14 Top fantasy books like All About Venus by Brian W. Aldiss

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All About Venus

By: Brian W. Aldiss

3.44

Format: 219 pages, Paperback

A Revelation of the Planet Venus in Fact and Fiction by Arthur C. Clarke - C.S. Lewis - Olaf Staple…

If you liked the fantasy plot in All About Venus by Brian W. Aldiss , here is a list of 14 books like this:

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1. The Horror in the Museum

By: H.P. Lovecraft , Stephen Jones

4.02

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

Some tales in this collection were inspired by H. P. Lovecraft, others he revised, two he co-author… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • anthologies
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2. The Dragon Masters

By: Jack Vance

3.80

Format: 233 pages, Paperback

Man against dragon. Each bred for slaughter. "The Dragon Masters is a story grounded in genetic … read more

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  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"If there were no such creatures as minstrel-maidens, it would be necessary to invent them."

-Jack Vance, The Dragon Masters

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3. When the Sleeper Wakes

By: H.G. Wells , Orson Scott Card

3.36

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Graham, an 1890s radical pamphleteer who is eagerly awaiting the twentieth century and all the adva… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"There is no liberty save wisdom and self-control."

-H.G. Wells, When the Sleeper Wakes

"As if there wasn't a thousand things that were never heard."

-H.G. Wells, When the Sleeper Wakes

"So long as there are sheep Nature will insist on beasts of prey."

-H.G. Wells, When the Sleeper Wakes

"There is no liberty, save wisdom and self-control. Liberty is within--not without. It is each man's own affair."

-H.G. Wells, When the Sleeper Wakes

Cover of Again, Dangerous Visions by Ursula K. Le Guin, Gregory Benford, Kate Wilhelm, Piers Anthony, Ray Bradbury, David Gerrold, Gene Wolfe, Thomas M. Disch, Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Gahan Wilson, Dean Koontz, James Sallis, Harlan Ellison, Joanna Russ, James Tiptree Jr., Ben Bova, James Blish, Chad Oliver, Barry N. Malzberg, Richard A. Lupoff, Terry Carr, M. John Harrison, Edward Bryant, Andrew J. Offutt, Lee Hoffman, H.H. Hollis, Richard Hill, Ross Rocklynne, Bernard Wolfe, Andrew Weiner, Ray Faraday Nelson, Leonard Tushnet, T.L. Sherred, John Heidenry, None, None, None, Josephine Saxton, Ken McCullough, None, None, Judith Ann Lawrence, None, None

4. Again, Dangerous Visions

By: Ursula K. Le Guin , Gregory Benford , Kate Wilhelm , Piers Anthony , Ray Bradbury , David Gerrold , Gene Wolfe , Thomas M. Disch , Kurt Vonnegut Jr. , Gahan Wilson , Dean Koontz , James Sallis , Harlan Ellison , Joanna Russ , James Tiptree Jr. , Ben Bova , James Blish , Chad Oliver , Barry N. Malzberg , Richard A. Lupoff , Terry Carr , M. John Harrison , Edward Bryant , Andrew J. Offutt , Lee Hoffman , H.H. Hollis , Richard Hill , Ross Rocklynne , Bernard Wolfe , Andrew Weiner , Ray Faraday Nelson , Leonard Tushnet , T.L. Sherred , John Heidenry , None , None , None , Josephine Saxton , Ken McCullough , None , None , Judith Ann Lawrence , None , None

3.44

Format: 213 pages, Hardcover

Again, Dangerous Visions, first published in 1972, is the sequel to the sf short story anthology Da… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • anthologies
Cover of The Once and Future King (The Once and Future King #1-4) by T.H. White

5. The Once and Future King (The Once and Future King #1-4)

By: T.H. White

4.67

Format: 48 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Once upon a time, a young boy called "Wart" was tutored by a magician named Merlyn in preparation f… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Le Ton beau de Marot: In Praise of the Music of Language by Douglas R. Hofstadter

6. Le Ton beau de Marot: In Praise of the Music of Language

By: Douglas R. Hofstadter

3.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

Lost in an art--the art of translation. Thus, in an elegant anagram (translation = lost in an art),… read more

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7. 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
"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)

Cover of The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales by Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm, Joseph Campbell, James Stern, Padraic Colum, Josef Scharl, Margaret Raine Hunt

8. The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales

By: Jacob Grimm , Wilhelm Grimm , Joseph Campbell , James Stern , Padraic Colum , Josef Scharl , Margaret Raine Hunt

3.67

Format: 244 pages, Paperback

For almost two centuries, the stories of magic and myth gathered by the Brothers Grimm have been pa… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of A Deepness in the Sky (Zones of Thought, #2) by Vernor Vinge

9. 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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  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"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)

10. The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick 1: The Short Happy Life of the Brown Oxford

By: Roger Zelazny , Philip K. Dick , Steven Owen Godersky

3.68

Format: 191 pages, Paperback

Many thousands of readers consider Philip K. Dick the greatest science fiction mind on any planet. … read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • anthologies
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11. A Maze of Death

By: Philip K. Dick

3.66

Format: 162 pages,

Delmak-O is a dangerous planet. Though there are only fourteen citizens, no one can trust anyone el… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
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12. Untouched By Human Hands

By: Robert Sheckley

4.00

Format: 126 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The 1950s saw publication of Sheckley's 1st four books: short story collections Untouched by Human … read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • anthologies

