17 must-read science fiction books like The Gap Into Madness: Chaos and Order (Gap, #4) by Stephen R. Donaldson

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The Gap Into Madness: Chaos and Order (Gap, #4)

By: Stephen R. Donaldson

4.01

Format: 560 pages, Hardcover

As the planetoid Thanatos Minor explodes into atoms, a specially-fitted cruiser escapes the mass de…

If you liked the science fiction plot in The Gap Into Madness: Chaos and Order (Gap, #4) by Stephen R. Donaldson , here is a list of 17 books like this:

Cover of The Courts of Chaos (The Chronicles of Amber, #5) by Roger Zelazny, Tim         White

1. The Courts of Chaos (The Chronicles of Amber, #5)

By: Roger Zelazny , Tim White

4.18

Format: 189 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Amber, the one real world of which all others – including our own Earth – are but Shadows... For… read more

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  • adventure
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
"Corwin,"

-Roger Zelazny, The Courts of Chaos (The Chronicles of Amber, #5)

"You forgive me?"

-Roger Zelazny, The Courts of Chaos (The Chronicles of Amber, #5)

"Sorry about the horse,"

-Roger Zelazny, The Courts of Chaos (The Chronicles of Amber, #5)

"You will have my old cell,"

-Roger Zelazny, The Courts of Chaos (The Chronicles of Amber, #5)

Cover of The Fabulous Riverboat (Riverworld #2) by Philip José Farmer

2. The Fabulous Riverboat (Riverworld #2)

By: Philip José Farmer

3.87

Format: 231 pages, Paperback

In To Your Scattered Bodies Go, Philip José Farmer introduces readers to the awesome Riverworld, a … read more

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  • adventure
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
"By the shattered hymen of Thor's bride!"

-Philip José Farmer, The Fabulous Riverboat (Riverworld #2)

"Invincible ignorance always upset him, even though he knew he should just laugh at it."

-Philip José Farmer, The Fabulous Riverboat (Riverworld #2)

"Out of nothing I come, through a world populated by asses I pass, and into nothing I go."

-Philip José Farmer, The Fabulous Riverboat (Riverworld #2)

"Actually, the situation was intolerable. But then it was surprising how much intolerableness a man could tolerate."

-Philip José Farmer, The Fabulous Riverboat (Riverworld #2)

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3. Julius Caesar

By: Philip Freeman

4.32

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

More than two thousand years after his death, Julius Caesar remains one of the great figures of his… read more

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4. The Abyss Beyond Dreams

By: Peter F. Hamilton

4.20

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The year is 3326. Nigel Sheldon, one of the founders of the Commonwealth, receives a visit from the… read more

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  • science fiction
  • space opera
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of The Dark Design (Riverworld, #3) by Philip José Farmer

5. The Dark Design (Riverworld, #3)

By: Philip José Farmer

3.61

Format: 160 pages,

The Dark Designis the 3rd book in the epic Riverworld saga, in which almost all of humanity has bee… read more

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  • adventure
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Perdido Street Station (Bas-Lag, #1) by China Miéville

6. Perdido Street Station (Bas-Lag, #1)

By: China Miéville

3.80

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

Beneath the towering bleached ribs of a dead, ancient beast lies the city of New Crobuzon, where th… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of The Naked God (Night's Dawn, #3) by Peter F. Hamilton

7. The Naked God (Night's Dawn, #3)

By: Peter F. Hamilton

2.60

Format: None pages,

The Confederation is starting to collapse politically and economically, allowing the "possessed" to… read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Revelation Space (Revelation Space, #1) by Alastair Reynolds

8. Revelation Space (Revelation Space, #1)

By: Alastair Reynolds

4.17

Format: 200 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Nine hundred thousand years ago, something annihilated the Amarantin civilization just as it was on… read more

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  • science fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
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9. Chasm City

By: Alastair Reynolds

4.17

Format: 200 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The once-utopian Chasm City -a doomed human settlement on an otherwise inhospitable planet- has bee… read more

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  • science fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
Cover of The Golden Torc (Saga of the Pliocene Exile, #2) by Julian  May

10. The Golden Torc (Saga of the Pliocene Exile, #2)

By: Julian May

4.12

Format: 204 pages, Paperback

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Shadows Linger (The Chronicles of the Black Company, #2) by Glen Cook

