The People of the Ruins
By: Edward Shanks
2.94
Format: 360 pages, Paperback
Trapped in a London laboratory during a worker uprising in 1924, ex-artillery officer and physics i…
Want to Read $ 1.01"Jeremy walked in a great shrubbery of rhododendrons where Charing Cross Station had been and in a rose-garden over the deep-buried foundations of Scotland Yard."-Edward Shanks, The People of the Ruins
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1. To Sail Beyond the Sunset
By: Robert A. Heinlein
3.88
Format: 434 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Bestselling author Robert A. Heinlein's autobiographical masterpiece--a wondrous return to the alte… read more
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- science fiction
- classics
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"But there seems to have been an actual decline in rational thinking. The United States had become a place where entertainers and professional athletes were mistaken for people of importance. They wer…"-Robert A. Heinlein, To Sail Beyond the Sunset
2. Stranger in a Strange Land
By: Robert A. Heinlein
3.92
Format: 525 pages, Paperback
NAME: Valentine Michael Smith ANCESTRY: Human ORIGIN: Mars Valentine Michael Smith is a human … read more
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- science fiction
- classics
- fiction
- science fiction fantasy
"Secrecy begets tyranny."-Robert A. Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land
"Faith strikes me as intellectual laziness."-Robert A. Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land
"He's an honest politician--he stays bought."-Robert A. Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land
"Churches thrive on martyrdom and persecution."-Robert A. Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land
3. The Man in the High Castle
By: Philip K. Dick
3.60
Format: 259 pages, Paperback
It's America in 1962. Slavery is legal once again. The few Jews who still survive hide under assume… read more
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- classics
- science fiction fantasy
- dystopia
- fiction
- science fiction
"Don’t you feel it?"-Philip K. Dick, The Man in the High Castle
"Truth, she thought. As terrible as death. But harder to find."-Philip K. Dick, The Man in the High Castle
"Dreadful low-class jingoistic racist invectives, unworthy of me."-Philip K. Dick, The Man in the High Castle
"We are all insects. Groping towards something terrible or divine."-Philip K. Dick, The Man in the High Castle
4. Farmer in the Sky
By: Robert A. Heinlein
3.73
Format: 256 pages, Mass Market Paperback
A youth and his father emigrate from the mechanical and organized world on overpopulated Earth to b… read more
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- science fiction
- science fiction fantasy
- fiction
5. Dust (Silo, #3)
By: Hugh Howey
3.97
Format: 250 pages,
The much-anticipated final instalment of the Wool trilogy. In the aftermath of the uprising, the pe… read more
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- post apocalyptic
- science fiction fantasy
- dystopia
- fiction
- science fiction
6. Make Room! Make Room!
By: Harry Harrison
3.44
Format: 220 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published in 1966, Harrison's novel of an overpopulated urban jungle, a divided class system-… read more
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- classics
- post apocalyptic
- science fiction fantasy
- dystopia
- fiction
- science fiction
7. Rocket Ship Galileo
By: Robert A. Heinlein
3.50
Format: 92 pages, Paperback
Winner of four Hugo Awards and the Grand Master Nebula Award for Lifetime Achievement. Three high s… read more
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- science fiction
- science fiction fantasy
- fiction
8. The Puppet Masters
By: Robert A. Heinlein
3.89
Format: 416 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First came the news that a flying saucer had landed in Iowa. Then came the announcement that the wh… read more
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- science fiction
- classics
- fiction
- science fiction fantasy
9. Have Space Suit—Will Travel
By: Robert A. Heinlein
4.37
Format: 224 pages,
Kip from midwest Centerville USA works the summer before college as a pharmacy soda jerk, and wins … read more
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- science fiction
- classics
- fiction
- science fiction fantasy
10. For Us, the Living: A Comedy of Customs
By: Robert A. Heinlein , Spider Robinson , None
4.27
Format: 67 pages, Hardcover
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- science fiction
- science fiction fantasy
- fiction
11. Double Star
By: Robert A. Heinlein
3.43
Format: 42 pages, Mass Market Paperback
One minute, down and out actor Lorenzo Smythe was -- as usual -- in a bar, drinking away his troubl… read more
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12. Assignment in Eternity
By: Robert A. Heinlein
4.60
Format: 645 pages, Paperback
Compelling science fiction adventure from New York Times bestseller Robert A. Heinlein: two classic… read more
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13. Death Without Company (Walt Longmire, #2)
By: Craig Johnson
3.56
Format: 259 pages, Paperback
Walt investigates a death by poison in this gripping novel from theNew York Times bestselling autho… read more
