25 Best science fiction books like The Spectre General: The Golden Age Science Fiction Classic by Theodore R. Cogswell

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The Spectre General: The Golden Age Science Fiction Classic

By: Theodore R. Cogswell

3.82

Format: 76 pages, Kindle Edition

500 years after the Galactic Empire's collapse, the 427th Light Maintenance Battalion of the Imperi…

If you liked the science fiction plot in The Spectre General: The Golden Age Science Fiction Classic by Theodore R. Cogswell , here is a list of 25 books like this:

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1. Universe

By: Robert A. Heinlein

3.91

Format: 64 pages, Paperback

"There's a lot of space out there. Those stars may be as big as this ship," said Joe. Imagine a … read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
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2. With Folded Hands...

By: Jack Williamson

4.11

Format: 53 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Seemingly perfect robotic "Humanoids" appear in the town of Two Rivers and offer residents a life f… read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
Cover of Scanners Live in Vain by Cordwainer Smith

3. Scanners Live in Vain

By: Cordwainer Smith

3.98

Format: 41 pages, Kindle Edition

Man has conquered space, but not without costs. To maintain the space lanes, Scanners have to under… read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • audiobook
Cover of The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One, 1929-1964 by Isaac Asimov, Robert Silverberg, Robert A. Heinlein, Clifford D. Simak, Ray Bradbury, Fritz Leiber, Arthur C. Clarke, Roger Zelazny, Damon Knight, Alfred Bester, Richard Matheson, Daniel Keyes, James Blish, Murray Leinster, Theodore Sturgeon, C.M. Kornbluth, Lester del Rey, Fredric Brown, A.E. van Vogt, Jerome Bixby, Anthony Boucher, Tom Godwin, Cordwainer Smith, Judith Merril, John W. Campbell Jr., Stanley G. Weinbaum, Lewis Padgett

4. The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One, 1929-1964

By: Isaac Asimov , Robert Silverberg , Robert A. Heinlein , Clifford D. Simak , Ray Bradbury , Fritz Leiber , Arthur C. Clarke , Roger Zelazny , Damon Knight , Alfred Bester , Richard Matheson , Daniel Keyes , James Blish , Murray Leinster , Theodore Sturgeon , C.M. Kornbluth , Lester del Rey , Fredric Brown , A.E. van Vogt , Jerome Bixby , Anthony Boucher , Tom Godwin , Cordwainer Smith , Judith Merril , John W. Campbell Jr. , Stanley G. Weinbaum , Lewis Padgett

4.32

Format: 560 pages, Paperback

If you own only one anthology of classic science fiction, it should be The Science Fiction Hall of … read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • audiobook
Cover of The Ballad of Lost C'mell by Cordwainer Smith

5. The Ballad of Lost C'mell

By: Cordwainer Smith

3.51

Format: 178 pages, Paperback

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • audiobook
Cover of The Science Fiction Hall of Fame: Volume II A (The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, #2A) by H.G. Wells, Robert A. Heinlein, C.L. Moore, Ben Bova, Theodore Sturgeon, C.M. Kornbluth, Poul Anderson, Lester del Rey, Henry Kuttner, Jack Williamson, Eric Frank Russell, Cordwainer Smith, John W. Campbell Jr.

6. The Science Fiction Hall of Fame: Volume II A (The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, #2A)

By: H.G. Wells , Robert A. Heinlein , C.L. Moore , Ben Bova , Theodore Sturgeon , C.M. Kornbluth , Poul Anderson , Lester del Rey , Henry Kuttner , Jack Williamson , Eric Frank Russell , Cordwainer Smith , John W. Campbell Jr.

