Science fiction that runs on ancient myths

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Old myths running on new machines. Sci-fi for readers who grew up on mythology and never quite got over it.

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The 7 books on this stack

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  • William Gibson 1986

    Why it's on the stack

    It messes with your head · a threat that keeps growing

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    William Gibson continues the visionary Sprawl Trilogy that began with Neuromancer in this frighteningly probable parable of the future.

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  • Richard Powers 1995

    Why it's on the stack

    Full of big ideas · melancholic and unhurried

    It shares this with 4 more books on this stack

    Read this thrilling and timely novel of the human soul from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Overstory.

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  • Jo Walton 2001

    Why it's on the stack

    One to read slowly · adventure with a touch of madness

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    The goddess Athene attempts to create a utopia with robots and time travelers in this science fiction fantasy by a Hugo and Nebula Award–winning author.

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  • Roger Zelazny 1967

    Why it's on the stack

    Full of big ideas · dystopia

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    Imagine a distant world where gods walk as men, but wield vast and hidden powers.

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  • Dan Simmons 2006

    Why it's on the stack

    Full of big ideas · a world to get lost in

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    Taking the events and characters of the Iliad as his jumping- off point, Dan Simmons has created an epic of time travel and savage warfare.

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