The Society of Time: The Original Trilogy and Other Stories (British Library Science Fiction Classics Book 16)
By: John Brunner
3.90
Format: 282 pages, Kindle Edition
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1. Red Mars (Mars Trilogy, #1)
By: Kim Stanley Robinson
3.86
Format: 572 pages, Mass Market Paperback
In his most ambitious project to date, award-winning author Kim Stanley Robinson utilizes years of … read more
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"Why should I discuss it with you?"-Kim Stanley Robinson, Red Mars (Mars Trilogy, #1)
"It's the love of right lures men to wrong."-Kim Stanley Robinson, Red Mars (Mars Trilogy, #1)
"The beauty of Mars exists in the human mind,"-Kim Stanley Robinson, Red Mars (Mars Trilogy, #1)
"In games there are rules, but in life the rules keep changing."-Kim Stanley Robinson, Red Mars (Mars Trilogy, #1)
2. How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe
By: Charles Yu
3.45
Format: 233 pages, Hardcover
A story of a son searching for his father . . . through quantum space–time. Minor Universe 31 is a… read more
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"If I could be half the person my dog is, I'd be twice the human I am."-Charles Yu, How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe
"You can just sit in here, impervious and invisible. So invisible you might even forget yourself."-Charles Yu, How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe
"You want to tell a story? Grow a heart. Grow two. Now, with the second heart, smash the first one into bits."-Charles Yu, How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe
"Desire is suffering. A simple equation, and a nice catchphrase. But flipped around, it is more troubling: suffering is desire."-Charles Yu, How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe
3. Something Fresh (Blandings Castle, #1)
By: P.G. Wodehouse
4.11
Format: 284 pages, Hardcover
One thing that constantly disrupts the peace of life at Blandings is the constant incursion of impo… read more
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"... обнадеждена безнадеждност..."-P.G. Wodehouse, Something Fresh (Blandings Castle, #1)
"Всяко нещо струва толкова, за колкото може да се купи."-P.G. Wodehouse, Something Fresh (Blandings Castle, #1)
"... да се прокрадва крадешком и да се мотае мотешком..."-P.G. Wodehouse, Something Fresh (Blandings Castle, #1)
"Госпожица Уилоуби не обичаше провинцията. Намираше я за провинциална."-P.G. Wodehouse, Something Fresh (Blandings Castle, #1)
4. The Thin Man
By: Dashiell Hammett
3.82
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
Nick and Nora Charles are Hammett's most enchanting creations, a rich, glamorous couple who solve h… read more
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5. The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way
By: Bill Bryson
3.42
Format: None pages, Paperback
With dazzling wit and astonishing insight, Bill Bryson--the acclaimed author of The Lost Continent-… read more
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6. Equal Rites (Discworld, #3; Witches #1)
By: Terry Pratchett
3.78
Format: None pages, Paperback
On Discworld, a dying wizard tries to pass on his powers to an eighth son of an eighth son, who is … read more
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7. The Bees
By: Laline Paull
4.20
Format: 24 pages, Hardcover
The Handmaid's Talemeets The Hunger Gamesin this brilliantly imagined debut. Born into the lowest c… read more
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8. The Day of the Triffids
By: John Wyndham
4.01
Format: None pages, Paperback
In 1951 John Wyndham published his novel The Day of the Triffidsto moderate acclaim. Fifty-two year… read more
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9. Counter-Clock World
By: Philip K. Dick
3.82
Format: None pages, Paperback
In Counter-Clock World, one of the most theologically probing of all of Dick's books, the world has… read more
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10. Star Maker
By: Olaf Stapledon
4.33
Format: 201 pages, Paperback
Star Makeris a science fiction novel by Olaf Stapledon, published in 1937. The book describes a his… read more
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11. Salvation (Salvation Sequence, #1)
By: Peter F. Hamilton
4.13
Format: 576 pages, Paperback
In 2204, humanity is expanding into the wider galaxy in leaps and bounds. A new technology of linke… read more
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- fantasy
"Ideology is a sick-soul-meme; it gnaws basic decency away until you can self-justify the most extreme acts as worthwhile to further the cause. Any cause."-Peter F. Hamilton, Salvation (Salvation Sequence, #1)
12. Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City (The Siege, #1)
By: K.J. Parker
4.08
Format: 350 pages, Paperback
This is the story of Orhan, son of Siyyah Doctus Felix Praeclarissimus, and his history of the Grea… read more
