Find your next SF/F read by mood

series36 books1982

Hard science fiction, about space colonization.

“Ultimately more utopian than dystopian, the story focuses on egalitarian, sociological, and scientific advances made on Mars, while Earth suffers from overpopulation and ecological disaster.”
from the catalogue

Start with Red Mars →

Desolation RoadSeries

series3 books1988

Science fiction, about terraforming, set in mars and far future.

“Desolation Road, Ian McDonald's first novel, imagines a far-future, terraformed Mars where a town grows up around a desert oasis and takes on a life of its own, mixing magical-realist incident with hard-SF colonization detail.”
from the catalogue

Start with Desolation Road →

NovaNovel

Samuel R. Delanystandalone novel1968

Adventurous in tone, about quests and revenge, set in space.

“The plot concerns the spaceship captain Lorq Von Ray's search for a nova, which will produce the essential power source Illyrion, and his vendetta with the Red family, who seek to kill him.”
from the catalogue

The Fountains of ParadiseNovel

Arthur C. Clarkestandalone novel1979

Hard science fiction, about space exploration, set in space and space station.

“Set in the 22nd century, it describes the construction of a space elevator.”
from the catalogue

The Sands of MarsNovel

Arthur C. Clarkestandalone novel1951

Hard science fiction, adventurous in tone, about space exploration and space colonization.

2312Novel

Kim Stanley Robinsonstandalone novel2012

Hard science fiction, about genetic engineering and space colonization, set in space.

More like Ares Express