 | Diaspora by Greg Egan
Buy used from: £0.01 Egan is always excellent, always mind-bending.
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 | Singularity Sky by Charles Stross
Buy new: £5.99 / Used from: £0.01 Wonderful romp!
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 | The Forever War (S.F. Masterworks) by Joe Haldeman
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £1.90 Haldeman's unique mix of hard-sf and harder emotions. If you don't cry at some point reading this, there's something wrong with you...
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 | Gridlinked (Ian Cormac) by Neal Asher
Buy used from: £0.10 Asher's story explodes into action from the first page. A stunning piece of fiction.
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 | Absolution Gap (Gollancz S.F.) by Alastair Reynolds
Buy used from: £0.01 Beautifully written, full of wonderfully baroque imagery and believable characters.
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 | Sister Alice by Robert Reed
Buy used from: £4.57 Techno wonders, brutal childhood games, all orchestrated perfectly by Reed.
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 | Maul by Tricia Sullivan
Buy used from: £0.01 Totally gripping, totally immersive, Sullivan proves she has storytelling skills up there with the best of them.
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 | Time by Stephen Baxter
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £0.01 Who can ever eat calimari again? Sheena 5 rules!
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 | Stamping Butterflies (Gollancz S.F.) by Jon Courtenay Grimwood
Buy new: £4.49 / Used from: £0.01 Grimwood is simply breathtaking, wheeling from the US torture of Iraqis to punk to Chinese aristocracy.
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 | Beggars and Choosers by Nancy Kress
Buy used from: £3.09 Nancy Kress has *never* written a bad book. What would happen if the need to sleep was gene-tweaked away?
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 | The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer by Neal Stephenson
Buy new: £5.96 / Used from: £0.39 Stephenson didn't invent steampunk but he explores the genre with gusto.
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 | Neuromancer by William Gibson
Buy new: £5.89 / Used from: £0.44 An absolute blinding classic. How much contemporary SF is ripped off from this book? How many electrogoth bands are going to call themsleves Wintermute?
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 | Ringworld (S.F. Masterworks) by Larry Niven
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £0.52 How can you *not* love Niven's outrageous imaginings. Wouldn't you love to meet Kzinti and Puppeteers in real life?
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 | The Midwich Cuckoos by John Wyndham
Buy used from: £0.01 Sadly neglected now, Wyndham used SF to disturb our every-day notions. This is his most un-settling work.
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 | Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said (S.F. Masterworks) by Philip K. Dick
Buy new: £5.01 / Used from: £1.84 It's hard to pick just one Dick book. But this one covers all the bases: paranoia, warped reality... Genius!
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 | We Who Are About To... by Joanna Russ
Buy new: £13.50 / Used from: £5.98 Not an easy read but an essential one. Joanna Russ' book is as disturbing as it is truthful.
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 | Flowers For Algernon (S.F. Masterworks) by Daniel Keyes
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £2.50 Not a word wasted, not a step out of place. One of the saddest books I've ever read because of its truthfulness.
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 | The Caves of Steel (Robot Series) by Isaac Asimov
Buy new: £4.91 / Used from: £0.01 How can I pick *one* Asimov? Impossible! But I'll go with this one for now as it is, yep, perfect! Who wouldn't want a friend as steadfast as R. Daneel Olivaw?
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 | Fountains of Paradise (S.F. Masterworks) by Arthur C. Clarke
Buy new: £4.48 / Used from: £1.68 Clarke fleshes out his trademark widescreen SF with lovely observations of Sri Lanka.
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 | Tau Zero (S.F. Masterworks) by Poul Anderson
Buy new: £4.48 / Used from: £1.70 A thrilling, mind-boggling read. But then it is Poul Anderson.
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 | Cat's Cradle (Essential Penguin) by Kurt Vonnegut
Buy new: £5.93 / Used from: £2.74 Although literature snobs claim Vonnegut isn't SF, we know better! Anyone for a drop of Ice 9?
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 | Excession by Iain M. Banks
Buy new: £5.96 / Used from: £0.01 Witty, tragic and wonderfully paced. Banks' weaves another masterpiece... got to love those killer drones!
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 | Mainline by Deborah Christian
Buy used from: £0.61 Every now and then, a scene from Mainline will pop into my head - and I read the book years ago. Deborah Christian's imagery is that powerful, her storytelling that compelling.
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 | Against Gravity by Gary Gibson
Buy used from: £0.01 The pacing and plotting of this story is fantastic, the combination of action and emotion masterful. A future classic!
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 | Market Forces (Gollancz S.F.) by Richard Morgan
Buy used from: £0.01 For anyone who believes SF is all about spaceships or bug-eyed aliens - I dare you to read this beautifully observed book. Morgan's portrayal of a dark future is too close to now for comfort.
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