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- fantasy
"I have strong views about not tempting providence and, as a wise man once said, the difference between luck and a wheelbarrow is, luck doesn’t work if you push it."-K.J. Parker, Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City (The Siege, #1)
"My guess is, they couldn't sleep, and they had the kind of generous nature that reckons insomnia isn't something you hoard all for yourself, you share it with your friends and loved ones."-K.J. Parker, Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City (The Siege, #1)
"My belief is, either you understand things or you understand people. Nobody can do both. Frankly, I’m happier with things. I understand stuff like tensile strength, shearing force, ductility, work ha…"-K.J. Parker, Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City (The Siege, #1)
13. The Society of Time: The Original Trilogy and Other Stories (British Library Science Fiction Classics Book 16)
By: John Brunner
3.90
Format: 282 pages, Kindle Edition
'A picture was coming to him now. He could visualise the path of history in each of those innumerab… read more
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- science fiction
- short stories
- fantasy
14. Nature's Warnings: Classic Stories of Eco-Science Fiction
By: Mike Ashley
3.89
Format: 315 pages, Kindle Edition
Stories of ecological disaster have been a long-term science fiction trend, but are finding new rel… read more
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- short stories
15. Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1)
By: Katherine Rundell
4.18
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
The day Christopher saved a drowning baby griffin from a hidden lake would change his life forever.… read more
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- fantasy
"I'm no philosopher, and I prefer, in an ideal world, to go uneaten. (p. 111)"-Katherine Rundell, Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1)
"What is this rainfall of children? Did I go sailing just to have storms of infants cascading down my sail at me? (p. 74)"-Katherine Rundell, Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1)
"Nighthand grunted, and signalled for another bottle of wine. "Are you sure?" said Irian. "Shouldn't we keep our wits about us?" "I see no reason to. I prefer the world drunk. It disappoints me less."…"-Katherine Rundell, Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1)
16. The Darkest of Nights (British Library Science Fiction Classics Book 6)
By: Charles Eric Maine
3.40
Format: 302 pages, Kindle Edition
A deadly plague engulfs East Asia - the rest of the world's governments look on callously, until th… read more
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17. Born of the Sun: Adventures in Our Solar System
By: Mike Ashley
3.90
Format: 328 pages, Kindle Edition
An original concept featuring a Golden Age science fiction for every planet in the Solar System, Bo… read more
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- short stories
18. Menace of the Machine: The Rise of AI in Classic Science Fiction
By: Mike Ashley
3.97
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
'It's a hazardous experiment,' they all said, 'putting in new and untried machinery' Caution bewar… read more
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19. The Curse of the Wise Woman
By: Lord Dunsany
3.78
Format: 222 pages, Hardcover
After his father’s interference in Irish politics ends with a band of killers arriving on Christmas… read more
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- fantasy
"I should have shouted "No" and left him. "But at least" said Satan in the deeps of my mind, "know what the temptation is before you do anything hastily."-Lord Dunsany, The Curse of the Wise Woman
"I have lived to see that being seventeen is no protection against becoming seventy, but to know this needs the experience of a lifetime, for no imagination copes with it."-Lord Dunsany, The Curse of the Wise Woman
"It has always struck me that one of the readiest ways of estimating a country's regard for law is to notice what arms the officers of the law are carrying: in England it is little batons, in France s…"-Lord Dunsany, The Curse of the Wise Woman
20. Spaceworlds: Stories of Life in the Void
By: Mike Ashley
4.17
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
Astronauts constructing a new space station must avert destruction from a missile sent by an unknow… read more
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- short stories
21. Future Crimes: Mysteries and Detection through Time and Space
By: Mike Ashley
3.85
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Assignment 1: Find party responsible for murders by space virus. Assignment 2: Investigate ‘acci… read more
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