by Andy Weir (2014)
Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars. Now, he’s sure he’ll be the first person to die there. After a dust storm nearly kills him and forces his crew to evacuate while thinking him dead, Mark finds himself stranded and completely alone with no way to even signal Earth.
Andy Weir
Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission—and if he fails, humanity and the earth itself will perish. Except that right now, he doesn’t know that. He can’t even remember his own name, let alone the nature of his assignment. He must solve an extinction-level scientific puzzle with only an unexpected alien companion.
James S.A. Corey
Humanity has colonized the solar system, but tensions between Earth, Mars, and the Asteroid Belt are at a boiling point. When ice-hauler captain Jim Holden discovers an abandoned derelict ship, he uncovers a conspiracy threatening humanity's existence.
William Gibson
The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel. Case had been the sharpest data-thief in the business, until his nervous system was crippled by vindictive ex-employers. Now a mysterious new employer recruits him for a last-chance run at an unthinkably powerful artificial intelligence orbiting in deep space.
Nalo Hopkinson
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