Science Fiction

Science fiction (abbreviated SF or sci-fi with varying punctuation and capitalization) is a broad genre of fiction that often involves speculations based on current or future science or technology. Science fiction is found in books, art, television, films, games, theatre, and other media. In organizational or marketing contexts, science fiction can be synonymous with the broader definition of speculative fiction, encompassing creative works incorporating imaginative elements not found in contemporary reality; this includes fantasy, horror and related genres.

Although the two genres are often co
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The Fates Divide (Carve the Mark, #2)
Space Opera
The Oracle Year
Head On (Lock In, #2)
Blackfish City
The Diminished
The Complication (The Program, #6)
Paper Girls, Vol. 4 (Paper Girls, #4)
School for Psychics (School for Psychics, #1)
Devils Unto Dust
An Argumentation of Historians (The Chronicles of St Mary's, #9)
Last Shot: A Han and Lando Novel
The City of Lost Fortunes
Wonderblood
Before Mars (Planetfall, #3)

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    Taming Chaos (Darkstar Mercenaries #1)
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    Popular Science Fiction Books

    Ender's Game (Ender's Saga, #1)
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    Robert Jackson Bennett is a two-time award winner of the Shirley Jackson Award for Best Novel, an Edgar Award winner for Best Paperback Original, and is also the 2010 recipient of the Sydney J Bounds Award for Best Newcomer, and a Philip K Dick Award Citation of Excellence. His fifth novel, City of Stairs, is in stores now.

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