Scifi for experienced scifi readers (random order)

Good, complex scifi, but definitely not for beginners!
Complex layering, or complex worlds, or complex stories, or complex moral dilemmas and so on... but captivating for the seasoned scifi-er!

Alien Contact

Alien Contact
ByMarty Halpern

2 Readers 5

A Maze of Death

A Maze of Death
ByPhilip K. Dick,Benjamin L. Darcie(Translator)

1970 • 51 Readers 3.7

A Memory Called Empire

A Memory Called Empire
ByArkady Martine

2019 • 937 Readers • 464 pages 4.2

Blindsight

Blindsight
ByPeter Watts

2006 • 551 Readers • 384 pages 3.8

Caldé of the Long Sun

1995 • 14 Readers • 385 pages 4.3

Child of the River

Child of the River
ByPaul J. McAuley

1997 • 7 Readers • 336 pages 4.3

China Mountain Zhang

China Mountain Zhang
ByMaureen F. McHugh

1992 • 85 Readers • 313 pages 3.9

Consider Phlebas

Consider Phlebas
ByIain M. Banks

1987 • 616 Readers • 544 pages 3.5

Dawn

Dawn
ByOctavia E. Butler

372 Readers 4

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

1968 • 1,454 Readers • 223 pages 4

Dogs of War

Dogs of War
ByAdrian Tchaikovsky

2017 • 127 Readers • 346 pages 4.2

Dr. Bloodmoney

Dr. Bloodmoney
ByPhilip K. Dick

1963 • 36 Readers • 275 pages 3.8

Dreamsnake

Dreamsnake
ByVonda N. McIntyre

1978 • 64 Readers • 288 pages 3.4

Dune

Dune
ByFrank Herbert

1965 • 3,980 Readers • 704 pages 4.3

Embassytown

Embassytown
ByChina Miéville,Gemma Rovira Ortega(Translator)

2011 • 228 Readers 3.9

Exodus From The Long Sun

2013 • 12 Readers • 448 pages 4.3

Grass

Grass
BySheri S. Tepper

1989 • 88 Readers • 484 pages 4

Helliconia Summer

Helliconia Summer
ByBrian W. Aldiss

1982 • 19 Readers • 416 pages 3.2

Helliconia Winter

Helliconia Winter
ByBrian W. Aldiss

1985 • 22 Readers • 304 pages 3.3

Hyperion

Hyperion
ByDan Simmons

1989 • 1,489 Readers • 481 pages 4.3

Ilium

Ilium
ByDan Simmons

2003 • 184 Readers • 752 pages 3.9

In Green's Jungles

In Green's Jungles
ByGene Wolfe

2000 • 15 Readers • 384 pages 4.6

Leaganul pisicii

Leaganul pisicii
ByKurt Vonnegut,Raluca Popescu(Translator)

1963 • 2 Readers • 352 pages 4

Leibowitz

Leibowitz
ByWalter M. Miller Jr.,Gabriel Stoian(Translator)

1959 • 1 Reader • 400 pages 4

Litany of the Long Sun

1994 • 34 Readers • 543 pages 4.3

Luna probabilistică

Luna probabilistică
ByNancy Kress,Alin C. Ionescu(Translator)

2000 • 1 Reader • 414 pages 5

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Mâna stângă a întunericului
ByUrsula K. Le Guin,Mihai-Dan Pavelescu(Translator)

1969 • 2 Readers • 304 pages 5

Martian Time-Slip

Martian Time-Slip
ByPhilip K. Dick

1964 • 54 Readers • 226 pages 3.8

Neuromancer

Neuromancer
ByWilliam Gibson,Giampaolo Cossato(Translator),+1 more

1984 • 1,530 Readers • 271 pages 3.9

Ninefox Gambit

Ninefox Gambit
ByYoon Ha Lee

2016 • 355 Readers • 400 pages 3.6

Nova

Nova
BySamuel R. Delany

1968 • 64 Readers 3.6

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Omnium
ByFlorin Stanciu

2017 • 1 Reader • 280 pages 5

Omul Negru

Omul Negru
ByRichard K. Morgan,Roxana Brînceanu(Translator)

