8 must-read fantasy books like Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 100, January 2015 by Neil Clarke

Cover of Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 100, January 2015 by Neil Clarke

Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 100, January 2015

By: Neil Clarke

3.82

Format: 254 pages, Kindle Edition

FICTION “Three Cups of Grief, by Starlight” by Aliette de Bodard “A Universal Elegy” by Tang Fei,…

"Once in a while, he worries, but about what? Like the scattered clouds that drift over farmland in the afternoon, that sort of anxiety is what, ultimately?"

-Neil Clarke, Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 100, January 2015

"Once in a while, he worries, but about what? Like the scattered clouds that drift over farmland in the afternoon, that sort of anxiety is what, ultimately?"

-Neil Clarke, Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 100, January 2015

"Just a kid with hair the color of raisins and eyes the color of grape jelly, living the life glasstastic in a four bedroom wine bottle on the east end of Plum Pudding..."

-Neil Clarke, Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 100, January 2015

"Just a kid with hair the color of raisins and eyes the color of grape jelly, living the life glasstastic in a four bedroom wine bottle on the east end of Plum Pudding..."

-Neil Clarke, Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 100, January 2015

If you liked the fantasy plot in Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 100, January 2015 by Neil Clarke , here is a list of 8 books like this:

Cover of Strange Dogs (The Expanse, #6.5) by James S.A. Corey

1. Strange Dogs (The Expanse, #6.5)

By: James S.A. Corey

4.07

Format: 112 pages, ebook

Like many before them, Cara and her family ventured through the gates as scientists and researchers… read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
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2. Foundation and Earth (Foundation, #5)

By: Isaac Asimov

4.07

Format: 528 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Golan Trevize, former Councilman of the First Foundation, has chosen the future, and it is Gaia. A … read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
"The Galaxy seems to be crowded with things I don't understand."

-Isaac Asimov, Foundation and Earth (Foundation, #5)

"Where is the world whose people don't prefer a comfortable, warm, and well-worn belief, however illogical, to the chilly winds of uncertainty?"

-Isaac Asimov, Foundation and Earth (Foundation, #5)

"There are always individuals who pit their minds against the general modes of thought and who are arrogant enough to feel that they alone are right and that the many are wrong."

-Isaac Asimov, Foundation and Earth (Foundation, #5)

"Are you truly a robot?" "Truly, sir," said Daneel. Pelorat's face seemed to shine with joy. He said, "There are references to a robot named Daneel in the old legends. Are you named in his honor?" "I …"

-Isaac Asimov, Foundation and Earth (Foundation, #5)

Cover of Persepolis Rising (The Expanse, #7) by James S.A. Corey

3. 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
  • 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)

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4. The Caves of Steel (Robot, #1)

By: Isaac Asimov

4.19

Format: 206 pages, Mass Market Paperback

A millennium into the future two advancements have altered the course of human history: the coloni… read more

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  • science fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
"The troubles of modern life come from being divorced from nature."

-Isaac Asimov, The Caves of Steel (Robot, #1)

"It symbolizes neither one nor the other, but a mixture of the two without priority"

-Isaac Asimov, The Caves of Steel (Robot, #1)

"The first problem of living is to minimize friction with the crowds that surround you on all sides."

-Isaac Asimov, The Caves of Steel (Robot, #1)

"Estamos constantemente al borde de lo incognoscible, e intentando entender lo que no puede ser entendido. Eso es lo que nos hambre hombres."

-Isaac Asimov, The Caves of Steel (Robot, #1)

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5. Abaddon’s Gate (The Expanse, #3)

By: James S.A. Corey

4.27

Format: 539 pages, Paperback

Abaddon's Gate is the third book in the New York Times bestselling Expanse series. For generati… read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
"Partners,"

-James S.A. Corey, Abaddon’s Gate (The Expanse, #3)

"Trashy people puke,"

-James S.A. Corey, Abaddon’s Gate (The Expanse, #3)

"Tell me everything it explains,"

-James S.A. Corey, Abaddon’s Gate (The Expanse, #3)

"No monkey ever reheated a frozen burrito."

-James S.A. Corey, Abaddon’s Gate (The Expanse, #3)

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6. 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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  • humor
  • science fiction fantasy
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • science fiction
Cover of Babylon's Ashes (The Expanse, #6) by James S.A. Corey

7. 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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  • science fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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8. The Peripheral

By: William Gibson

3.42

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

The New York Timesbestselling author of such "high-tech dystopian thriller[s]"* as Neuromancer and … read more

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  • science fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction

9. Cibola Burn (The Expanse, #4)

By: James S.A. Corey

3.82

Format: 262 pages, Hardcover

The fourth novel in James S.A. Corey's New York Times bestselling Expanse series The gates have ope… read more

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10. The Wandering Earth

By: Liu Cixin , Holger Nahm , None , None

3.73

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

First published in Science Fiction World, July 2000. I've never seen the night, nor seen a star; I'… read more

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11. Nemesis Games (The Expanse #5)

By: James S.A. Corey

3.76

Format: 205 pages, Kindle Edition

The fifth novel in Corey's New York Times bestselling Expanse series--now being produced for televi… read more

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12. The Fall of the House of Usher

By: Edgar Allan Poe

3.87

Format: 36 pages, Paperback

Take the plunge. Dive into this classic from the singular mind of Edgar Allan Poe, who is widely re… read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
"[Son] cœur est un luth suspendu; Sitôt qu'on le touche il résonne. — De Béranger "

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Fall of the House of Usher

"A cadaverousness of complexion; an eye large, liquid and very luminous...finely molded chin, speaking, in its want of prominence, of a want of moral energy."

