Galactic Empires 2
By: Brian W. Aldiss
3.70
Format: 278 pages, hardback
Escape to Chaos (MacDonald), Concealment (van Vogt), To Civilize (Budrys), Beep (Blish), Down the R…
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1. The Demolished Man
By: Alfred Bester
3.97
Format: 250 pages, Paperback
In a world in which the police have telepathic powers, how do you get away with murder? Ben Reic… read more
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"The mind is the reality. You are what you think."-Alfred Bester, The Demolished Man
"İnsana fazla güç verip bunları kullanmasına engel olan işlevini kaybetmiş kusurlarını ortadan kaldırmayan, aman bilmez evrim gücüne öfkelenmişti."-Alfred Bester, The Demolished Man
"It was not exasperation.... It was anger for the relentless force of evolution that insisted on endowing man with increased powers without removing the vestigial vices that prevented him from using t…"-Alfred Bester, The Demolished Man
"Here were the somatic messages that fed the cauldron; cell reactions by the incredible billion, organic cries, the muted drone of muscletone, sensory sub-currents, blood-flow, the wavering superheter…"-Alfred Bester, The Demolished Man
2. New Spring (The Wheel of Time, #0)
By: Robert Jordan
4.07
Format: 423 pages, Paperback
The prequel novel to the globally bestselling Wheel of Time series - a fantasy phenomenon The ci… read more
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- fantasy
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"Even the mountains will be worn down with time"-Robert Jordan, New Spring (The Wheel of Time, #0)
"Wish for something hard enough, and you could think you saw it."-Robert Jordan, New Spring (The Wheel of Time, #0)
"Friends lightened many burdens, even those they did not know of."-Robert Jordan, New Spring (The Wheel of Time, #0)
"The inn where she had a small room was called The Gates of Heaven..."-Robert Jordan, New Spring (The Wheel of Time, #0)
3. A Wizard of Earthsea (Earthsea Cycle, #1)
By: Ursula K. Le Guin
4.01
Format: 183 pages, Paperback
Ged, the greatest sorcerer in all Earthsea, was called Sparrowhawk in his reckless youth. Hungr… read more
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- science fiction
- science fiction fantasy
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"Master, I go hunting."-Ursula K. Le Guin, A Wizard of Earthsea (Earthsea Cycle, #1)
"Bu bir taş. Gerçek Lisan’da ise “tolk"-Ursula K. Le Guin, A Wizard of Earthsea (Earthsea Cycle, #1)
"To light a candle is to cast a shadow..."-Ursula K. Le Guin, A Wizard of Earthsea (Earthsea Cycle, #1)
"Encender una vela es proyectar una sombra..."-Ursula K. Le Guin, A Wizard of Earthsea (Earthsea Cycle, #1)
4. Small Gods (Discworld, #13)
By: Terry Pratchett
4.32
Format: 389 pages, Paperback
In the beginning was the Word. And the Word was: "Hey, you!" For Brutha the novice is the Ch… read more
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- science fiction fantasy
- fantasy
- fiction
"Time is a drug. Too much of it kills you."-Terry Pratchett, Small Gods (Discworld, #13)
"Gravity is a habit that is hard to shake off."-Terry Pratchett, Small Gods (Discworld, #13)
"Thou shalt not submit thy god to market forces."-Terry Pratchett, Small Gods (Discworld, #13)
"There’s no point in believing in things that exist."-Terry Pratchett, Small Gods (Discworld, #13)
5. Persepolis Rising (The Expanse, #7)
By: James S.A. Corey
4.37
Format: 608 pages, ebook
The seventh novel in James S. A. Corey's New York Times bestselling Expanse series--now a major tel… read more
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- science fiction fantasy
- space opera
- fiction
- science fiction
- speculative fiction
- fantasy
"So,"-James S.A. Corey, Persepolis Rising (The Expanse, #7)
"I’m really wishing Titan were still on that list of options."-James S.A. Corey, Persepolis Rising (The Expanse, #7)
"The real sign you were getting old was when you stopped needing to prove you weren’t getting old."-James S.A. Corey, Persepolis Rising (The Expanse, #7)
"History was a cycle. Everything that had happened before, all the way back through the generations, would happen again."-James S.A. Corey, Persepolis Rising (The Expanse, #7)
6. The Passage (The Passage, #1)
By: Justin Cronin
4.05
Format: 784 pages, Hardcover
IT HAPPENED FAST. THIRTY-TWO MINUTES FOR ONE WORLD TO DIE, ANOTHER TO BE BORN. First, the unthi… read more
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- science fiction
- fantasy
- fiction
"What strange places our lives can carry us to, what dark passages."-Justin Cronin, The Passage (The Passage, #1)
"The sky was so thick with stars it was as if he could reach out and brush them with his hand."-Justin Cronin, The Passage (The Passage, #1)
"Zander was always sneaking off to the library to get more books ... Guy would read anything. Said books were more interesting than people."-Justin Cronin, The Passage (The Passage, #1)
"And then, despite all these concerns, Arnette felt her mind begin to loosen, the images of the day unwinding inside her like a spool of thread, pulling her down into sleep."-Justin Cronin, The Passage (The Passage, #1)
7. The Deep Range
By: Arthur C. Clarke
3.64
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
After a terrifying nightmare in outer space, Walter Franklin needed to discover a reason for living… read more
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- short stories
