10 must-read science fiction books like Fantasy by Poul Anderson

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Fantasy

By: Poul Anderson

3.46

Format: 334 pages, Paperback

A collection of fantasy short stories and essays on fantasy by Poul Anderson.

If you liked the science fiction plot in Fantasy by Poul Anderson , here is a list of 10 books like this:

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1. The Man in the Brown Suit

By: Agatha Christie

3.95

Format: 381 pages, Paperback

Pretty, young Anne came to London looking for adventure. In fact, adventure comes looking for her—a… read more

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"A man who has shot lions in large quantities has an unfair advantage over other men."

-Agatha Christie, The Man in the Brown Suit

"You know I want you. You know that I’d give my soul to pick you up in my arms and keep you here, hidden away from the world, forever and ever."

-Agatha Christie, The Man in the Brown Suit

"I wonder if husbands know as much about their wives as they think they do. If I had a husband, I should hate him to bring home orphans without consulting me first."

-Agatha Christie, The Man in the Brown Suit

"But his face should really inspire you with confidence, my dear lady. No self-respecting murderer would ever consent to look like one. Crippen now, I believe was one of the pleasantest fellows imagin…"

-Agatha Christie, The Man in the Brown Suit

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2. Last Argument of Kings (The First Law, #3)

By: Joe Abercrombie

4.34

Format: 536 pages, Paperback

The end is coming. Logen Ninefingers might only have one more fight in him but it's going to be a b… read more

Similar categories in Joe Abercrombie's Last Argument of Kings (The First Law, #3) book and Poul Anderson's Fantasy

  • fantasy
"You have to realistic about these things."

-Joe Abercrombie, Last Argument of Kings (The First Law, #3)

"Cleverness is no guarantee of sensible behavior."

-Joe Abercrombie, Last Argument of Kings (The First Law, #3)

"Luck is a woman. She's drawn to those that least deserve her."

-Joe Abercrombie, Last Argument of Kings (The First Law, #3)

"Rare rages render a man frightening. Common ones render him ridiculous."

-Joe Abercrombie, Last Argument of Kings (The First Law, #3)

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3. Sword and Sorceress II

By: Rachel Pollack , C.J. Cherryh , Marion Zimmer Bradley , Jennifer Roberson , Diana L. Paxson , Charles de Lint , Vera Nazarian , Deborah Wheeler , Charles R. Saunders , Elizabeth Thompson , Phyllis Ann Karr , None , None , None , None , None , None

3.87

Format: 287 pages, Mass Market Paperback

What better guide could there be through the realms of witchery and wonder, of combat and danger, o… read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • anthologies
"It was the moment of shadow, of half-real things."

-Rachel Pollack, Sword and Sorceress II

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4. The Drawing of the Three

By: Stephen King

3.39

Format: 440 pages, Paperback

In 1978, Stephen King introduced the world to the last gunslinger, Roland of Gilead. Nothing has be… read more

Similar categories in Stephen King's The Drawing of the Three book and Poul Anderson's Fantasy

  • science fiction
  • fantasy
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5. Sky Pirates of Callisto

By: Lin Carter

4.10

Format: 271 pages, Paperback

Jandar the Alien SAVAGED Stumbling upon the Lost City of Arangkhor in the trackless jungles of Camb… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fantasy
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6. Before They Are Hanged (The First Law, #2)

By: Joe Abercrombie

4.35

Format: 441 pages, Trade Paperback

Superior Glokta has a problem. How do you defend a city surrounded by enemies and riddled with trai… read more

Similar categories in Joe Abercrombie's Before They Are Hanged (The First Law, #2) book and Poul Anderson's Fantasy

  • fantasy
"So we wait?"

-Joe Abercrombie, Before They Are Hanged (The First Law, #2)

"Empathy? What’s that?"

-Joe Abercrombie, Before They Are Hanged (The First Law, #2)

"Great men have great faults."

-Joe Abercrombie, Before They Are Hanged (The First Law, #2)

"Those with the least always lose the most in war."

