the …
b9chomps rated Rendezvous with Rama: 4 stars
Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke (Rama, #1)
Written in 1973, a massive 50 kilometre long alien cylinder begins to pass through the solar system provoking a hurried …
b9chomps rated To Be Taught, If Fortunate: 5 stars
To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers
At the turn of the twenty-second century, scientists make a breakthrough in human spaceflight. Through a revolutionary method known as …
b9chomps rated The Last Emperox: 4 stars
The Last Emperox by John Scalzi (The Interdependency, #3)
The Last Emperox is the thrilling conclusion to the award-winning, New York Times and USA Today bestselling Interdependency series, an …
b9chomps rated Network Effect: 5 stars
Network Effect by Martha Wells
WINNER of the 2021 Hugo, Nebula and Locus Awards!
The first full-length novel in Martha Wells' New York Times and …
b9chomps rated The Martian: 4 stars
The Martian by Andy Weir (The Martian, #1)
A mission to Mars.
A freak accident.
One man's struggle to survive.
Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one …
b9chomps rated Record of a Spaceborn Few: 4 stars
Record of a Spaceborn Few by Becky Chambers (Wayfarers, #3)
Centuries after the last humans left Earth, the Exodus Fleet is a living relic, a place many are from but …
b9chomps rated A Closed and Common Orbit: 5 stars
A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers (Wayfarers, #2)
Once, Lovelace had eyes and ears everywhere. She was a ship's artificial intelligence system - possessing a personality and very …
b9chomps rated Children of Ruin: 4 stars
Children of Ruin by Adrian Tchaikovsky
The astonishing sequel to Children of Time, the award-winning novel of humanity’s battle for survival on a terraformed planet.
Thousands …
Redshirts by John Scalzi
Ensign Andrew Dahl has just been assigned to the Universal Union Capital Ship Intrepid, flagship of the Universal Union since …
b9chomps rated House of Suns: 4 stars
b9chomps rated The Consuming Fire: 4 stars
b9chomps rated Persepolis Rising: 4 stars
Persepolis Rising by James S.A. Corey (The Expanse, #7)
In the thousand-sun network of humanity's expansion, new colony worlds are struggling to find their way. Every new planet lives …