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Description: Isaac Arthur is a Youtuber discussing the background for and possible of mega-structures we see in Science Fiction works and how some of them are, at least conceptually, producible without needs for handwaving.

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1

by William Gibson

23,151 members

380 reviews

3.9

3 Members: hipdeep, derdahinteninderecke, ManWithAnAgenda

2

by Neal Stephenson

20,262 members

401 reviews

4.1

3 Members: hipdeep, derdahinteninderecke, ManWithAnAgenda

3

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

by Philip K. Dick

19,426 members

476 reviews

4

3 Members: hipdeep, derdahinteninderecke, ManWithAnAgenda

4

by Terry Pratchett

11,348 members

157 reviews

4.1

3 Members: hipdeep, derdahinteninderecke, ManWithAnAgenda

5

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy [Live in Concert]

by Douglas Adams

53 members

4 reviews

½ 4.5

3 Members: hipdeep, derdahinteninderecke, ManWithAnAgenda

6

by George Orwell

82,456 members

1,276 reviews

4.2

2 Members: derdahinteninderecke, ManWithAnAgenda

7

Brave New World

by Aldous Huxley

54,193 members

774 reviews

3.9

2 Members: derdahinteninderecke, ManWithAnAgenda

8

by Mary Shelley

42,968 members

714 reviews

3.8

2 Members: derdahinteninderecke, ManWithAnAgenda

9

by Frank Herbert

42,938 members

695 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: derdahinteninderecke, ManWithAnAgenda

10

by Michael Crichton

20,904 members

318 reviews

3.9

2 Members: derdahinteninderecke, ManWithAnAgenda

11

by Isaac Asimov

20,692 members

392 reviews

4

2 Members: derdahinteninderecke, ManWithAnAgenda

12

20,000 Leagues under the Sea

18,559 members

255 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: derdahinteninderecke, ManWithAnAgenda

13

The War of the Worlds

18,520 members

310 reviews

3.8

2 Members: hipdeep, derdahinteninderecke

14

The Time Machine

17,825 members

341 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: derdahinteninderecke, ManWithAnAgenda

15

The Martian Chronicles

by Ray Bradbury

16,732 members

325 reviews

4

2 Members: derdahinteninderecke, ManWithAnAgenda

16

by Isaac Asimov

15,113 members

271 reviews

4

2 Members: derdahinteninderecke, ManWithAnAgenda

17

2001: A Space Odyssey

by Arthur C. Clarke

13,418 members

209 reviews

4

2 Members: derdahinteninderecke, ManWithAnAgenda

18

Foundation and Empire

by Isaac Asimov

13,104 members

157 reviews

4

2 Members: derdahinteninderecke, ManWithAnAgenda

19

Starship Troopers

by Robert A. Heinlein

12,256 members

223 reviews

3.8

2 Members: derdahinteninderecke, ManWithAnAgenda

20

Second Foundation

by Isaac Asimov

12,069 members

133 reviews

4

2 Members: derdahinteninderecke, ManWithAnAgenda

21

Childhood's End

by Arthur C. Clarke

10,243 members

232 reviews

3.9

2 Members: derdahinteninderecke, ManWithAnAgenda

22

by Kim Stanley Robinson

8,369 members

185 reviews

3.8

2 Members: derdahinteninderecke, ManWithAnAgenda

23

by Roger Zelazny

5,188 members

115 reviews

4

2 Members: derdahinteninderecke, ManWithAnAgenda

24

by Isaac Asimov

2,986 members

49 reviews

3.8

2 Members: derdahinteninderecke, ManWithAnAgenda

25

The Stainless Steel Rat

by Harry Harrison

1,654 members

26 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: hipdeep, derdahinteninderecke

26

At the Mountains of Madness [novella]

by H. P. Lovecraft

1,228 members

50 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: derdahinteninderecke, ManWithAnAgenda

27

I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream [short story]

