Hard SF : Suggested Reading : Authors Associated with Hard SF
This isn’t a list of every hard SF book, or strictly only hard SF. It’s meant to be a list of books hard SF readers may feel are above average, without being too frighteningly long. Of course, people’s tastes and interests vary. The list gives the year if a book won a Nebula, Hugo, John W. Campbell, Philip K Dick or Arthur C Clarke award, plus the rating (from 1 to 5) it got at Amazon.com.
| Author | Title | Nebula | Hugo | Campbell | Dick | Clarke | Amazon | Notes |
| Abbott, Edwin | Flatland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | math, dimensions |
| Aldiss, Brian W. | Galactic Empires | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | short stories |
| Aldiss, Brian W. | Helliconia Spring | 0 | 0 | 1983 | 0 | 0 | 3.5 | binary system; societies in extreme climates |
| Anderson, Poul | Brain Wave | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | jump in intelligence & its effects |
| Anderson, Poul | Genesis | 0 | 0 | 2001 | 0 | 0 | 3.5 | far future, AI, uploaded consciousness |
| Anderson, Poul | Harvest Of Stars | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | uploaded mind; social systems; libertarianism |
| Anderson, Poul | High Crusade, The | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | clash of cultures |
| Anderson, Poul | Satan's World | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | mysterious, forbidden planet |
| Anderson, Poul | Starfarers | 0 | 0 | 1999 | 0 | 0 | 3 | interstellar travel, aliens, millenia-long trip |
| Anderson, Poul | Tau Zero | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | interstellar exploration; relativity |
| Anthony, Patricia | Cradle Of Splendor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 | politics, intrigue, space flight |
| Anzetti, Toni | Typhon's Children | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | interstellar colonization; biosciences |
| Asaro, Catherine | Sunrise Alley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | biology, AI, ethics, mystery |
| Asher, Neal | Skinner, The | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | dangerous planet, evil aliens |
| Asimov, Isaac | Caves Of Steel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | robots, mystery |
| Asimov, Isaac | Foundation (trilogy) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | math; galactic civilization |
| Asimov, Isaac | Foundation's Edge | 0 | 1983 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | galactic civilization |
| Asimov, Isaac | Gods Themselves, The | 1972 | 1973 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | physics, energy |
| Asimov, Isaac | Naked Sun, The | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | robots, mystery |
| Asimov, Isaac | Nightfall And Other Stories | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | short stories |
| Ballard, J. G. | Drought, The | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | Ecological disaster |
| Ballard, J. G. | Unlimited Dream Company, The | 0 | 0 | 1980 | 0 | 0 | 5 | on the mystical side |
| Banks, Iain M. | Consider Phlebas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Culture series |
| Banks, Iain M. | Excession | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | spatial anomaly, AI; Culture series |
| Banks, Iain M. | Look To Windward | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | Culture series |
| Banks, Iain M. | Player Of Games, The | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | compare far future leisure society & one like ours |
| Banks, Iain M. | Use Of Weapons | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | The Culture's Special Circumstances unit |
| Barnes, John | Armies Of Memory, The | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | galactic civilization, spies, virtual reality |
| Barnes, John | Mother Of Storms | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.5 | Eco / climate disaster |
| Barton, William | Dark Sky Legion | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | galactic civilization, aliens |
| Barton, William | Transmigration Of Souls | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | future Earth, alien tech, shape-shifters |
| Barton, William | When Heaven Fell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | mercenaries working for aliens ruling galaxy |
| Baxter, Stephen | Evolution | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | evolution from mammal to human & beyond |
| Baxter, Stephen | Exultant | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.5 | Destiny's Children book 2; military |
| Baxter, Stephen | Manifold: Time | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.5 | quantum physics |
| Baxter, Stephen | Time Ships, The | 0 | 0 | 1996 | 1997 | 0 | 4 | time travel |
| Baxter, Stephen | Vacuum Diagrams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2000 | 0 | 4 | quantum physics; astrophysics |
| Bayley, Barrington | Fall Of Chronopolis, The | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | time travel; military |
