List of science fiction novels
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This page lists a broad variety of science fiction novels (and novel series)--some old, some new; some famous, some obscure; some well-written, some ill-written--and so may be considered a representative slice of the field. The books appear in alphabetical order by title (ignoring "A", "An", and "The"); series are alphabetical by author-designated name or, if there is no such, some reasonable designation.
Contents: Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z - External links
[edit] 0–9
- 1632 by Eric Flint
- 1633 by Eric Flint and David Weber (1st of five sequels planned and under contract by these two writers)
- 1634: The Galileo Affair by Eric Flint and Andrew Dennis
- 1634: The Ram Rebellion by Eric Flint and Virginia DeMarce — the second of five planned works in 1634 alone
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- 1634 — 1635 various in progress — This link is provided as a cross reference to separate those in production but not yet published from those that have been published.
- 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne
- 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke
- 2010: Odyssey Two by Arthur C. Clarke
- 2061: Odyssey Three by Arthur C. Clarke
- 3001: The Final Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke
- 334 by Thomas M. Disch
[edit] A
- Absolution Gap by Alastair Reynolds
- Accelerando by Charles Stross
- Acidity (Novelette), by Nadeem F. Paracha
- Air by Geoff Ryman
- An Age by Brian Aldiss
- Alastor Cluster series by Jack Vance
- namely, Trullion: Alastor 2262, Marune: Alastor 933, and Wyst: Alastor 1716
- Aldair series by Neal Barrett
- namely, Aldair in Albion, Aldair, Across the Misty Sea, Aldair, Master of Ships, and Aldair: The Legion of Beasts
- The Algebraist by Iain M. Banks
- Alien Tongue by Stephen Leigh, Essay by Rudy Rucker
- The American Book of the Dead by Stephen Billias
- Ancient Echoes by Robert Holdstock
- Ancient Rising by JC De La Torre
- The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton
- Anthony Villiers series by Alexei Panshin
- namely, Star Well, The Thurb Revolution, and Masque World
- Ares Express by Ian McDonald
- Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
- Asgard series by Brian Stableford
- namely, Asgard's Secret, Asgard's Conquerors, and Asgard's Heart
- The Atrocity Exhibition by J.G. Ballard
- Autumn Angels by Arthur Byron Cover
- Awakeners series by Sheri S. Tepper
- namely, Northshore and Southshore
[edit] B
- Babel-17 by Samuel R. Delany
- Barefoot in the Head by Brian Aldiss
- Battle Angel Alita by Yukito Kishiro
- Battlefield Earth by L. Ron Hubbard
- Becoming Alien by Rebecca Ore
- Berserker by Fred Saberhagen
- Beyond Apollo by Barry N. Malzberg
- Big Planet series by Jack Vance
- namely, Big Planet and Showboat World
- The Big Time by Fritz Leiber
- A Billion Days of Earth by Doris Piserchia
- Black by Ted Dekker
- The Blind Worm by Brian Stableford
- The Blue World by Jack Vance
- Borgel by Daniel Pinkwater
- Born With the Dead by Robert Silverberg
- Borrowed Tides by Paul Levinson
- Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
- Briah cycle by Gene Wolfe, several nested sub-series:
- New Urth
- namely, The Shadow of the Torturer, The Claw of the Conciliator, The Sword of the Lictor, The Citadel of the Autarch, The Urth of the New Sun, and Empires of Foliage and Flower (story in Wolfe collection Starwater Strains)
- The New Sun - two sub-series
- Long Sun
- namely, Nightside the Long Sun, Lake of the Long Sun, Calde of the Long Sun, and Exodus from the Long Sun
- Short Sun
- namely, On Blue's Waters, In Green's Jungles, and Return to the Whorl
- Long Sun
- New Urth
- Bug Jack Barron by Norman Spinrad
- The Butterfly Kid by Chester Anderson
- The Bromeliad series by Terry Pratchett
[edit] C
- Cadwal Chronicles series by Jack Vance
- namely, Araminta Station, Ecce and Old Earth, and Throy
- The Calcutta Chromosome by Amitav Ghosh
- Calling B for Butterfly by Louise Lawrence
- Camp Concentration by Thomas M. Disch
- A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr.
