Menace of the Machine: The Rise of AI in Classic Science Fiction
By: Mike Ashley
3.97
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
'It's a hazardous experiment,' they all said, 'putting in new and untried machinery' Caution bewar…
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1. Foxglove Summer (Rivers of London, #5)
By: Ben Aaronovitch
4.20
Format: 377 pages, Hardcover
In the fifth of his bestselling series Ben Aaronovitch takes Peter Grant out of whatever comfort zo… read more
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"But . . ."-Ben Aaronovitch, Foxglove Summer (Rivers of London, #5)
"Fuck me,' I said out loud, 'I'm in fairyland."-Ben Aaronovitch, Foxglove Summer (Rivers of London, #5)
"The night may be dark and full of terrors, I thought, but I've got a big stick."-Ben Aaronovitch, Foxglove Summer (Rivers of London, #5)
"There's nothing quite like Latin for disguising the fact that you're making it up as you go along."-Ben Aaronovitch, Foxglove Summer (Rivers of London, #5)
2. The Furthest Station (Rivers of London, #5.5)
By: Ben Aaronovitch
4.10
Format: 144 pages, ebook
There have been ghosts on the London Underground, sad, harmless spectres whose presence does little… read more
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"I didn't ask why anybody would want to risk the electric two-step on the tracks because, as police, all three of us knew that there wasn't anything so stupid that somebody wouldn't try it sooner or l…"-Ben Aaronovitch, The Furthest Station (Rivers of London, #5.5)
3. Moon Over Soho (Rivers of London, #2)
By: Ben Aaronovitch
4.08
Format: 375 pages, Hardcover
The song. That’s what apprentice wizard and London Metropolitan Police Constable Peter Grant fi… read more
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"He threw a fireball at me. I threw a chimney stack at him - that's the London way."-Ben Aaronovitch, Moon Over Soho (Rivers of London, #2)
" Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards , I thought. For they are soggy and hard to light. "-Ben Aaronovitch, Moon Over Soho (Rivers of London, #2)
"First law of gossip - there's no point knowing something if somebody else doesn't know you know it."-Ben Aaronovitch, Moon Over Soho (Rivers of London, #2)
"It's a sad fact of modern life that if you drive long enough, sooner or later you must leave London behind."-Ben Aaronovitch, Moon Over Soho (Rivers of London, #2)
4. Sargasso of Space (Solar Queen, #1)
By: Andre Norton
3.92
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
Almost half a century ago, renowned science fiction and fantasy author Andre Norton introduced appr… read more
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5. Foundation and Earth (Foundation, #5)
By: Isaac Asimov
4.07
Format: 528 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Golan Trevize, former Councilman of the First Foundation, has chosen the future, and it is Gaia. A … read more
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"The Galaxy seems to be crowded with things I don't understand."-Isaac Asimov, Foundation and Earth (Foundation, #5)
"Where is the world whose people don't prefer a comfortable, warm, and well-worn belief, however illogical, to the chilly winds of uncertainty?"-Isaac Asimov, Foundation and Earth (Foundation, #5)
"There are always individuals who pit their minds against the general modes of thought and who are arrogant enough to feel that they alone are right and that the many are wrong."-Isaac Asimov, Foundation and Earth (Foundation, #5)
"Are you truly a robot?" "Truly, sir," said Daneel. Pelorat's face seemed to shine with joy. He said, "There are references to a robot named Daneel in the old legends. Are you named in his honor?" "I …"-Isaac Asimov, Foundation and Earth (Foundation, #5)
6. Trouble with Lichen
By: John Wyndham
3.68
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
"Trouble with Lichen" by John Wyndham is a captivating work of speculative fiction that delves into… read more
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"What makes you think I want to “inspire confidence"-John Wyndham, Trouble with Lichen
"[A] nation’s science simply has to keep up with the Jones’s these days."-John Wyndham, Trouble with Lichen
"Once an idea has been planted no one can tell when and where it will stop growing."-John Wyndham, Trouble with Lichen
"[T]he purity of emotional response seemed to have been sullied by a tincture of thought."-John Wyndham, Trouble with Lichen
7. The Seeds of Time
By: John Wyndham
3.80
Format: 222 pages, Mass Market Paperback
For the ten short stories collected here, John Wyndham turns his imagination to, among other subjec… read more
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"What we do with the product of genius is first of all ram it down to the lowest common denominator and then multiply it by the vulgarest possible fraction. -from "Pawley's Peepholes"-John Wyndham, The Seeds of Time
"You can't kill an idea the way they try to. You can keep it down awhile, but sooner or later it'll come out. Now what you've got to understand is that the wheel's not evil. Never mind what the scared…"-John Wyndham, The Seeds of Time
8. Foundation's Edge (Foundation, #4)
By: Isaac Asimov
4.18
