Hitchhiker
By: Peter Watts
4.10
Format: None pages, None
A short story hidden in the text of another.
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1. Consider Phlebas (Culture, #1)
By: Iain M. Banks
3.85
Format: 467 pages, Paperback
The war raged across the galaxy. Billions had died, billions more were doomed. Moons, planets, the … read more
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- fiction
"Better still to have problems than to let death eradicate them all...."-Iain M. Banks, Consider Phlebas (Culture, #1)
"Look on the happy side, think of the good things. Hadn't it been clever? Yes, it had."-Iain M. Banks, Consider Phlebas (Culture, #1)
"Experience as well as common sense indicated that the most reliable method of avoiding self-extinction was not to equip oneself with the means to accomplish it in the first place."-Iain M. Banks, Consider Phlebas (Culture, #1)
"The Jinmoti of Bozlen Two kill the hereditary ritual assassins of the new Yearking's immediate family by drowning them in the tears of the Continental Empathaur in its Sadness Season."-Iain M. Banks, Consider Phlebas (Culture, #1)
2. The Tower of the Swallow (The Witcher, #4)
By: Andrzej Sapkowski , David French
4.22
Format: 448 pages, Paperback
The world has fallen into war. Ciri, the child of prophecy, has vanished. Hunted by friends and foe… read more
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- fiction
"– Лютик! Не спи в седле! – А я и не сплю. Я творчески мыслю."-Andrzej Sapkowski, The Tower of the Swallow (The Witcher, #4)
"...широкие взгляды — это вернейший способ не замечать других людей"-Andrzej Sapkowski, The Tower of the Swallow (The Witcher, #4)
"They are not demons, not devils... Worse than that. They are people."-Andrzej Sapkowski, The Tower of the Swallow (The Witcher, #4)
"Do you know what learning gives you? The ability to make use of sources."-Andrzej Sapkowski, The Tower of the Swallow (The Witcher, #4)
3. Ice
By: Anna Kavan
3.67
Format: 158 pages, Paperback
In this haunting and surreal novel, the narrator and a man known as the warden search for an elusiv… read more
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- science fiction
- fiction
"Her albino hair illuminated my dreams, shining brighter than moonlight."-Anna Kavan, Ice
"I had never before met anyone who owned a telephone and believed in dragons."-Anna Kavan, Ice
"What I saw had no solidity, it was all made of mist and nylon, with nothing behind."-Anna Kavan, Ice
"I had a curious feeling that I was living on several planes simultaneously; the overlapping of these planes was confusing."-Anna Kavan, Ice
4. Drive (The Expanse, #2.7)
By: James S.A. Corey
4.05
Format: 30 pages, ebook
Read "Drive", a Prequel to The Expanse series. The Expanse, premiering in December 2015 on Syfy,… read more
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- short stories
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"The grass is always greener on the other side of personal extinction."-James S.A. Corey, Drive (The Expanse, #2.7)
"Acceleration is pressing his eyeballs out of their right shape. High tech astigmatism."-James S.A. Corey, Drive (The Expanse, #2.7)
"On Mars, the joke went, a man’s hole was his castle where values of castle approached dorm room."-James S.A. Corey, Drive (The Expanse, #2.7)
"That’s what peace is, right? Postponing the conflict until the thing you were fighting over doesn’t matter."-James S.A. Corey, Drive (The Expanse, #2.7)
5. Roadside Picnic
By: Theodore Sturgeon , Arkady Strugatsky , Boris Strugatsky , Antonina W. Bouis , None
4.14
Format: 145 pages, Paperback
Red Schuhart is a stalker, one of those young rebels who are compelled, in spite of extreme danger,… read more
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- science fiction
- fiction
"Keep your head high,"-Theodore Sturgeon, Roadside Picnic
"Los halagos son el bálsamo de los complejos."-Theodore Sturgeon, Roadside Picnic
"You need money so you don’t have to think about money."-Theodore Sturgeon, Roadside Picnic
"Щастие за всички даром и нека никой да не бъде пренебрегнат!"-Theodore Sturgeon, Roadside Picnic
6. 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
7. They're Made Out of Meat
By: Terry Bisson
3.70
Format: None pages, ebook
Nebula Nomination for Best Short Story 1991. read more
