18 books like Opening Moves

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Great sky river Gregory Benford · 1984 · ★ 3.6 · 326p · ≈ 10h · Moderate From back cover Warner paperback August 2004: Nearly 100,000 years after first contact with the machines that dominate the universe, only a few hundred humans survive. Trapped on Snowglade, a barren world near the center of the galaxy, Killeen and his child Toby of the Bishop Tribe are primitive scavengers, homeless and hunted by the ruling "mechs." Then suddenly, a strange cosmic entity --… Shares Artificial Intelligence, Science Fiction
Blade Runner
Blade Runner K. Perkins · 2022 · ★ 3.5 Shares Cyberpunk, Science Fiction with this book.
The Takeshi Kovacs Collection
The Takeshi Kovacs Collection Richard K. Morgan · 2017 Shares Cyberpunk, Science Fiction with this book.
Cover of Grey Sky Blues (An Inspector Thomas Sullivan Thriller) (Volume 3)
Grey Sky Blues (An Inspector Thomas Sullivan Thriller) (Volume 3) K.C. Sivils · 2017 · 324p · ≈ 10h · Moderate xi, 308 pages ; 22 cm Shares Cyberpunk, Science Fiction
Cover of How Quini the Squid Misplaced His Klobucar
How Quini the Squid Misplaced His Klobucar Rich Larson · 2020 Shares Cyberpunk, Science Fiction with this book.
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Crystal Society Max Harms · 2016 · 558p · ≈ 18h · Moderate Crystal Society is a science fiction novel about minds: human, alien, and artificial. The book's protagonist is an artificial intelligence: a machine with the capacity to reason. Her goal is to understand and gain the adoration of all humans. One of many siblings, she helps control a robot named Socrates that uses a piece of technology, a crystal computer, that seems far too advanced to be… Shares Cyberpunk, Artificial Intelligence, Science Fiction
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True Smithing 2 Jared Mandani · 2020 · 269p · ≈ 8h · Moderate To Angus, things couldn’t be more perfect. Sure, he still has to deal with an aging body in the outside world that won’t allow him to do much… But he’s found solace in Alterwelt, a virtual world where he can craft to his heart’s content and indulge in his life’s true passion. Spending his time between fulfilling orders and expanding his ever-growing smithing guild, Hephaestus is living the dream,… Shares LitRPG, Cyberpunk
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True Smithing Jared Mandani · 2020 · 276p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Angus Bjornson only ever wanted to do one thing: to continue crafting exquisite weapons and pieces of armor for his loyal customers. Unfortunately, after one accident too many that leaves the old blacksmith completely disabled, it would seem he has no other choice but to hang up his hammer. However, that would be underestimating the stubbornness of the self-made man. Fearing he’s not going to… Shares LitRPG, Cyberpunk
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The Turing option Harry Harrison · 1992 · ★ 3.7 · 409p · ≈ 13h · Moderate Classic SF Harry Harrison enthralls with the discovery, loss and re-discovery of AI. Quaint but fairly accurate predictions of modern computing power. 24 style presentation. Shares Artificial Intelligence, Science Fiction
Cover of Stations of the Tide
Stations of the Tide Michael Swanwick · 1991 · ★ 3.0 · 252p · ≈ 8h · Moderate The story of a nameless bureaucrat who is sent by the Office of Technology Transfer, charged with restricting the flow of dangerous technologies, to the planet Miranda to search for a fugitive in possession of forbidden technological knowledge. His search is complicated by his quarry's deep local knowledge and the imminence of the continent-inundating Jubilee tides, which have thrown the world… Shares Cyberpunk, Science Fiction
Cover of Not Till We Are Lost
Not Till We Are Lost Dennis E. Taylor · 2024 · ★ 4.5 · 374p · ≈ 12h · Moderate The Bobiverse is a different place in the aftermath of the Starfleet War, and the days of the Bobs gathering in one big happy moot are far behind. There’s anti-Bob sentiment on multiple planets, the Skippies playing with an AI time bomb, and multiple Bobs just wanting to get away from it all. But it all pales compared to what Icarus and Daedalus discover on their 26,000-year journey to the… Shares Artificial Intelligence, Science Fiction
Cover of Murderworld
Murderworld Allen White · 2018 · 449p · ≈ 14h · Moderate Perry Dunne, San Francisco corporate lawyer, is forced by his bullying boss to play the world's most popular game, the vast, ultra-real, blood-drenched simulation MURDERWORLD. His task: enhance his legal firm's prestige by earning five kills during the current tournament—or get fired. When Perry crosses paths with homicide virtuoso Mari Night, he seizes the chance to hire her as his mentor,… Shares Virtual reality, Cyberpunk, Science Fiction
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The Emperor's candlesticks Baroness Emmuska Orczy · 1908 · 100p · ≈ 3h · Moderate The Emperor's Candlesticks (1899) is a historical novel by Baroness Orczy and was her first book as an author. Shares Adventure
Cover of Columbus of Space
Columbus of Space Garrett Putman Serviss · 1911 · 246p · ≈ 8h · Moderate The year was 1909 and Garrett Putnam Serviss was already a respected science writer for the Hearst newspaper group. Serviss’ reputation was such that his articles appeared in almost every major American magazine. Beginning in January of that year Frank Munsey’s All-Story magazine began the serialization of Serviss’ epic science fiction adventure A Columbus of Space. Just three months earlier the… Shares Science Fiction
Cover of Star Hunter
Star Hunter Andre Norton · 1961 · ★ 4.0 · 102p · ≈ 3h · Moderate On the unexplored jungle world of Jumala, former pilot turned safari guide Ras Hume schemes to collect the reward for finding a missing heir to a fortune. A busboy from local dive bar is brainwashed into believing he is the missing heir, but he soon begins to doubt his own memories. This standalone story was originally published in 1961 as part of a double title paperback by Ace Books along… Shares Science Fiction
Cover of The House Without a Key
The House Without a Key Earl Derr Biggers · 2015 · 248p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Published in 1925, The House Without a Key introduces the kindly detective Charlie Chan, conceived by Earl Derr Biggers as a counter to the “Yellow Peril” stereotypes common in the era’s society. John Quincy Winterslip, having been sent by his family to convince his aunt to return to Boston, arrives in Honolulu to find that a rich family member with a shady past has been murdered. Detective… Shares Adventure
Cover of Make
Make Mike Senese · 2017 · 88p · ≈ 2h · Light Shares Artificial Intelligence with this book.
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The People of the Crater Andre Norton · 2009 · ★ 3.2 · 54p · ≈ 1h · Light "Send the Black Throne to dust; conquer the Black Ones, and bring the Daughter from the Caves of Darkness." These were the tasks Garin must perform to fulfill the prophecy of the Ancient Ones . . . and establish his own destiny in this hidden land!Andre Norton's first work, originally published in 1947 under the pseudonym "Andrew North." Shares Science Fiction

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