13 must-read science fiction books like A Walk in the Sun by Geoffrey A. Landis

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A Walk in the Sun

By: Geoffrey A. Landis

3.63

Format: None pages, Audio CD

Pilots have a saying: a good landing is any landing you can walk away from. In eerie silence, the f…

If you liked the science fiction plot in A Walk in the Sun by Geoffrey A. Landis , here is a list of 13 books like this:

Cover of Clouds of Witness (Lord Peter Wimsey, #2) by Dorothy L. Sayers

1. Clouds of Witness (Lord Peter Wimsey, #2)

By: Dorothy L. Sayers

3.98

Format: 288 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Rustic old Riddlesdale Lodge was a Wimsey family retreat filled with country pleasures and the thri… read more

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"Fou!"

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Clouds of Witness (Lord Peter Wimsey, #2)

"Boil my brains!"

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Clouds of Witness (Lord Peter Wimsey, #2)

"I am abso-bally-lutely positive"

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Clouds of Witness (Lord Peter Wimsey, #2)

"The departure of the church-going element had induced a more humanitarian atmosphere."

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Clouds of Witness (Lord Peter Wimsey, #2)

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2. The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas

By: Ursula K. Le Guin

4.37

Format: 32 pages, Library Binding

Some inhabitants of a peaceful kingdom cannot tolerate the act of cruelty that underlies its happin… read more

Similar categories in Ursula K. Le Guin's The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas book and Geoffrey A. Landis's A Walk in the Sun

  • science fiction
  • short stories
"Would you walk away from Omelas?"

-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas

"Only pain is intellectual, only evil interesting."

-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas

"But they seem to know where they are going, the ones who walk away from Omelas."

-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas

"Of course I didn’t read James and sit down and say, Now I’ll write a story about that “lost soul."

-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas

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3. The Waiting Stars

By: Aliette de Bodard , Neil Clarke

3.75

Format: 17 pages, ebook

Originally published in The Other Half of the Sky, 2013, edited by Athena Andreadis & Kay T. Holt. … read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • space
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4. Impossible Dreams

By: Tim Pratt

4.23

Format: None pages,

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
Cover of The Comet by W.E.B. Du Bois

5. The Comet

By: W.E.B. Du Bois

3.80

Format: 319 pages, ebook

In a vaguely futuristic yet oddly contemporary world, a passing comet casts a shadow of death over … read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
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6. 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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  • science fiction
  • short stories
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7. "Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman

By: Harlan Ellison , Rick Berry

4.43

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A rebel inhabits a world where conformity and punctuality are top priorities and the Ticktockman ca… read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
Cover of I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream by Harlan Ellison, Theodore Sturgeon

8. I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream

By: Harlan Ellison , Theodore Sturgeon

3.90

Format: 134 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published in 1967 and re-issued in 1983, I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream contains seven sto… read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
"I have no mouth. And I must scream..."

-Harlan Ellison, I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream

"i loooveee ted i loove ted s much he is soooo hot"

-Harlan Ellison, I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream

"Gespräche behagten ihm ebenso wenig wie das Leben."

-Harlan Ellison, I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream

"I am ... cogito ergo sum ... I think, therefore I am."

-Harlan Ellison, I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream

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9. A Study in Emerald

By: Neil Gaiman

5.00

Format: 303 pages, Audiobook

Alluding to both the Sherlock Holmes canon and the Old Ones of the Cthulhu Mythos, this Hugo Award-… read more

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  • short stories
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10. To Serve Man

By: Damon Knight

3.87

Format: 216 pages,

Classic spine-tingler that was made into an episode of The Twilight Zone. It's interesting to compa… read more

Similar categories in Damon Knight's To Serve Man book and Geoffrey A. Landis's A Walk in the Sun

  • science fiction
  • short stories
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11. Ubik

By: Philip K. Dick , Manuel Espín , None

4.11

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Glen Runciter está muerto. ¿O lo están todos los demás? Lo que es seguro es que alguien ha muerto e… read more

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  • science fiction
"Hey,"

-Philip K. Dick, Ubik

"One of these days,"

-Philip K. Dick, Ubik

"Ubik ... Safe when taken as directed."

-Philip K. Dick, Ubik

"My father told me what it used to feel like, waiting in the dentist's office. Every time the nurse opened the door you thought, It's happening. The thing I've been afraid of all my life."

-Philip K. Dick, Ubik

12. 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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13. Jeffty Is Five

By: Harlan Ellison

4.40

Format: 184 pages,

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14. Boobs

By: Suzy McKee Charnas

5.00

Format: None pages,

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15. The 43 Antarean Dynasties

By: Mike Resnick

4.42

Format: None pages, ebook

Hugo Award Winner for Best Short Story (1998) Now that Man has arrived, how much can an ancient cul… read more

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16. Or All the Seas with Oysters

By: Avram Davidson

4.67

Format: 46 pages,

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17. Exhalation

By: Ted Chiang

4.28

Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition

In these nine stunningly original, provocative, and poignant stories, Ted Chiang tackles some of hu… read more

Similar categories in Ted Chiang's Exhalation book and Geoffrey A. Landis's A Walk in the Sun

  • science fiction
  • short stories
"The universe began as an enormous breath being held."

-Ted Chiang, Exhalation

"I am not that air, I am the pattern that it assumed, temporarily."

-Ted Chiang, Exhalation

"Contemplate the marvel that is existence, and rejoice that you are able to do so. I"

-Ted Chiang, Exhalation

"even if a universe’s life span is calculable, the variety of life that is generated within it is not."

-Ted Chiang, Exhalation

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18. The Paper Menagerie

By: Ken Liu

4.58

Format: 32 pages, ebook

Ken Liu's incredible story "Paper Menagerie" just became the first work of fiction to win all three… read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
"She told me about American men who wanted Asian wives. If I can cook, clean, and take care of my American husband, he'll give me a good life. It was the only hope I had. And that was how I got into t…"

-Ken Liu, The Paper Menagerie

19. The Heat Death of The Universe

By: Pamela Zoline

4.20

Format: 10 pages, ebook

An example of feminist science-fiction writing. Sarah Boyle is a vivacious and intelligent youn… read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
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20. A Walk in the Sun

By: Geoffrey A. Landis

3.63

Format: None pages, Audio CD

Pilots have a saying: a good landing is any landing you can walk away from. In eerie silence, the f… read more

Similar categories in Geoffrey A. Landis's A Walk in the Sun book and Geoffrey A. Landis's A Walk in the Sun

  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • space

21. The Lincoln Train

By: Maureen F. McHugh

3.63

Format: None pages, ebook

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  • short stories

14 must-read short stories books like A Walk in the Sun by Geoffrey A. Landis

Transform Your Habits

The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas

Ursula K. Le Guin

4.37

Transform Your Habits

The Waiting Stars

Aliette de Bodard , Neil Clarke

3.75

Transform Your Habits

Impossible Dreams

Tim Pratt

4.23

Transform Your Habits

The Comet

W.E.B. Du Bois

3.80

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14 Best classics books like Ubik by Philip K. Dick, Manuel Espín

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Neuromancer (Sprawl, #1)

William Gibson

3.89

Transform Your Habits

Solaris

Stanisław Lem

3.99

Transform Your Habits

Roadside Picnic

Theodore Sturgeon , Arkady Strugatsky , Boris Strugatsky , Antonina W. Bouis , None

4.14

Transform Your Habits

The Left Hand of Darkness

Ursula K. Le Guin , Lech Jęczmyk

4.10

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