- A Case of Conscience by James Blish
- The Caves of Steel by Isaac Asimov
- Celestial Matters by Richard Garfinkle
- The Centauri Device by M. John Harrison
- Century Rain by Alastair Reynolds
- The Chalk Giants by Keith Roberts
- Chanur series by C. J. Cherryh
- Chasm City by Alastair Reynolds
- Child of Fortune by Norman Spinrad
- Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke
- Children of the Mind by Orson Scott Card
- Chronocules by D. G. Compton
- Cinnabar by Edward Bryant
- Cirque by Terry Carr
- City by Clifford D. Simak
- The City and the Stars by Arthur C. Clarke
- City of Bones by Martha Wells
- A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
- The Complete Magnus Ridolph by Jack Vance
- Congo by Michael Crichton
- Colony by Ben Bova
- The Consciousness Plague by Paul Levinson
- Count Zero by William Gibson
- Cradle by Arthur C. Clarke and Gentry Lee
- Cradle of the Sun by Brian Stableford
- Creatures of Light and Darkness by Roger Zelazny
- Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson
- Crystal Rain by Tobias S. Buckell
- Crystal Witness by Kathy Tyers
- Culture series by Iain M. Banks
- The Currents of Space by Isaac Asimov
[edit] D
- Daedalus series by Brian Stableford
- namely, The Florians, Critical Threshold, Wildeblood's Empire, The City of the Sun, Balance of Power, and The Paradox of the Sets
- Dancing Jack by Laurie J. Marks
- Darwin's Radio by Greg Bear
- The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham
- Days of Grass by Tanith Lee
- The Deadly Sky by Doris Piserchia
- The Demolished Man by Alfred Bester
- Demon Princes series by Jack Vance
- namely, Star King, The Killing Machine, The Palace of Love, The Face, and The Book of Dreams
- Desolation Road by Ian McDonald
- Destination: Void by Frank Herbert
- Dhalgren by Samuel R. Delany
- The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson
- Dies Irae series by Brian Stableford
- namely, The Days of Glory, In the Kingdom of the Beasts, and Day of Wrath
- The Dimensioneers by Doris Piserchia
- The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin
- Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
- Doomsday Book by Connie Willis
- The Dosadi Experiment by Frank Herbert
- Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom by Cory Doctorow
- Down to a Sunless Sea by David Graham
- The Dragon Masters by Jack Vance
- The Dragon Never Sleeps by Glen Cook
- Drake Maijstral series by Walter Jon Williams
- namely, The Crown Jewels, House of Shards, and Rock of Ages
- Dream Park by Larry Niven and Steven Barnes
- Dream Park; The Voodoo Game by Larry Niven and Steven Barnes
- Dream Science by Thomas Palmer
- Dreamsnake by Vonda N. McIntyre
- The Drowned World by J. G. Ballard
- The Dry Salvages (novella) by Caitlín R. Kiernan
- Dune by Frank Herbert
- Durdane series by Jack Vance
- namely, The Anome (aka The Faceless Man), The Brave Free Men (aka The Roguskhoi), and The Asutra
- Dying Inside by Robert Silverberg
[edit] E
- Earth Abides by George R. Stewart
- Earth Child by Doris Piserchia
- Earth Logic by Laurie J. Marks
- Earth in Twilight by Doris Piserchia
- Earthseed by Pamela Sargent
- Einstein's Dreams by Alan Lightman
- Elemental series by Laurie J. Marks
- namely, Fire Logic, Earth Logic, Water Logic
- Emortality series by Brian Stableford
- namely, The Cassandra Complex, Inherit the Earth, Architects of Emortality, Fountains of Youth, Dark Ararat, and The Omega Expedition
- Emperors of the Twilight by S. Andrew Swann
- Emphyrio by Jack Vance
- Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
- also Ender's Shadow
- Escape 2 Earth by Lawrence Johnson
- Exit Funtopia by Mick Farren
- The Eye of the Heron by Ursula K. Le Guin
[edit] F
- Faded Sun series by C. J. Cherryh
- namely, Kesrith, Shon'jir, and Kutath
- Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
- A Fall of Moondust by Arthur C. Clarke
- Farewell Horizontal by K. W. Jeter
- Fearful Symmetries by S. Andrew Swann
- Feersum Endjinn by Iain M. Banks
- The Female Man by Joanna Russ
- Fire Logic by Laurie J. Marks
- The Fifth Head of Cerberus by Gene Wolfe
- Firebird by Kathy Tyers
- also Fusion Fire and Crown of Fire
- Fledgling by Octavia Butler
- Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said by Philip K. Dick
- Flowers for Algernon (novel version) by Daniel Keyes
- The Fluger by Doris Piserchia
- Forests of the Night by S. Andrew Swann
- The Forever War by Joe Haldeman
- also Forever Free, Forever Peace
- Foundation by Isaac Asimov
- Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
- Free Live Free by Gene Wolfe
[edit] G
- Galactic Effectuator by Jack Vance
- Garden of Rama by Arthur C. Clarke
- Gateway by Frederik Pohl
- Gridlinked by Neal Asher
- The Gods Themselves by Isaac Asimov
- The Gods of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs
- Gods of Riverworld by Philip José Farmer
- Grass by Sheri S. Tepper
- The Gray Prince by Jack Vance
- The Gripping Hand by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle. Released as The Moat Around Murcheson's Eye in the United Kingdom.
[edit] H
- Halo - a video-game novelization series
- namely, Halo: The Fall of Reach by Eric Nylund, Halo: The Flood by William C. Dietz, Halo: First Strike by Eric Nylund, and Halo: Ghosts of Onyx by Eric Nylund
- The Hammer of Darkness by L. E. Modesitt
- The Hampdenshire Wonder by J. D. Beresford
- The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
- Hawken Family series by Michael Williams
- Helliconia trilogy by Brian W. Aldiss
- comprising Helliconia Spring, Helliconia Summer, and Helliconia Winter
- Highway of Eternity by Clifford Simak
- Hitchhiker series by Douglas Adams
- Homesmind by Pamela Sargent
- Hooded Swan series by Brian Stableford
- namely, Halcyon Drift, Rhapsody in Black, Promised Land, The Paradise Game, The Fenris Device, and Swan Song
- The Houses of Iszm by Jack Vance
- Hyperion by Dan Simmons
[edit] I
- I Am Legend by Richard Matheson
- Idlewild by Nick Sagan
- Imperial Earth by Arthur C. Clarke
- Inquestor series by Somtow Sucharitkul
- namely, Light on the Sound, The Throne of Madness, Utopia Hunters, and The Darkling Wind
- The Intuitionist by Colson Whitehead
- The Invention of Morel by Adolfo Bioy Casares
- I Robot by Isaac Asimov
- Iron Council by China Miéville
- Iron Sunrise by Charles Stross
- Isle of the Dead by Roger Zelazny
[edit] J
- J. by William Sanders
- Jennifer Government by Max Barry
- Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne
- Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton
[edit] K
- Kaleidoscope Century by John Barnes
- Kalimantan by Lucius Shepard
- Killobyte by Piers Anthony
- King of the Shore by Eryn Adams
- King of Morning, Queen of Day by Ian McDonald
- King Rat by China Miéville (arguably fantasy)
- Knight of Delusions by Keith Laumer
- The Kraken Wakes (aka Out of the Deeps) by John Wyndham
[edit] L
- Langdon St. Ives series by James Blaylock
- namely, Homunculus, Lord Kelvin's Machine, and The Digging Leviathan
- The Languages of Pao by Jack Vance
