17 best-selling science fiction books like The Gernsback Continuum by William Gibson

The Gernsback Continuum

By: William Gibson

3.39

Format: None pages, None

Ein 1980, das es nie gab Ein Fotograf erhält den Auftrag, die einst futuristische, jetzt allerdi…

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Cover of The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin, Lech Jęczmyk

1. The Left Hand of Darkness

By: Ursula K. Le Guin , Lech Jęczmyk

4.10

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

A groundbreaking work of science fiction, The Left Hand of Darkness tells the story of a lone human… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
"The king was pregnant."

-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness

"Truth is a matter of the imagination."

-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness

"The light is the left hand of darkness"

-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness

"Science fiction is not prescriptive; it is descriptive."

-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness

Cover of Cool Air by H.P. Lovecraft

2. Cool Air

By: H.P. Lovecraft

3.65

Format: None pages,

Ce livre est une oeuvre du domaine public editee au format numerique par Ebooks libres et gratuits.… read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • fiction
Cover of Lamb to the Slaughter by Roald Dahl

3. Lamb to the Slaughter

By: Roald Dahl

3.84

Format: 179 pages,

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  • short stories
  • fiction
Cover of A White Heron by Sarah Orne Jewett, Douglas Alvord

4. A White Heron

By: Sarah Orne Jewett , Douglas Alvord

3.26

Format: 212 pages, Paperback

What is an individual's responsibility to nature? Does our desire to understand the world give us t… read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
Cover of Dr. Adder by K.W. Jeter

5. Dr. Adder

By: K.W. Jeter

3.61

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Set in a future where the United States has largely broken down into reluctantly cooperating enclav… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
  • cyberpunk
Cover of The Colour Out of Space by H.P. Lovecraft

6. The Colour Out of Space

By: H.P. Lovecraft

4.03

Format: 78 pages, Mass Market Paperback

'It was a monstrous constellation of unnatural light, like a glutted swarm of corpse-fed fireflies … read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • fiction
"It was nothing of this earth, but a piece of the great outside; and as such dowered with outside properties and obedient to outside laws."

-H.P. Lovecraft, The Colour Out of Space

"West of Arkham the hills rise wild and there are valleys with deep woods that no ax has ever cut. There are dark, narrow glens where the trees slope fantastically, where thin brooklets trickle withou…"

-H.P. Lovecraft, The Colour Out of Space

Cover of Blindsight (Firefall, #1) by Peter Watts

7. Blindsight (Firefall, #1)

By: Peter Watts

4.01

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Two months since the stars fell... Two months since sixty-five thousand alien objects clenched a… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
"Evolution has no foresight. Complex machinery develops its own agendas. Brains — cheat. Feedback loops evolve to promote stable heartbeats and then stumble upon the temptation of rhythm and music. Th…"

-Peter Watts, Blindsight (Firefall, #1)

Cover of I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream by Harlan Ellison

8. I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream

By: Harlan Ellison

5.00

Format: 398 pages, ebook

"I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream" is a post-apocalyptic sci-fi short story by Harlan Ellison. It… read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • fiction

9. Jerusalem's Lot

By: Stephen King

3.74

Format: 384 pages,

Charl'z Bun nasleduet dom posle svoego tragicheski pogibshego kuzena Stivena. Kogda-to predki Charl… read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
Cover of A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr.

10. A Canticle for Leibowitz

By: Walter M. Miller Jr.

3.39

Format: 414 pages, Paperback

Winner of the 1961 Hugo Award for Best Novel and widely considered one of the most accomplished, po… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction

11. Son Kuşlar

By: Sait Faik Abasıyanık

3.86

Format: 262 pages, Paperback

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12. The Wandering Earth

By: Liu Cixin , Holger Nahm , None , None

3.73

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

First published in Science Fiction World, July 2000. I've never seen the night, nor seen a star; I'… read more

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13. The War of the Worlds

By: H.G. Wells , Arthur C. Clarke

3.83

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

When an army of invading Martians lands in England, panic and terror seize the population. As the a… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
"We will peck them to death tomorrow, my dear."

-H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds

"The chances of anything man-like on Mars are a million to one"

-H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds

"Suddenly, like a thing falling upon me from without, came fear."

-H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds

"That's what we are now—just ants. Only——" "Yes," I said. "We're eatable ants."

-H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds

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14. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

By: Tennessee Williams

4.06

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof first heated up Broadway in 1955 with its gothic American story of brothers v… read more

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  • fiction
"BRICK [to the moon]: I envy you--you cool son of a bitch."

-Tennessee Williams, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

"We mustn't scream at each other, the walls in this house have ears..."

-Tennessee Williams, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

"Maggie, we're through with lies and liars in this house. Lock the door."

-Tennessee Williams, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

"A drinking man's someone who wants to forget he isn't still young and believing"

-Tennessee Williams, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Cover of The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe

15. The Fall of the House of Usher

By: Edgar Allan Poe

3.87

Format: 36 pages, Paperback

Take the plunge. Dive into this classic from the singular mind of Edgar Allan Poe, who is widely re… read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
"[Son] cœur est un luth suspendu; Sitôt qu'on le touche il résonne. — De Béranger "

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Fall of the House of Usher

"A cadaverousness of complexion; an eye large, liquid and very luminous...finely molded chin, speaking, in its want of prominence, of a want of moral energy."

