12 Top science fiction books like Doorstep by Keith Laumer

Doorstep

By: Keith Laumer

3.52

Format: 20 pages, ebook

The general was bucking for his other star—and this miserable contraption bucked right back!Keith L…

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Cover of The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame, Gillian Avery

1. The Wind in the Willows

By: Kenneth Grahame , Gillian Avery

4.02

Format: 197 pages, Paperback

“All this he saw, for one moment breathless and intense, vivid on the morning sky; and still, as he… read more

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"...Absorbed in the new scents, the sounds, and the sunlight..."

-Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows

"Badger hates Society, and invitations, and dinner, and all that sort of thing."

-Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows

"There’s nothing––absolutely nothing––half so much worth doing as messing about in boats."

-Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows

"After all, the best part of a holiday is perhaps not so much to be resting yourself, as to see all the other fellows busy working."

-Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows

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2. The Last Unicorn (The Last Unicorn, #1)

By: Peter S. Beagle

4.16

Format: 294 pages, Paperback

Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780451450524 She was magical, beautiful beyond belief—and comp… read more

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"I love whom I love."

-Peter S. Beagle, The Last Unicorn (The Last Unicorn, #1)

"The last unicorn lived in a lilac wood, and she lived all alone."

-Peter S. Beagle, The Last Unicorn (The Last Unicorn, #1)

"You're in the story with the rest of us now, and you must go with it, whether you will or no."

-Peter S. Beagle, The Last Unicorn (The Last Unicorn, #1)

"I like being brave well enough, but I will be a lazy coward again if you think that would be better."

-Peter S. Beagle, The Last Unicorn (The Last Unicorn, #1)

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3. The Tunnel Under the World

By: Frederik Pohl

5.00

Format: 64 pages, Paperback

"The Tunnel under the World" was first published in 1954 in Galaxy magazine. On the morning of June… read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
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4. Citizen of the Galaxy

By: Robert A. Heinlein

3.50

Format: 92 pages,

In a distant galaxy, the atrocity of slavery was alive and well, and young Thorby was just another … read more

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  • science 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
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6. The Day Time Stopped Moving

By: Bradner Buckner

4.42

Format: 216 pages,

_All Dave Miller wanted to do was commit suicide in peace. He tried, but the things that happened a… read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
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7. Asleep in Armageddon

By: Ray Bradbury

3.95

Format: None pages, ebook

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
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8. The Velvet Glove

By: Harry Harrison

3.50

Format: 224 pages,

Harry Max Harrison was best known for his character the Stainless Steel Rat and for his novel Make … read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories

9. 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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10. The Adventure of the ‘Western Star': A Short Story

By: Agatha Christie

4.04

Format: 323 pages, Audio

Movie star Mary Marvell consults with Hercule Poirot after receiving threatening letters that warn … read more

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11. 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
"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

12. Rocannon's World

By: Ursula K. Le Guin

4.32

Format: 318 pages, Paperback

Adapted & expanded from the short story "The Dowry of Angyar". A world shared by three native human… read more

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13. A Little Journey

By: Ray Bradbury

3.85

Format: 288 pages,

About the Story: A LITTLE JOURNEY (August 1951) marks Bradbury's final contribution to the editoria… read more

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14. Tarzan of the Apes (Tarzan, #1)

By: Edgar Rice Burroughs

3.90

Format: 323 pages, Paperback

1888 W Africa. Newlyweds Lord and Lady Greystoke are marooned by mutineers. He builds a snug cabin … read more

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  • science fiction
"Teach me to speak the language of men."

-Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes (Tarzan, #1)

"I got this story from someone who had no business in the telling of it."

-Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes (Tarzan, #1)

"Even brave men, and D'Arnot was a brave man, are sometimes frightened by solitude."

-Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes (Tarzan, #1)

"P43- that the huge, fierce brute loved this child of another race is beyond question."

-Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes (Tarzan, #1)

15. The Creatures That Time Forgot

By: Ray Bradbury

4.10

Format: 64 pages,

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16. The Veldt

By: Ray Bradbury , Gary Kelley

5.00

Format: 32 pages,

The advanced technology of a house first pleases then increasingly terrifies its occupants. read more

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17. The Weapon Shops of Isher

By: A.E. van Vogt

3.95

Format: 253 pages,

With the publication, in the July 1941 issue of Astounding Science Fiction magazine, of the story S… read more

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18. Backyard Starship (Backyard Starship, #1)

By: J.N. Chaney

4.22

Format: 510 pages, Kindle Edition

When Van Tudor returns to his childhood home, he inherits more than the family farm. His grandfa… read more

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  • science fiction
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19. The Girl Who Was Plugged In

By: James Tiptree Jr.

3.56

Format: 35 pages, None

James Tiptree, Jr. (aka Alice Sheldon) is primarily renowned for her short fiction, but this piece,… read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
"There's nothing in the news except what they want people to know. Half the country could burn up and nobody would know it if they didn't want."

-James Tiptree Jr., The Girl Who Was Plugged In

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20. Hall of Mirrors

By: Fredric Brown

3.82

Format: 17 pages, Nook

Hall of Mirrors appeared in the December 1953 issue of Galaxy Science Fiction.It is a tough decisio… read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories

21. Doorstep

By: Keith Laumer

3.52

Format: 20 pages, ebook

The general was bucking for his other star—and this miserable contraption bucked right back!Keith L… read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
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22. The Gnarly Man

By: L. Sprague de Camp

3.42

Format: 27 pages, Kindle Edition

An ambitious anthropologist visiting New York City for a professional conference takes a siteseeing… read more

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23. The Way of All Ghosts

By: Greg Bear

3.45

Format: 90 pages, ebook

Far Horizons by Robert Silverberg Sleepside: The Collected Fantasies of Greg Bear by Greg Bear read more

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8 Top short stories books like Doorstep by Keith Laumer

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The Tunnel Under the World

Frederik Pohl

5.00

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To Serve Man

Damon Knight

3.87

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The Day Time Stopped Moving

Bradner Buckner

4.42

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Ray Bradbury

3.95

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The Worst Ship in the Fleet (Dumb Luck and Dead Heroes, #1)

Skyler Ramirez

4.08

Transform Your Habits

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J.N. Chaney

4.22

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M.R. Forbes

4.36

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4.45

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