5 Best science fiction books like The Far Call by Gordon R. Dickson

Cover of The Far Call by Gordon R. Dickson

The Far Call

By: Gordon R. Dickson

3.45

Format: None pages, Paperback

Behind-the-scenes intrigues for power and profit imperil the first manned flight to Mars in the 199…

If you liked the science fiction plot in The Far Call by Gordon R. Dickson , here is a list of 5 books like this:

Cover of A Wizard of Earthsea (Earthsea Cycle, #1) by Ursula K. Le Guin

1. 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
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"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)

2. 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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3. Humble Pi: A Comedy of Maths Errors

By: Matt Parker

4.11

Format: 314 pages, Paperback

An international bestseller The book-length answer to anyone who ever put their hand up in math… read more

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"If a new system is implemented, humans can be very resourceful when finding new ways to make mistakes."

-Matt Parker, Humble Pi: A Comedy of Maths Errors

"Even when the data has made it into a database, it is not safe... which brings us, finally, to Microsoft Excel."

-Matt Parker, Humble Pi: A Comedy of Maths Errors

"Now you can safely reply and say that nothing in the Gregorian calendar can happen less frequently than once every four hundred years. JUST FOR FUN."

-Matt Parker, Humble Pi: A Comedy of Maths Errors

"It's times like this when the age of the universe becomes a useful unit of measurement: 64-bit Unix time will last until twenty-one times the age of the universe from now - until (assuming we don't m…"

-Matt Parker, Humble Pi: A Comedy of Maths Errors

Cover of A Desolation Called Peace (Teixcalaan, #2) by Arkady Martine

4. A Desolation Called Peace (Teixcalaan, #2)

By: Arkady Martine

4.32

Format: 496 pages, Kindle Edition

An alien armada lurks on the edges of Teixcalaanli space. No one can communicate with it, no one ca… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"I thought you hated them,"

-Arkady Martine, A Desolation Called Peace (Teixcalaan, #2)

"On the flagship Weight of the Wheel : “You’d have to ask medical,"

-Arkady Martine, A Desolation Called Peace (Teixcalaan, #2)

"exile happened in the heart and the mind long before it happened to the body"

-Arkady Martine, A Desolation Called Peace (Teixcalaan, #2)

"Mahit couldn't decide if she was horrified, proud, or simply, deliciously, hideously intrigued."

-Arkady Martine, A Desolation Called Peace (Teixcalaan, #2)

Cover of A Memory Called Empire (Teixcalaan, #1) by Arkady Martine

5. A Memory Called Empire (Teixcalaan, #1)

By: Arkady Martine

4.12

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

Ambassador Mahit Dzmare arrives in the center of the multi-system Teixcalaanli Empire only to disco… read more

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  • science fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"made in blood, acclaimed in sunlight."

-Arkady Martine, A Memory Called Empire (Teixcalaan, #1)

"Released, I am a spear in the hands of the sun."

-Arkady Martine, A Memory Called Empire (Teixcalaan, #1)

"An end to empires. An immovable object to crash an impossible force upon, and break it."

-Arkady Martine, A Memory Called Empire (Teixcalaan, #1)

"The problem with sending messages was that people responded to them, which meant one had to write more messages in reply."

-Arkady Martine, A Memory Called Empire (Teixcalaan, #1)

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6. Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? And other Questions about Dead Bodies

By: Caitlin Doughty

4.13

Format: 232 pages, Paperback

Everyone has questions about death. In Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?, best-selling author and mortic… read more

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"That's why all the questions in this book come from 100 percent ethically sourced, free-range, organic children."

-Caitlin Doughty, Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? And other Questions about Dead Bodies

"It’s normal to be curious about death. But as people grow up, they internalize this idea that wondering about death is “morbid"

-Caitlin Doughty, Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? And other Questions about Dead Bodies

"Sometimes death can be violent, sudden, and unbearably sad. But it’s also reality, and reality doesn’t change just because you don’t like it."

-Caitlin Doughty, Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? And other Questions about Dead Bodies

"I'm bringing body back. Returning corpses, but they're not intact. Kids, this is a Justin Timberlake reference. You're fine not knowing who that is."

-Caitlin Doughty, Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? And other Questions about Dead Bodies

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7. A Prayer for the Crown-Shy (Monk & Robot, #2)

By: Becky Chambers

4.41

Format: 152 pages, Kindle Edition

After touring the rural areas of Panga, Sibling Dex (a Tea Monk of some renown) and Mosscap (a robo… read more

Similar categories in Becky Chambers's A Prayer for the Crown-Shy (Monk & Robot, #2) book and Gordon R. Dickson's The Far Call

  • science fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"It's one thing to be told about the world that was. It's another to see a piece of it."

-Becky Chambers, A Prayer for the Crown-Shy (Monk & Robot, #2)

Cover of The Far Call by Gordon R. Dickson

8. The Far Call

By: Gordon R. Dickson

3.45

Format: None pages, Paperback

Behind-the-scenes intrigues for power and profit imperil the first manned flight to Mars in the 199… read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
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  • fantasy

5 best-selling fiction books like The Far Call by Gordon R. Dickson

Transform Your Habits

A Wizard of Earthsea (Earthsea Cycle, #1)

Ursula K. Le Guin

4.01

Transform Your Habits

A Desolation Called Peace (Teixcalaan, #2)

Arkady Martine

4.32

Transform Your Habits

A Memory Called Empire (Teixcalaan, #1)

Arkady Martine

4.12

Transform Your Habits

A Prayer for the Crown-Shy (Monk & Robot, #2)

Becky Chambers

4.41

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11 Best adult books like Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? And other Questions about Dead Bodies by Caitlin Doughty

Transform Your Habits

Rest in Pieces: The Curious Fates of Famous Corpses

Bess Lovejoy

3.84

Transform Your Habits

What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1)

T. Kingfisher

3.89

Transform Your Habits

A Taste for Poison: Eleven Deadly Molecules and the Killers Who Used Them

Neil Bradbury

4.12

Transform Your Habits

Gory Details: Adventures from the Dark Side of Science

Erika Engelhaupt

4.09

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