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Fall of the House of Usher

"It was, perhaps, the narrow limits to which he thus confined himself upon the guitar, which gave birth, in great measure, to the fantastic character of his performances."

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Fall of the House of Usher

"Er is geen twijfel mogelijk dat mijn bewustzijn van de snelle groei van mijn bijgeloof (want waarom zou ik het niet zo noemen?) de groei alleen maar scheen te versnellen. Dat is, zoals ik al lange ti…"

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Fall of the House of Usher

13. An Absolutely Remarkable Thing

By: Hank Green

4.11

Format: 70 pages,

An art student in New York City named April May finds herself at the centre of a vast international… read more

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14. Saga, Vol. 2 (Saga, #2)

By: Brian K. Vaughan , Fiona Staples

3.50

Format: 295 pages, Paperback

From award-winning writer Brian K. Vaughan (Pride of Baghdad, Ex Machina) and critically acclaimed … read more

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15. Every Heart a Doorway (Wayward Children, #1)

By: Seanan McGuire

3.74

Format: 168 pages, Hardcover

Eleanor West's Home for Wayward Children No Solicitations No Visitors No Quests Children have alway… read more

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16. 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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  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
"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)

Cover of Auberon (The Expanse, #7.5) by James S.A. Corey

17. Auberon (The Expanse, #7.5)

By: James S.A. Corey

4.19

Format: 78 pages, ebook

A novella set in the universe of James S. A. Corey’s NYT-bestselling Expanse series, Auberon explor… read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
"There’s this thing when you get older where you have to make a choice. Everyone does. You have to decide whether you care more about being your best self or your real one. If you’re more loyal to who…"

-James S.A. Corey, Auberon (The Expanse, #7.5)

Cover of A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor (The Carls, #2) by Hank Green

18. A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor (The Carls, #2)

By: Hank Green

4.24

Format: 452 pages, Hardcover

April May and the Carls are back in the much-anticipated sequel to Hank Green's #1 New York Times b… read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"I read to occupy a mind other than my own"

-Hank Green, A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor (The Carls, #2)

"Often, restraint is far more remarkable than action."

-Hank Green, A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor (The Carls, #2)

"Your life is written on this body, and I love every piece of it."

-Hank Green, A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor (The Carls, #2)

"You can only pretend to be something so long before you become it."

-Hank Green, A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor (The Carls, #2)

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19. All the Quiet Places

By: Brian Thomas Isaac

3.85

Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition

Brian Isaac's powerful debut novel All the Quiet Places is the coming-of-age story of Eddie Toma, a… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of Questa storia non è la storia by John Wiswell

20. Questa storia non è la storia

By: John Wiswell

4.15

Format: 69 pages, Paperback

Vincitore Premio LocusFinalista Premio NebulaFinalista Premio Hugo…"Loro non capiscono cosa signifi… read more

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21. Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 100, January 2015

By: Neil Clarke

3.82

Format: 254 pages, Kindle Edition

FICTION “Three Cups of Grief, by Starlight” by Aliette de Bodard “A Universal Elegy” by Tang Fei,… read more

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  • humor
  • science fiction fantasy
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  • speculative fiction
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • hugo awards
  • fantasy
"Once in a while, he worries, but about what? Like the scattered clouds that drift over farmland in the afternoon, that sort of anxiety is what, ultimately?"

-Neil Clarke, Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 100, January 2015

"Just a kid with hair the color of raisins and eyes the color of grape jelly, living the life glasstastic in a four bedroom wine bottle on the east end of Plum Pudding..."

-Neil Clarke, Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 100, January 2015

"Pregnancy, childbirth, healing and old age all required gee force. No amount of gengineering by the Biomistresses of the great stations could circumvent that inescapable evolutionary fact."

-Neil Clarke, Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 100, January 2015

14 must-read fiction books like Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 100, January 2015 by Neil Clarke

Transform Your Habits

Strange Dogs (The Expanse, #6.5)

James S.A. Corey

4.07

Transform Your Habits

Foundation and Earth (Foundation, #5)

Isaac Asimov

4.07

Transform Your Habits

Persepolis Rising (The Expanse, #7)

James S.A. Corey

4.37

Transform Your Habits

The Caves of Steel (Robot, #1)

Isaac Asimov

4.19

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18 Top fiction books like Babylon's Ashes (The Expanse, #6) by James S.A. Corey

Transform Your Habits

We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Bobiverse, #1)

Dennis E. Taylor

4.28

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The Dark Forest (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #2)

Liu Cixin , Joel Martinsen

4.41

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All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)

Martha Wells

4.15

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The Lost Metal (Mistborn, #7)

Brandon Sanderson

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