Near Future

Near-future science fiction takes place in the present day or in the next few decades. Elements of the setting should be familiar to the reader, and the technology may be current or in development. Stories about nanotechnology or genetics often fall into this category.

New Releases Tagged "Near Future"

Burn
Glass Houses
Vigilance
Glass Houses
Mal Goes to War
The Warehouse
The Last Day
Venomous Lumpsucker
The Great Transition
A Half-Built Garden
Attack Surface (Little Brother, #3)
The Lost Cause
Firewalkers
The New One
Flowers of Darkness
Ungirls
The Mother Fault
Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1)
The Martian
Lock In (Lock In, #1)
Halting State (Halting State, #1)
The Windup Girl
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)
Station Eleven
Artemis
Snow Crash
The Water Knife
Rule 34 (Halting State, #2)
Little Brother (Little Brother, #1)
Neuromancer (Sprawl, #1)
Seveneves
Nexus (Nexus, #1)
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202 books — 227 voters
The Lightning Thief by Rick RiordanThe Song of Achilles by Madeline MillerReaper Man by Terry PratchettWyrd Sisters by Terry PratchettGuards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett
SFF: Best Characters
86 books — 9 voters

Airborne by DiAnn MillsThe Stand by Stephen         KingThe Andromeda Strain by Michael CrichtonWorld War Z by Max BrooksThe Hot Zone by Richard   Preston
Pandemic Medical Thrillers
353 books — 70 voters
Stardust by Neil GaimanThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Last Unicorn by Peter S. BeagleThe Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine ArdenJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
SFF: Best Prose
33 books — 10 voters

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Damn Sight, Good Space Opera
91 books — 79 voters


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I never thought I would choose a place like this. That I would even consider giving up my existence, to lie in a bed of lies. I never expected a lot of things to happen in my life. I try not to think about anything at all. Especially not how I become this; a man without hope. A man without dreams.
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