Diaspora (novel)
Diaspora is a hard science novel by the Australian writer Greg Egan which first appeared in print in 1997.
Daemon (novel series)
Daemon and Freedom TM a two-part novel by the author Daniel Suarez about a distributed, persistent computer application, The Daemon , that begins to change the real world after the original programmer’s death.
Daedalus; gold, Science and the Future
Daedalus; or, Science and the Future is a book by the British scientist JBS Haldane , published in England in 1924. It was the text of a reading [1] read to the Heretics Society (an intellectual club at the University of Cambridge ) on 4 February 1923.
Culture series
The Culture series is a science fiction series written by Scottish author Iain M. Banks . The stories center on the Culture , a utopian , post-scarcity space society of humanoids , aliens , and very advanced artificial intelligences living in anarchist habitats spread across the Milky Way galaxy. The main theme of the novels is the dilemmas that an idealistic hyperpowerdealing with civilizations that do not share its ideals, and whose behavior it finds repulsive. In some of the stories, action …
Connectome: How the Brain’s Wiring Makes Us Who We Are
Connectome: How the Brain’s Wiring Makes Us Who We Are (2012) is a book by Sebastian Seung . It introduces basic concepts in neuroscience and then elaborates on the field ofconnectomics , ie, how to scan, decode, compare, and understand patterns in brain connectivity. The book concludes with musings on cryonics and mind uploading . It was selected by the Wall Street Journal as Top Ten Nonfiction of …
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Citizen Cyborg
Citizen Cyborg: Why Democratic Societies Must Respond to the Redesigned Human of the Future is a 2004 non-fiction book by bioethicist and sociologist James Hughes , who articulates democratic transhumanism as a socio-political ideology and program. [1]
The Children of the Sky
The Children of the Sky is a science fiction novel by American writer Vernor Vinge . It is a direct sequel to A Fire Upon the Deep and shares the Zones of Thought with a Deepness in the Sky . Unlike A Fire Upon the Deep , the novel is set completely on the Tines’ world. It was nominated for the 2012 Locus Award for Best Novel Science …
Childhood’s End
Childhood’s End is a 1953 science fiction novel by the British author Arthur C. Clarke . The story follows the peaceful alien invasion [1] of Earth by the mysterious Overlords, whose arrival occurs after the apparent utopia under indirect alien rule, at the cost of human identity and culture.
Brain Wave
Brain Wave is a science fiction novel by Poul Anderson first published in serial form in Space Science Fiction in 1953. And Then have a novel in 1954. Anderson HAD Said That he Could Consider It de son one top five books [1] This is one of many science fiction works at this time on the theme of heightened intelligence.
Blood Music (novel)
Blood Music is a science fiction novel by American writer Greg Bear . It was originally published as a short story in 1983 in the American Science Fiction Analog Science Fact & Fictionmagazine, winning the 1983 Nebula Award for Best Novelette and the 1984 Hugo Award for Best Novelette .