17 must-read science fiction books like It's a Good Life by Jerome Bixby

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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…

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1. 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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  • short stories
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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2. Surface Tension

By: James Blish

3.90

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

In this acclaimed short story, a human colonization ship crash lands on a distant planet where the … read more

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  • classics
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • 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

3. 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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  • classics
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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4. The Ballad of Lost C'mell

By: Cordwainer Smith

3.51

Format: 178 pages, Paperback

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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5. The Nine Billion Names of God

By: Arthur C. Clarke

3.86

Format: 568 pages, Paperback

This collection of science fiction short stories includes: * The Nine Billion Names of God * I Reme… read more

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  • classics
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
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6. That Only a Mother

By: Judith Merril

3.52

Format: None pages,

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  • classics
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • science fiction
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7. Coming Attraction

By: Fritz Leiber

3.69

Format: 98 pages,

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • audiobook

8. Fondly Fahrenheit

By: Alfred Bester

3.67

Format: 363 pages,

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9. Arena

By: Fredric Brown

3.74

Format: 646 pages,

It was hot, and he was lying on sand, and a rock embedded in the sand was hurting his back. He roll… read more

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10. Born Of Man And Woman

By: Richard Matheson

3.96

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

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11. Huddling Place

By: Clifford D. Simak

3.69

Format: 384 pages,

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12. 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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  • classics
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook

13. Twilight

By: John W. Campbell Jr.

3.39

Format: None pages, None

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  • classics
  • dystopia
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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14. Microcosmic God

By: Theodore Sturgeon

4.14

Format: 20 pages, None

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  • classics
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • audiobook
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15. Helen O'Loy

By: Lester del Rey

3.34

Format: 36 pages, Kindle Edition

RACCONTO (15 pagine) - FANTASCIENZA - Avere una donna di casa che pulisce, stira e cucina senza dov… read more

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  • classics
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  • audiobook
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16. The Roads Must Roll

By: Robert A. Heinlein

3.79

Format: 44 pages, Kindle Edition

Robert Anson Heinlein was an American novelist and science fiction writer. Often called "the dean o… read more

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  • classics
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  • fiction
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  • audiobook
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17. 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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  • classics
  • dystopia
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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18. 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

19. Mars is Heaven

By: Ray Bradbury

4.04

Format: None pages, ebook

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
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  • horror
Cover of The Little Black Bag by C.M. Kornbluth

20. The Little Black Bag

By: C.M. Kornbluth

4.00

Format: 38 pages, Kindle Edition

"The Little Black Bag" is a science fiction short story by American Cyril M. Kornbluth, first publi… read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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21. A Rose for Ecclesiastes

By: Roger Zelazny

4.04

Format: 39 pages, ebook

Free online fiction. A science fiction novelette by American author Roger Zelazny, first published… read more

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  • science fiction
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15 best-selling fiction books like It's a Good Life by Jerome Bixby

Transform Your Habits

Scanners Live in Vain

Cordwainer Smith

3.98

Transform Your Habits

Surface Tension

James Blish

3.90

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

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The Ballad of Lost C'mell

Cordwainer Smith

3.51

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16 best-selling fiction books like Mars is Heaven by Ray Bradbury

Transform Your Habits

A Rose for Ecclesiastes

Roger Zelazny , Theodore Sturgeon

4.03

Transform Your Habits

Scanners Live in Vain

Cordwainer Smith

3.98

Transform Your Habits

Surface Tension

James Blish

3.90

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

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