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14. The Number of the Beast
By: Robert A. Heinlein
3.60
Format: None pages, Paperback
When two male and two female supremely sensual, unspeakably cerebral humans find themselves under a… read more
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15. The Cold Dish (Walt Longmire, #1)
By: Craig Johnson
4.08
Format: None pages, Paperback
Walt Longmire, sheriff of Wyoming's Absaroka County, knows he's got trouble when Cody Pritchard is … read more
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16. Ringworld (Ringworld, #1)
By: Larry Niven
4.50
Format: None pages, Paperback
Pierson's puppeteers, three-leg two-head aliens find immense structure in unexplored part of the un… read more
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17. Station Eternity (The Midsolar Murders, #1)
By: Mur Lafferty
3.71
Format: 457 pages, Paperback
From idyllic small towns to claustrophobic urban landscapes, Mallory Viridian is constantly embroil… read more
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- science fiction
- science fiction fantasy
- adult
- fiction
18. One Day All This Will Be Yours
By: Adrian Tchaikovsky
4.04
Format: 144 pages, Hardcover
The bold new work from award-winning author Adrian Tchaikovsky - a smart, funny tale of time-trave… read more
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- science fiction
- dystopia
- adult
- fiction
"Who’d have ever thought I’d find a soulmate in the end times? Not me, obviously, what with my trying my damnedest to eliminate the rest of the human race."-Adrian Tchaikovsky, One Day All This Will Be Yours
"I honestly think someone invented the time machine just so they could go grab a burger when the urge took them. Anyway, turns out saving the planet by eating soy was a bit of a non-starter given how …"-Adrian Tchaikovsky, One Day All This Will Be Yours
"And even if I met a fellow agent who seemed to jibe with me, no guarantee they’d be the same when I rendezvoused with them later and/or earlier (let me tell you, it’s frankly embarrassing to clap you…"-Adrian Tchaikovsky, One Day All This Will Be Yours
19. The Devil and the Dark Water
By: Stuart Turton
3.84
Format: 463 pages, Hardcover
A murder on the high seas. A detective duo. A demon who may or may not exist. It's 1634 and Samu… read more
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- adult
- fiction
"Anger makes good men stubborn and stubborn men petty."-Stuart Turton, The Devil and the Dark Water
"You’re as dense as the mountains you were carved out of."-Stuart Turton, The Devil and the Dark Water
"Courage isn't an absence of fear, it's the light we find when fear is all there is."-Stuart Turton, The Devil and the Dark Water
"Marriage is an inconvenient convenience. It’s the shackle we accept for our safety."-Stuart Turton, The Devil and the Dark Water
20. Termination Shock
By: Neal Stephenson
3.83
Format: 708 pages, Hardcover
A visionary technothriller about climate change. Neal Stephenson's sweeping, prescient new nove… read more
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- dystopia
- science fiction fantasy
- fiction
21. Mickey7 (Mickey7, #1)
By: Edward Ashton
3.75
Format: 296 pages, Hardcover
Dying isn’t any fun…but at least it’s a living. Mickey7 is an Expendable: a disposable employee … read more
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- science fiction fantasy
- adult
- fiction
"I’ve always believed it’s important to accept the people in your life for who they are. There’s no such thing as a perfect friend, any more than there’s any such thing as a perfect anything, and if y…"-Edward Ashton, Mickey7 (Mickey7, #1)
22. The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August
By: Claire North
4.03
Format: 417 pages, Kindle Edition
Some stories cannot be told in just one lifetime. Harry August is on his deathbed. Again. No matter… read more
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- science fiction
- science fiction fantasy
- adult
"To regret your soul is to regret your past."-Claire North, The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August
"Time, it transpires, is not so good at telling after all."-Claire North, The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August
"There is no loss, if you cannot remember what you have lost."-Claire North, The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August
"Forgive me," I wrote at the bottom. "I did not think I would break."-Claire North, The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August
23. The Pursuit of the Pankera: A Parallel Novel About Parallel Universes
By: Robert A. Heinlein
4.01
Format: 503 pages, Kindle Edition
The Pursuit of the Pankera is one of the most audacious experiments ever done in science fiction by… read more
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- classics
- fiction
- science fiction fantasy
24. The People of the Ruins
By: Edward Shanks
2.94
Format: 360 pages, Paperback
Trapped in a London laboratory during a worker uprising in 1924, ex-artillery officer and physics i… read more
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- post apocalyptic
- science fiction fantasy
- dystopia
- fiction
- science fiction
- adult
"Jeremy walked in a great shrubbery of rhododendrons where Charing Cross Station had been and in a rose-garden over the deep-buried foundations of Scotland Yard."-Edward Shanks, The People of the Ruins