| Bayley, Barrington | Zen Gun, The | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | physics; crazy being w/ universe's greatest weapon |
| Bear, Greg | Blood Music | 0 | 0 | 1986 | 0 | 0 | 4 | nanotech |
| Bear, Greg | Darwin's Radio | 2000 | 0 | 2000 | 0 | 0 | 3.5 | "junk DNA"; evolution |
| Bear, Greg | Eon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | hollowed asteroid orbits Earth; genetics |
| Bear, Greg | Eternity | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.5 | sequel to Eon |
| Bear, Greg | Forge Of God, The | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | end-of-world/invasion |
| Bear, Greg | Moving Mars | 1994 | 0 | 1994 | 0 | 0 | 4 | political revolution & science on Mars |
| Bear, Greg | Queen Of Angels | 0 | 0 | 1991 | 0 | 0 | 4 | future LA murders; genetic mod.; psychology |
| Bear, Greg | Slant | 0 | 0 | 1998 | 0 | 0 | 3.5 | sequel to Queen Of Angles; nanotech |
| Benford, Gregory | Artifact | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 | alien artifact, scientific investigation |
| Benford, Gregory | Cosm | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.5 | physics, micro-universe |
| Benford, Gregory | Tides Of Light | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | Galactic Center series; physics |
| Benford, Gregory | Timescape | 1980 | 0 | 1981 | 0 | 0 | 3 | physics, time travel, evironmental crisis |
| Bester, Alfred | Computer Connection, The | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | politics, super computer running infrastructure |
| Bester, Alfred | Demolished Man, The | 0 | 1953 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | murder; telepathy |
| Bester, Alfred | Stars My Destination, The | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | a space Count Of Monte Cristo; aka Tiger Tiger |
| Blish, James | A Case Of Conscience | 0 | 1959 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | alien contact; crisis of faith |
| Blish, James | They Shall Have Stars | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | genetics | |
| Bova, Ben | THX 1138 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | future dystopia | |
| Bradbury, Ray | Martian Chronicles, The | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Mars |
| Brin, David | Earth | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | environment, world war, society |
| Brin, David | Kiln People | 0 | 0 | 2003 | 0 | 0 | 4 | copying people |
| Brin, David | Postman, The | 0 | 0 | 1986 | 0 | 0 | 4 | post-WWIII search for hope |
| Brin, David | Startide Rising | 1983 | 1984 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | dolphins, chimps; galactic civilization |
| Brin, David | Uplift War, The | 0 | 1988 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | galactic civilization, humans, chimps & dolphins |
| Brunner, John | Sheep Look Up, The | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | pollution crisis |
| Brunner, John | Shockwave Rider | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | corporate control; sort of cyberpunk / hacker |
| Brunner, John | Stand On Zanzibar | 0 | 1969 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | overpopulation |
| Capoblanco, Michael | Burster | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | space exploration, fate of Earth |
| Card, Orson Scott | Ender's Game | 1985 | 1986 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | interstellar conflict, war gaming |
| Card, Orson, Scott | Speaker For The Dead | 1986 | 1987 | 1987 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | interstellar colonies & alien conflict; society |
| Chiang, Ted | Stories of Your Life and Others | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | short stories |
| Clarke, Arthur C. | 2001 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | influences on human evolution; AI; space |
| Clarke, Arthur C. | Childhood's End | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | aliens guide human development |
| Clarke, Arthur C. | Fountains Of Paradise, The | 1979 | 1980 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | space, tech advance; religion |
| Clarke, Arthur C. | Rendezvous With Rama | 1973 | 1974 | 1974 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | huge alien space ark; scientific investigation |
| Clement, Hal | Essential Hal Clement, The: Vol 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | anthology; hard SF |
| Clement, Hal | Heavy Planet | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mission Of Gravity & Mesklin stories; physics | |
| Cramer, John | Einstein's Bridge | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | physics; first contact |
| Cramer, John | Twistor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | physics, alternate universe; corporate greed |
| Dick, Philip K. | A Scanner Darkly | 0 | 0 | 1978 | 0 | 0 | 5 | future California, drugs, changing identities |
| Dick, Philip K. | Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | androids, machine intelligence |
| Dick, Philip K. | Flow My Tears The Policeman Said | 0 | 0 | 1975 | 0 | 0 | 4 | amnesia |
| Dick, Philip K. | Man In The High Castle, The | 0 | 1963 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | alternative history; post-WWII |