13. The Man in the Iron Mask (The D'Artagnan Romances, #3.3)

By: Alexandre Dumas , Francine du Plessix Gray , Joachim Neugroschel

4.11

Format: None pages, Paperback

A swashbuckling novel of political intrigue. In the concluding installment of Alexandre Dumas's cel… read more

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14. The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick 3: Second Variety

By: John Brunner , Philip K. Dick

3.73

Format: 251 pages, Paperback

Many thousands of readers consider Philip K. Dick the greatest science fiction mind on any planet. … read more

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15. Gulliver of Mars

By: Frank Frazetta , Edwin Lester Arnold

3.51

Format: 235 pages, Paperback

Lieutenant Gulliver Jones, U.S.N., arrived on Mars in a most unexpected fashion and promptly found … read more

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16. The Beast

By: A.E. van Vogt

4.33

Format: 700 pages, Paperback

One of the finest writers in the golden age of science fiction--and inventor of the intricatley plo… read more

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17. 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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18. Transgalactic

By: A.E. van Vogt , David Drake , Eric Flint

4.43

Format: 303 pages, Paperback

Empire of the Atomand The Wizard of Linn:Global war smashed civilisation, or so the legends said, b… read more

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19. The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick 4: The Minority Report

By: Philip K. Dick

3.82

Format: None pages, Paperback

Many thousands of readers consider Philip K. Dick the greatest science fiction mind on any planet. … read more

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20. From a Buick 8

By: Stephen King

4.19

Format: 168 pages,

The Barnes & Noble Review At first glance, Stephen King's latest bears a familial resemblance to ,… read more

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21. Closed for Winter (William Wisting #7)

By: Jørn Lier Horst , Anne Bruce

3.60

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

The second William Wisting mystery to be translated into English, after the successful Dregs. Ove B… read more

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22. 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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23. The Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industry

By: Jon Ronson

4.19

Format: 45 pages,

They say one out of every hundred people is a psychopath. You probably passed on on the street toda… read more

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24. The Darkness on Diamondia

By: A.E. van Vogt

3.73

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

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25. The Snow Queen (The Snow Queen Cycle, #1)

By: Joan D. Vinge

4.00

Format: None pages,

This reissue of a modern classic of science fiction, the Hugo and Locus Award-winning and Nebula-no… read more

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26. The Shooting Party

By: Anton Chekhov , John Sutherland , Ronald Wilks

4.38

Format: 83 pages, Paperback

Anton Chekhov's only full-length novel, this Penguin Classics edition of The Shooting Party is tran… read more

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Cover of The Sins of Our Fathers (The Expanse, #9.5) by James S.A. Corey

27. The Sins of Our Fathers (The Expanse, #9.5)

By: James S.A. Corey

4.14

Format: 64 pages, ebook

Through one of the gates, a colony stands alone. Their supplies are low. Their defenses, weak. The … read more

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  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Patricia Wants to Cuddle by Samantha  Allen

28. Patricia Wants to Cuddle

By: Samantha Allen

3.56

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

The contestants of a reality television dating show compete for love—and their lives—in this pulse-… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
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29. When Things Get Dark

By: Ellen Datlow

3.90

Format: 382 pages, Kindle Edition

Legendary editor, Ellen Datlow, collects today’s best horror writers in tribute to the genius of Sh… read more

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  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • anthologies
"Soul searching pairs seductively with large quantities of liquor."

-Ellen Datlow, When Things Get Dark

Cover of Spirits of the Season: Christmas Hauntings (British Library Tales of the Weird #5) by Tanya Kirk

30. Spirits of the Season: Christmas Hauntings (British Library Tales of the Weird #5)

By: Tanya Kirk

4.07

Format: 318 pages, Paperback

Festive cheer turns to maddening fear in this new collection of seasonal hauntings, presenting the … read more

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  • fiction
  • anthologies
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31. All About Venus

By: Brian W. Aldiss

3.44

Format: 219 pages, Paperback

A Revelation of the Planet Venus in Fact and Fiction by Arthur C. Clarke - C.S. Lewis - Olaf Staple… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • anthologies

16 must-read fiction books like All About Venus by Brian W. Aldiss

Transform Your Habits

The Horror in the Museum

H.P. Lovecraft , Stephen Jones

4.02

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The Dragon Masters

Jack Vance

3.80

Transform Your Habits

When the Sleeper Wakes

H.G. Wells , Orson Scott Card

3.36

Transform Your Habits

Again, Dangerous Visions

Ursula K. Le Guin , Gregory Benford , Kate Wilhelm , Piers Anthony , Ray Bradbury , David Gerrold , Gene Wolfe , Thomas M. Disch , Kurt Vonnegut Jr. , Gahan Wilson , Dean Koontz , James Sallis , Harlan Ellison , Joanna Russ , James Tiptree Jr. , Ben Bova , James Blish , Chad Oliver , Barry N. Malzberg , Richard A. Lupoff , Terry Carr , M. John Harrison , Edward Bryant , Andrew J. Offutt , Lee Hoffman , H.H. Hollis , Richard Hill , Ross Rocklynne , Bernard Wolfe , Andrew Weiner , Ray Faraday Nelson , Leonard Tushnet , T.L. Sherred , John Heidenry , None , None , None , Josephine Saxton , Ken McCullough , None , None , Judith Ann Lawrence , None , None

3.44

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Tales From the Clarke (The Human Division, #5)

John Scalzi

3.99

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The Dog King (The Human Division, #7)

John Scalzi

3.99

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We Only Need the Heads (The Human Division, #3)

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