Good (mostly) modern science fiction

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List with recommendations by members of the bogleheads message board
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Snow Crash
by Neal Stephenson
21,892 members
434 reviews
4.1
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The Left Hand of Darkness
by Ursula K. Le Guin
18,834 members
454 reviews
4.1
3 Members
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Neuromancer
by William Gibson
25,920 members
417 reviews
3.9
2 Members
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Ready Player One
by Ernest Cline
22,142 members
1,385 reviews
4
2 Members
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The Forever War
by Joe Haldeman
10,397 members
273 reviews
4
2 Members
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Red Mars
by Kim Stanley Robinson
9,375 members
207 reviews
3.8
2 Members
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The Windup Girl
by Paolo Bacigalupi
6,926 members
322 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
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Ender's Game
by Orson Scott Card
45,455 members
1,123 reviews
½ 4.3
2 Members
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Hyperion
by Dan Simmons
13,744 members
306 reviews
4.2
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Ringworld
by Larry Niven
10,962 members
213 reviews
3.8
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Old Man's War
by John Scalzi
9,888 members
453 reviews
4
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Anathem
by Neal Stephenson
9,186 members
316 reviews
4.2
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Consider Phlebas
by Iain M. Banks
8,921 members
272 reviews
½ 3.7
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14
Wool
by Hugh Howey
8,611 members
420 reviews
4.1
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Ancillary Justice
by Ann Leckie
7,246 members
424 reviews
4
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Ilium
by Dan Simmons
4,515 members
74 reviews
3.9
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Startide Rising
by David Brin
4,450 members
68 reviews
3.9
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A Deepness in the Sky
by Vernor Vinge
4,441 members
78 reviews
4.2
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So You Want to be a Wizard
by Diane Duane
3,592 members
69 reviews
3.9
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The Uplift War
by David Brin
3,496 members
36 reviews
3.9
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The Rook
by Daniel O'Malley
3,396 members
213 reviews
4.1
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Dies the Fire
by S. M. Stirling
2,669 members
94 reviews
½ 3.7
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The Gap Into Conflict: The Real Story
by Stephen R. Donaldson
2,303 members
37 reviews
½ 3.6
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Kiln People
by David Brin
2,006 members
50 reviews
½ 3.7
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25
In the Garden of Iden
by Kage Baker
1,809 members
61 reviews
½ 3.7
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Island in the Sea of Time
by S. M. Stirling
1,754 members
44 reviews
3.9
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Gridlinked
by Neal Asher
1,737 members
38 reviews
½ 3.7
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Glory Season
by David Brin
1,682 members
17 reviews
½ 3.6
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West of Eden
by Harry Harrison
1,420 members
25 reviews
½ 3.7
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Pump Six and Other Stories
by Paolo Bacigalupi
1,219 members
53 reviews
4
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Coyote
by Allen Steele
851 members
28 reviews
½ 3.6
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Voyage from Yesteryear
by James P. Hogan
749 members
6 reviews
½ 3.7
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Emergence
by David R. Palmer
707 members
21 reviews
4.1
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Counting Heads
by David Marusek
534 members
25 reviews
½ 3.6
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The Probability Broach
by L. Neil Smith
370 members
10 reviews
½ 3.4
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Envoy to new worlds
by Keith Laumer
318 members
7 reviews
½ 3.7
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37
DarkShip Thieves
by Sarah A. Hoyt
297 members
14 reviews
½ 3.3
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38
Gameplayers of Zan
by M. A. Foster
294 members
6 reviews
4
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Threshold
by David R. Palmer
231 members
2 reviews
½ 3.4
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The Forever Watch: A Novel
by David Ramirez
190 members
17 reviews
½ 3.6
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