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name: Science fiction
redir: /subjects/science_fiction
tag_type: subject
tag_description: Welcome to a curated exploration of science fiction’s many frontiers —  
from the architecture of future civilizations to the intimate rewiring of the human self.  
Each carousel below explores a different current in the genre’s imagination.  
All books are trending and available to borrow from Open Library’s digital stacks.
body: {{QueryCarousel('subject:science_fiction AND subject:("civilization" OR "empire" OR "utopia" OR "space_colonization" OR "future_societies" OR "galactic_empires" OR "political_systems")', sort='trending', has_fulltext_only=True, title="The Architecture of the Future")}}

{{QueryCarousel('subject:science_fiction AND subject:("transhumanism" OR "cloning" OR "artificial_intelligence" OR "cybernetics" OR "androids" OR "consciousness" OR "identity")', sort='trending', has_fulltext_only=True, title="Humans, Rewritten")}}

{{QueryCarousel('subject:science_fiction AND subject:("climate_change" OR "ecology" OR "environmental_degradation" OR "biopunk" OR "sustainability" OR "post_apocalyptic" OR "anthropocene")', sort='trending', has_fulltext_only=True, title="Earth, Remembered and Reclaimed")}}

{{QueryCarousel('subject:science_fiction AND subject:("simulation" OR "virtual_reality" OR "consciousness" OR "dreams" OR "memory" OR "perception" OR "reality" OR "illusion")', sort='trending', has_fulltext_only=True, title="Mindscapes & Reality Loops")}}

{{QueryCarousel('subject:science_fiction AND subject:("first_contact" OR "alien_life" OR "extraterrestrial_beings" OR "communication" OR "linguistics" OR "space_exploration" OR "cosmic_encounters")', sort='trending', has_fulltext_only=True, title="First Contact & Alien Intelligences")}}

{{QueryCarousel('subject:science_fiction AND subject:("time_travel" OR "alternate_history" OR "parallel_universes" OR "time_paradox" OR "temporal_loops")', sort='trending', has_fulltext_only=True, title="Time’s Labyrinth")}}

{{QueryCarousel('subject:science_fiction AND subject:("hard_science_fiction" OR "physics" OR "cosmology" OR "spaceflight" OR "engineering" OR "scientific_realism")', sort='trending', has_fulltext_only=True, title="The Science of Wonder")}}

{{QueryCarousel('subject:science_fiction AND subject:("utopia" OR "dystopia" OR "authoritarianism" OR "rebellion" OR "surveillance" OR "totalitarianism" OR "social_commentary")', sort='trending', has_fulltext_only=True, title="Visions of Society: Utopias & Dystopias")}}

{{QueryCarousel('subject:science_fiction AND subject:("classics" OR "golden_age" OR "vintage" OR "cult_fiction" OR "retrofuturism" OR "20th_century")', sort='trending', has_fulltext_only=True, title="Forgotten Futures: Unearthed Classics & Cult Gems")}}

{{QueryCarousel('subject:science_fiction AND subject:("21st_century" OR "afrofuturism" OR "feminist_science_fiction" OR "climate_fiction" OR "diverse_voices" OR "modern_classics")', sort='trending', has_fulltext_only=True, title="New Constellations: The Modern Renaissance")}}