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- short stories
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8. Home (Binti, #2)
By: Nnedi Okorafor
3.87
Format: 260 pages, ebook
It's been a year since Binti and Okwu enrolled at Oomza University. A year since Binti was declared… read more
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- fiction
9. Minority Report and Other Stories
By: Philip K. Dick , Keir Dullea
4.12
Format: None pages, Audiobook
Viewed by many as the greatest science fiction writer on any planet, Philip K. Dick has written som… read more
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- short stories
- fiction
10. The Fractal Prince (Jean le Flambeur, #2)
By: Hannu Rajaniemi
4.00
Format: 162 pages, Kindle Edition
"The good thing is, no one will ever die again. The bad thing is, everyone will want to." A physici… read more
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- fiction
11. Ubik
By: Philip K. Dick , Manuel Espín , None
4.11
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Glen Runciter está muerto. ¿O lo están todos los demás? Lo que es seguro es que alguien ha muerto e… read more
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- fiction
"Hey,"-Philip K. Dick, Ubik
"One of these days,"-Philip K. Dick, Ubik
"Ubik ... Safe when taken as directed."-Philip K. Dick, Ubik
"My father told me what it used to feel like, waiting in the dentist's office. Every time the nurse opened the door you thought, It's happening. The thing I've been afraid of all my life."-Philip K. Dick, Ubik
12. The Stars My Destination
By: Neil Gaiman , Alfred Bester
4.06
Format: 258 pages, Hardcover
In this pulse-quickening novel, Alfred Bester imagines a future in which people "jaunte" a thousand… read more
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- fiction
"Millions for defense, but not one cent for survival."-Neil Gaiman, The Stars My Destination
"Don't ask the world to stop moving because you have doubts."-Neil Gaiman, The Stars My Destination
"I've handed life and death back to the people who do the living and the dying."-Neil Gaiman, The Stars My Destination
"If you can have everything at fifty that you wanted when you were fifteen, you're happy."-Neil Gaiman, The Stars My Destination
13. The Lathe of Heaven
By: Ursula K. Le Guin
4.48
Format: 334 pages,
George Orr is a man who discovers he has the peculiar ability to dream things into being -- for bet… read more
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14. Principles: Life and Work
By: Jeremy Bobb , Ray Dalio
3.99
Format: None pages, Audio CD
#1 New York Times Bestseller "Significant...The book is both instructive and surprisingly moving." … read more
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15. Armor
By: John Steakley
3.93
Format: 192 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Alternate cover edition can be found . The military sci-fi classic in a striking new package Felix… read more
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16. Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 96 (Clarkesworld Magazine, #96)
By: Ken Liu , Peter Watts , Susan Palwick , Leigh Kennedy , Alethea Kontis , Neil Clarke , Alvaro Zinos-Amaro , Xia Jia , Brendan DuBois , None , J.Y. Yang
3.04
Format: 40 pages, Paperback
FICTION "Weather" by Susan Palwick "Patterns of a Murmuration, in Billions of Data Points" by JY Ya… read more
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17. Binti (Binti, #1)
By: Nnedi Okorafor
3.95
Format: 145 pages, ebook
Her name is Binti, and she is the first of the Himba people ever to be offered a place at Oomza Uni… read more
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18. The Last Town (Wayward Pines, #3)
By: Blake Crouch
4.03
Format: 208 pages,
Welcome to Wayward Pines, the last town. Secret Service agent Ethan Burke arrived in Wayward Pines,… read more
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19. The Robots of Dawn (Robot #3)
By: Isaac Asimov
4.15
Format: 32 pages, Paperback
A millennium into the future two advances have altered the course of human history: the colonizatio… read more
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20. The Churn (The Expanse, #0.2)
By: James S.A. Corey , Erik Davies
2.00
Format: None pages, Audiobook
