15 Top fiction books like Shanidar by David Zindell

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Shanidar

By: David Zindell

3.96

Format: None pages, ebook

A novelette that formed the core of David Zindell's legendary first novel Neverness. In Shanidar…

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Cover of Galactic Pot-Healer by Philip K. Dick

1. Galactic Pot-Healer

By: Philip K. Dick

3.61

Format: 177 pages, Paperback

The Glimmung wants Joe Fernwright. Fernwright is a pot-healer - a repairer of ceramics - in a drabl… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
"No structure, even an artificial one, enjoys the process of entropy. It is the ultimate fate of everything, and everything resists it."

-Philip K. Dick, Galactic Pot-Healer

"For a time Joe considered. In his mind he considered his room, the cubicle in which he worked, the loss of his coins, the police—he thought about it all and tried to make it add up. What ties me here…"

-Philip K. Dick, Galactic Pot-Healer

"A man is an angel that has become deranged, Joe Fernwright thought. Once they – all of them – had been genuine angels, and at that time they had had a choice between good and evil, so it was easy, ea…"

-Philip K. Dick, Galactic Pot-Healer

"Già suo padre, prima di lui, era stato un guaritore di vasi. E così anche lui guariva vasi, e a dire il vero qualsiasi manufatto di ceramica risalente ai Vecchi Tempi, prima della guerra, quando anco…"

-Philip K. Dick, Galactic Pot-Healer

Cover of Firstborn (A Time Odyssey, #3) by Stephen Baxter, Arthur C. Clarke

2. Firstborn (A Time Odyssey, #3)

By: Stephen Baxter , Arthur C. Clarke

3.50

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The Firstborn-the mysterious race of aliens who first became known to science fiction fans as the b… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
Cover of The Player of Games (Culture, #2) by Iain M. Banks

3. The Player of Games (Culture, #2)

By: Iain M. Banks

4.28

Format: 293 pages, Paperback

The Culture - a humanoid/machine symbiotic society - has thrown up many great Game Players. One of … read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
"Escape is a commodity like anything else"

-Iain M. Banks, The Player of Games (Culture, #2)

"Escape is a commodity like anything else."

-Iain M. Banks, The Player of Games (Culture, #2)

"This is the story of a man who went far away for a long time, just to play a game. The man is a game-player called “Gurgeh."

-Iain M. Banks, The Player of Games (Culture, #2)

"The ship told you a guilty system recognises no innocents. I’d say it does. It recognises the innocence of a young child, for example, and you saw how they treated that. In a sense it even recognises…"

-Iain M. Banks, The Player of Games (Culture, #2)

4. Light of Other Days

By: Bob Shaw

4.50

Format: None pages, ebook

Short Story: On an auto holiday though Argyll, the Gibsons stop to buy some slow glass. read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
Cover of Rivers of London (Peter Grant, #1) by Ben Aaronovitch

5. Rivers of London (Peter Grant, #1)

By: Ben Aaronovitch

4.12

Format: 29 pages, Hardcover

Probationary Constable Peter Grant dreams of being a detective in London's Metropolitan Police. Too… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of Spin (Spin, #1) by Robert Charles Wilson

6. Spin (Spin, #1)

By: Robert Charles Wilson

3.66

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

One night in October when he was ten years old, Tyler Dupree stood in his back yard and watched the… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
Cover of A Deepness in the Sky (Zones of Thought, #2) by Vernor Vinge

7. A Deepness in the Sky (Zones of Thought, #2)

By: Vernor Vinge

4.32

Format: 775 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The prequel to A Fire Upon The Deep, this is the story of Pham Nuwen, a small cog in the interstell… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
"So even in hell, there are clowns."

-Vernor Vinge, A Deepness in the Sky (Zones of Thought, #2)

"So High, So Low, So Many Things to Know"

-Vernor Vinge, A Deepness in the Sky (Zones of Thought, #2)

"So high, so low, so many things to know."

-Vernor Vinge, A Deepness in the Sky (Zones of Thought, #2)

"The light shining through was a rainbow from hell."

-Vernor Vinge, A Deepness in the Sky (Zones of Thought, #2)

8. The Inverted World

By: Christopher Priest

4.07

Format: 213 pages,

The city is winched along tracks through a devastated land full of hostile tribes. Rails must be fr… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
Cover of Pandora's Star by Peter F. Hamilton

9. Pandora's Star

By: Peter F. Hamilton

4.19

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

The year is 2380. The Intersolar Commonwealth, a sphere of stars some four hundred light-years in d… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
Cover of The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia by Ursula K. Le Guin

10. The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia

By: Ursula K. Le Guin

4.25

Format: 387 pages, Paperback

Shevek, a brilliant physicist, decides to take action. He will seek answers, question the unquestio… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
"... “Dangerous!"

