The Dark Forest Alternatives
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Altered Carbon
Drama, Crime, Science-Fiction on Netflix (2018-2020)
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Dork Diaries
book by Rachel Renee Russell
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Nightfall
By Isaac Asimov
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Shikasta
Re: Colonised Planet 5, Shikasta is a 1979 science fiction novel by Doris Lessin…
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Escape Pod
Science fiction short story podcast
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Alien
Horror, Science-Fiction, Thriller on Hulu (2025-)
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Monday Starts on Saturday
Science fiction novel about a young programmer's adventures in a magical institu…
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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is a 2004 American science fiction romanti…
Both in Fiction
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Dune Messiah
Science fiction novel by Frank Herbert
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Ponendelniok
A Polish novel by Jarosław Marks that defies genre conventions.
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J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter Readings (UK)
The short introductions here to each of the seven Harry Potter stories will give…
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Wuthering Heights
Official site of the upcoming film "Wuthering Heights" (2026) – from Emerald Fen…
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The Fall of Hyperion
The epic continuation of the Hyperion Cantos
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I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream
By Harlan Ellison
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Dyson Sphere
Hypothetical megastructure encompassing a star
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The Jungle Book
Disney's animated adaptation of Rudyard Kipling's classic tale
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The Cruel Prince by Holly Black
Fantasy novel about faeries and court politics
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The Fall of Hyperion by Dan Simmons
Science fiction novel set in a far future universe
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It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover
Romance novel by Colleen Hoover
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The Cherry Orchard
A dying aristocrat's desperate attempt to hold onto her family's estate in Russi…
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