4.16

Format: 76 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Eleven Classic Novellas by the most honored authors of science fiction: This volume is the definiti… read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • audiobook
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7. That Only a Mother

By: Judith Merril

3.52

Format: None pages,

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
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8. Rogue Moon

By: Algis Budrys

3.93

Format: 233 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Rogue Moon is a short sf novel by Algis Budrys, published in 1960. It was a 1961 Hugo Award nominee… read more

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  • science fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Science Fiction Hall of Fame: Volume II B (The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, #2B) by Isaac Asimov, E.M. Forster, Clifford D. Simak, Frederik Pohl, Ben Bova, James Blish, James H. Schmitz, Theodore R. Cogswell, Jack Vance, Algis Budrys, Wilmar H. Shiras, T.L. Sherred

9. The Science Fiction Hall of Fame: Volume II B (The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, #2B)

By: Isaac Asimov , E.M. Forster , Clifford D. Simak , Frederik Pohl , Ben Bova , James Blish , James H. Schmitz , Theodore R. Cogswell , Jack Vance , Algis Budrys , Wilmar H. Shiras , T.L. Sherred

4.35

Format: 104 pages, Mass Market Paperback

This volume is the definitive collection of the best science fiction novellas between 1929 to 1964 … read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
Cover of The Martian Way and Other Stories by Isaac Asimov

10. The Martian Way and Other Stories

By: Isaac Asimov

3.87

Format: 216 pages, Hardcover

This collection of four famous science fiction tales masterfully exemplifies author Isaac Asimov's … read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
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11. Who Goes There?

By: William F. Nolan , John W. Campbell Jr.

3.80

Format: 161 pages, Paperback

"Who Goes There?" is the novella that formed the basis of John Carpenter's film The Thing. Campbell… read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • audiobook
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12. Coming Attraction

By: Fritz Leiber

3.69

Format: 98 pages,

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • audiobook

13. The Machine Stops

By: E.M. Forster

3.57

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

"The Machine Stops" is a science fiction short story (12,300 words) by E. M. Forster. After initial… read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories

14. The Midas Plague

By: Frederik Pohl , Barry N. Malzberg

3.12

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Although the three part serial beginning in the June 1952 issue in collaboration with Cyril Kornblu… read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
Cover of Vintage Season by C.L. Moore, Henry Kuttner, Lawrence  O'Donnell

15. Vintage Season

By: C.L. Moore , Henry Kuttner , Lawrence O'Donnell

3.87

Format: 288 pages,

* novelette by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore [as by Lawrence O'Donnell] First publication: Astoundi… read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
Cover of The Witches of Karres (The Witches of Karres, #1) by James H. Schmitz

16. The Witches of Karres (The Witches of Karres, #1)

By: James H. Schmitz

4.03

Format: 166 pages, Paperback

Blazing interstellar adventure by the creator of Telzey Amberdon and Trigger Argee. Captain Pausert… read more

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  • science fiction

17. Earthman, Come Home (Cities in Flight, #3)

By: James Blish

3.85

Format: 128 pages,

When the cities left Earth, they exchanged a simple environment for one of constant, sometimes shat… read more

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18. Nerves

By: Lester del Rey

4.11

Format: 288 pages,

At the great atomic plant in Kimberly, a congressional committee makes a surprise inspection raisin… read more

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19. Call Me Joe

By: Poul Anderson , Frank Kelly Freas

3.98

Format: 240 pages,

Call Me Joe is a science fiction novelette written by Poul Anderson and published in 1957. The plot… read more

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20. . . . And Then There Were None

By: Eric Frank Russell

3.80

Format: 275 pages,

A short science-fiction book depicting a Terran ship, whose crew generally ascribe to social hierar… read more

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21. Fondly Fahrenheit

By: Alfred Bester

3.67

Format: 363 pages,

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22. The Marching Morons

By: C.M. Kornbluth

3.62

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Kornbluth's nickname, during his tragically short life, was "the Great Tale-Twister." He could take… read more

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23. Mimsy Were The Borogoves

By: Lewis Padgett

4.05

Format: None pages, Audio Cassette

Millions of years in the distant future, a posthuman scientist is attempting to build a time machin… read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • audiobook
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24. Microcosmic God

By: Theodore Sturgeon

4.14

Format: 20 pages, None

Original short story read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • audiobook
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25. The Moon Moth

By: Jack Vance

4.21

Format: 43 pages, ebook

A short story by Jack Vance, first published in the Galaxy Magazine, August 1961. It has also appea… read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
Cover of The Spectre General: The Golden Age Science Fiction Classic by Theodore R. Cogswell

