11 best-selling science fiction books like The Automaton Ear, and Other Sketches by Florence McLandburgh

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The Automaton Ear, and Other Sketches

By: Florence McLandburgh

2.79

Format: 60 pages, Paperback

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free…

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1. To the Lighthouse

By: Virginia Woolf

3.80

Format: 209 pages, Paperback

The serene and maternal Mrs. Ramsay, the tragic yet absurd Mr. Ramsay, and their children and assor… read more

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"I have had my vision."

-Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse

"Well, we must wait for the future to show."

-Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse

"[...] there was only the sound of the sea."

-Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse

"The very stone one kicks with one's boot will outlast Shakespeare."

-Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse

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2. Dr. Faustus

By: Christopher Marlowe

3.80

Format: 64 pages, Paperback

The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus, commonly referred to simply as Doctor… read more

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"Hell is just a frame of mind."

-Christopher Marlowe, Dr. Faustus

"Be silent then, for danger is in words."

-Christopher Marlowe, Dr. Faustus

"Solamen miseris socios habuisse doloris."

-Christopher Marlowe, Dr. Faustus

"He that loves pleasure must for pleasure fall."

-Christopher Marlowe, Dr. Faustus

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3. The Mortal Immortal: The Complete Supernatural Short Fiction of Mary Shelley

By: Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley , Jacob Weisman , None

3.73

Format: 58 pages, Paperback

This vibrant collection contains all five of Mary Shelley's supernatural stories, and sheds much ne… read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
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4. Mrs. Dalloway

By: Virginia Woolf , Maureen Howard

3.79

Format: 194 pages, Hardcover

Heralded as Virginia Woolf's greatest novel, this is a vivid portrait of a single day in a woman's … read more

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"Life stand still here."

-Virginia Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway

"What a lark! What a plunge!"

-Virginia Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway

"To love makes one solitary."

-Virginia Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway

"What does the brain matter compared with the heart?"

-Virginia Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway

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5. Invisible Man

By: Ralph Ellison

3.91

Format: 581 pages, Paperback

First published in 1952 and immediately hailed as a masterpiece, Invisible Man is one of those rare… read more

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"When I discover who I am, I’ll be free."

-Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man

"You're very insistent, but I'm very busy."

-Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man

"They could laugh at him but they couldn't ignore him"

-Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man

"I could hardly get to sleep for dreaming of revenge."

-Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man

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6. The Man in the High Castle

By: Philip K. Dick

3.60

Format: 259 pages, Paperback

It's America in 1962. Slavery is legal once again. The few Jews who still survive hide under assume… read more

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  • science fiction
"Don’t you feel it?"

-Philip K. Dick, The Man in the High Castle

"Truth, she thought. As terrible as death. But harder to find."

-Philip K. Dick, The Man in the High Castle

"Dreadful low-class jingoistic racist invectives, unworthy of me."

-Philip K. Dick, The Man in the High Castle

"We are all insects. Groping towards something terrible or divine."

-Philip K. Dick, The Man in the High Castle

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7. A Midsummer Night’s Dream

By: William Shakespeare , Barbara A. Mowat , Paul Werstine , Catherine Belsey

3.95

Format: 298 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Shakespeare's intertwined love polygons begin to get complicated from the start--Demetrius and Lysa… read more

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"My soul is in the sky."

-William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream

"Farewell, sweet playfellow."

-William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream

"Lord, what fools these mortals be!"

-William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream

"Methought I was enamour'd of an ass."

-William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream

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8. The Star

By: H.G. Wells , Goran Lowie

4.03

Format: 453 pages, ebook

First published in the magazine The Graphic, December 1897. In January (about 1900, presumably), th… read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
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9. Sultana's Dream

By: Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain , Durga Bai

3.72

Format: 78 pages, Hardcover

The female narrator of Sultana's Dreamwanders into a dream city that shuns war and violence. In thi… read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
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10. A Tale of the Ragged Mountains

By: Edgar Allan Poe

3.71

Format: 656 pages,

Suspense, fear and the supernatural provide the center for this tale by the master prose writer. read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
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11. The Colour Out of Space

By: H.P. Lovecraft

4.03

Format: 78 pages, Mass Market Paperback

'It was a monstrous constellation of unnatural light, like a glutted swarm of corpse-fed fireflies … read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
"It was nothing of this earth, but a piece of the great outside; and as such dowered with outside properties and obedient to outside laws."