| DiFilippo, Paul | Ribofunk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | biotech |
| Egan, Greg | Axiomatic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | stories |
| Egan, Greg | Diaspora | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | uploaded consciousness, interstellar, multiverse |
| Egan, Greg | Permutation City | 0 | 0 | 1995 | 0 | 0 | 4 | computers, uploaded consciousness, virtual reality |
| Egan, Greg | Quarantine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | solar system isolated from universe |
| Egan, Greg | Schild's Ladder | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.5 | meddling with the substructure of universe |
| Flynn, Michael | Eifelheim | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | aliens crash in 14th century Germany |
| Flynn, Michael | Falling Stars | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | asteroid threat |
| Flynn, Michael | Forest Of Time And Other\85, The | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | stories |
| Forward, Robert L. | Rocheworld | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | interstellar light sail travel, aquatic aliens |
| Gibson, Wm & Sterling, B. | Difference Engine, The | 0 | 0 | 1992 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Babbage, alternative history, mystery |
| Gould, Steven | Helm | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | backward colony planet; helmet imparts knowledge |
| Gunn, James | Listeners, The | 0 | 0 | 1973 | 0 | 0 | 4 | First contact; recommended by Carl Sagan |
| Haldeman, Joe | Camouflage | 2005 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.5 | aliens, shape-shifters |
| Haldeman, Joe | Forever Peace | 1998 | 1998 | 1998 | 0 | 0 | 3.5 | remote-control warfare, brain-machine interface |
| Haldeman, Joe | Forever War, The | 1975 | 1976 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | interstellar war, anti-war |
| Hamilton, Peter F. | Reality Dysfunction, The: Emergence | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.5 | far future colonization |
| Heinlein, Robert A. | Double Star | 0 | 1956 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | Mars, intrigue, Martians |
| Heinlein, Robert A. | Moon Is A Harsh Mistress, The | 0 | 1967 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | -- |
| Heinlein, Robert A. | Starship Troopers | 0 | 1960 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | interstellar war, politics |
| Heinlein, Robert A. | Stranger In A Strange Land | 0 | 1962 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | alien perspective, messiah |
| Herbert, Frank | Dune | 1965 | 1966 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | intrigue, ecology, religion |
| Herbert, Frank | Helstrom's Hive | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | genetic engineering, hive society people, horror |
| Hogan, James P. | Code Of The Lifemaker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.5 | intelligence arises in robots |
| Hogan, James P. | Genesis Machine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | applied math; vast power |
| Hogan, James P. | Gentle Giants of Ganymede | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | aliens |
| Hogan, James P. | Immortality Option | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.5 | sequel to Code Of The Lifemaker; robots; politics |
| Hogan, James P. | Inherit The Stars | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 50,000 year old corpse found on moon |
| Hogan, James P. | Two Faces Of Tomorrow | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | testing an AI to run much of the world |
| Hoyle, Fred | Black Cloud, The | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | AI |
| Huxley, Aldous | Brave New World | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | dystopia; bioengineering, mind control |
| Jones, Gwyneth | Bold As Love | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2002 | rock musicians take over crumbling UK | |
| Jones, Gwyneth | Life | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2005 | 0 | 3.5 | life of woman scientist |
| Kelly, James Patrick | Burn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | colony planet dedicated to low tech facing threat |
| Kelly, James Patrick | Strange But Not A Stranger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | short stories |
| Kelly, James Patrick | Think Like A Dinosaur | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | short stories |
| Kelly, James Patrick | Wildlife | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | genetic engineering |
| Kress, Nancy | Beggars In Spain | 0 | 0 | 1994 | 0 | 0 | 4 | people modified to need no sleep |
| Kress, Nancy | Probability Space | 0 | 0 | 2003 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 | galactic; super weapon; aliens |
| Kress, Nancy | Probability Sun | 0 | 0 | 2002 | 0 | 0 | 4 | space adventure; aliens |
| Landis, Geoffrey | Mars Crossing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.5 | Mars; Nebula nominee |