26. The Spectre General: The Golden Age Science Fiction Classic

By: Theodore R. Cogswell

3.82

Format: 76 pages, Kindle Edition

500 years after the Galactic Empire's collapse, the 427th Light Maintenance Battalion of the Imperi… read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • audiobook
Cover of The Big Front Yard (Astounding Science Fiction. Vol. LXII. No. 2. October 1958) by Clifford D. Simak

27. The Big Front Yard (Astounding Science Fiction. Vol. LXII. No. 2. October 1958)

By: Clifford D. Simak

3.95

Format: 41 pages, Paperback

A handyman named Hiram Taine who runs a shop in a little village to fix broken things and collects … read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • audiobook

28. In Hiding

By: Wilmar H. Shiras

4.08

Format: None pages, None

Timothy is a 13-year-old sent to the school psychologist by his teacher because he just doesn’t qui… read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • audiobook
Cover of Baby is Three / ...And My Fear is Great by Theodore Sturgeon

29. Baby is Three / ...And My Fear is Great

By: Theodore Sturgeon

3.84

Format: 127 pages, Paperback

Baby is Three: The boy went to the psychiatrist because he needed help - but his problem was someth… read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • audiobook
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30. It's a Good Life

By: Jerome Bixby

4.09

Format: 1 pages, Audible Audio

What is more idyllic than a small Midwestern agricultural town? Peaksville would sound like a scene… read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • audiobook
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31. The Country of the Kind

By: Damon Knight

3.30

Format: 22 pages, Paperback

The story is set in a future world in which violence and crime have been almost entirely eradicated… read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories

14 Best audiobook books like The Spectre General: The Golden Age Science Fiction Classic by Theodore R. Cogswell

Transform Your Habits

Scanners Live in Vain

Cordwainer Smith

3.98

Transform Your Habits

The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One, 1929-1964

Isaac Asimov , Robert Silverberg , Robert A. Heinlein , Clifford D. Simak , Ray Bradbury , Fritz Leiber , Arthur C. Clarke , Roger Zelazny , Damon Knight , Alfred Bester , Richard Matheson , Daniel Keyes , James Blish , Murray Leinster , Theodore Sturgeon , C.M. Kornbluth , Lester del Rey , Fredric Brown , A.E. van Vogt , Jerome Bixby , Anthony Boucher , Tom Godwin , Cordwainer Smith , Judith Merril , John W. Campbell Jr. , Stanley G. Weinbaum , Lewis Padgett

4.32

Transform Your Habits

The Ballad of Lost C'mell

Cordwainer Smith

3.51

Transform Your Habits

The Science Fiction Hall of Fame: Volume II A (The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, #2A)

H.G. Wells , Robert A. Heinlein , C.L. Moore , Ben Bova , Theodore Sturgeon , C.M. Kornbluth , Poul Anderson , Lester del Rey , Henry Kuttner , Jack Williamson , Eric Frank Russell , Cordwainer Smith , John W. Campbell Jr.

4.16

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14 Top fiction books like The Science Fiction Hall of Fame: Volume II B (The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, #2B) by Isaac Asimov, E.M. Forster, Clifford D. Simak, Frederik Pohl, Ben Bova, James Blish, James H. Schmitz, Theodore R. Cogswell, Jack Vance, Algis Budrys, Wilmar H. Shiras, T.L. Sherred

Transform Your Habits

With Folded Hands...

Jack Williamson

4.11

Transform Your Habits

The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One, 1929-1964

Isaac Asimov , Robert Silverberg , Robert A. Heinlein , Clifford D. Simak , Ray Bradbury , Fritz Leiber , Arthur C. Clarke , Roger Zelazny , Damon Knight , Alfred Bester , Richard Matheson , Daniel Keyes , James Blish , Murray Leinster , Theodore Sturgeon , C.M. Kornbluth , Lester del Rey , Fredric Brown , A.E. van Vogt , Jerome Bixby , Anthony Boucher , Tom Godwin , Cordwainer Smith , Judith Merril , John W. Campbell Jr. , Stanley G. Weinbaum , Lewis Padgett

4.32

Transform Your Habits

The Ballad of Lost C'mell

Cordwainer Smith

3.51

Transform Your Habits

Rogue Moon

Algis Budrys

3.93

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