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"It is hard to draw any line between compassion and love."-Arthur C. Clarke, The Deep Range
8. The Illustrated Man
By: Ray Bradbury
4.13
Format: 186 pages, Paperback
That The Illustrated Man has remained in print since being published in 1951 is fair testimony to … read more
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- science fiction fantasy
- anthologies
- short stories
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- fantasy
"Oh, death in space was most humorous."-Ray Bradbury, The Illustrated Man
"I shall remain on Mars and read a book."-Ray Bradbury, The Illustrated Man
"Did all dying people feel this way, as if they had never lived?"-Ray Bradbury, The Illustrated Man
"Nothing ever likes to die--not even a room. (p.23 --> The Veldt)"-Ray Bradbury, The Illustrated Man
9. Babylon's Ashes (The Expanse, #6)
By: James S.A. Corey
4.50
Format: 290 pages, Hardcover
The Free Navy - a violent group of Belters in black-market military ships - has crippled the Earth … read more
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- space opera
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10. Blindsight (Firefall, #1)
By: Peter Watts
4.01
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Two months since the stars fell... Two months since sixty-five thousand alien objects clenched a… read more
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- science fiction fantasy
- fiction
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- fantasy
"Evolution has no foresight. Complex machinery develops its own agendas. Brains — cheat. Feedback loops evolve to promote stable heartbeats and then stumble upon the temptation of rhythm and music. Th…"-Peter Watts, Blindsight (Firefall, #1)
11. 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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- fantasy
"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)
12. 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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- fiction
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"... “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
13. Hominids (Neanderthal Parallax, #1)
By: Robert J. Sawyer
4.20
Format: 488 pages, Paperback
Neanderthals have developed a radically different civilization on a parallel Earth. A Neanderthal p… read more
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14. The Man Who Fell to Earth
By: Walter Tevis
4.33
Format: 700 pages, Paperback
T.J. Newton is an extraterrestrial who goes to Earth on a desperate mission of mercy. But instead o… read more
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16. The Warrior's Apprentice (Vorkosigan Saga, #2)
By: Lois McMaster Bujold
4.27
Format: 372 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Between the seemingly impossible tasks of living up to his warrior-father's legend and surmounting … read more
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- space opera
- fiction
- science fiction
- speculative fiction
- fantasy
"The count somehow managed to smile at her and frown menacingly at miles at the same time. The sergeants frown was democratically universal."-Lois McMaster Bujold, The Warrior's Apprentice (Vorkosigan Saga, #2)
"When the time comes to leap in faith whether you have your eyes open or closed or scream all the way down or not makes no practical difference."-Lois McMaster Bujold, The Warrior's Apprentice (Vorkosigan Saga, #2)
"A true Vor, Miles told himself severely, does not bury his face in his liegewoman's breasts and cry—even if he is at a convenient height for it."-Lois McMaster Bujold, The Warrior's Apprentice (Vorkosigan Saga, #2)
"- Su padre y el Estado Mayor ya lo intentaron hace quince años; les llevó dos años poner los reglamentos al día. - Bueno, eso es lo que pasa con los comités."-Lois McMaster Bujold, The Warrior's Apprentice (Vorkosigan Saga, #2)
17. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Captain Nemo, #2)
By: Jules Verne , Anthony Bonner
3.89
Format: 269 pages, Hardcover
When an unidentified “monster” threatens international shipping, French oceanographer Pierre Aronna… read more
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- fantasy
- fiction
"Aures habent et non audient` - `They have ears but hear not"-Jules Verne, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Captain Nemo, #2)
"We may brave human laws, but we cannot resist natural ones."-Jules Verne, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Captain Nemo, #2)
"If there were no thunder, men would have little fear of lightning."-Jules Verne, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Captain Nemo, #2)
"Steam seems to have killed all gratitude in the hearts of sailors."-Jules Verne, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Captain Nemo, #2)
18. The Hammer of God
By: Arthur C. Clarke
3.82
Format: 736 pages, Paperback
In the year 2110 technology has cured most of our worries. But even as humankind enters a new golde… read more
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19. Borders of Infinity (Vorkosigan Saga [Publication] #5.1-5.3)
By: Lois McMaster Bujold
3.81
Format: None pages, Paperback
Limited edition volume. Contents: Frame story that follows Miles' time on Earth in Brothers in Arms… read more
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20. The Vor Game (Vorkosigan Saga, #6)
By: Lois McMaster Bujold
4.27
Format: 346 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Hugo Award Winner! Miles Vorkosigan graduates from the Academy, joins a mutiny, is placed under hou… read more
