Contact – Carl Sagan
This is one of the most rich and complex book I have read in some time.
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The Final Programme – Michael Moorcock
Have you ever been so utterly confused by a book that you later became convinced that you didn’t really read it?
Little Brother – Cory Doctorow
Little Brother deals with some pretty serious topics, but distills them down to a point where even kids will find it all to be a bit silly.
The Refrigerator Monologues – Catherynne M Valente
Did you ever think that there was something missing from a story only to realize that someone part of the narrative has been left out? That’s what this book is about.
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Snow Crash – Neal Stephenson
In a future where governments are disappearing and corporations have taken over, a virus is being used to take over the world…
Monday Starts on Saturday Arkady and Boris Strugatsky
A mysterious soviet research institute is best described as… kind of zany.
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The Gap of Time – Jeanette Winterson
It was only a matter of time before a retelling turned into a ‘remix’. And of course it happened to Shakespeare…
James S. A. Corey – Abaddon’s Gate
The third book in the expanse series keeps increasing the size of the world it takes place in.
Freedom™ – Daniel Suarez
Daniel Suarez continues his excellent narrative of a runaway program and the people it affects.
Lucifer’s Hammer – Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
Lucifer’s Hammer shows us the fragility of human civilization – and it still fells like we would not be ready for it.
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Failures in Polymathy 