- Last and First Men by Olaf Stapledon
- The Last Castle by Jack Vance
- The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin
- Learning the World by Ken MacLeod
- The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
- The Legacy of Herot by Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle and Steven Barnes
- Level 7 by Mordecai Roshwald
- Little Fuzzy by H. Beam Piper
- Light by M. John Harrison
- Looking Backward by Edward Bellamy
- Look to Windward by Iain M. Banks
- Lord Kalvan of Otherwhen by H. Beam Pipper
- Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny
- Lords of the Starship by Mark S. Geston
- The Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle
- The Lost World by Michael Crichton
- Lovelock by Orson Scott Card and Kathryn H. Kidd
- Lydyard series by Brian Stableford
- namely, The Werewolves of London, The Angel of Pain, and The Carnival of Destruction
[edit] M
- Macroscope by Piers Anthony
- Majipoor series by Robert Silverberg
- namely, Lord Valentine's Castle, Valentine Pontifex, Majipoor Chronicles; there are more but of debated quality
- Make Room! Make Room! by Harry Harrison
- The Malacia Tapestry by Brian W. Aldiss
- Man Plus by Frederik Pohl
- Man in a Cage by Brian Stableford
- The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick
- The Man Who Fell to Earth by Walter Tevis
- The Man Who Folded Himself by David Gerrold
- The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
- Maske: Thaery by Jack Vance
- The Master by T. H. White
- A Maze of Death by Philip K. Dick
- The Memory of Earth by Orson Scott Card
- The Modular Man by Roger MacBride Allen, Essay by Isaac Asimov
- The Midnight Dancers by Gerard F. Conway
- Midshipman's Hope by David Feintuch
- see the Seafort Saga for its sequels
- The Midwich Cuckoos by John Wyndham
- A Million Open Doors by John Barnes
- The Mind Riders by Brian Stableford
- The Missing Matter by Thomas R. McDonough, essay by Wallace H. Tucker
- Mission Earth by L. Ron Hubbard
- Mission of Gravity by Hal Clement
- The Moat Around Murcheson's Eye by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle. This was the United Kingdom title, elsewhere it's known as The Gripping Hand
- The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein
- Mona Lisa Overdrive by William Gibson
- More Than Human by Theodore Sturgeon
- Morgaine series by C. J. Cherryh
- namely, Gate of Ivrel, Well of Shiuan, Fires of Azeroth, and Exile's Gate
- Mostly Harmless by Douglas Adams
- The Mote in God's Eye by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
- Mr. Justice by Doris Piserchia
- Mythago Wood series by Robert Holdstock
- namely, Mythago Wood, Lavondyss, The Bone Forest, The Hollowing, Merlin's Wood, and Gate of Ivory, Gate of Horn
[edit] N
- The Naked Sun by Isaac Asimov
- Neuromancer by William Gibson
- Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
- Neverness series by David Zindell
- namely, Neverness, The Broken God, The Wild, and War in Heaven
- Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
- Night Lamp by Jack Vance
- Nightwings by Robert Silverberg
- Norstrilia by Cordwainer Smith
- Noughts & Crosses series by Malorie Blackman
- Nova by Samuel R. Delany
- Nova Swing by M. John Harrison
[edit] O
- Odd John by Olaf Stapledon
- Old Man's War by John Scalzi
- One Mind's Eye by Kathy Tyers
- On the Beach by Nevil Shute
- On Wings of Song by Thomas M. Disch
- The Ophiuchi Hotline by John Varley
- Optiman by Brian Stableford
- Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood.
