Books like 'Different Worlds'
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Perilous Waif by E. William Brown
19 ratingsMy name is Alice Long, and I’ve always known I was different. When I was little I used to climb up to the highest branches of the housetree at night, and watch the starships docking at the orbital stations high above. Forty meters off the ground, watching ships thirty thousand kilometers overhead, with senses that could pick out radar pings and comm chatter as easily as the ships themselves... -
The Fifth Science by Exurb1a
17 ratingsThe Galactic Human Empire was built atop four sciences: logic, physics, psychology, and sociology. Standing on those pillars, humans spent 100,000 years spreading out into the galaxy: warring, exploring, partying — the usual. Then there was the fifth science. And that killed the empire stone dead... -
A Desolation Called Peace by Arkady Martine
27 ratingsNow a USA Today bestseller! Publishers Weekly's Best Books of 2021Bookpage's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy of 2021 Goodreads Choice Awards Nominee for Best Science Fiction Book of 2021"[An] all around brilliant space opera, I absolutely love it... -
The Fated Sky by Mary Robinette Kowal
24 ratingsThe Fated Sky continued the grand sweep of alternate history begun in The Calculating Stars. It is 1961, and the International Aerospace Coalition has established a colony on the moon. Elma York, the noted Lady Astronaut, is working on rotation, flying shuttles on the moon and returning regularly to Earth.But humanity must get a foothold on Mars... -
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Revikk by Alana Khan
6 ratingsCan their love survive his deepest secrets? Dawn is immediately attracted to bad boy Revikk and surrenders to her fiery impulses. Confident and skilled, Revikk satisfies. But with every layer Revikk reveals about his past, Dawn must decide whether it spikes her attraction or her fear. Dawn A year ago, I never would have dreamed I’d approach a male like Revikk for a fling...Categorized as:
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The Second Rebel by Linden A. Lewis
10 ratingsLinden A. Lewis returns with this next installment of The First Sister Trilogy, perfect for fans of Red Rising, The Handmaid’s Tale, and The Expanse.Astrid has reclaimed her name and her voice, and now seeks to bring down the Sisterhood from within... -
Sooner or Later Everything Falls Into the Sea by Sarah Pinsker
12 ratingsThe baker's dozen stories gathered here (including a new, previously unpublished story) turn readers into travelers to the past, the future, and explorers of the weirder points of the present... -
Destiny Lost by M.D. Cooper
12 ratingsSera leads a simple life. A little smuggling, some drinking contests, and captaining her star freighter, Sabrina. But when she picks up a mysterious shipping container on Coburn Station, things begin to go wrong. She finds herself at odds with The Mark, a dangerous pirate organization that wants the cargo on her ship... -
House of Gold by C.T. Rwizi
14 ratingsFrom visionary author C. T. Rwizi comes the epic journey of four people on a distant planet who face the ultimate test of loyalty, friendship, and duty in the rising tide of war.A corporate aristocracy descended from Africa rules a colony on a distant planet.Life here is easy—for the rarified and privileged few... -
Revenant Gun by Yoon Ha Lee
18 ratingsMachineries Of Empire, the most exciting science fiction trilogy of the decade, reaches its astonishing conclusion!When Shuos Jedao wakes up for the first time, several things go wrong. His few memories tell him that he's a seventeen-year-old cadet--but his body belongs to a man decades older... -
Leviathan by Erik Schubach
6 ratingsWhen the Earth is threatened by a slowly expanding sun, mankind embarks upon a mission to send a mammoth Worldship to settle a new planet across the stars. The preternatural races step out of hiding to work with the humans to save what they can from their dying world... -
Crusade by Jonathan Yanez
6 ratingsThe book, the cup, the sword; ancient alien relics buried on Earth have been recovered. But before they can be put to use, two old friends must be saved. Angelica and Jax codenamed Angel and Spartan have been gone since the end of the Voy invasion. With no communication received from the two original members of the Pack Protocol, the search begins...Categorized as:
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Blood Binds the Pack by Alex Wells
6 ratingsJoin the fight for the people and power of Tanegawa’s world in this thrilling sequel to Hunger Makes the Wolf War is coming to Hob Ravani's world... -
Striking Mars by Cidney Swanson
6 ratingsFleeing for their lives, Jess and Pavel make it to the Moon, narrowly avoiding the attack on Space Station 92-AE. They should be safe and happy, but they discover they are not alone on Tranquility Base. The stranger they encounter seems uniquely qualified to leak their presence to Chancellor Lucca Brezhnaya, especially when the Marsians contemplate airing Lucca's political dirty laundry... -
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Beyond Galaxy's Edge by Anna Hackett
6 ratingsAmbitious Patrol Captain Nissa Sander has spent three years at the galaxy’s edge keeping the law and order, and chasing scoundrel smuggler, Justyn Phoenix. But the charming rogue has always outwitted her and she’s had a hard time ignoring his hard body and handsome face... -
A Name Among The Stars by Mark Henwick
6 ratings"Heiress? They've already stolen the estates. I'm heir to nothing." When disgraced aristocrat Zara Aguirre barely escapes with her life from her home world, she hopes that she's found safety on the planet Kernow. She wants nothing more than to be left in peace, hidden away in a remote town on the wild and untamed western coast... -
Valor's Child by Kal Spriggs
6 ratingsSuccess is not final, failure is not fatal; it is the courage to continue that counts.Jiden's parents barely scrape out a living on the dry, dusty world of Century. Jiden wants more for herself and she is ready to step into a bright future, one which may lead her far from the frontier world of her birth...Categorized as:
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Mars Rising by Cidney Swanson
6 ratingsIn the breathtaking conclusion to The Saving Mars Series, Jessamyn prepares to sacrifice her future with Pavel when Lucca invites her to Budapest to prove she's from Mars. Jess knows she's walking into a trap, but if Jess can't convince Terrans the Mars colonists are real, Lucca will destroy Jessamyn's family, her friends, and her world... -
The Merro Tree by Katie Waitman
8 ratingsIn the far reaches of our galaxy, the artist will face the ultimate censorship.Mikk of Vyzania, the galaxy's greatest performance master, commanded stages on all the myriad worlds. His sublime, ethereal performances were unforgettable, drawing on the most treasured traditions of every culture, every people, throughout inhabited space... -
Childers by Richard F. Weyand
8 ratingsThis is the first volume of the Childers Trilogy: Jan Childers grew up orphaned in the slums of decaying post-diaspora Earth. She was raped, beaten, and starved. Yet she survived. She escaped to become a citizen of the Commonwealth of Free Planets, and joined the Commonwealth Space Force... -
The Far Shore by Glenn Damato, Victoria Ortiz
8 ratingsAn oppressive society. A covert colonization plan. Can her space flight preserve humanity’s free spirit? 2065. Cristina isn’t afraid to speak her mind. But in a totalitarian surveillance state where privacy is a thing of the past, her critical thinking and outspoken nature have branded her a troublemaker... -
Devolose by Alana Khan
10 ratingsHer friends say he’s the devil. But he might be her savior.Devolose and Tawny have been rescued after three years together in the emperor’s dungeon. Every day he was forced to inflict pain on the Earth woman he only wanted to protect... -
Rika Outcast by M.D. Cooper
10 ratingsBegin Rika's journey in Rika Mechanized, a novella prequel leading up to the events of Rika Outcast.Rika is mech-meat, a cyborg killing machine, created by the Genevian military and cast aside when the war was lost.Now she slings cargo on Dekar Station, falling deeper in debt as she struggles to make enough money to keep her cybernetic body functioning... -
Jezero City by Gerald M. Kilby
10 ratingsAn alternative cover edition for this ASIN can be found here.When a colonist dies in tragic circumstances, just a few sols before a major terraforming experiment, Dr. Jann Malbec begins to suspect that all is not what it seems. Her fears begin to grow when every attempt she makes to investigate the death is thwarted by the ruling council on Mars...Categorized as:
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The Vindication by C.J. Cherryh
10 ratingsA compelling heroine…a future as detailed as that of Herbert's Dune…and finely orchestrated suspense right up to the end. Strongly recommended... -
Raven Stratagem by Yoon Ha Lee