-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia

"Freedom is never very safe."

-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia

"Who do you think is lying to us?"

-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia

"Where does your soul go when you die in Hell?"

-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia

11. Pushing Ice

By: Alastair Reynolds

4.26

Format: 91 pages, Hardcover

2057. Bella Lind and the crew of her nuclearpowered ship, the Rockhopper, push ice. They mine comet… read more

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12. Blood Music

By: Greg Bear

3.84

Format: 344 pages, Paperback

Vergil Ulam has created cellular material that can outperform rats in laboratory tests. When the au… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
"It is the bullet you don’t hear that gets you."

-Greg Bear, Blood Music

"Thought moves like a dissociation of leaves across a lawn in a breeze."

-Greg Bear, Blood Music

"Nothing is lost. Nothing is forgotten. It was in the blood, the flesh. And now, it is forever."

-Greg Bear, Blood Music

"He held her hand and shook his head. "They're inside, part of us by now. They are us. Where can we escape?"

-Greg Bear, Blood Music

13. Time's Eye (A Time Odyssey, #1)

By: Stephen Baxter , Arthur C. Clarke

4.04

Format: 226 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Sir Arthur C. Clarke is a living legend, a writer whose name has been synonymous with science ficti… read more

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14. Lord of Light

By: Roger Zelazny , Sönmez Güven

3.90

Format: None pages, Paperback

Earth is long since dead. On a colony planet, a band of men has gained control of technology, made … read more

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15. Sunstorm (A Time Odyssey, #2)

By: Stephen Baxter , Arthur C. Clarke

3.82

Format: 736 pages, Mass Market Paperback

When Sir Arthur C. Clarke, the greatest science fiction writer ever, teams up with award-winning au… read more

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16. Planetfall

By: Emma Newman

3.95

Format: None pages, Paperback

From Emma Newman, the award-nominated author of Between Two Thorns, comes a novel of how one secret… read more

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Cover of Leviathan Falls (The Expanse, #9) by James S.A. Corey

17. 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

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
"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)

Cover of Pages to Fill (Legends & Lattes, #0.5) by Travis Baldree

18. Pages to Fill (Legends & Lattes, #0.5)

By: Travis Baldree

3.63

Format: 33 pages, ebook

Short story prequel to Legends & Lattes. It is available in the book Legends & Lattes, second editi… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of The Shadow Casket (The Darkwater Legacy, #2) by Chris Wooding

19. The Shadow Casket (The Darkwater Legacy, #2)

By: Chris Wooding

4.21

Format: 832 pages, Kindle Edition

A BAND OF REBELS. A TRAITOR IN THEIR MIDST. A REVOLUTION ABOUT TO BEGIN. It's been three years… read more

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  • fiction
"Treachery was axe, not a scalpel. It was Hard to make a clean cut."

-Chris Wooding, The Shadow Casket (The Darkwater Legacy, #2)

"The things we value make us weak, he thought. Or they can make us unstoppable."

-Chris Wooding, The Shadow Casket (The Darkwater Legacy, #2)

Cover of Boy on Fire: The Young Nick Cave by Mark Mordue

20. Boy on Fire: The Young Nick Cave

By: Mark Mordue

3.98

Format: 401 pages, Kindle Edition

The bestselling, award-winning and critically acclaimed biography of the young Nick Cave, by award-… read more

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Cover of Shanidar by David Zindell

21. Shanidar

By: David Zindell

3.96

Format: None pages, ebook

A novelette that formed the core of David Zindell's legendary first novel Neverness. In Shanidar… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction

12 must-read science fiction books like Shanidar by David Zindell

Transform Your Habits

Galactic Pot-Healer

Philip K. Dick

3.61

Transform Your Habits

Firstborn (A Time Odyssey, #3)

Stephen Baxter , Arthur C. Clarke

3.50

Transform Your Habits

The Player of Games (Culture, #2)

Iain M. Banks

4.28

Light of Other Days

Bob Shaw

4.50

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16 must-read fiction books like Pandora's Star by Peter F. Hamilton

Transform Your Habits

Consider Phlebas (Culture, #1)

Iain M. Banks

3.85

Transform Your Habits

The Player of Games (Culture, #2)

Iain M. Banks

4.28

Transform Your Habits

Revelation Space (Revelation Space, #1)

Alastair Reynolds

4.17

Transform Your Habits

Chasm City

Alastair Reynolds

4.17

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