literary fiction + science fiction

4 books tagged both “literary fiction” and “science fiction”.

Klara and the Sun

Kazuo Ishiguro · 2021

Solar robot Klara loves Josie and bargains with the Sun to save her.

2,251-word summary · 10 min read

Station Eleven

Emily St. John Mandel · 2014

After a flu empties the world, a traveling troupe plays Shakespeare for small towns linked by one dead actor.

2,480-word summary · 11 min read

Frankenstein

Mary Shelley · 1818

Frankenstein retold: Victor builds, the creature wakes, Arctic letters, demand and refusal.

1,901-word summary · 8 min read

1984

George Orwell · 1949

A long retelling of George Orwell's 1984: Winston Smith's quiet rebellion in Oceania, the Party's grip on truth and memory, and why the ending still lands as…

2,110-word summary · 9 min read