The Fish of Lijiang
By: Chen Qiufan
3.82
Format: None pages, ebook
The Fish of Lijiang by Chen Qiufan, translated from Chinese by Ken Liu as his first translation job…
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1. The Left Hand of Darkness
By: Ursula K. Le Guin , Lech Jęczmyk
4.10
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
A groundbreaking work of science fiction, The Left Hand of Darkness tells the story of a lone human… read more
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- science fiction
- fiction
"The king was pregnant."-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness
"Truth is a matter of the imagination."-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness
"The light is the left hand of darkness"-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness
"Science fiction is not prescriptive; it is descriptive."-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness
2. The Color Out of Space
By: H.P. Lovecraft
4.00
Format: None pages, ebook
Set in the fictional town of Arkham, Massachusetts, an unnamed narrator investigates a local area k… read more
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- science fiction
- short stories
- fiction
3. I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream
By: Harlan Ellison , Theodore Sturgeon
3.90
Format: 134 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published in 1967 and re-issued in 1983, I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream contains seven sto… read more
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- science fiction
- short stories
- fiction
"I have no mouth. And I must scream..."-Harlan Ellison, I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream
"i loooveee ted i loove ted s much he is soooo hot"-Harlan Ellison, I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream
"Gespräche behagten ihm ebenso wenig wie das Leben."-Harlan Ellison, I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream
"I am ... cogito ergo sum ... I think, therefore I am."-Harlan Ellison, I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream
4. V for Vendetta
By: Alan Moore , David Lloyd
3.50
Format: 92 pages, Hardcover
"Remember, remember the fifth of November..." A frightening and powerful tale of the loss of freedo… read more
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- science fiction
- fiction
5. I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream
By: Harlan Ellison
5.00
Format: 398 pages, ebook
"I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream" is a post-apocalyptic sci-fi short story by Harlan Ellison. It… read more
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- science fiction
- short stories
- fiction
6. Taking Care of Gods
By: Ken Liu , Liu Cixin , Han Zhang
3.87
Format: 216 pages, Kindle Edition
One day two billion white beard in white came to earth, claiming that they were the creators of hum… read more
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- science fiction
- china
- short stories
- fiction
7. The Fire Next Time
By: James Baldwin
3.54
Format: None pages, Paperback
A national bestseller when it first appeared in 1963, The Fire Next Timegalvanized the nation and g… read more
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8. Johnny Mnemonic
By: William Gibson , Terry Bisson
3.72
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Synopsis: Johnny is a courier. He carries data, uploaded into his brain through a jack implanted in… read more
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9. If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
By: Italo Calvino , William Weaver
3.90
Format: 216 pages,
If on a Winter's Night a Traveleris a marvel of ingenuity, an experimental text that looks longingl… read more
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10. Invisible Planets: Contemporary Chinese Science Fiction in Translation
By: Ken Liu , Chen Qiufan , Xia Jia , None , Hao Jingfang , None , Cheng Jingbo , Liu Cixin
4.12
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Award-winning translator and author Ken Liu presents a collection of short speculative fiction from… read more
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11. The Haunter of the Dark: The H.P. Lovecraft Omnibus, #3
By: H.P. Lovecraft , August Derleth
3.95
Format: 544 pages, Paperback
WARNING! YOU ARE ABOUT TO ENTER A NEW DIMENSION OF UTMOST TERROR When you open this book you wil… read more
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- science fiction
- short stories
- fiction
"Into his mind floated pictures of alien orbs with great stone towers, and other orbs with titan mountains and no mark of life, and still remoter spaces where only a stirring in vague blackness told o…"-H.P. Lovecraft, The Haunter of the Dark: The H.P. Lovecraft Omnibus, #3
"And beyond all else he glimpsed an infinite gulf of sheer darkness, where solid and semi-solid forms were known only by their windy stirrings, and cloudy patterns of force seemed to superimpose order…"-H.P. Lovecraft, The Haunter of the Dark: The H.P. Lovecraft Omnibus, #3
12. The Call of Cthulhu
By: H.P. Lovecraft
3.44
Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition
One of the feature stories of the Cthulhu Mythos, H.P. Lovecraft's 'the Call of Cthulhu' is a harro… read more
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13. The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories
By: Ken Liu
4.33
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A publishing event: Bestselling author Ken Liu selects his award-winning science fiction and fantas… read more
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14. A Sound of Thunder
By: Ray Bradbury
4.08
Format: 15 pages, ebook
Free online fiction. The short story, A Sound of Thunder, involves a Time Travel Safari where ri… read more
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- science fiction
- short stories
- fiction
15. The Kaiju Preservation Society
By: John Scalzi
3.99
Format: 264 pages, Hardcover
When COVID-19 sweeps through New York City, Jamie Gray is stuck as a dead-end driver for food deliv… read more
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- science fiction
- fiction
"I lift things."-John Scalzi, The Kaiju Preservation Society
"So we’re the monster police, too?"-John Scalzi, The Kaiju Preservation Society
"...if you're only reading books because you have to, it becomes much less fun."-John Scalzi, The Kaiju Preservation Society
"My brain said. Just walk away. [...] But even as my brain was saying that, my body was turning back, becaus like puppies we are enculturated to turn when our name is called."-John Scalzi, The Kaiju Preservation Society
16. Untethered Sky
By: Fonda Lee
3.90
Format: 150 pages, Hardcover
From World Fantasy Award-winning author Fonda Lee comes Untethered Sky, an epic fantasy fable about… read more
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- science fiction
- short stories
- fiction
"People have short memories, but nature is patient and implacable."-Fonda Lee, Untethered Sky
"When you love a person, you are expected to give them their freedom, but when you love a monster, you keep it caged."-Fonda Lee, Untethered Sky
"I know this as much as God knows every creature, because I once thought there was no reason for me to be alive, no logic to survival, no meaning to be found past endurance of loss, yet there was."-Fonda Lee, Untethered Sky
17. The Order of Time
By: Carlo Rovelli
4.12
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Time is a mystery that does not cease to puzzle us. Philosophers, artists and poets have long explo… read more
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"We understand the world in its becoming, not in its being."-Carlo Rovelli, The Order of Time
"Our fear of death seems to me to be an error of evolution."-Carlo Rovelli, The Order of Time
"Children grow up and discover that the world is not as it seemed from within the four walls of their homes. Humankind as a whole does the same."-Carlo Rovelli, The Order of Time
"Before Newton, time for humanity was the way of counting how things changed. Before him, no one had thought it possible that a time independent of things could exist. Don't take your intuitions and i…"-Carlo Rovelli, The Order of Time
18. 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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- 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
19. Uncanny Valley
By: Anna Wiener
3.64
Format: 281 pages, Hardcover
The prescient, page-turning account of a journey in Silicon Valley: a defining memoir of our digita… read more
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"Tech, for the most part, wasn't progress. It was just business."-Anna Wiener, Uncanny Valley
"if personalised playlists were full of sad singers and song writers, I could only blame myself for getting algorithm depressed."-Anna Wiener, Uncanny Valley
"The platforms designed to accommodate and harvest infinite data inspired infinite scroll...people were saying nothing and saying it all the time."-Anna Wiener, Uncanny Valley
"I felt rising frustration and resentment. I was frustrated because I felt stuck, and I was resentful because I was stuck in an industry that was chipping away at so many things I cared about."-Anna Wiener, Uncanny Valley
20. The Fish of Lijiang
By: Chen Qiufan
3.82
Format: None pages, ebook
The Fish of Lijiang by Chen Qiufan, translated from Chinese by Ken Liu as his first translation job… read more
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21. Snow Crash
By: Neal Stephenson
4.02
Format: 576 pages, Hardcover
The "brilliantly realized" (The New York Times Book Review) modern classic that coined the term "me… read more
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- science fiction
- fiction
"They made data a controlled substance."-Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash
"To condense fact from the vapor of nuance."-Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash
"I just saved your fucking life, Mom. . . . You could at least offer me an Oreo."-Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash
"Southern California doesn't know whether to bustle or just strangle itself on the spot."-Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash
