The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
Runaway clerk Rosemary joins the Wayfarer crew for a year long tunnel job that tests family and love.
3,295-word summary · 15 min read
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Illuminae
Exes flee invasion on ships with rogue AI, told in chats and files.
1,959-word summary · 9 min read
Childhood's End
Silver ships end war and want while Overlords midwife humanity's children into something beyond human.
2,054-word summary · 9 min read
Caliban's War
Ganymede burns, Bobbie survives it, Avasarala curses through politics, and Prax hunts daughter Mei.
2,080-word summary · 9 min read
Artificial Condition
Murderbot seeks truth about a massacre with bossy ship ART, finding friendship and trouble.
2,068-word summary · 9 min read
Rendezvous with Rama
In 2131 a silent cylinder enters the solar system, and Commander Norton's crew explores its seas and empty cities before Rama seals itself and sails on.
3,108-word summary · 14 min read
Ender's Shadow
Bean, a starving Rotterdam runaway, fights his way into Battle School and watches Ender's war from the side. A parallel retelling about survival, loyalty, and…
2,742-word summary · 12 min read
Life, the Universe and Everything
Arthur in slippers must stop cricket robots from rebuilding the Wikkit Gate.
2,216-word summary · 10 min read
Speaker for the Dead
Ender speaks whole truths for alien deaths on a fenced colony where biology confuses murder.
1,992-word summary · 9 min read
All Systems Red
A self aware security robot just wants soap operas, but its survey team keeps walking into corporate murder.
2,119-word summary · 9 min read
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
Arthur Dent flees Vogons, dines at Milliways at the end of time, and strands on prehistoric Earth in Adams' sharp 1980 sequel.
2,749-word summary · 12 min read
Artemis
Jazz Bashara, a porter and small-time smuggler in the Moon city Artemis, takes a sabotage job that drags her into a fight for the city.
2,863-word summary · 13 min read
2001: A Space Odyssey
A black slab nudges apes to tools, calls Floyd to the Moon, and pulls Bowman past HAL toward Saturn and a strange rebirth.
2,982-word summary · 13 min read
Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future
Ashlee Vance traces Elon Musk from a rough Pretoria childhood through PayPal, Tesla and SpaceX.
2,286-word summary · 10 min read
Project Hail Mary
A teacher wakes alone on a ship with dead crewmates and must solve why the sun is dimming to save Earth.
2,293-word summary · 10 min read
The Martian
Mark Watney is stranded on Mars after his crew leaves him for dead, and survives with botany, repairs, and stubborn humor.
2,271-word summary · 10 min read
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide retold: Earth's end, Ford, Zaphod, Marvin, and the answer 42.
2,253-word summary · 10 min read
Ender's Game
Ender Wiggin trains at Battle School to fight the Formics, winning games that turn out to be real.
2,039-word summary · 9 min read