by Harlan Ellison

19 members

4.1

2 Members: derdahinteninderecke, ManWithAnAgenda

28

Flowers for Algernon

by Daniel Keyes

15,912 members

383 reviews

4.1

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29

11,816 members

276 reviews

4.2

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30

The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress

by Robert A. Heinlein

10,463 members

183 reviews

4.1

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31

Rendezvous With Rama

by Arthur C. Clarke

10,183 members

182 reviews

4

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32

The Forever War

by Joe Haldeman

9,452 members

253 reviews

4

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33

9,259 members

137 reviews

4

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34

by Anne McCaffrey

9,121 members

181 reviews

3.9

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35

The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable

by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

8,631 members

198 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: derdahinteninderecke

36

Consider Phlebas

by Iain M. Banks

7,996 members

253 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: derdahinteninderecke

37

The Caves of Steel

by Isaac Asimov

7,820 members

142 reviews

4

Member: derdahinteninderecke

38

Leviathan Wakes

by James S. A. Corey

7,452 members

360 reviews

4

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39

by Richard K. Morgan

7,000 members

217 reviews

4

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40

by Stanisław Lem

6,611 members

158 reviews

3.9

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41

A Fire upon the Deep

by Vernor Vinge

6,417 members

141 reviews

4.1

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42

The Mote in God's Eye

6,368 members

109 reviews

3.9

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43

The Stars My Destination

by Alfred Bester

6,316 members

175 reviews

4

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44

by Isaac Asimov

6,286 members

104 reviews

3.9

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45

by Richard Matheson

4,851 members

191 reviews

4

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46

by Iain M. Banks

4,724 members

109 reviews

4

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47

On Basilisk Station

4,095 members

117 reviews

3.9

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48

by Peter F. Hamilton

4,003 members

99 reviews

4

Member: derdahinteninderecke

49

3,930 members

62 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: derdahinteninderecke

50

The End of Eternity

by Isaac Asimov

3,680 members

94 reviews

4

Member: derdahinteninderecke

51

The Fountains of Paradise

by Arthur C. Clarke

3,539 members

52 reviews

3.8

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52

by Charles Stross

3,363 members

123 reviews

½ 3.7

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53

by Alastair Reynolds

3,096 members

68 reviews

4

Member: derdahinteninderecke

54

Singularity Sky

by Charles Stross

3,028 members

69 reviews

½ 3.7

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55

3,013 members

146 reviews

3.9

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56

by Alastair Reynolds

3,012 members

59 reviews

3.9

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57

Judas Unchained

by Peter F. Hamilton

2,983 members

60 reviews

4

Member: derdahinteninderecke

58

Pale Blue Dot : A Vision of the Human Future in Space

2,940 members

30 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: derdahinteninderecke

59

Downbelow Station

by C. J. Cherryh

2,837 members

69 reviews

3.8

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60

by Alastair Reynolds

2,608 members

55 reviews

3.8

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61

The Dreaming Void

by Peter F. Hamilton

2,379 members

53 reviews

4

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62

by Alastair Reynolds

2,217 members

56 reviews

3.8

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63

by Kim Stanley Robinson

2,210 members

121 reviews

½ 3.4

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64

by Alastair Reynolds

2,100 members

65 reviews

4

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65

Chronicles of the Black Company

1,881 members

39 reviews

4.1

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66

Tales of the Dying Earth

1,871 members

38 reviews

3.9

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67

by Poul Anderson

1,825 members

54 reviews

½ 3.6

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68

by Kim Stanley Robinson

1,734 members

106 reviews

½ 3.7

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69

by Olaf Stapledon

1,667 members

37 reviews

3.8

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70

We Are Legion (We Are Bob)

by Dennis E. Taylor

1,608 members

84 reviews

4

Member: derdahinteninderecke

71

The Mistborn Trilogy

by Brandon Sanderson

1,514 members

16 reviews

½ 4.4

Member: derdahinteninderecke

72

Last and First Men

by Olaf Stapledon

1,444 members

31 reviews

½ 3.7

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73

Black Holes and Time Warps : Einstein's Outrageous Legacy

by Kip S. Thorne

1,322 members

18 reviews

4.2

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74

In the Ocean of Night

by Gregory Benford

1,314 members

12 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: derdahinteninderecke

75

The Big Picture: On the Origins of Life, Meaning, and the Universe Itself

by Sean M. Carroll

918 members

18 reviews

4.1

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76

by Alastair Reynolds

873 members

40 reviews

½ 3.6

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77

by Fred Saberhagen

839 members

15 reviews

½ 3.6

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78

The Case for Mars: The Plan to Settle the Red Planet and Why We Must

by Robert Zubrin

792 members

15 reviews

4

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79

by Robert Jordan

601 members

5 reviews

4

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80

by Thea von Harbou

495 members

10 reviews

½ 3.6

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81

The Planet Savers / Sword of Aldones

by Marion Zimmer Bradley

483 members

5 reviews

½ 3.4

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82

The Last Question

by Isaac Asimov

433 members

22 reviews

½ 4.4

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83

by Alastair Reynolds

374 members

18 reviews

½ 3.5

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84

368 members

9 reviews

½ 3.5

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85

The High Frontier: Human Colonies in Space

by Gerard K. O'Neill

364 members

3 reviews

3.9

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86

by Robert L. Forward

327 members

4 reviews

3.9

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87

Lethal Heritage

by Michael A. Stackpole

325 members

4 reviews

4

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88

The Singularity Trap

by Dennis E. Taylor

247 members

7 reviews

4

Member: derdahinteninderecke

89

Who Goes There? and Other Stories

by John W. Campbell

233 members

13 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: derdahinteninderecke

90

The Blazing World

by Margaret Cavendish

180 members

10 reviews

3.2

Member: derdahinteninderecke

91

The Killing Star

by Charles R. Pellegrino

153 members

3 reviews

½ 3.3

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92

by Mark E. Cooper

85 members

3 reviews

½ 3.4

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93

Terraforming: Engineering Planetary Environments

by Martyn J. Fogg

24 members

1 review

½ 4.7

Member: derdahinteninderecke

94

by John Michael Godier

5 members

3

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95

Uplift saga's, books 1 - 7

1 member

4

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96

The Positronic Man

by Isaac Asimov

Member: derdahinteninderecke

97

by Orson Scott Card

41,385 members

1,051 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: derdahinteninderecke,ManWithAnAgenda

98

Speaker for the Dead

by Orson Scott Card

15,879 members

213 reviews

4

Member: derdahinteninderecke,ManWithAnAgenda

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