2007 • 2 Readers • 856 pages 5

Our Friends From Frolix 8

1970 • 20 Readers • 211 pages 3.8

Perdido Street Station

Perdido Street Station
ByChina Miéville

2000 • 539 Readers 4

Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams

2017 • 20 Readers • 225 pages 4.2

Prefectul

Prefectul
ByAlastair Reynolds,Mihai-Dan Pavelescu(Translator)

2007 • 2 Readers • 752 pages 4.5

Pump Six and Other Stories

Pump Six and Other Stories
ByPaolo Bacigalupi

2008 • 37 Readers • 239 pages 4.1

Queen City Jazz

Queen City Jazz
ByKathleen Ann Goonan

1994 • 6 Readers • 416 pages 3

Războiul liniștit

Războiul liniștit
ByPaul McAuley

2008 • 1 Reader • 576 pages 4

Revelation Space

Revelation Space
ByAlastair Reynolds

2000 • 406 Readers • 596 pages 3.8

Roadside Picnic

Roadside Picnic
ByArkady Strugatsky,Boris Strugatsky,+1 more

1972 • 434 Readers • 249 pages 4

Ship of Fools

Ship of Fools
ByRichard Paul Russo

2001 • 69 Readers • 392 pages 3.4

Snow Crash

Snow Crash
ByNeal Stephenson

1992 • 1,268 Readers • 448 pages 3.9

Solaris: The Definitive Edition

Solaris: The Definitive Edition
ByStanisław Lem,Bill Johnston(Translator)

1961 • 579 Readers • 2h 3m 3.8

Starlight 3

Starlight 3
ByPatrick Nielsen Hayden(editor)

2001 • 2 Readers • 358 pages 5

Stranger in a Strange Land

Stranger in a Strange Land
ByRobert A. Heinlein

1961 • 740 Readers • 422 pages 3.7

The Fifth Season

The Fifth Season
ByN.K. Jemisin

2015 • 1,938 Readers • 421 pages 4.3

The Left Hand of Darkness

The Left Hand of Darkness
ByUrsula K. Le Guin

1969 • 1,110 Readers • 267 pages 4.1

The Man in the High Castle

1962 • 790 Readers • 239 pages 3.5

The Ophiuchi Hotline

1977 • 11 Readers • 180 pages 3.8

The Player of Games

The Player of Games
ByIain M. Banks

1988 • 367 Readers • 309 pages 4.2

The Shadow of the Torturer

1980 • 432 Readers • 276 pages 3.6

The Stand

The Stand
ByStephen King

1978 • 1,314 Readers • 1,553 pages 4.1

The Three-Body Problem

The Three-Body Problem
ByCixin Liu,Ken Liu(Translator)

2006 • 2,590 Readers • 400 pages 3.9

The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch

1965 • 158 Readers • 192 pages 3.7

The Windup Girl

The Windup Girl
ByPaolo Bacigalupi

2009 • 333 Readers • 359 pages 3.7

Turbion

Turbion
ByRobert Charles Wilson,Ana-Veronica Mircea(Translator)

2005 • 1 Reader 5

Ubik

Ubik
ByPhilip K. Dick

1969 • 485 Readers • 241 pages 4

Valurile liniștesc vântul

Valurile liniștesc vântul
ByArkady Strugatsky

1984 • 1 Reader • 192 pages 5

Vremea schimbării

Vremea schimbării
ByRobert Silverberg,Radu Mihai Haulică(translator)

1971 • 2 Readers • 288 pages 4.5

War of the Maps

War of the Maps
ByPaul McAuley

2020 • 14 Readers 3.3

Wyrms

Wyrms
ByOrson Scott Card

1987 • 11 Readers • 272 pages 3.5