• AnalienarmadalurksontheedgesofTeixcalaanlispace.

  Noonecancommunicatewithit,noonecan

  destroyit,andFleetCaptainNineHibiscusisrunning

  outofoptions.Inadesperateattemptatdiplomacy

  withthemysteriousinvaders,thefleetcaptainhassent

  foradiplomaticenvoy.NowMahitDzmareandThree

  Seagrass—stillreelingfromtherecentupheavalintheEmpire—face

  theimpossibletaskoftryingtocommunicatewitha

  hostileentity.Whethertheysucceedorfailcouldchange

  thefateofTeixcalaanforever.
  A Desolation Called Peace
• AmbassadorMahitDzmarearrivesinthecenterofthemulti-system

  TeixcalaanliEmpireonlytodiscoverthatherpredecessor,the

  previousambassadorfromtheirsmallbutfiercelyindependentmining

  Station,hasdied.Butnoonewilladmitthat

  hisdeathwasntanaccident—orthatMahitmightbe

  nexttodie,duringatimeofpoliticalinstability

  inthehighestechelonsoftheimperialcourt.Now,

  Mahitmustdiscoverwhoisbehindthemurder,rescue

  herself,andsaveherStationfromTeixcalaansunceasingexpansion—all

  whilenavigatinganalienculturethatisalltoo

  seductive,engaginginintriguesofherown,andhiding

  adeadlytechnologicalsecret—onethatmightspelltheend

  ofherStationandherwayoflife—orrescue

  itfromannihilation.
  A Memory Called Empire
• FortwelvethousandyearstheGalacticEmpirehasruledsupreme.

  Nowitisdying.ButonlyHariSeldon,creator

  oftherevolutionaryscienceofpsychohistory,canseeinto

  thefuture—toadarkageofignorance,barbarism,and

  warfarethatwilllastthirtythousandyears.Topreserve

  knowledgeandsavehumankind,Seldongathersthebestminds

  intheEmpire—bothscientistsandscholars—andbringsthemto

  ableakplanetattheedgeofthegalaxy

  toserveasabeaconofhopeforfuture

  generations.HecallshissanctuarytheFoundation.
  Foundation
• Thousandsofyearshence,manyracesinhabitauniversewhere

  potentialisdeterminedbyitslocationinspace-

  fromsuperintelligententitiesintheTranscend,tothelimited

  mindsoftheUnthinkingDepths,whereonlysimplecreatures

  andtechnologycanfunction.Nobodyknowswhatstrangeforce

  partitionedspaceintothese"zonesofthought",butwhen

  thewarringStraumlirealmuseanancientTranscendentartefact

  asaweapon,theyunwittinglyunleashanawesomepower

  thatdestroysthousandsofworldsandenslavesallnatural

  andartificialintelligence.
  A Fire Upon the Deep
• RedSchuhartisastalker,oneofthoseyoungrebels

  whoarecompelled,inspiteofextremedanger,to

  ventureillegallyintotheZonetocollectthemysterious

  artifactsthatthealienvisitorsleftscatteredaround.His

  lifeisdominatedbytheplaceandthethriving

  blackmarketinthealienproducts.Butwhenhe

  andhisfriendKirillgointotheZonetogether

  topickupa"fullempty",somethinggoeswrong.

  Andthenewshegetsfromhisgirlfriendupon

  hisreturnmakesitinevitablethathewillkeep

  goingbacktotheZone,againandagain,until

  hefindstheanswertoallhisproblems.
  Roadside Picnic
• CaptainMalikandthecrewofthespaceshiptheVihaan

  IIareinsearchoftheonlyresourcesthat

  matter--andcanonlybefoundbyharvesting

  thegiantcorpsesofaliengodsthatarefound

  ontheedgeofhumanspace.Whileotherautopsy

  shipsandexplorersracetosalvagethemeat,minerals,

  andmetalsthatsustainthehumanrace,Maliksees

  anopportunitytofinallybreakfreefromthissystem:

  bybeingthefirsttofindalivinggod.