- Otherland series by Tad Williams
- Out of the Deeps (aka The Kraken Wakes) by John Wyndham
[edit] P
- Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler
- Pastwatch: The Redemption of Christopher Columbus by Orson Scott Card
- The Patterns of Chaos by Colin Kapp
- Pavane by Keith Roberts
- Pebble in the Sky by Isaac Asimov
- Perdido Street Station by China Miéville
- Permutation City by Greg Egan
- The Pixel Eye by Paul Levinson
- A Plague of Demons by Keith Laumer
- Planet of Adventure series by Jack Vance
- namely, City of the Chasch (aka The Chasck), Servants of the Wanek (aka Servants of the Wankh, The Wankh), The Dirdir, and The Pnume
- Player Piano by Kurt Vonnegut
- The Pleasures of a Futuroscope by Lord Dunsany
- The Plot To Save Socrates by Paul Levinson
- Ports of Call series by Jack Vance
- namely, Ports of Call and Lurulu
- Prey by Michael Crichton
- The Prestige by Christopher Priest
- The Princes of the Air by John M. Ford
- Prisoners of Power by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky
- Pushing Ice by Alastair Reynolds
[edit] Q
- Quarantine by Greg Egan
- Quinzinzinzili by Régis Messac
[edit] R
- Radix series by A. A. Attanasio
- namely, Radix, In Other Worlds, Arc of the Dream, and The Last Legends of Earth
- Raising the Stones by Sheri S. Tepper
- The Realms of Tartarus by Brian Stableford
- Red by Ted Dekker
- Red Genesis by S.C. Sykes, Essay by Eugene Mallove
- Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson
- Redemption Ark by Alastair Reynolds
- Report on Probability A by Brian W. Aldiss
- Revelation Space by Alastair Reynolds
- Ringworld by Larry Niven
- Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke
- Roadmarks by Roger Zelazny
- Roadside Picnic by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky
- Roderick and Roderick at Random by John Sladek
- Robots of Dawn by Isaac Asimov
- R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots) by Karel Čapek
- Rumors of Spring by Richard Grant
- Rynosseros by Terry Dowling
[edit] S
- Samaria series by Sharon Shinn
- namely, Archangel, Jovah's Angel, The Alleluia Files, and Angelica
- Sandman, Sleep by Herbert Lieberman
- Santiago by Mike Resnick
- Saraband of Lost Time by Richard Grant
- A Scanner Darkly, by Philip K. Dick
- The Scar by China Miéville (arguably fantasy)
- Scissors Cut Paper Wrap Stone by Ian McDonald
- Search the Sky by Cyril M. Kornbluth and Frederik Pohl
- Sewer, Gas, and Electric by Matt Ruff
- The Shape of Things to Come, by H. G. Wells
- Shivering World by Kathy Tyers
- The Shockwave Rider by John Brunner
- Sideshow by Sheri S. Tepper
- Signs of Life by M. John Harrison
- The Silk Code by Paul Levinson
- The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut
- Slan by A. E. van Vogt
- Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut
- Slaves of the Klau (aka Gold and Iron) by Jack Vance
- Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
- Solaris by Stanisław Lem
- Son of Man by Robert Silverberg
- Son of the Tree by Jack Vance
- The Song of Phiad the Gambler by Mick Farren
- The Space Merchants by Frederik Pohl and C.M. Kornbluth
- Space Opera by Jack Vance
- Space Trilogy series by C. S. Lewis
- namely, Out of the Silent Planet, Perelandra (aka Voyage to Venus), and That Hideous Strength
- Spaceling by Doris Piserchia
- Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card
- Specters of the Dawn by S. Andrew Swann
- Sphere by Michael Crichton
- Spin by Robert Charles Wilson
- The Stainless Steel Rat by Harry Harrison
- also The Stainless Steel Rat's Revenge , The Stainless Steel Rat Saves the World , The Stainless Steel Rat Wants You!, The Stainless Steel Rat for President, A Stainless Steel Rat Is Born , The Stainless Steel Rat Gets Drafted , The Stainless Steel Rat Sings the Blues, The Stainless Steel Rat Goes to Hell, The Stainless Steel Rat Joins the Circus
