Fire Pattern
By: Bob Shaw
3.22
Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback
Science reporter Rayner Jerome's investigation into the terrifying phenomenon of spontaneous human …
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1. A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories
By: Flannery O'Connor
4.17
Format: 252 pages, Hardcover
This now classic book revealed Flannery O'Connor as one of the most original and provocative writer… read more
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"The trouble with the world was that nobody stopped or took any care."-Flannery O'Connor, A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories
"He had a look of composed dissatisfaction, as if he understood life thoroughly."-Flannery O'Connor, A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories
"The thing you do with a boy it is to show him all the to show. Don't hold nothing back."-Flannery O'Connor, A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories
"We're all damned," she said, “but some of us have taken off our blindfolds and see that there’s nothing to see. It’s a kind of salvation."-Flannery O'Connor, A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories
2. A Case of Conscience (After Such Knowledge, #4)
By: Greg Bear , James Blish
4.67
Format: 48 pages, Paperback
Father Ruiz-Sanchez is a dedicated man--a priest who is also a scientist, and a scientist who is al… read more
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- science fiction
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3. Revelation Space (Revelation Space, #1)
By: Alastair Reynolds
4.17
Format: 200 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Nine hundred thousand years ago, something annihilated the Amarantin civilization just as it was on… read more
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- science fiction
- fiction
4. Dogs of War (Dogs of War, #1)
By: Adrian Tchaikovsky
4.24
Format: 262 pages, Kindle Edition
My name is Rex. I am a good dog. Rex is also seven foot tall at the shoulder, bulletproof, bris… read more
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- fiction
"My name is Rex. I am a Good Dog."-Adrian Tchaikovsky, Dogs of War (Dogs of War, #1)
"Sometimes it is hard because we have to make choices. I remember when having to make choices scared me more than anything else except Master being angry with me. Now I know that making choices is the…"-Adrian Tchaikovsky, Dogs of War (Dogs of War, #1)
"There are still fierce pressure groups shouting about letting go of humanity, but they are the same groups who cry that Bioforms are less than human. One day the world will be ready to accept that hu…"-Adrian Tchaikovsky, Dogs of War (Dogs of War, #1)
5. 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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"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
6. The Book of Skulls
By: Robert Silverberg
4.44
Format: None pages, Paperback
Seeking the immortality promised in an ancient manuscript, The Book of Skulls, four friends, colleg… read more
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- science fiction
- fiction
7. Hello Summer, Goodbye
By: Michael G. Coney
3.50
Format: 270 pages, Hardcover
It was an alien planet - yet not too alien from Earth. It had its differences; its ice goblins, its… read more
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- science fiction
- fiction
8. The Time Machine
By: H.G. Wells , Greg Bear , Carlo Pagetti
3.89
Format: 118 pages, Paperback
“I’ve had a most amazing time....” So begins the Time Traveller’s astonishing firsthand account … read more
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- science fiction
- fiction
"For after the Battle comes quiet."-H.G. Wells, The Time Machine
"We are kept keen on the grindstone of pain and necessity."-H.G. Wells, The Time Machine
"It's against reason," said Filby. "What reason?" said the Time Traveller."-H.G. Wells, The Time Machine
"[...] The slowest snail that ever crawled dashed by too fast for me. [...]"-H.G. Wells, The Time Machine
9. The Continuous Katherine Mortenhoe
By: D.G. Compton , Lisa Tuttle
4.36
Format: None pages, Paperback
A forgotten SF classic that exposed the pitfalls of voyeuristic entertainment decades before the re… read more
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10. Butcher's Crossing
By: John Williams , Michelle Latiolais
4.28
Format: 364 pages, Paperback
In his National Book Award-winning novel Augustus, John Williams uncovered the secrets of ancient R… read more
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11. Rendezvous with Rama (Rama, #1)
By: Arthur C. Clarke
4.12
Format: 243 pages, Paperback
At first, only a few things are known about the celestial object that astronomers dub Rama. It is h… read more
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"He had a suspicion of plausible answers; they were so often wrong."-Arthur C. Clarke, Rendezvous with Rama (Rama, #1)
"In these latter days, knighthood was an honor few Englishmen escaped."-Arthur C. Clarke, Rendezvous with Rama (Rama, #1)
"If such a thing had happened once, it must surely have happened many times in this galaxy of a hundred billion suns."-Arthur C. Clarke, Rendezvous with Rama (Rama, #1)
"Yes, it made sense, and was so absurdly simple that it would take a genius to think of it. And, perhaps, someone who did not expect to do it himself."-Arthur C. Clarke, Rendezvous with Rama (Rama, #1)
12. He Died With His Eyes Open
By: James Sallis , Derek Raymond
3.66
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
When a middle-aged alcoholic is found brutally battered to death on a roadside in West London, the … read more
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13. The Martian Chronicles
By: Ray Bradbury
3.97
Format: 480 pages,
The strange and wonderful tale of man's experiences on Mars, filled with intense images and astonis… read more
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14. One, None, and One Hundred Thousand
By: Luigi Pirandello , William Weaver
3.29
Format: None pages, Paperback
The novel had a rather long and difficult period of gestation. Pirandello began writing it in 1909.… read more
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15. The Tall Stranger
By: Louis L'Amour
4.49
Format: 563 pages, Paperback
Wagon trains heading west were forced to defend themselves against Indians, cope with injuries and … read more
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16. Non-Stop
By: Brian W. Aldiss
3.26
Format: None pages, Paperback
Curiosity was discouraged in the Greene tribe. Its members lived out their lives in cramped Quarter… read more
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17. I Am Legend
By: Richard Matheson
4.06
Format: 162 pages, Kindle Edition
Robert Neville is the last living man on Earth... but he is not alone. Every other man, woman and c… read more
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- science fiction
- fiction
"Miniture protoplasm, the dirty little bastard!"-Richard Matheson, I Am Legend
"What would a Mohammedan vampire do if faced with a cross?"-Richard Matheson, I Am Legend
"Full circle. A new terror born in death, a new superstition entering the unassailable fortress of forever. I am legend."-Richard Matheson, I Am Legend
"It’s horrible," she said. He looked at her in surprise. Horrible? Wasn’t that odd? He hadn’t thought that for years. For him the word “horror"-Richard Matheson, I Am Legend
18. The Last Murder at the End of the World
By: Stuart Turton
3.68
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling author of The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle and The Devil and the Dark Wat… read more
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- fiction
19. Little Eyes
By: Samanta Schweblin
3.60
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A visionary novel about the collision of technology and play, horror and humanity, from a master of… read more
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- fiction
"Regulation has nothing to do with setting standards; it meant putting rules in place that worked in favor of a few."-Samanta Schweblin, Little Eyes
"The animal's camera was installed behind its eyes, and sometimes it spun around on the three wheels hidden in its base, moving forward or backward. Someone was controlling the creature from somewhere…"-Samanta Schweblin, Little Eyes
20. Molly Zero
By: Keith Roberts
3.65
Format: 251 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Raised, tested, trained and indoctrinated in the Blocks, Molly Zero is being groomed for the govern… read more
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21. Fire Pattern
By: Bob Shaw
3.22
Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback
Science reporter Rayner Jerome's investigation into the terrifying phenomenon of spontaneous human … read more
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