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- space opera
- fiction
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- fantasy
"He who plots revenge must dig two graves."-Lois McMaster Bujold, The Vor Game (Vorkosigan Saga, #6)
"He’d slam his fist into the wall in frustration but the wall was sure to slam back with greater devastation."-Lois McMaster Bujold, The Vor Game (Vorkosigan Saga, #6)
"But your most insidious chronic problem is in the area of, how shall I put this precisely, subordination. You argue too much."-Lois McMaster Bujold, The Vor Game (Vorkosigan Saga, #6)
"The fourth approved approach for the problem of frontally attacking a guarded wormhole was to shoot the officer who suggested it."-Lois McMaster Bujold, The Vor Game (Vorkosigan Saga, #6)
21. Darwin's Radio (Darwin's Radio #1)
By: Greg Bear
4.00
Format: 204 pages, Paperback
Molecular biologist Kaye Lang's theory--that ancient diseases encoded in the DNA of humans can retu… read more
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22. Elder Race
By: Adrian Tchaikovsky
4.11
Format: 201 pages, Paperback
In Adrian Tchaikovsky's Elder Race, a junior anthropologist on a distant planet must help the local… read more
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- space opera
- short stories
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- science fiction
- speculative fiction
- fantasy
23. Tiamat's Wrath (The Expanse, #8)
By: James S.A. Corey
4.57
Format: 534 pages, Hardcover
Thirteen hundred gates have opened to solar systems around the galaxy. But as humanity builds its i… read more
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- space opera
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"Chapter Fourteen: Teresa “So not unnatural at all,"-James S.A. Corey, Tiamat's Wrath (The Expanse, #8)
"Chapter Fourteen: Teresa “Your dad’s kind of an asshole,"-James S.A. Corey, Tiamat's Wrath (The Expanse, #8)
"Chapter Nineteen: Elvi We just lost two gates, Admiral. And one of them had an entire world filled with people behind it."-James S.A. Corey, Tiamat's Wrath (The Expanse, #8)
"I want this war over with, and a real peace established. The kind where people can be angry with each other and hate each other and no one has to die over it. That’d be enough."-James S.A. Corey, Tiamat's Wrath (The Expanse, #8)
24. The Justice of Kings (Empire of the Wolf, #1)
By: Richard Swan
4.01
Format: 496 pages, Kindle Edition
Action, intrigue, and magic collide in this epic fantasy following Sir Konrad Vonvalt, an Emperor's… read more
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- fantasy
- fiction
25. The Bone Shard Daughter (The Drowning Empire, #1)
By: Andrea Stewart
4.00
Format: 435 pages, Hardcover
The emperor's reign has lasted for decades, his mastery of bone shard magic powering the animal-lik… read more
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- fantasy
- fiction
"Father told me I'm broken."-Andrea Stewart, The Bone Shard Daughter (The Drowning Empire, #1)
"Emahla, for you. I would drink a thousand lies just to see your face again."-Andrea Stewart, The Bone Shard Daughter (The Drowning Empire, #1)
"I am hardened by the suffering of others. Another lie I told myself because I couldn't save everyone."-Andrea Stewart, The Bone Shard Daughter (The Drowning Empire, #1)
"I was Lin. I was the Emperor’s daughter. And I would show him that even broken daughters could wield power."-Andrea Stewart, The Bone Shard Daughter (The Drowning Empire, #1)
26. The Blacktongue Thief (Blacktongue, #1)
By: Christopher Buehlman
4.23
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
Kinch Na Shannack owes the Takers Guild a small fortune for his education as a thief, which include… read more
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- fantasy
- fiction
"This heavy, grass-loving dog,"-Christopher Buehlman, The Blacktongue Thief (Blacktongue, #1)
"He who leaps at the moon Into cowshyte falls. Glory unto cowshyte!"-Christopher Buehlman, The Blacktongue Thief (Blacktongue, #1)
"When listening for danger, one must never mistake silence for safety."-Christopher Buehlman, The Blacktongue Thief (Blacktongue, #1)
"Funny how an attack by a sea monster makes everyone less interested in a duel."-Christopher Buehlman, The Blacktongue Thief (Blacktongue, #1)
27. Murder in an Irish Cottage (Irish Village Mystery, #5)
By: Carlene O'Connor
4.09
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
In a remote—and superstitious—village in County Cork, Ireland, Garda Siobhán O'Sullivan must solve … read more
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- fiction
28. The Bone Shard Emperor (The Drowning Empire, #2)
By: Andrea Stewart
4.08
Format: 560 pages, Hardcover
Andrea Stewart returns with The Bone Shard Emperor, the second installment of this unmissable, act… read more
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- fantasy
- fiction
29. Dead Man in a Ditch (The Fetch Phillips Archives #2)
By: Luke Arnold
4.09
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
A former soldier turned PI solves crime in a world that's lost its magic in this brilliant sequel t… read more
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- fantasy
- fiction
30. Galactic Empires 2
By: Brian W. Aldiss
3.70
Format: 278 pages, hardback
Escape to Chaos (MacDonald), Concealment (van Vogt), To Civilize (Budrys), Beep (Blish), Down the R… read more
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