From New York Times bestselling author James S.A. Corey... Before his trip to the stars, before the… read more
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21. Starship Troopers
By: Robert A. Heinlein
4.01
Format: 264 pages, Mass Market Paperback
The historians can’t seem to settle whether to call this one "The Third Space War" (or the fourth),… read more
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"To permit irresponsible authority is to sell disaster."-Robert A. Heinlein, Starship Troopers
"Violence, naked force, has settled more issues in history than has any other factor."-Robert A. Heinlein, Starship Troopers
"But, do you know, once you get used to it's rather cute. I mean, if a girl looks alright to start with, she still looks alright with her head smooth."-Robert A. Heinlein, Starship Troopers
"When you vote, you are exercising political authority, you're using force. And force, my friends, is violence. The supreme authority from which all other authorities are derived."-Robert A. Heinlein, Starship Troopers
22. Wayward (Wayward Pines, #2)
By: Blake Crouch
4.15
Format: None pages, Paperback
Welcome to Wayward Pines, population 461. Nestled amidst picture-perfect mountains, the idyllic tow… read more
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23. The Collapsing Empire (The Interdependency #1)
By: John Scalzi
3.29
Format: 368 pages, ebook
The first novel of a new space-opera sequence set in an all-new universe by the Hugo Award-winning,… read more
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24. The Tombs of Atuan (Earthsea Cycle, #2)
By: Ursula K. Le Guin
4.13
Format: 180 pages, Mass Market Paperback
In this second novel in the Earthsea series, Tenar is chosen as high priestess to the ancient and n… read more
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- fiction
"COME HOME, TENAR! COME HOME!"-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Tombs of Atuan (Earthsea Cycle, #2)
"The road goes upward towards the light; but the laden traveler may never reach the end of it."-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Tombs of Atuan (Earthsea Cycle, #2)
"He had made follow him. He had called her by her name, and she had come crouching to his hand."-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Tombs of Atuan (Earthsea Cycle, #2)
"Pride kept her from confiding in the other girls, and caution kept her from confessing to the older women."-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Tombs of Atuan (Earthsea Cycle, #2)
25. The Farthest Shore (Earthsea Cycle, #3)
By: Ursula K. Le Guin
4.60
Format: None pages, Paperback
Book Three of Ursula K. Le Guin's Earthsea CycleDarkness threatens to overtake Earthsea: the world … read more
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26. The Last Question
By: Isaac Asimov , Bob E. Flick , None
3.78
Format: None pages, Audio CD
The last question was asked for the first time, half in jest, on May 21, 2061, at a time when human… read more
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27. The Butcher of Anderson Station (The Expanse, #0.5)
By: James S.A. Corey
3.62
Format: None pages,
A new story set in the world of The Expanse. One day, Colonel Fred Johnson will be hailed as a hero… read more
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28. Salvation (Salvation Sequence, #1)
By: Peter F. Hamilton
4.13
Format: 576 pages, Paperback
In 2204, humanity is expanding into the wider galaxy in leaps and bounds. A new technology of linke… read more
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- fiction
"Ideology is a sick-soul-meme; it gnaws basic decency away until you can self-justify the most extreme acts as worthwhile to further the cause. Any cause."-Peter F. Hamilton, Salvation (Salvation Sequence, #1)
29. Dead Silence
By: S.A. Barnes
3.80
Format: 343 pages, Hardcover
Titanic meets The Shining in S.A. Barnes’ Dead Silence, a SF horror novel in which a woman and her … read more
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- fiction
"Silence has a different quality to it when you're the only one left alive. It's thicker. Heavier somehow."-S.A. Barnes, Dead Silence
30. Hitchhiker
By: Peter Watts
4.10
Format: None pages, None
A short story hidden in the text of another. read more
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