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Sci-Fi Subgenre Exploration - hosted by breezer

Biopunk
Gene splicing, biotechnology, and unholy mergers between beast and man — welcome to the weird and wonderful world of biopunk.

Unlike cyberpunk, which harnesses familiar and often larger-than-life tech, biopunk often deals with hacking the invisible world, from viruses to DNA.

eg. The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi
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Down These Strange Streets by George R.R. Martin, Gardner Dozois

Down These Strange Streets

George R.R. Martin, Gardner Dozois

479 pages • hardcover • 2011

fiction fantasy short stories adventurous mysterious fast-paced
The Tusks of Extinction by Ray Nayler

The Tusks of Extinction

Ray Nayler

101 pages • hardcover • 2024

fiction science fiction thriller dark emotional reflective fast-paced
The Deep by Rivers Solomon

The Deep

Rivers Solomon

166 pages • paperback • 2019

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ speculative fiction dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Hell Followed with Us by Andrew Joseph White

Hell Followed with Us

Andrew Joseph White

374 pages • paperback • 2022 user-added

fiction horror lgbtqia+ science fiction young adult dark emotional tense medium-paced
Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood

Oryx and Crake

MaddAddam #1

Margaret Atwood

436 pages • paperback • 2003

fiction dystopian speculative fiction dark mysterious reflective medium-paced
The Island of Doctor Moreau by H.G. Wells

The Island of Doctor Moreau

H.G. Wells

124 pages • paperback • 1896

fiction classics horror science fiction adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Neuromancer by William Gibson

Neuromancer

Sprawl #1

William Gibson

297 pages • hardcover • 1984

fiction classics science fiction thriller adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
The Wings Upon Her Back by Samantha Mills

The Wings Upon Her Back

Samantha Mills

336 pages • paperback • 2024

fiction fantasy science fiction dark emotional tense medium-paced
Alien Clay by Adrian Tchaikovsky

Alien Clay

Adrian Tchaikovsky

387 pages • digital • 2024

fiction science fiction adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced
The Bound Worlds by Megan E. O'Keefe

The Bound Worlds

The Devoured Worlds #3

Megan E. O'Keefe

454 pages • paperback • 2024

fiction science fiction adventurous emotional tense medium-paced