  Buthisobsessionwiththegodswillpushhis

  crewintothedarkestreachesofspace,bringingthem

  facetofacewithathreatunlikeanythingthey

  everimagined,unlesstherogueagentontheirtrail

  canstopthemfirst.
  We Only Find Them When They're Dead Vol. 1
• PlutofollowstheEuropolrobotdetectiveGesichtinhisattempts

  tosolvethecaseofastringofrobot

  andhumandeathsaroundtheworldwhereallthe

  victimshaveobjectsshovedintoorpositionedbytheir

  heads,imitatinghorns.Thecasebecomesmorepuzzlingwhen

  evidencesuggestsarobotisresponsibleforthemurders,

  whichwouldmakeitthefirsttimearobot

  haskilledahumanineightyears.Allseven

  ofthegreatrobotsoftheworld,themost

  scientificallyadvancedwhichhavethepotentialtobecomeweapons

  ofmassdestruction,seemtobethekillerstargets,

  andthemurderedhumansareconnectedtopreservingthe

  InternationalRobotLawswhichgrantrobotsequalrights.
  Pluto
• WhenMelisandeStokes,anexpertinlinguisticsandlanguages,accidently

  meetsmilitaryintelligenceoperatorTristanLyonsinahallway

  atHarvardUniversity,itisthebeginningofa

  chainofeventsthatwillaltertheirlivesand

  humanhistoryitself.Theyoungmanfromashadowy

  governmententityapproachesMel,alow-levelfacultymember,with

  anincredibleoffer.Theonlycondition:shemustsign

  anondisclosureagreementinreturnfortheratherlarge

  sumofmoney.TristanneedsMeltotranslatesome

  veryolddocuments,which,ifauthentic,areearth-shattering.They

  provethatmagicactuallyexistedandwaspracticedfor

  centuries.Butthearrivalofthescientificrevolutionand

  theAgeofEnlightenmentweakeneditspowerandendangered

  itspractitioners.Magicstoppedworkingaltogetherin1851,at

  thetimeoftheGreatExhibitionatLondon’sCrystal

  Palace—theworld’sfaircelebratingtheriseofindustrialtechnology

  andcommerce.Somethingaboutthemodernworld"jams"the

  "frequencies"usedbymagic,andit’suptoTristan

  tofindoutwhy.
  The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O.
• CordeliaVorkosigansplansforapeacefulmarriedlifeareshattered

  whenapoisongasattack,intendedforherhusband

  Aral,leavesherillandherunbornchilddamaged.

  Resistingenormouspressuretoabortherson,Cordeliastruggles

  tokeepherunbornchild--transferredtoauterinereplicator--alive

  whilethwartingplansbyaruthlessopponenttomurder

  theyoungemperorandassumeabsolutepoweroverall

  ofBarrayar.OnceagainCordeliadisplayshercourageand

  herremarkablecombatandleadershipskills.
  Barrayar
• WhenCordeliaNaismithandhersurveycrewareattackedby

  arenegadegroupfromBarrayar,sheistakenprisoner

  byAralVorkosigan,commanderoftheBarrayanshipthat

  hasbeentakenoverbyanambitiousandruthless

  crewmember.AralandCordeliasurvivecountlessmishapswhile

  theirmutualadmirationandevenstrongerfeelingsemerge.
  Shards of Honor
• RylandGraceisthesolesurvivoronadesperate,last-chance

  mission—andifhefails,humanityandtheearthitself

  willperish.Exceptthatrightnow,hedoesnot

  knowthat.Hecannotevenrememberhisownname,

  letalonethenatureofhisassignmentorhow

  tocompleteit.Allheknowsisthathe

  hasbeenasleepforavery,verylongtime.

  Andhehasjustbeenawakenedtofindhimself

  millionsofmilesfromhome,withnothingbuttwo

  corpsesforcompany.
  Project Hail Mary
• Dr.Jensisabouttodiscoveranastonishingmystery:two

  ships,oneancientandonenew,lockedina

  deadlyembrace.Thecrewissufferingfromanunknown

  ailmentandtheshipmindistrappedinaninadequate

  body,muchofhermemoryparedaway.
  Machine: A White Space Novel
• Fromthewindowofthestoreinwhichsheis

  forsale,Klaralearnsabouttheworldoutside,and

  watchesthesunwhichshealwaysreferstoas

  "he"andtreatsasalivingentity.Asa

  solar-poweredAF,thesunsnourishmentisofgreatimportance

  toher.Ononeoccasionshenoticesthata

  beggarandhisdogarenotintheirusual

  position;theyarelyinglikediscardedbagsanddo

  notmoveallday.ItisobvioustoKlara

  thattheyhavedied,andsheissurprisedthe

  nextmorningtoseethattheyarelivingand

  thatthesunhaswithhisgreatkindnesssaved

  themwithaspecialkindofnourishment.
  Klara and the Sun
• Whenaseparatistattackkillstheadultsonboarda