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Fall of the House of Usher

"It was, perhaps, the narrow limits to which he thus confined himself upon the guitar, which gave birth, in great measure, to the fantastic character of his performances."

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Fall of the House of Usher

"Er is geen twijfel mogelijk dat mijn bewustzijn van de snelle groei van mijn bijgeloof (want waarom zou ik het niet zo noemen?) de groei alleen maar scheen te versnellen. Dat is, zoals ik al lange ti…"

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Fall of the House of Usher

16. A Good Man Is Hard To Find

By: Flannery O'Connor , Frederick Asals

3.96

Format: 433 pages, Paperback

A Good Man Is Hard to Findis Flannery O'Connor's most famous and most discussed story. O'Connor her… read more

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17. The Last Question

By: Isaac Asimov , Bob E. Flick , None

3.78

Format: None pages, Audio CD

The last question was asked for the first time, half in jest, on May 21, 2061, at a time when human… read more

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18. For The Emperor

By: Sandy Mitchell

3.73

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

Commisar Ciaphas Cain - hero of the Imperium and renowned across the sector for his bravery and val… read more

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19. A Sound of Thunder

By: Ray Bradbury

4.08

Format: 15 pages, ebook

Free online fiction. The short story, A Sound of Thunder, involves a Time Travel Safari where ri… read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • fiction
Cover of Undercover (Into Shadow, #5) by Tamsyn Muir

20. Undercover (Into Shadow, #5)

By: Tamsyn Muir

4.01

Format: 59 pages, Kindle Edition

When a stranger comes to town, secrets are sure to come out. New York Times bestselling author Tams… read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
"The dancer moaned and scrabbled at the cage mesh. She made guttural honks of frustration and excitement. The raspberry mouth opened to reveal the long black tongue and pointed pink teeth. It was a lo…"

-Tamsyn Muir, Undercover (Into Shadow, #5)

Cover of Compulsory (The Murderbot Diaries, #0.5) by Martha Wells

21. Compulsory (The Murderbot Diaries, #0.5)

By: Martha Wells

4.34

Format: 8 pages, Kindle Edition

Murderbot—the sardonic, almost-homicidal, media-loving android created by Martha Wells—has proven t… read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • fiction
Cover of Cyberpunk 2077: No Coincidence by Rafał Kosik

22. Cyberpunk 2077: No Coincidence

By: Rafał Kosik

3.53

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

This electrifying novel set in the world of Cyberpunk 2077 follows a group of strangers as they dis… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
  • cyberpunk
Cover of The Girl Who Was Plugged In by James Tiptree Jr.

23. The Girl Who Was Plugged In

By: James Tiptree Jr.

3.56

Format: 35 pages, None

James Tiptree, Jr. (aka Alice Sheldon) is primarily renowned for her short fiction, but this piece,… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
  • short stories
  • cyberpunk
"There's nothing in the news except what they want people to know. Half the country could burn up and nobody would know it if they didn't want."

-James Tiptree Jr., The Girl Who Was Plugged In

Cover of Los nueve mil millones de nombres de Dios by Arthur C. Clarke

24. Los nueve mil millones de nombres de Dios

By: Arthur C. Clarke

3.76

Format: 21 pages, None

None read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction

25. The Gernsback Continuum

By: William Gibson

3.39

Format: None pages, None

Ein 1980, das es nie gab Ein Fotograf erhält den Auftrag, die einst futuristische, jetzt allerdi… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
  • short stories
  • cyberpunk
Cover of Goblins & Greatcoats by Travis Baldree

26. Goblins & Greatcoats

By: Travis Baldree

3.87

Format: 25 pages, ebook

A goblin with too many pockets and a disturbing affinity for cutlery, a rain-soaked night, four adv… read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • fiction
Cover of The Small Hands of Chokedamp by Josiah Bancroft

27. The Small Hands of Chokedamp

By: Josiah Bancroft

3.88

Format: 24 pages, ebook

In “The Small Hands of Chokedamp,” Josiah Bancroft gives us the first glimpse of the world of The H… read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
Cover of Immortal, Invisible by Tade Thompson

28. Immortal, Invisible

By: Tade Thompson

3.35

Format: 25 pages, ebook

Robin Hearns has been kidnapped. Or murdered. Or kidnapped and murdered. He isn’t sure. What … read more

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  • science fiction

29. The Warlords of Saturn's Moons

By: Eleanor Arnason

3.56

Format: 9 pages, Paperback

This is a short story by Eleanor Arnason which is found in the Women of Wonder: The Classic Years e… read more

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Cover of Alpha Ralpha Boulevard by Cordwainer Smith

30. Alpha Ralpha Boulevard

By: Cordwainer Smith

3.90

Format: None pages, None

Zu schön, um wahr zu sein Nach der Wiederentdeckung der Menschheit wird das übervorsichtige Sicher… read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • fiction
"I myself went into a hospital and came out French."

-Cordwainer Smith, Alpha Ralpha Boulevard

31. A Few Things I know About Whileaway

By: Joanna Russ

2.67

Format: None pages, None

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3.65

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3.84

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