Format: 450 pages, Paperback
At last, the costly and bitter war between the two Foundations had come to an end. The scientists o… read more
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"He didn’t believe that, surely."-Isaac Asimov, Foundation's Edge (Foundation, #4)
"A happy wall is a long-lived wall, a practical wall, a useful wall."-Isaac Asimov, Foundation's Edge (Foundation, #4)
"It seems to me, Golan, that the advance of civilization is nothing but an exercise in the limiting of privacy."-Isaac Asimov, Foundation's Edge (Foundation, #4)
"Pelorat sighed. 'I will never understand people.' 'There's nothing to it. All you have to do is take a close look at yourself and you will understand everyone else."-Isaac Asimov, Foundation's Edge (Foundation, #4)
9. August Heat (Inspector Montalbano, #10)
By: Andrea Camilleri , Stephen Sartarelli
4.67
Format: 48 pages, Paperback
When a colleague extends his summer vacation, Inspector Salvo Montalbano is forced to stay in Vigat… read more
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10. To Say Nothing of the Dog (Oxford Time Travel, #2)
By: Connie Willis
3.50
Format: 192 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Connie Willis' Hugo and Nebula Award-winning Doomsday Book uses time travel for a serious look at h… read more
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11. Forward the Foundation (Foundation: Prequel #2)
By: Isaac Asimov
3.64
Format: 264 pages, Paperback
Librarian's note: There is an Alternate Cover Edition for this edition of this book . A stunning t… read more
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12. Plague Ship (Solar Queen, #2)
By: Andre Norton
3.53
Format: 39 pages, Paperback
Lured by exotic gems and valuable oils, the crew of the space trader Solar Queen landed on the newl… read more
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13. Prelude to Foundation
By: Isaac Asimov
3.69
Format: 88 pages, Paperback
Alternate cover edition for ISBN: It is 12,020 G.E. and Emperor Cleon I sits uneasily on the Impe… read more
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14. Helliconia Summer (Helliconia, #2)
By: Brian W. Aldiss
3.99
Format: 380 pages, Paperback
This is the second part of the epic science fiction trilogy The Helliconia Trilogy. read more
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15. The Day of the Triffids
By: John Wyndham
4.01
Format: None pages, Paperback
In 1951 John Wyndham published his novel The Day of the Triffidsto moderate acclaim. Fifty-two year… read more
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16. The Prestige
By: Christopher Priest
3.81
Format: 263 pages, Paperback
In 1878, two young stage magicians clash in the dark during the course of a fraudulent seance. From… read more
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17. Keep the Aspidistra Flying
By: George Orwell
4.00
Format: 592 pages, Paperback
London, 1936. Gordon Comstock has declared war on the money god; and Gordon is losing the war. Near… read more
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18. Chocky
By: John Wyndham
3.68
Format: 336 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Cover Artist: Harry Willock Matthew, they thought, was just going through a phase of talking to him… read more
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19. Broken Homes (Rivers of London, #4)
By: Ben Aaronovitch
4.16
Format: 357 pages, Hardcover
A mutilated body in Crawley. Another killer on the loose. The prime suspect is one Robert Weil; an … read more
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"Fuck me,' I said to Toby. 'We're living in Isengard."-Ben Aaronovitch, Broken Homes (Rivers of London, #4)
"In the winter she curls up around a good book and dreams away the cold."-Ben Aaronovitch, Broken Homes (Rivers of London, #4)
"This book is dedicated to all the people who get up and do something about it, whatever “it"-Ben Aaronovitch, Broken Homes (Rivers of London, #4)
"I had found the upper limit of my courage. Fortunately for me, there is no known lower limit to human stupidity."-Ben Aaronovitch, Broken Homes (Rivers of London, #4)
20. Consider Her Ways and Others
By: John Wyndham
5.00
Format: 30 pages, Paperback
Consider Her WaysJane Waterleigh has no memory of her past wakes up and discovers that she is a mot… read more
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21. Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures
By: Merlin Sheldrake
4.35
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
There is a lifeform so strange and wondrous that it forces us to rethink how life works…Neither pla… read more
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"I have tried to find ways to enjoy the ambiguities that fungi present, but it's not always easy to be comfortable in the space created by open questions. Agoraphobia can set in. It's tempting to hide…"-Merlin Sheldrake, Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures
"Anthropomorphism is usually thought of as an illusion that arises like a blister in soft human minds: untrained, undisciplined, unhardened. There are good reasons for this: when we humanise the world…"-Merlin Sheldrake, Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures
