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What Science Fiction Books Does A Futurist Read?

Cover detail from Isaac Asimov's 'Robot' novels.

February 24, 2012 Science fiction's job is to give us a map of where we're headed. From Jules Verne to William Gibson, sci-fi authors describe their visions of the future, and how people might live in it. We ask Intel's futurist for his list of favorite sci-fi books.

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Best Books Of 2011

Fired Up: The Year's Best Science Fiction And Fantasy

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December 23, 2011 Science fiction and fantasy books aren't just getting more popular, they're interbreeding with other genres to produce wild new hybrid forms — swapping DNA with literary novels, commenting on current events, morphing into historical science fiction romances, and evolving into hard-boiled detective fantasy.

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