  colonyshipindeepspace,theon-boardA.I.VALARIE

  musthelptheshipschildrensurvivetheperilsof

  space.Butastheyarepursuedbydangerousforces,

  canValeriebecomemorethanwhatshewasprogrammed

  tobe-asaviortothesechildren?
  Sentient
• WhenanelderlycustomerataSwedishbigboxfurniture

  storeslipsthroughaportaltoanotherdimension,it’s

  uptotwominimum-wageemployeestotrackheracross

  themultiverseandprotecttheircompany'sbottomline.Multi-dimensional

  swashbucklingwouldbehardenough,butthosetwounfortunate

  soulsbrokeupaweekago.Tofindthe

  missinggranny,AvaandJuleswillbravecarnivorousfurniture,

  swarmsofidenticalfurniturespokespeople,andthedeepresentment

  simmeringbetweenthem.Canfriendshipblossomfromtheashes

  oftheirrelationship?Ininfinitedimensions,allthingsare

  possible.
  Finna
• WhereverHellooks,NewYorkCityisbothreassuringlyfamiliar

  andterriblywrong.Asoneofthethousandswho

  fledtheoutbreakofnuclearwarinanalternate

  UnitedStates―analternatetimeline―shefindsherselflivingasa

  refugeeinourownnot-so-parallelNewYork.Theslang

  andtechnologyareforeigntoher,thepoliticsand

  artunrecognizable.Whileothers,likeherpartnerVikram,attempt

  toassimilate,Helrefusestoreclaimherformercareer

  orcreateanewlife.Instead,sheobsessivelyrereads

  Vikram’scopyofThePyronauts―asciencefictionmasterworkin

  herworldthatnowonlyexistsasasingle

  flimsypaperback―andbecomesdeterminedtocreateamuseumdedicated

  topreservingtheremainingartifactsandmemoriesofher

  vanishedculture.
  Famous Men Who Never Lived
• JernauMoratGurgeh,afamouslyskillfulplayerofboardgames

  andothersimilarcontests,livesonChiarkOrbital,and

  isboredwithhissuccessfullife.TheCulturesSpecial

  Circumstancesinquiresabouthiswillingnesstoparticipateina

  longjourney,thoughwontexplainfurtherunlessGurgehagrees

  toparticipate.Whileheisconsideringthisoffer,one

  ofhisdronefriends,Mawhrin-Skel,whichhadbeenejected

  fromSpecialCircumstancesduetoitsunstablepersonality,convinces

  himtocheatinoneofhismatchesin

  anattempttowininanunprecedentedperfectfashion.

  Theattemptfails,butMawhrin-Skelusesitsrecordingof

  theeventtoblackmailGurgehintoacceptingtheoffer,

  butonlyontheconditionthatMawhrin-Skelbeadmitted

  backintoSpecialCircumstancesaswell.
  The Player of Games
• TheCultureandtheIdiranEmpireareatwarin

  agalaxy-spanningconflict.ACultureMind,fleeingthedestruction

  ofitsshipinanIdiranambush,takesrefuge

  onScharsWorld.TheDraAzon,godlikeincorporealbeings,maintain

  ScharsWorldasamonumenttoitsextinctcivilisation,

  forbiddingaccesstoboththeCultureandtheIdirans.

  Horza,ashape-changingmercenary,isrescuedfromexecutionby

  theIdiranswhobelievetheDraAzonguardianmaylet

  himontotheplanetasinthepasthe

  waspartofasmallgroupofChangerswho

  actedasstewards.Theyinstructhimtoretrievethe

  Mind.
  Consider Phlebas
• Attheturnofthetwenty-secondcentury,scientistsmakea

  breakthroughinhumanspaceflight.Througharevolutionarymethodknown

  assomaforming,astronautscansurviveinhostileenvironmentsoff

  Earthusingsyntheticbiologicalsupplementations.Theycanproduceantifreeze

  insubzerotemperatures,absorbradiationandconvertitfor

  food,andconvenientlyadjusttothepullofdifferent

  gravitationalforces.Withthefragilityofthebodyno

  longeralimitingfactor,humanbeingsareatlast

  abletojourneytoneighboringexoplanetslongknownto

  harborlife.
  To Be Taught, If Fortunate
• 1997.ShannonMossoftheNavalCriminalInvestigativeServiceis