| Landis, Geoffrey A. | Impact Parameters | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | short stories |
| Le Guin, Ursula K. | Dispossessed, The | 1974 | 1975 | 1975 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | political; 2 different societies |
| Le Guin, Ursula K. | Left Hand Of Darkness, The | 1969 | 1970 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | interstellar exploration, aliens, sexuality |
| Leinster, Murray | First Contacts | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | short stories |
| Leinster, Murray | Planets Of Adventure | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | "Forgotten Planet" & short stories; 1950s SF |
| Lem, Stanislaw | Futurological Congress, The | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | man frozen for future cure |
| Lem, Stanislaw | Solaris | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | interstellar exploration; alien life; memories |
| London, Jack | Scarlet Plague, The | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | plague kill most people and aftermath |
| MacLeod, Ken | Cassini Division, The | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.5 | future society; intelligence singularity; intrigue |
| McAuley, Paul | Fairyland | 0 | 0 | 1997 | 0 | 1996 | 4.5 | artificial life, thinking |
| McAuley, Paul | Four Hundred Billion Stars | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1989 | 0 | interstellar exploration & conflict | |
| McCarthy, Wil | Aggressor Six | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | military SF |
| McCarthy, Wil | Bloom | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.5 | space habitats; nanotech threat |
| McCarthy, Wil | Collapsium, The | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | physics, tiny black hole transport, strange matter |
| McDevitt, Jack | Ancient Shores | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | mysterious artifacts & gateway |
| McDevitt, Jack | Engines Of God, The | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | interstellar archeology; "Hutch" book |
| McDevitt, Jack | Omega | 0 | 0 | 2004 | 0 | 0 | 3.5 | "Hutch" book; aliens |
| McDonald, Ian | Chaga | 0 | 0 | 1996 | 0 | 0 | alien "flora" transforms Africa & humanity | |
| McDonald, Ian | Evolution's Shore | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | alien nano/life reshapes Earth |
| McDonald, Ian | River Of Gods | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | future India; cultures; genetics; AI |
| McDonough, Thomas R. | Architects Of Hyperspace, The | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | space exploration; alien artifact |
| Miller, Walter M. (Jr.) | A Canticle For Leibowitz | 0 | 1961 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | post-nuclear war |
| Mixon, Laura J. | Glass Houses | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | dystopia; virtual reality; mystery |
| Moffitt, Donald | Jupiter Theft, The | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | aliens |
| Moffitt, Donald | Second Genesis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | far future journey to find fate of Earth & humans |
| Morgan, Richard | Altered Carbon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2004 | 0 | 4 | electronic consciousness, mystery |
| Morgan, Richard | Market Forces | 0 | 0 | 2005 | 0 | 0 | 3.5 | political-economic |
| Moriarty, Chris | Spin Control | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | "clones; Earth as backwater" |
| Moriarty, Chris | Spin State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | "far future; bad govt & biz; science puzzles" |
| Nagata, Linda | Deception Well | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | far future; nanotech, social/psych |
| Nagata, Linda | Limit Of Vision | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | bio / nanotech |
| Niven, Larry | Mote In God's Eye, The | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | interstellar exploration; aliens; overpopulation |
| Niven, Larry | Ringworld | 1970 | 1971 | 0 | 0 | 0 | aliens; vast engineering | |
| Nylund, Eric S. | Halo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | interstellar war |
| Nylund, Eric S. | Signal To Noise | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | cyberpunk, neuro-implants, first contact |
| Piercy, Marge | He She And It | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1993 | 4 | environment, cyborg |
| Piercy, Marge | Woman On The Edge Of Time | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | future society, mental illness |
| Pohl, Frederik | Beyond The Blue Event Horizon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | sequel to Gateway; interstellar exploration |
| Pohl, Frederik | Gateway | 1977 | 1978 | 1978 | 0 | 0 | 4 | interstellar exploration |
| Pohl, Frederik | Man Plus | 1976 | 0 | 1977 | 0 | 0 | 4 | bioengineering, Mars |
| Pohl, Frederik | Space Merchants, The | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | marketing, overpopulation, Venus |
| Pohl, Frederik | Years Of The City, The | 0 | 0 | 1985 | 0 | 0 | linked short shories; future new York City | |
