Against the Fall of Night
by Arthur C. Clarke | 
Starfarers
by Poul Anderson | 
Twilight World
by Poul Anderson | 
The Byworlder
by Poul Anderson | 
This Alien Shore
by C. S. Friedman | 
Hunter of Worlds
by C. J. Cherryh | 
The Zero Stone
by Andre Norton | 
Expendable
by James Alan Gardner | 
Queen of Angels
by Greg Bear | 
Catseye
by Andre Norton | 
Beowulf's Children
by Larry Niven | 
Islands in the Sky
by Arthur C. Clarke | 
Mirkheim
by Poul Anderson | 
Fossil Hunter
by Robert J. Sawyer | 
Immortality, Inc.
by Robert Sheckley | 
Search the Sky
by Frederik Pohl | 
Starchild
by Frederik Pohl | 
Firstborn
by Arthur C. Clarke | 
The Boat of a Million Years
by Poul Anderson | 
Earthman's Burden
by Poul Anderson |
A fascinating 'what if novel, Brainwave is an exploration into the ways human society is organized and the assumptions that are made about how life is valued. It is also a novel about equality and what happens when the hierarchical structures by which we arrange our daily lives disappear.