How to: Science Fiction
#### [Accelerando](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17863.Accelerando) (2005) _by [Charles Stross](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Stross)_ [3.9]

Accelerando is an excellent exploration of Posthumanism. It's my go to recommendation for people wanting to read about that stuff. - [@erbridge](https://github.com/erbridge)

It's also worth mentioning that [the ebook is available for free in a variety of formats on Stross's website](https://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/fiction/accelerando/accelerando-intro.html). - [@AlexKeyes](https://github.com/alex-keyes)
Description
> The Singularity. It is the era of the posthuman. Artificial intelligences have surpassed the limits of human intellect. Biotechnological beings have rendered people all but extinct. Molecular nanotechnology runs rampant, replicating and reprogramming at will. Contact with extraterrestrial life grows more imminent with each new day.
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  > Struggling to survive and thrive in this accelerated world are three generations of the Macx clan: Manfred, an entrepreneur dealing in intelligence amplification technology whose mind is divided between his physical environment and the Internet; his daughter, Amber, on the run from her domineering mother, seeking her fortune in the outer system as an indentured astronaut; and Sirhan, Amber's son, who finds his destiny linked to the fate of all of humanity.
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  > For something is systemically dismantling the nine planets of the solar system. Something beyond human comprehension. Something that has no use for biological life in any form.
#### [Babel-17](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1199688.Babel_17) (1966) _by [Samuel R. Delany](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_R._Delany)_ [3.8]

This intense linguistic thriller will change the way you think about language. - [@helderroem](https://github.com/helderroem)
Description
> Babel-17 is all about the power of language. Humanity, which has spread throughout the universe, is involved in a war with the Invaders, who have been covertly assassinating officials and sabotaging spaceships. The only clues humanity has to go on are strange alien messages that have been intercepted in space. Poet and linguist Rydra Wong is determined to understand the language and stop the alien threat.
#### [Barsoom series](https://www.goodreads.com/series/43942-barsoom) (1912-1927) _by [Edgar Rice Burroughs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Rice_Burroughs)_ [3.8] 🌟

Now more than a century old, has that unique writing style you can only find in adventure classics. - [@uraimo](https://github.com/uraimo)

Books:

- [A Princess of Mars](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40395.A_Princess_of_Mars) [3.8]
- [The Gods of Mars](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/841973.The_Gods_of_Mars) [3.8]
- [The Warlord of Mars](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40379.The_Warlord_of_Mars) [3.8]
- [Thuvia, Maid of Mars](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40387.Thuvia_Maid_of_Mars) [3.7]
- [The Chessmen of Mars](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40378.The_Chessmen_of_Mars) [3.7]
- [The Master Mind of Mars](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40385.The_Master_Mind_of_Mars) [3.8]
- [A Fighting Man of Mars](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40386.A_Fighting_Man_of_Mars) [3.8]
- [Swords of Mars](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40376.Swords_of_Mars) [4.0]
- [Synthetic Men of Mars](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40384.Synthetic_Men_of_Mars) [3.8]
- [Llana of Gathol](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/215954.Llana_of_Gathol) [3.7]
- [John Carter of Mars](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40388.John_Carter_of_Mars) [3.8]
Description
> Barsoom is planet Mars from American Edgar Rice Burroughs. First serialized as Under the Moons of Mars in 1912, published as A Princess of Mars in 1917. Dying Mars was based on outdated scientific ideas of canals. The savage, frontier world has honor, noble sacrifice and constant struggle, where martial prowess is paramount and races fight over dwindling resources.
#### [Bobiverse Series](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32109569-we-are-legion-we-are-bob) (2016) _by [Dennis E. Taylor](https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/12130438.Dennis_E_Taylor)_ [4.35]

Like Accelerando, this series is an excellent exploration of posthumanism. It also has themes of space exploration, references to various other series, and is all around a great amount of fun to read. It's also free if you have kindle unlimited. - [@AlexKeyes](https://github.com/alex-keyes)
Description
> Bob Johansson has just sold his software company and is looking forward to a life of leisure. There are places to go, books to read, and movies to watch. So it's a little unfair when he gets himself killed crossing the street.
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  > Bob wakes up a century later to find that corpsicles have been declared to be