Approaching Lightspeed
Approaching Lightspeed is your guide through the mind-bending frontiers of the science fiction genre. With a focus on tales found in books, we'll explore all sorts of fantastical worlds, from the brutally indifferent cosmos found in Revelation Space to the intrigue-filled, culturally rich spaces of Teixcalaan, and everything in between. ---More Approaching Lightspeed: linktr.ee/approachinglightspeed
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The Mercy of Gods
"The Expanse" author James SA Corey continues their generational sci-fi run with a new trilogy, "The Captive's War." In it, humanity suddenly finds itself in the clutches of the alien Carryx. Their choices: demonstrate their usefulness an...
Murderbot Diaries
Martha Wells' "Murderbot Diaries" follows one of science fiction's most introverted (but also most likable!) protagonists through an alarmingly familiar corporate hellscape in an epic journey to get as far from humans as possible.
Against a Dark Background
Iain M. Banks spirits us away to a crumbling solar system where technological advancement and supremacy comes not in what its inhabitants can make for themselves, but in what they can pilfer from the ruins of the countless failed civilization...
The Aliens of Revelation Space
In Alastair Reynolds' "Revelation Space" series, humanity is slowly coming to the uncomfortable realization that they might be the only spacefaring civilization around--or at least the only one that hasn't been violently wiped out. But this was...