The Great Dune Trilogy
by Frank Herbert | 
Psychoshop
by Alfred Bester | 
The Turing Option
by Harry Harrison | 
Forward in Time
by Ben Bova | 
The Knights of the Black Earth
by Margaret Weis | 
The Grand Wheel
by Barrington J. Bayley | 
Zelde M'Tana
by F. M. Busby | 
Deep Space
by Ian Douglas |
Beyond the Empire
by K. B. Wagers | 
Moonrise
by Ben Bova |
Evolution's Shore
by Ian McDonald | 
Lovelock
by Orson Scott Card | 
Child of Fortune
by Norman Spinrad | 
Prelude to Space
by Arthur C. Clarke | 
The Genocides
by Thomas M. Disch | 
Banner of Souls
by Liz Williams | 
The Ghost Sister
by Liz Williams | 
Contact
by Carl Sagan | 
Solaris
by Stanislaw Lem | 
Dark Space
by Jasper T. Scott |
A bold and provocative novel of the future. Millions of years ago, alien beings seeded Earth with their genetic strands to create a new outpost of intelligent life. Now their descendants have returned to Earth's skies, drawn by their detection of a Receiver, a human with the genetic ability to tap into alien communications. It is the signal that Earth is ready to be absorbed into a vast galactic empire. Jaya Nihalani has been a prophet, a crusader, and terrorist fighting for the rights of her own despised Untouchable caste. Now she lies in an Indian hospital, dying of a hideous disease. Her head is filled with voices and visions; her body is aging rapidly, inexplicably. But the voices and visions are no disease. Jaya is the Receiver whom the aliens intend to heal, enlighten . . . and use. Soon the subcontinent erupts in riots and chaos as powerful forces attempt to co-opt the enigmatic alien emissaries, and a shocked world await sits fate. Jaya must somehow discover the plans of her perfect and powerful 'friends'. Have they come to end human suffering, or to make it worse? Should she help them -- or lead the impossible fight against them? 'Crafted and polished science fiction, with an involving cast of characters - easily strong enough never to be upstaged by the astonishing an ingenious plot, sets and technology' Tanith Lee