| Pournelle, Jerry | Janissaries | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | galactic civilization; aliens |
| Preuss, Paul | Arthur C Clarke's Venus Prime Vol 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | space exploration, intrigue |
| Preuss, Paul | Secret Passages | 0 | 0 | 1998 | 0 | 0 | 4 | physics |
| Preuss, Paul | Shining Ones, The | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | bioengineering; alien artifact; space travel |
| Reed, Robert | Cuckoo's Boys, The | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | short stories |
| Reynolds, Alastair | Chasm City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.5 | far future; mystery; nanotech |
| Reynolds, Alastair | Pushing Ice | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | alien artifact/ship; exploration |
| Reynolds, Alastair | Redemption Ark | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | sequel Revelation Space; life-killing machines |
| Reynolds, Alastair | Revelation Space | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.5 | galactic; vast; alien artifiact |
| Robinson, Kim Stanley | Blue Mars | 0 | 1997 | 1997 | 0 | 0 | society and change on Mars | |
| Robinson, Kim Stanley | Gold Coast, The | 0 | 0 | 1989 | 0 | 0 | 4 | dystopia; future southern California |
| Robinson, Kim Stanley | Green Mars | 0 | 1994 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | terraforming Mars |
| Robinson, Kim Stanley | Pacific Edge | 0 | 0 | 1991 | 0 | 0 | 4 | future south California; ecological utopia |
| Robinson, Kim Stanley | Red Mars | 1993 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.5 | initial settlement of Mars |
| Robinson, Spider | Callahan's Crosstime Saloon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | tales by time travellers, aliens |
| Sagan, Carl | Contact | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | first contact |
| Sargent, Pamela | Venus Of Dreams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | terraforming Venus |
| Sawyer, Robert J. | Calculating God | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | aliens, religion |
| Sawyer, Robert J. | Hominids | 0 | 2003 | 2003 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Neanderthal civilization on Parallel Earth |
| Sawyer, Robert J. | Mindscan | 0 | 0 | 2006 | 0 | 0 | 4 | minds transferred into androids |
| Sawyer, Robert J. | Terminal Experiment, The | 1995 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.5 | thriller; questions of life and afterlife |
| Schroeder, Karl | Ventus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | AI; terraforming |
| Scott, Melissa | Dreamships | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.5 | interstellar travel, future society |
| Shaw, Bob | Orbitsville | 0 | 0 | 1976 | 0 | 0 | 3.5 | alien artifact |
| Shaw, Bob | Peace Machine, The | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | scientist able to blow all nukes seeks disarming |
| Sheffield, Charles | Between The Strokes Of Night | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | immortality, neurology |
| Sheffield, Charles | Brother To Dragons | 0 | 0 | 1993 | 0 | 0 | 5 | economic collapse |
| Sheffield, Charles | Convergence | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | investigating artifacts |
| Sheffield, Charles | Dark As Day | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | mathematical preduction of doom; alien broadcast |
| Shelley, Mary | Frankenstein | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | experimentation; life and humanity |
| Shiel, M. P. | Purple Cloud, The | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | survivors of Earth catastrophe |
| Silverberg, Robert | A Time Of Changes | 1971 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | psychology, religion |
| Silverberg, Robert | Stochastic Man, The | 0 | 0 | 1976 | 0 | 0 | 3 | politics, procognition |
| Simak, Clifford D. | Way Station | 0 | 1964 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | aliens on Earth, galactic threat |
| Simmons, Dan | Hyperion | 0 | 1990 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | far future, epic, literate |
| Simmons, Dan | Ilium | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Greek gods in far future |
| Slonczewski, Joan | A Door Into Ocean | 0 | 0 | 1987 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ocean world, alien life, social systems |
| Slonczewski, Joan | Brain Plague | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | sentient nano-organisms in people's brains |
| Stableford, Brian | Architects Of Emortality | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | sequel Inherit The Earth; eco crisis, immortality |
| Stapledon, Olaf | Last And First Men | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.5 | next 2 billion years & human evolution |
| Stapledon, Olaf | Star Maker, The | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | philosophical; explores whole universe, aliens |
| Steele, Allen | Coyote Rising | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | interstellar colonization |