"Fungi make worlds. They also unmake them. There are lots of ways to catch them in the act. When you cook mushroom soup, or just eat it. When you go out gathering mushrooms, or buy them. When you ferm…"-Merlin Sheldrake, Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures
22. I Am Legend
By: Richard Matheson
4.06
Format: 162 pages, Kindle Edition
Robert Neville is the last living man on Earth... but he is not alone. Every other man, woman and c… read more
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"Miniture protoplasm, the dirty little bastard!"-Richard Matheson, I Am Legend
"What would a Mohammedan vampire do if faced with a cross?"-Richard Matheson, I Am Legend
"Full circle. A new terror born in death, a new superstition entering the unassailable fortress of forever. I am legend."-Richard Matheson, I Am Legend
"It’s horrible," she said. He looked at her in surprise. Horrible? Wasn’t that odd? He hadn’t thought that for years. For him the word “horror"-Richard Matheson, I Am Legend
23. Amongst Our Weapons (Rivers of London, #9)
By: Ben Aaronovitch
4.33
Format: 294 pages, Hardcover
Now in hardcover, the ninth book of the bestselling Rivers of London urban fantasy series returns t… read more
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"What makes you think I know?' asked Zach, who, if questioned, would deny his own existence out of sheer habit."-Ben Aaronovitch, Amongst Our Weapons (Rivers of London, #9)
"I saw nothing suspicious—which is unusual. A copper can usually find something suspicious if they look hard enough."-Ben Aaronovitch, Amongst Our Weapons (Rivers of London, #9)
"Always look after your people,' he said as I noted down the order. 'The way you treat them sets an example for the way they treat others."-Ben Aaronovitch, Amongst Our Weapons (Rivers of London, #9)
"Lips too thick and nose too wide–he looked like he’d stepped out of an early Asterix comic. Subconscious racism, I thought–it will fuck you up every time."-Ben Aaronovitch, Amongst Our Weapons (Rivers of London, #9)
24. The Honjin Murders (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #1)
By: Seishi Yokomizo
3.66
Format: 189 pages, Paperback
One of Japan's greatest classic murder mysteries, introducing their best loved detective, translate… read more
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"What was Kenzo's reaction to all this criticism? His approach was to stay completely silent. He made no move whatsoever to respond to any of it. And, of course, water eventually wins over fire. One b…"-Seishi Yokomizo, The Honjin Murders (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #1)
25. A Stroke of the Pen
By: Terry Pratchett
4.03
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Far away and long ago, when dragons still existed and the only arcade game was ping-pong in black a… read more
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"Dragons Invade The Crumbling Castle Area,’ shouted the first page (this was the headline), and then he said in an ordinary voice: ‘For full details hear Page Three."-Terry Pratchett, A Stroke of the Pen
26. The Premonition
By: Banana Yoshimoto
3.43
Format: 133 pages, Hardcover
The internationally beloved author of Kitchen and Dead-End Memories returns with a beautiful and he… read more
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"I'd never known a love before that could blot out the world around like this."-Banana Yoshimoto, The Premonition
"Later, for the first time in a very long time, I heard my aunt play the piano. Its tone was soft, and just like I remembered it. At the kitchen window one overcast afternoon, I watched its beautiful …"-Banana Yoshimoto, The Premonition
27. The Untold Story (The Invisible Library, #8)
By: Genevieve Cogman
4.31
Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition
In this thrilling historical fantasy, time-traveling Librarian spy Irene will need to delve deep in… read more
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"Stories are like that. They’ll wait for you until you can come back to them."-Genevieve Cogman, The Untold Story (The Invisible Library, #8)
28. The Doors of Eden
By: Adrian Tchaikovsky
3.87
Format: 609 pages, ebook
Lee’s best friend went missing on Bodmin Moor, four years ago. She and Mal were chasing rumours of … read more
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29. The Cornish Wedding Murder (The Nosey Parker Mysteries #1)
By: Fiona Leitch
4.05
Format: 369 pages, Kindle Edition
Still spinning from the hustle and bustle of city life, Jodie ‘Nosey’ Parker is glad to be back in … read more
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30. The Society of Time: The Original Trilogy and Other Stories (British Library Science Fiction Classics Book 16)
By: John Brunner
3.90
Format: 282 pages, Kindle Edition
'A picture was coming to him now. He could visualise the path of history in each of those innumerab… read more
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31. Menace of the Machine: The Rise of AI in Classic Science Fiction
By: Mike Ashley
3.97
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
'It's a hazardous experiment,' they all said, 'putting in new and untried machinery' Caution bewar… read more
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