  assignedtosolvethemurderofaNavySEALs

  family-andtolocatethesoldiersmissingteenage

  daughter.WhenMossdiscoversthattheSEALwasan

  astronautaboardthespaceshipU.S.S.Libra-aship

  assumedlosttothedarkestcurrentsofDeepTime

  -shecomestobelievethattheSEALsexperience

  withthefutureissomehowrelatedtothisviolence.

  Determinedtofindthemissinggirlanddrivenby

  atroublingconnectiontoherownpast,Mossmust

  travelforwardintimetoseekevidencethatwill

  uncoverthetruth.Toherhorror,thefuturereveals

  thatitisnotonlythefateofa

  familythathingesonherwork;forwhatshe

  witnessesistheTerminus:theterrifyingandcataclysmicend

  ofhumanityitself.
  The Gone World
• Fromthetitlestorysfantasticalinter-dimensionalassassinstothesteampunk

  dystopiaof"GreyRabbit,CrimsonMare,CoalLeopard"burrowing

  throughtheruinsofacivilisationdestroyedbya

  plague,fromBlackMirror-esquetalesofblockchaincryptography("Byzantine

  Empathy")andInternettrolling("ThoughtsandPrayers")toa

  three-storyhard-SFarcaboutartificialintelligenceandthesingularity

  ("TheGodsWillNotBeChained","TheGodsWill

  NotBeSlain"and"TheGodsHaveNotDied

  InVain"),hereare17interlinkingvisionsthatexplore

  whatitistobehuman,andwhatit

  isliketoabandonortranscendthat.Thiscollection

  confirmsKenLiu,authoroftheastonishingandmulti-award

  winningThePaperMenagerieandOtherStories,asone

  ofspeculativefictionsgreatestshortstorywriters.
  The Hidden Girl and Other Stories
• HernameisBinti,andsheisthefirstof

  theHimbapeopleevertobeofferedaplace

  atOomzaUniversity,thefinestinstitutionofhigherlearning

  inthegalaxy.Buttoaccepttheofferwill

  meangivingupherplaceinherfamilyto

  travelbetweenthestarsamongstrangerswhodonot

  shareherwaysorrespecthercustoms.
  Binti
• 1992:Afteraconfrontationatariotgrrlconcert,seventeen-year-old

  Bethfindsherselfinacarwithherfriends

  abusiveboyfrienddeadinthebackseat,agreeingtohelp

  herfriendshidethebody.ThismurdersetsBeth

  andherfriendsonapathofescalatingviolence

  andvengeanceastheyrealizemanyotheryoungwomen

  intheworldneedprotectingtoo.2022:Determinedto

  usetimetraveltocreateasaferfuture,Tess

  hasdedicatedherlifetovisitingkeymomentsin

  historyandfightingforchange.Butrewritingthetimeline

  isn’tassimpleaseditingonepersonorevent.

  AndjustwhenTessbelievesshehassfounda

  waytomakeaneditthatactuallysticks,she

  encountersagroupofdangeroustravelersbentonstopping

  heratanycost.
  The Future of Another Timeline
• WhilesearchingAthoekStationsslums,FleetCaptainBreqfindssomeone

  whoappearstobeanancillaryfromaship

  thathasbeenhidingbeyondtheRadchsreachfor

  threethousandyears.Meanwhile,TranslatorZeiat,amessengerfrom

  thealienandmysteriousPresgerempirearrives,asdoes

  Breqsenemy,thereactionaryfactionofthedividedAnaander

  Mianaai–rulerofanempireatwarwith

  herself.
  Ancillary Mercy
• Amongtheashesofadyingworld,anagentof

  theCommandantfindsaletter.Itreads:Burnbefore

  reading.Thusbeginsanunlikelycorrespondencebetweentworival

  agentshellbentonsecuringthebestpossiblefuturefor

  theirwarringfactions.Now,whatbeganasataunt,

  abattlefieldboast,growsintosomethingmore.Somethingepic.

