The Genesis Machine

7 best books like The Genesis Machine (James P. Hogan): Planet of the Apes, Cybernetics: or the Control and Communication in the Animal and the Machine, Why Does the World Exist?: An Existential Detective Story, Rogue Star, Life Probe, Higher Education, Compulsory

Planet of the Apes
AuthorPierre Boulle
ISBN0345447980
"I am confiding this manuscript to space, not with the intention of saving myself, but to help, perhaps, to avert the appalling scourge that is menacing the human race. Lord have pity on us!"

With these words, Pierre Boulle hurtles the reader onto the Planet of the Apes. In this simian world,...
AuthorNorbert Wiener
It appears impossible for anyone seriously interested in our civilization to ignore this book. It is a ‘ must’ book for those in every branch of science . . . in addition, economists, politicians, statesmen, and businessmen cannot afford to overlook cybernetics and its tremendous, even terrifying...
Why Does the World Exist?: An Existential Detective Story
AuthorJim Holt
ISBN0871404095
"Why is there a world rather than nothing at all?" remains the darkest and most enduring of all metaphysical mysteries. Following in the footsteps of Christopher Hitchens, Roger Penrose, and even Stephen Hawking, Jim Holt now enters this fractious debate with his lively and deeply informed narrative...
AuthorMichael Flynn
ISBN0812542991
This is the sequel to the novel Firestar, which tells the story of a wealthy businesswoman's efforts to spearhead a private multinational space program. Expanding into outer space is not so much Mariesa Van Huyten's dream as a palliative for her nightmare: she is obsessed with the fear of a planet-killing...
AuthorMichael McCollum
ISBN0345302958
i was pleasantly suprised by this one. Essentially it's a first contact novel, but very scientifically plausible. The author has great street creds and has written stories for Analog, Asimov's etc. so I kind of knew what to expect when I began. But what I didn't expect (and was happy to see) were fairly...
AuthorCharles Sheffield
ISBN0812538900
When a misfired practical joke gets him kicked out of school, Rick Luban thinks he has nowhere to go but down. Instead, he gets a second chance--and a whole new life--when he signs up for a career in asteroid mining.

But life in space proves more challenging than Rick expected. Competition is...
Compulsory
AuthorMartha Wells
Murderbot prequel short story! 3.5 stars. It's free online here at Wired magazine. Review posted on Fantasy Literature:

I hugely enjoyed reading the four MURDERBOT DIARIES novellas last year, so when I found that Martha Wells had published a prequel short story online in December, I was all...
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