- Stand on Zanzibar by John Brunner
- Star of Gypsies by Robert Silverberg
- Star of the Unborn by Franz Werfel
- Star Rider by Doris Piserchia
- Star Smashers of the Galazy Rangers by Harry Harrison
- Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein
- The Stars, Like Dust by Isaac Asimov
- Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein
- The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester
- Strata by Terry Pratchett
[edit] T
- Thebes of the Hundred Gates by Robert Silverberg
- There Are Doors by Gene Wolfe
- They Shall Have Stars by James Blish
- This Immortal by Roger Zelazny
- Through the Heart by Richard Grant
- Tik-Tok by John Sladek
- Timeline by Michael Crichton
- Time Enough for Love by Robert A. Heinlein
- The Time Machine by H. G. Wells
- Titan by John Varley
- Titan by Stephen Baxter
- To Challenge Chaos by Brian Stableford
- To Die in Italbar by Roger Zelazny
- To Live Forever (aka Clarges) by Jack Vance
- To the Resurrection Station by Eleanor Arnason
- To Your Scattered Bodies Go by Philip José Farmer
- Tower of Glass by Robert Silverberg
- A Transatlantic Tunnel, Hurrah! by Harry Harrison
- Treason by Orson Scott Card
- Trouble with Lichen by John Wyndham
- The Truth Machine by James L. Halperin
[edit] U
[edit] V
- Valentine Pontifex by Robert Silverberg
- Valis by Philip K. Dick
- Valkyrie by William Powell Jr.
- Venus of Dreams by Pamela Sargent
- Sequels are Venus of Shadows and Children of Venus
- Views from the Oldest House by Richard Grant
- The Void Captain's Tale by Norman Spinrad
- The Vorkosigan Saga series of books by Lois McMaster Bujold
- namely Falling Free, Shards of Honor, Barrayar, The Warrior's Apprentice, The Vor Game, Cetaganda, Ethan of Athos, Brothers in Arms, Mirror Dance, Memory, Komarr, A Civil Campaign, Diplomatic Immunity
- Voyage by Stephen Baxter
- Voyager in Night by C. J. Cherryh
- Vurt by Jeff Noon
[edit] W
- The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells
- War With the Newts (dystopian satire) by Karel Čapek
- Water Logic by Laurie J. Marks
- Wave Without a Shore by C. J. Cherryh
- Waves by M. A. Foster
- Way Station by Clifford D. Simak
- We by Yevgeny Zamyatin
- The Weapon Shops of Isher by A. E. van Vogt
- What Entropy Means to Me by George Alec Effinger
- When Gravity Fails by George Alec Effinger
- Where Time Winds Blow by Robert Holdstock
- White by Ted Dekker
- The Wind from Nowhere by J. G. Ballard
- Windhover Tapes series by Warren Carl Norwood
- namely, An Image of Voices, Fize of the Gabriel Ratchets, Planet of Flowers, and Flexing the Warp
- The World and Thorinn by Damon Knight
- The World of Ptavvs by Larry Niven
- Wyrldmaker by Terry Bisson
[edit] X
[edit] Y
- The Year of the Quiet Sun by Wilson Tucker
- Yesteryear by Alan Dean Foster
- The Young Men are Coming by M. P. Shiel
[edit] Z
Please note that fantasy novels and short-story collections should not be included here: they have their own lists. But novels structured as a set of linked short stories do belong here.
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[edit] External links
- Science-Fiction & Fantasy Reading Lists - from the SFWA site
- Classics of Science Fiction - lists and various breakdowns
- Nebula Award Winners
- David Pringle's Top 100 Science Fiction Novels
- The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List - by fan votes [old]
- The Core Reading List of Fantasy and Science Fiction - from NESFA (old - last updated 1997)
- Internet Book List: Science Fiction
- Top Science Fiction - various "top 100" lists
- Honor roll: Science Fiction books - A ranked list of honored Science Fiction books