| Stephenson, Neal | Cryptonomicon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | cryptography, WWII |
| Stephenson, Neal | Diamond Age, The | 0 | 1996 | 1996 | 0 | 0 | 4 | nanotech, computers, society |
| Stephenson, Neal | Quicksilver | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2004 | 3.5 | politics, history, religion, science, 18th century |
| Stephenson, Neal | Snow Crash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Like Blade Runner in cyberspace |
| Sterling, Bruce | Distraction | 0 | 0 | 1999 | 0 | 2000 | 3.5 | politics, science, genetics |
| Sterling, Bruce | Holy Fire | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | life extension |
| Sterling, Bruce | Islands In The Net | 0 | 0 | 1989 | 0 | 0 | 3.5 | cyberpunk, nanotech, somewhat dated |
| Stith, John E. | Redshift Rendezvous | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | interstellar adventure, mystery |
| Stross, Charles | Singularity Sky | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.5 | interstellar, nanotech, politics |
| Strugatsky, Boris &Arkady | Definitely Maybe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | humor; science, discoveries and ethics |
| Strugatsky, Boris &Arkady | Roadside Picnic | 0 | 0 | 1978 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | alien artefacts |
| Sunbord, Terry | Robinson Crusoe 1,000,000 AD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | last man, survial on wild Earth, far future |
| Swanwick, Michael | Jack Faust | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | psychological; the devil and technology |
| Swanwick, Michael | Stations Of The Tide | 1991 | 0 | 1992 | 0 | 0 | 4 | future detective; fantasy aspect |
| Tepper, Sheri S. | Gate To Women's Country, The | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | post-WWIII, women control, human breeding |
| Varley, John | The Persistence of Vision | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | short stories, title story won Hugo & Nebula |
| Verne, Jules | From The Earth To The Moon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | early space travel |
| Verne, Jules | Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | underwater exploration |
| Vinge, Joan D. | Snow Queen, The | 0 | 1981 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | far future; mythic elements |
| Vinge, Joan D. | World's End | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | sequel to Snow Queen; interstellar travel |
| Vinge, Vernor | A Deepness In The Sky | 0 | 2000 | 2000 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | alien civilazation under variable star |
| Vinge, Vernor | A Fire Upon The Deep | 0 | 1993 | 1993 | 0 | 0 | 4 | AI running galaxy |
| Vinge, Vernor | Across Realtime | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | onset of tech singularity |
| Watson, Ian | Embedding, The | 0 | 0 | 1974 | 0 | 0 | 4 | language and view of reality |
| Watts, Peter | Starfish | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | deep sea rift life, geothermal energy |
| Weber, David | On Basilisk Station | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Honor Harrington #1, space opera |
| Weinbaum, Stanley | A Martian Odyssey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | human-martian interaction |
| Wells, H. G. | Time Machine, The | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | time travel, |
| Wells, H. G. | War Of The Worlds | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Martians invade Earth |
| Williams, Roger | Metamorphosis Of Prime Intellect, The | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | benevolent god-like AI | |
| Williamson, Jack | Terraforming Earth | 0 | 0 | 2002 | 0 | 0 | 3.5 | renewing Earth after asteroid impact |
| Wilson, Robert Charles | Blind Lake | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | thriller, alien intelligence & communication |
| Wilson, Robert Charles | Darwinia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.5 | sort of alt. history, Europe becomes alien land |
| Wolfe, Gene | Citadel Of The Autarch, The | 0 | 0 | 1984 | 0 | 0 | far future; fantasy feel | |
| Wolfe, Gene | Claw Of The Conciliator, The | 1981 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | far future; fantasy feel |
| Wolfe, Gene | Shadow Of The Torturer, The | 0 | 0 | 1981 | 0 | 0 | 4 | far future; fantasy feel |
| Wright, John C. | Golden Age, The [book 1] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | far future; immortality; virtual reality |
| Zebrowski, George | Brute Orbits | 0 | 0 | 1999 | 0 | 0 | 3 | prisons on asteroids, prisoners make societies |
| Zebrowski, George | Macrolife | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | space habitats, human future, utopian civilization |
| Zelazny, Roger | Lord Of Light | 0 | 1968 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | colony planet, elite imitate Hindu gods |
| Zettel, Sarah | Fool's War | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Interstellar travel, AI, social commentary |
| Zettel, Sarah | Quiet Invasion, The | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.5 | colonizing Venus, aliens (society, psychology) |