12 best-selling science fiction books like Falling onto Mars by Geoffrey A. Landis

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Falling onto Mars

By: Geoffrey A. Landis

3.49

Format: 7 pages, ebook

This is the original short story not the novel with the same title. Hugo Award Winner for Best S…

If you liked the science fiction plot in Falling onto Mars by Geoffrey A. Landis , here is a list of 12 books like this:

Cover of The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas by Ursula K. Le Guin

1. 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

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • fiction
"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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2. Impossible Dreams

By: Tim Pratt

4.23

Format: None pages,

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • fiction
Cover of "Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman by Harlan Ellison, Rick Berry

3. "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
  • fiction
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4. 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
  • fiction
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5. 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

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • fiction
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6. Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1)

By: Dan Simmons

4.27

Format: 500 pages, Mass Market Paperback

On the world called Hyperion, beyond the law of the Hegemony of Man, there waits the creature calle… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
"You have to live to really know things, my love"

-Dan Simmons, Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1)

"In such seconds of decision entire futures are made."

-Dan Simmons, Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1)

"The whole planet reeks of mysticism without revelation."

-Dan Simmons, Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1)

"The essence of honor lay in the moment of combat between equals."

-Dan Simmons, Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1)

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7. Treasure Island

By: Robert Louis Stevenson , N.C. Wyeth

3.85

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

"For sheer storytelling delight and pure adventure, Treasure Island has never been surpassed. From … read more

Similar categories in Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island book and Geoffrey A. Landis's Falling onto Mars

  • fiction
"Doctors is all swabs."

-Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island

"Thems that die'll be the lucky ones."

-Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island

"... Bear up until you see you're gaining."

-Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island

"We must go on, because we can't turn back."

-Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island

8. Sandkings

By: George R.R. Martin

4.22

Format: 206 pages, Mass Market Paperback

When Simon Kress returned to his home planet of Baldur from an offworld business trip, he was amuse… read more

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9. Jeffty Is Five

By: Harlan Ellison

4.40

Format: 184 pages,

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10. Scherzo with Tyrannosaur

By: Michael Swanwick

3.50

Format: None pages, ebook

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11. Boobs

By: Suzy McKee Charnas

5.00

Format: None pages,

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12. 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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13. Or All the Seas with Oysters

By: Avram Davidson

4.67

Format: 46 pages,

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14. Rogue Protocol (The Murderbot Diaries, #3)

By: Martha Wells

4.26

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

SciFi’s favorite antisocial A.I. is again on a mission. The case against the too-big-to-fail GrayCr… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
"I was tired of pretending to be human. I needed a break."

-Martha Wells, Rogue Protocol (The Murderbot Diaries, #3)

"Pretending bad things aren’t happening is not a great survival strategy."

-Martha Wells, Rogue Protocol (The Murderbot Diaries, #3)

"I hate caring about stuff. But apparently once you start, you can't just stop."

-Martha Wells, Rogue Protocol (The Murderbot Diaries, #3)

"I didn’t want to see helpless humans. I’d rather see smart ones rescuing each other."

-Martha Wells, Rogue Protocol (The Murderbot Diaries, #3)

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15. Fugitive Telemetry (The Murderbot Diaries, #6)

By: Martha Wells

4.31

Format: 168 pages, Hardcover

No, I didn’t kill the dead human. If I had, I wouldn’t dump the body in the station mall. When M… read more

Similar categories in Martha Wells's Fugitive Telemetry (The Murderbot Diaries, #6) book and Geoffrey A. Landis's Falling onto Mars

  • science fiction
  • fiction
"Tural left with the air of escaping before things got worse."

-Martha Wells, Fugitive Telemetry (The Murderbot Diaries, #6)

"The only thing worse than humans infantilizing bots was bots infantilizing themselves."

-Martha Wells, Fugitive Telemetry (The Murderbot Diaries, #6)

"Humans do the "make it a question so it doesn't sound so bad" thing and it still sounds bad."

-Martha Wells, Fugitive Telemetry (The Murderbot Diaries, #6)

"Humans so the "make it a question so it doesn't sound so bad" thing and it still sounds bad."

-Martha Wells, Fugitive Telemetry (The Murderbot Diaries, #6)

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16. Exit Strategy (The Murderbot Diaries, #4)

By: Martha Wells

4.38

Format: 176 pages, Kindle Edition

Murderbot wasn’t programmed to care. So, its decision to help the only human who ever showed it res… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
"Why is this ship so old and shitty?"

-Martha Wells, Exit Strategy (The Murderbot Diaries, #4)

"I was having an emotion, and I hate that."

-Martha Wells, Exit Strategy (The Murderbot Diaries, #4)

"But they were humans— who knows why they did anything?"

-Martha Wells, Exit Strategy (The Murderbot Diaries, #4)

"Once I started telling the truth, it was hard to stop."

-Martha Wells, Exit Strategy (The Murderbot Diaries, #4)

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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

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • fiction
"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

Cover of Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries, #5) by Martha Wells

18. Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries, #5)

By: Martha Wells

4.47

Format: 350 pages, Hardcover

It calls itself Murderbot, but only when no one can hear. It worries about the fragile human cre… read more

Similar categories in Martha Wells's Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries, #5) book and Geoffrey A. Landis's Falling onto Mars

  • science fiction
  • fiction
"Ugh, emotions."

-Martha Wells, Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries, #5)

"So, you have a relationship with this transport."

-Martha Wells, Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries, #5)

"I'm a murderbot, I don't give a crap about boats."

-Martha Wells, Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries, #5)

"I am actually trying my best despite the fuck-ups."

-Martha Wells, Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries, #5)

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19. 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

Similar categories in Ken Liu's The Paper Menagerie book and Geoffrey A. Landis's Falling onto Mars

  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • fiction
"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

Cover of Falling onto Mars by Geoffrey A. Landis

20. Falling onto Mars

By: Geoffrey A. Landis

3.49

Format: 7 pages, ebook

This is the original short story not the novel with the same title. Hugo Award Winner for Best S… read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • fiction

21. The Lincoln Train

By: Maureen F. McHugh

3.63

Format: None pages, ebook

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  • short stories

14 Best fiction books like Falling onto Mars by Geoffrey A. Landis

Transform Your Habits

The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas

Ursula K. Le Guin

4.37

Transform Your Habits

Impossible Dreams

Tim Pratt

4.23

Transform Your Habits

"Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman

Harlan Ellison , Rick Berry

4.43

Transform Your Habits

A Study in Emerald

Neil Gaiman

5.00

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18 best-selling fiction books like Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries, #5) by Martha Wells

Transform Your Habits

Ancillary Sword (Imperial Radch, #2)

Ann Leckie

4.08

Transform Your Habits

We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Bobiverse, #1)

Dennis E. Taylor

4.28

Transform Your Habits

Ancillary Mercy (Imperial Radch, #3)

Ann Leckie

4.22

Transform Your Habits

Record of a Spaceborn Few (Wayfarers, #3)

None , Becky Chambers

4.12

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