-Joe Abercrombie, Before They Are Hanged (The First Law, #2)

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7. Worse Things Waiting

By: Manly Wade Wellman

4.15

Format: 399 pages, Hardcover

Collected here for the first time in book form are the best fantasy tales of one of the genre`s gre… read more

Similar categories in Manly Wade Wellman's Worse Things Waiting book and Poul Anderson's Fantasy

  • short stories
  • fantasy
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8. The Gunslinger

By: Stephen King

3.56

Format: None pages,

Beginning with a short story appearing in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fictionin 1978, the p… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fantasy
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9. Pyramids (Discworld, #7)

By: Terry Pratchett

3.92

Format: 341 pages, Paperback

Being trained by the Assassin's Guild in Ankh-Morpork did not fit Teppic for the task assigned to h… read more

Similar categories in Terry Pratchett's Pyramids (Discworld, #7) book and Poul Anderson's Fantasy

  • science fiction
  • fantasy
"Seven thousand years is just one day at a time"

-Terry Pratchett, Pyramids (Discworld, #7)

"The king nodded. “What are the priests doing about this?"

-Terry Pratchett, Pyramids (Discworld, #7)

"Never trust a species that grins all the time. It’s up to something."

-Terry Pratchett, Pyramids (Discworld, #7)

"Her singing always cheered him up. Life seemed so much brighter when she stopped."

-Terry Pratchett, Pyramids (Discworld, #7)

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10. The Compleat Enchanter

By: L. Sprague de Camp , Fletcher Pratt

4.67

Format: 88 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The Mathematics of Magic was probably the greatest discovery of the ages - at least Professor Harol… read more

Similar categories in L. Sprague de Camp's The Compleat Enchanter book and Poul Anderson's Fantasy

  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • fantasy

11. Taken at the Flood (Hercule Poirot, #27)

By: Agatha Christie

3.00

Format: 1118 pages, Paperback

Shortly after marrying a young widow, Gordon Cloade is killed in the London blitz and the former Mr… read more

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12. The Knight of the Swords (Corum, #1)

By: Michael Moorcock

3.85

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

THE HAND OF KWLL AND THE EYE OF RHYNN IN EXCHANGE FOR THE HEART OF AIRIOCH There were Gods abroad i… read more

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13. 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

Similar categories in Martha Wells's Rogue Protocol (The Murderbot Diaries, #3) book and Poul Anderson's Fantasy

  • science 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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14. Leviathan Falls (The Expanse, #9)

By: James S.A. Corey

4.54

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

The Laconian Empire has fallen, setting the thirteen hundred solar systems free from the rule of Wi… read more

Similar categories in James S.A. Corey's Leviathan Falls (The Expanse, #9) book and Poul Anderson's Fantasy

  • science fiction
  • fantasy
"Let's solve the extinction level threat first. Then we can all go back to killing each other at a civilized pace."

-James S.A. Corey, Leviathan Falls (The Expanse, #9)

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15. 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
"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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16. The Cream of the Jest

By: James Branch Cabell

3.92

Format: None pages, Paperback

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge… read more

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  • fantasy
"Everything in life is miraculous. It rests within the power of each of us to awaken from a dragging nightmare of life made up of unimportant tasks and tedious useless little habits to see life as it …"

-James Branch Cabell, The Cream of the Jest

"I quite fixedly believe the Wardens of Earth sometimes unbar strange windows, that face on other worlds than ours. And some of us, I think, once in a while get a peep through these windows. But we ar…"

-James Branch Cabell, The Cream of the Jest

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17. Fantasy

By: Poul Anderson

3.46

Format: 334 pages, Paperback

A collection of fantasy short stories and essays on fantasy by Poul Anderson. read more

Similar categories in Poul Anderson's Fantasy book and Poul Anderson's Fantasy

  • anthologies
  • short stories
  • essays
  • science fiction
  • fantasy

12 must-read fantasy books like Fantasy by Poul Anderson

Transform Your Habits

Last Argument of Kings (The First Law, #3)

Joe Abercrombie

4.34

Transform Your Habits

Sword and Sorceress II

Rachel Pollack , C.J. Cherryh , Marion Zimmer Bradley , Jennifer Roberson , Diana L. Paxson , Charles de Lint , Vera Nazarian , Deborah Wheeler , Charles R. Saunders , Elizabeth Thompson , Phyllis Ann Karr , None , None , None , None , None , None

3.87

Transform Your Habits

The Drawing of the Three

Stephen King

3.39

Transform Your Habits

Sky Pirates of Callisto

Lin Carter

4.10

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19 must-read fiction books like Before They Are Hanged (The First Law, #2) by Joe Abercrombie

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Transform Your Habits

Ruin (The Faithful and the Fallen, #3)

John Gwynne

4.49

Transform Your Habits

Assassin's Apprentice (Farseer Trilogy, #1)

Robin Hobb

4.18

Transform Your Habits

The Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archive, #1)

Brandon Sanderson

4.66

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