Books like The Algebraist
12 books with a reading profile close to The Algebraist by Iain M. Banks. Outward-looking and escapist; a moderate read.
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1
3001: The Final Odyssey
Also outward-looking and escapist · entertainment, science fiction
Frank Poole, the astronaut killed by the computer HAL 9000 in the first installment, is recovered from the vacuum of space a millennium later.
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Fantastic Voyage
by Isaac Asimov
Also outward-looking and escapist · entertainment, science fiction
In this Cold War science fiction novel, a team of five specialists undergoes a radical miniaturization process to enter the bloodstream of a dying scientist.
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3
Chasm City
Also escapist · entertainment, science fiction
Tanner Mirabel, a security specialist seeking vengeance, travels to the planet Yellowstone to hunt a noble who murdered his client’s wife.
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4
Superman: Red Son
by Mark Millar
Also outward-looking · entertainment, science fiction
In this alternate history, Kal-El’s escape pod lands on a Soviet collective farm in 1938 instead of rural Kansas.
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5
The Swarm
Also outward-looking and escapist · entertainment, science fiction
Off the coast of Norway, a new species of aggressive worms destroys methane hydrate deposits, destabilizing the continental shelf.
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The Original Hitchhiker Radio Scripts
Also outward-looking and escapist · entertainment, science fiction
This book contains the complete scripts for the first twelve episodes of the BBC radio series, including the Primary and Secondary Phases.
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Foundation and Chaos
by Greg Bear
Also escapist · entertainment, science fiction
Set within the Second Foundation Trilogy, this novel follows Hari Seldon as he defends his theories of psychohistory during a formal trial on the capital world of Trantor.
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And Another Thing...
by Eoin Colfer
Also outward-looking and escapist · entertainment, science fiction
Arthur Dent, Ford Prefect, Tricia McMillan, and Random wake up from a simulated reality on Earth to find a Vogon fleet preparing to demolish the planet once again.
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Snow Crash
Also outward-looking and escapist · entertainment, science fiction
In a near-future Los Angeles partitioned into sovereign corporate franchises, Hiro Protagonist delivers pizzas for the Mafia and hacks within the Metaverse, a three-dimensional virtual reality landscape he helped build.
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10
Life, the Universe and Everything
Also outward-looking and escapist · entertainment, science fiction
Arthur Dent and Ford Prefect navigate the galaxy after being stranded on prehistoric Earth for several years.
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11
State of Fear
Also outward-looking and escapist · entertainment, science fiction
Environmental lawyer Peter Evans becomes entangled in a global conspiracy when he discovers that a radical group is orchestrating catastrophic weather events to simulate the effects of climate change.
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Y: The Last Man, Vol. 2: Cycles
Also escapist · entertainment, science fiction
Yorick Brown and his capuchin monkey, Ampersand, travel across a desolate United States as the only two survivors of a global plague that killed every creature with a Y chromosome.
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