19 ratingsWhen the hexarchate's gifted young captain Kel Cheris summoned the ghost of the long-dead General Shuos Jedao to help her put down a rebellion, she didn't reckon on his breaking free of centuries of imprisonment - and possessing her. Even worse, the enemy Hafn are invading, and Jedao takes over General Kel Khiruev's fleet, which was tasked with stopping them... -
Ghosts of Trappist by K.B. Wagers
7 ratingsNeoG--the Near-Earth Orbital Guard, a diverse military force that patrols and protects the solar system, inspired by the real-life mission of the Coast Guard--and the crew of Zuma's Ghost are under attack, and shocking truths are about to be exposed.What the black takes should stay in the black... -
The Wayward Prince by Hanna Dare
6 ratingsSpaceships, daring heists, and interstellar intrigue! Since murderous AIs drove humanity from Earth more than a century before, people have been rebuilding civilization. That doesn't mean the galaxy is anywhere close to being civilized. A liar and a scoundrel - and he's the good guy... -
Salvation by Caryn Lix
6 ratingsWhen Kenzie and her friends find themselves trapped on a strange planet, they must risk everything to save themselves and Earth in this thrilling final book in the addictive Sanctuary trilogy!Fall down seven times, get up eight. These are the words Kenzie has always lived by. The problem is, she’s fallen down too many times to count... -
Full House by Susan Hayes
6 ratingsOpportunity doesn’t always knock. Sometimes, it crash lands.A veteran of the Resource Wars, Raze is a cyborg with a simple plan. He wants to be left alone, forever. Planetary scout Sevda Rem is light-years from civilization when her ship is damaged, forcing an emergency landing on an unoccupied planet. At least, it was supposed to be unoccupied …He’s trespassing on a corporate-owned planet... -
The Significant by Kyra Anderson
6 ratingsThe beloved leader of a planet... A non-citizen fugitive... And a secret love that could kill them both. Kailynn Evada was born on the most powerful planet in the Altereye System, but was raised in the non-citizen district of Trid. She always dreamed of revolution and changing the injustices of the planet Tiao. But when her brother’s plot to destroy the A.I... -
Earth 2788: The Earth Girl Short Stories by Janet Edwards
6 ratingsEARTH 2788 - The Earth Girl Short StoriesA collection of eight prequel stories, set in the distant future of the Earth Girl trilogy (Earth Girl, Earth Star, and Earth Flight)In the year 2788, people use interstellar portals to travel between over a thousand colony worlds scattered across six sectors of space, each with their own contrasting cultures...Categorized as:
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Falling for the Alien Prince by Hannah Davenport
6 ratingsTalk about being cast back into the dark ages where women are assigned protectors! Everything we fought for—destroyed with the arrival of the Andores. And then Colonel Petroff, alien liaison, informs me that I am to marry Jyan, the Andore leader. Over my dead body! I will kill him first or die trying. But then I meet Murda, leader of the Tizuns and enemy of the Andores... -
Partners - Book One by Melissa Good
6 ratingsAfter a massive volcanic eruption puts earth into nuclear winter, the planet is cloaked in clouds and no sun penetrates. Seas cover most of the land areas except high elevations which exist as islands where the remaining humans have learned to make do with much less. People survive on what they can take from the sea and with foodstuffs supplemented from an orbiting set of space stations... -
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Losing Mars by Cidney Swanson
6 ratingsJessamyn has survived a terrifying crash but lost her ship, joining Pavel, Ethan, and others in the dissenter settlement of Yucca. Now, Chancellor Lucca Brezhnaya believes Jess is out to destroy the Terran government, and Lucca will stop at nothing to find Jess... -
Ghost Ships of Terra by T.S. Paul
8 ratingsAthena Lee has is back in the Navy. Her own military forget about her, assassins tried to kill her, her government locked her up and treated her as if she were a terrorist. She is just trying to what she does best. Be the best Engineer in the Galaxy... -
Everyone on the Moon Is Essential Personnel by Julian K. Jarboe
8 ratingsIn this debut collection of body-horror fairy tales and mid-apocalyptic Catholic cyberpunk, memory and myth, loss and age, these are the tools of storyteller Jarboe, a talent in the field of queer fabulism... -
Codename: Night Witch by Cary Caffrey