  Somethingromantic.Somethingthatcouldchangethepastand

  thefuture.Exceptthediscoveryoftheirbondwould

  meandeathforeachofthem.Thereisstill

  awargoingon,afterall.Andsomeonehas

  towinthatwar.Thatiathishowwarworks.

  Right?
  This is How You Lose the Time War
• In1967,fourfemalescientistsworkedtogethertobuildthe

  world’sfirsttimemachine.Butjustastheyare

  abouttodebuttheircreation,oneofthemsuffers

  abreakdown,puttingthewholeproject—andfutureoftime

  travel—injeopardy.Toprotecttheirinvention,onememberis

  exiledfromtheteam—erasinghercontributionsfromhistory.
  The Psychology of Time Travel
• Astarryrectangleofouterspace.Adark-hairedgirl,her

  faceambivalent.Afish-shapedspaceshipflyingtowardagothic

  tower.ThesearethefirstthreepanelsofOn

  aSunbeam,Tillie-Walden’snewgraphicnovel—thetaleofa

  girlandherinterplanetaryjourney.
  On a Sunbeam
• AnaanderMianaai,theLordoftheRadch–orthe

  partofherpersonalitythatopposesfurthermilitantexpansion

  oftheempire–adoptsBreqintoherhouse,

  appointsherFleetCaptain,putsherincommandof

  thewarshipMercyofKalr,andchargesherto

  protecttheremoteAthoeksystem.Breqscrewincludesher

  oldcomradeSeivardenandtheyoungLieutenantTisarwat,who

  isrevealedtobeanancillarycopyofAnaander

  herself.AfterBreqrecognizesTisarwatasanancillaryof

  Anaander,shehasherancillaryimplantsremoved,allowingTisarwat

  todevelopanindependentpersonality.
  Ancillary Sword
• AncillaryJusticeisaspace-operasetthousandsofyearsin

  thefuture,wheretheprimarygalacticpowerofhuman-occupied

  planetsistheexpansionistRadchempire.Theempireuses

  spaceshipsthatareAIsandalsocontrolhuman

  bodiesthatareusedassoldiers,thoughregularhumans

  arealsosoldiers.TheRadchaaidonotdistinguishpeople

  bygender,whichLeckieconveysbyusingfemalepersonal

  pronounsforeverybody,andbyhavingtheRadchaaimain

  characterguesswronglywhenshehastouselanguages

  withgender-specificpronouns.
  Ancillary Justice
• Exhalation:StoriesisacollectionofshortstoriesbyAmerican

  writerTedChiang.Thebookwasinitiallyreleasedon

  May7,2019byAlfredA.Knopf.Thisis

  TedChiangssecondcollectionofshortworks,afterthe

  2002bookStoriesofYourLifeandOthers.
  Exhalation: Stories
• Aroutinesalvagemissionuncoversevidenceofaterriblecrime

  andrelicsofapowerfulancienttechnology,justas

  Haimeyandhersmallcrewrunafoulofpirates

  attheouterlimitsoftheMilkyWayand

  findthemselvesbothontherun,andinpossession

  ofancient,universe-changingtechnology.
  Ancestral Night
• Thefirstinstallmentofthetrilogy,NinefoxGambit,centerson

  disgracedcaptainKelCheris,whomustrecapturetheformidable

  FortressofScatteredNeedlesinordertoredeemherself

  infrontoftheHexarchate.
  Ninefox Gambit
• Januaryisadyingplanet-dividedbetweenapermanently

  frozendarknessononeside,andblazingendlesssunshine

  ontheother.Humanityclingstolife,spreadacross

  twoarchaiccitiesbuiltinthesliverofhabitable

  dusk.Butlifeinsidethecitiesisjustas

  dangerousasthewastelandsoutside.Sophie,astudentand

  reluctantrevolutionary,issupposedtobedead,afterbeing

  exiledintothenight.Savedonlybyformingan

  unusualbondwiththeenigmaticbeastswhoroamthe

  ice,Sophievowstostayhiddenfromtheworld,

  hopingshecanheal.
  The City in the Middle of the Night
• HerBodyandOtherPartiesisa2017shortstory

  collectionbyCarmenMariaMachado,publishedbyGraywolfPress.

  ItwontheShirleyJacksonAward,andwasa

  finalistfortheNationalBookAwardforFiction.The

  story"TheHusbandStitch"wasnominatedfortheNebula

  AwardforBestNovelette.
  Her Body and Other Parties