-H.P. Lovecraft, The Colour Out of Space

"West of Arkham the hills rise wild and there are valleys with deep woods that no ax has ever cut. There are dark, narrow glens where the trees slope fantastically, where thin brooklets trickle withou…"

-H.P. Lovecraft, The Colour Out of Space

12. A Martian Odyssey

By: Stanley G. Weinbaum

4.53

Format: 194 pages,

A Martian Odyssey is a science fiction short story by Stanley G. Weinbaum originally published in t… read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
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13. The Horror of the Heights

By: Arthur Conan Doyle

5.00

Format: None pages, ebook

"The Horror of the Heights" is a short story by Arthur Conan Doyle. It was first published in Stran… read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories

14. The Two Gentlemen of Verona

By: William Shakespeare , Barbara A. Mowat , Paul Werstine

4.10

Format: None pages, Paperback

The world's leading center for Shakespeare studies Each edition includes: * printed version of the … read more

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15. Faust: First Part

By: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe , Peter Salm

4.21

Format: None pages, Paperback

Goethe's masterpiece and perhaps the greatest work in German literature, Faust has made the legenda… read more

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16. The Mortal Immortal, and the Evil Eye

By: Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

3.64

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (nee Godwin) (1797-1851) was an English romantic gothic novelist. She r… read more

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  • short stories
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17. R.U.R.

By: Karel Čapek , Nigel Playfair , Paul Selver

3.83

Format: 58 pages, Paperback

R.U.R.--written in 1920--garnered worldwide acclaim for its author and popularized the word "Robot.… read more

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  • science fiction
"Nobody can hate man more than man."

-Karel Čapek, R.U.R.

"nothing is stranger to man than his own image"

-Karel Čapek, R.U.R.

"Robot" is a machine that makes the functions of a man."

-Karel Čapek, R.U.R.

"A man has to be a bit mad [...]. That's the best thing about him."

-Karel Čapek, R.U.R.

18. The Door in the Wall

By: H.G. Wells

4.06

Format: 368 pages,

The Door in the Wall, considered by both readers and critics, to be Wells's finest tale, examines a… read more

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19. The Taming of the Shrew

By: William Shakespeare

3.78

Format: 438 pages,

Renowned as Shakespeare's most boisterous comedy, The Taming of the Shrew is the tale of two young … read more

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20. The Tempest

By: William Shakespeare

4.27

Format: 127 pages,

In The Tempest, long considered one of Shakespeare's most lyrical plays, Prospero--a magician on an… read more

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21. Naomi's Road

By: Joy Kogawa

3.99

Format: 284 pages, Paperback

A brand new edition of a children's classic First published to critical acclaim in 1986, Naomi's Ro… read more

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22. The Hearing Trumpet

By: Leonora Carrington , Pablo Weisz Carrington

4.14

Format: None pages, Paperback

Leonora Carrington, the distinguished British-born Surrealist painter is also a writer of extraordi… read more

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23. The Diamond Lens

By: Fitz-James O'Brien

4.00

Format: 231 pages, Paperback

Fitz-James O'Brien (1828-1862) was an author and is often considered one of the forerunners of toda… read more

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24. The Birthmark

By: Nathaniel Hawthorne

4.32

Format: 210 pages, Paperback

The main character is a great scientist and lover of nature with a beautiful wife whom he loves dea… read more

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25. A Psychological Shipwreck

By: Ambrose Bierce

3.21

Format: 192 pages,

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26. The Island of Dr. Moreau

By: H.G. Wells

4.67

Format: 46 pages, Paperback

Ranked among the classic novels of the English language and the inspiration for several unforgettab… read more

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27. Persian Letters

By: Montesquieu , None

3.92

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

This richly evocative novel-in-letters tells the story of two Persian noblemen who have left their … read more

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28. The Tachypomp

By: Edward Page Mitchell

2.90

Format: 338 pages, Hardcover

Later described as ""the lost giant of American science fiction,"" Edward Page Mitchell wrote many … read more

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  • science fiction
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29. The Automaton Ear, and Other Sketches

By: Florence McLandburgh

2.79

Format: 60 pages, Paperback

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free… read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories

9 must-read short stories books like The Automaton Ear, and Other Sketches by Florence McLandburgh

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3.73

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4.03

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Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain , Durga Bai

3.72

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Edgar Allan Poe

3.71

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Everyman

Anonymous , Unknown

3.27

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Anonymous , Unknown , Martin White , Tom Lockwood

3.47

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Christopher Marlowe

3.80

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William Congreve

3.31

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