8 ratingsEXCERPT (FROM CODENAME: NIGHT WITCH): Sigrid had been trained since childhood for moments exactly like this. She was made to survive. But all her training, all the shouted words of her instructors, abandoned her. She couldn't focus on anything, she couldn't concentrate, and it was going to get her killed... -
Час Быка by Ivan Efremov
8 ratingsКосмический корабль «Тёмное пламя», построенный с использованием новой технологии сверхсветовых путешествий в Космосе, отправляется к удалённой звёздной системе, одна из планет которой, как предполагается, колонизирована землянами ещё в период рассвета космической эры. Общество планеты Торманс противоположно коммунистической утопии на Земле... -
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Colony One by Tarah Benner
11 ratingsFrom the author of The Fringe comes a riveting new adventure in space. Maggie Barnes is at the end of her rope. She’s young and broke living in New York, and her newspaper job has been taken by robots. When she’s offered a job aboard the first civilian space colony, Maggie thinks it’s her lucky break. For Jonah Wyatt, the Space Force is his last shot at a military career... -
After the Crown by K.B. Wagers
14 ratingsThe adrenaline-fueled, Star Wars-style sequel to Behind the Throne, a new space adventure series from author K.B. Wagers. Former gunrunner-turned-Empress Hail Bristol was dragged back to her home planet to fill her rightful position in the palace. With her sisters and parents murdered, the Indranan empire is on the brink of war... -
Before Mars by Emma Newman
16 ratingsAfter months of travel, Anna Kubrin finally arrives on Mars for her new job as a geologist and de facto artist-in-residence. Already she feels like she is losing the connection with her husband and baby at home on Earth--and she'll be on Mars for over a year. Throwing herself into her work, she tries her best to fit in with the team... -
Hold Fast Through the Fire by K.B. Wagers
7 ratingsThe Near-Earth Orbital Guard (Neo-G)—inspired by the real-life mission of the Coast Guard—patrols and protects the solar system. Now the crew of Zuma’s Ghost must contend with personnel changes and a powerful cabal hellbent on dominating the trade lanes in this fast-paced, action-packed follow-up to A Pale Light in the Black.Zuma’s Ghost has won the Boarding Games for the second straight year... -
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The Telling by Ursula K. Le Guin
19 ratingsOnce a culturally rich world, the planet Aka has been utterly transformed by technology. Records of the past have been destroyed, and citizens are strictly monitored. But an official observer from Earth named Sutty has learned of a group of outcasts who live in the wilderness. They still believe in the ancient ways and still practice its lost religion - the Telling... -
China Mountain Zhang by Maureen F. McHugh
19 ratingsWith this groundbreaking novel, Maureen F. McHugh established herself as one of the decade's best science fiction writers. In its pages, we enter a post-revolution America, moving from the hyper-urbanized eastern seaboard to the Arctic bleakness of Baffin Island; from the new Imperial City to an agricultural commune on Mars... -
Rimrunners by C.J. Cherryh
16 ratingsMeet Elizabeth Yeager, "Spacer, machinist, temp." A refugee waiting for a ship to call home, Bet Yeager was once a marine. Now she's on the run. In the action-packed tradition of Robert A. Heinlein's Starship Troopers, David A. Drake's Hammer's Slammers, and her own bestselling Chanur series, C.J...Categorized as:
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Colony One Mars by Gerald M. Kilby
14 ratingsAn alternative cover edition for this ASIN can be found here.All contact is lost with the first human colony on Mars during a long and destructive sandstorm. Satellite imagery of the aftermath shows extensive damage to the facility. The fifty-four colonists who called it home are presumed dead... -
We're Not from Here by Geoff Rodkey
14 ratingsImagine being forced to move to a new planet where YOU are the alien! From the creator of the Tapper Twins, New York Times bestselling author Geoff Rodkey delivers a topical, sci-fi middle-grade novel that proves friendship and laughter can transcend even a galaxy of differences. The first time I heard about Planet Choom, we'd been on Mars for almost a year... -
Aristoi by Walter Jon Williams
13 ratingsSuccessful in its efforts to create a glittering interstellar empire, founded on the use of an ultra-advanced computer and bioengineering technology, humankind becomes the prey of its own creation, the Aristoi...
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