Speculative Scifi

A Listmania! list by Joshua Reuben (Israel)
 
The Golden Age (The Golden Age, Book 1)
1.  The Golden Age (The Golden Age, Book 1) by John C. Wright
The list author says:
  "This series most richly depicts post-singularity life"
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Diaspora
2.  Diaspora by Greg Egan
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  "hyperevolved E-life"
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4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (71 customer reviews)

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Polity Agent (Ian Cormac, Book 4)
3.  Polity Agent (Ian Cormac, Book 4) by Neal L. Asher
The list author says:
  "A picotech stoneburner ...

Like a Culture novel, only accelerating at 0.9 lightspeed with sabretooth incisors!"
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4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)

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Voice of the Whirlwind
4.  Voice of the Whirlwind by Walter Jon Williams
The list author says:
  "substitute the Powers with AI. A real icerocket!"
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4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)

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Accelerando (Singularity)
5.  Accelerando (Singularity) by Charles Stross
The list author says:
  "the 1st novel to tackle the singularity as it happens"
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3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (134 customer reviews) | 1 customer discussion

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Neuromancer
6.  Neuromancer by William Gibson
The list author says:
  "The AI Wintermute wants to break free..."
$7.19   Used & New from: $0.01
4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (602 customer reviews) | 2 customer discussions

Snow Crash (Bantam Spectra Book)
7.  Snow Crash (Bantam Spectra Book) by Neal Stephenson
The list author says:
  "humour, and what VR could be"
$11.24   Used & New from: $1.40
4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (761 customer reviews) | 4 customer discussions

Hyperion
8.  Hyperion by Dan Simmons
The list author says:
  "A rich hard space opera series with crafty AI as the hidden enemy"
$7.19   Used & New from: $0.01
4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (686 customer reviews) | 4 customer discussions

Stone (GollanczF.)
9.  Stone (GollanczF.) by Adam Roberts
The list author says:
  "A psychopath in utopia. not for sensitive Eloi."
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4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)

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The Quantum Thief
10.  The Quantum Thief by Hannu Rajaniemi
The list author says:
  "Game theory, mental prisons, gvulot privacy barriers - nice!"
$17.42   Used & New from: $4.79
3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (142 customer reviews)

The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer (Bantam Spectra Book)
11.  The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer (Bantam Spectra Book) by Neal Stephenson
The list author says:
  "plausable nanotech in a future Hong Kong. Identifies the Anglosphere culture as something to aspire to."
$12.80   Used & New from: $1.45
4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (446 customer reviews) | 1 customer discussion

Days of Cain
12.  Days of Cain by J. R. Dunn
The list author says:
  "Time travel dliemma - save Holocaust victims, and a paradox will arrise preventing humanity aquiring the empathy / emotional intelligence required to evolve"
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4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)

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Recursion
13.  Recursion by Tony Ballantyne
The list author says:
  "A viral offworld AI called the Watcher takes deterministic control over humanity's future while von neuman machines (VNMs) wage integalactic war ..."
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3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)

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Lady of Mazes
14.  Lady of Mazes by Karl Schroeder
The list author says:
  "Avoid being wallpaper, getting stuck in techlocks or letting the book think for you in a postsingularity world."
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3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)

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Foundation's Triumph (Second Foundation Trilogy)
15.  Foundation's Triumph (Second Foundation Trilogy) by David Brin
The list author says:
  "The secret of foundation - the AI Daneel thaught it would be best for the sheparding of humanity if we were kept predictable - no singularities allowed!"
$7.19   Used & New from: $0.01
3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (56 customer reviews)

Psychohistorical Crisis
16.  Psychohistorical Crisis by Donald Kingsbury
The list author says:
  "integrate probabibilistic precognition into socioeconomics"
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3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (29 customer reviews)

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Newton's Wake: A Space Opera
17.  Newton's Wake: A Space Opera by Ken Macleod
The list author says:
  "suprisingly fun ride"
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3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (36 customer reviews)

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Revelation Space
18.  Revelation Space by Alastair Reynolds
The list author says:
  "hard space op"
$8.09   Used & New from: $0.01
3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (215 customer reviews)

Centuries
19.  Centuries by A. A. Attanasio
The list author says:
  "posthumans & quantum physics. climb the monkey ladder!"
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4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

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Excession
20.  Excession by Iain M. Banks
The list author says:
  "an advanced society encounters a more advanced one."
$7.19   Used & New from: $0.55
4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (114 customer reviews) | 1 customer discussion

Glasshouse
21.  Glasshouse by Charles Stross
$7.19   Used & New from: $0.01
4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (66 customer reviews)

Reality 36: A Richards & Klein Novel (Richards & Klein Investigations)
22.  Reality 36: A Richards & Klein Novel (Richards & Klein Investigations) by Guy Haley
The list author says:
  "couldn't put this one down!"
$7.19   Used & New from: $0.01
3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)

Beggars in Spain (Beggars Trilogy)
23.  Beggars in Spain (Beggars Trilogy) by Nancy Kress
The list author says:
  "plausible  longevity"
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4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (104 customer reviews) | 1 customer discussion

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Natural History
24.  Natural History by Justina Robson
The list author says:
  "plausible bio-engineering"
$11.70   Used & New from: $0.01
4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)

Fallen Dragon
25.  Fallen Dragon by Peter F. Hamilton
The list author says:
  "future warfare"
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4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (94 customer reviews)

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The Wild
26.  The Wild by David Zindell
The list author says:
  "hyper-evolved AI"
$23.17   Used & New from: $15.12
4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)

Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom
27.  Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom by Cory Doctorow
The list author says:
  "post-singularity blues"
$13.49   Used & New from: $1.62
3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (113 customer reviews)

A.I.s
28.  A.I.s by Jack Dann
The list author says:
  "a collection!"
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2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)

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Beyond Singularity (Darkside)
29.  Beyond Singularity (Darkside) by Jack Dann
The list author says:
  "another collection!"
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4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

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The Speed of Dark (Ballantine Reader's Circle)
30.  The Speed of Dark (Ballantine Reader's Circle) by Elizabeth Moon
The list author says:
  "Integrating alternative modes of thaught."
$12.17   Used & New from: $0.01
4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (142 customer reviews)

Infoquake (Jump 225 Trilogy) (v. 1) (The Jump 225 Trilogy)
31.  Infoquake (Jump 225 Trilogy) (v. 1) (The Jump 225 Trilogy) by David Louis Edelman
$17.00   Used & New from: $0.01
3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (40 customer reviews)

River of Gods
32.  River of Gods by Ian McDonald
The list author says:
  "Post-cyberpunk in the subcontinent"
$13.24   Used & New from: $0.32
3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (80 customer reviews)

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