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Alien Artifacts
35 books — 8 voters
Mean Business on North Ganson Street by S. Craig ZahlerPushing Ice by Alastair ReynoldsHold the Dark by William GiraldiAxiomatic by Greg EganDead Inside by Chandler Morrison
Grim masterpieces
17 books — 10 voters

Filthy Movie by Wade H. GarrettDead Inside by Chandler Morrison
The Goriest Books Ever
417 books — 633 voters
2001 by Arthur C. ClarkeRendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. ClarkePushing Ice by Alastair Reynolds
Big Dumb Objects
69 books — 84 voters

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First Contact
293 books — 399 voters
The City and the Stars by Arthur C. ClarkePushing Ice by Alastair Reynolds2010 by Arthur C. ClarkeRendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke2001 by Arthur C. Clarke
best hard science fiction
450 books — 877 voters

2001 by Arthur C. ClarkeThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Quiet Earth by Craig  Harrison
The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
1,137 books — 10,097 voters
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Sci-fi Mystery Books
17 books — 13 voters