11. Shadows Linger (The Chronicles of the Black Company, #2)

By: Glen Cook

3.46

Format: None pages,

Mercenary soldiers in the service of the Lady, the Black Company stands against the rebels of the W… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of The Gap Into Madness: Chaos and Order (Gap, #4) by Stephen R. Donaldson

12. The Gap Into Madness: Chaos and Order (Gap, #4)

By: Stephen R. Donaldson

4.01

Format: 560 pages, Hardcover

As the planetoid Thanatos Minor explodes into atoms, a specially-fitted cruiser escapes the mass de… read more

Similar categories in Stephen R. Donaldson's The Gap Into Madness: Chaos and Order (Gap, #4) book and Stephen R. Donaldson's The Gap Into Madness: Chaos and Order (Gap, #4)

  • adventure
  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Redemption Ark by Alastair Reynolds

13. Redemption Ark

By: Alastair Reynolds

3.90

Format: 205 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Late in the twenty-sixth century, the human race has advanced enough to accidentally trigger the In… read more

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  • science fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction

14. The Bridge

By: Iain Banks

4.17

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

A darkly brilliant novel of self-discovery the cutting edge of experimental fiction. It leads from … read more

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15. Starfish (Rifters, #1)

By: Peter Watts

3.95

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

A huge international corporation has developed a facility along the Juan de Fuca Ridge at the botto… read more

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  • science fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"Lenie " odzywa się Joel "Słucham?" "Próbowałaś się kiedyś zabić?" "Jasne, jak każdy" odpowiada"

-Peter Watts, Starfish (Rifters, #1)

"It’s really kind of… well, beautiful, in a way. Even the monsters, once you get to know ‘em. We’re all beautiful."

-Peter Watts, Starfish (Rifters, #1)

"Don’t lecture me in my own field! We’ve got language and speech centers hardwired into our brains. That gives us a common starting point. Gels don’t have anything like that. Speech might just be one …"

-Peter Watts, Starfish (Rifters, #1)

"Miałam 11 lat. Poprzyklejałam sobie na ciele plastry, straciłam przytomność, obudziłam się w publicznym szpitalu." "O, cholera! To tylko szczebelek wyżej od szukania pomocy w internecie." "W sumie ta…"

-Peter Watts, Starfish (Rifters, #1)

Cover of Machine Vendetta (Prefect Dreyfus Emergency, #3) by Alastair Reynolds

16. Machine Vendetta (Prefect Dreyfus Emergency, #3)

By: Alastair Reynolds

4.36

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

From the king of modern space opera comes a new adventure in the Prefect Dreyfus series— Machine Ve… read more

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  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • space opera
  • fiction
"A small request like that, who am I to turn it down? There is something you can do for me in return, though, especially now that you’re practically on our doorstep."

-Alastair Reynolds, Machine Vendetta (Prefect Dreyfus Emergency, #3)

Cover of The Trials of Empire (Empire of the Wolf, #3) by Richard  Swan

17. The Trials of Empire (Empire of the Wolf, #3)

By: Richard Swan

4.11

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

The third novel in an epic fantasy trilogy, which follows the tale of Sir Konrad Vonvalt, an Empero… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Howling Dark (Sun Eater, #2) by Christopher Ruocchio

18. Howling Dark (Sun Eater, #2)

By: Christopher Ruocchio

4.39

Format: 688 pages, Hardcover

The second novel of the galaxy-spanning Sun Eater series merges the best of space opera and epic fa… read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Demon in White (Sun Eater, #3) by Christopher Ruocchio

19. Demon in White (Sun Eater, #3)

By: Christopher Ruocchio

4.63

Format: 784 pages, Paperback

The third novel of the galaxy-spanning Sun Eater series merges the best of space opera and epic fan… read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
"Great is Truth, and mighty above all things."

-Christopher Ruocchio, Demon in White (Sun Eater, #3)

Cover of The Freeze-Frame Revolution by Peter Watts

20. The Freeze-Frame Revolution

By: Peter Watts

3.95

Format: 190 pages, Paperback

How do you stage a mutiny when you’re only awake one day in a million? How do you conspire when you… read more

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  • science fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
"We're dead anyway, all we get to choose is the exit strategy."

-Peter Watts, The Freeze-Frame Revolution

"You might just decide that one life lived on your own recognizance is better than a million unremembered births."

-Peter Watts, The Freeze-Frame Revolution

"Don't feel too bad. Everyone's in chains here. Eriophora's a slave ship. We cavemen are shackled by our need for air and food and water, by the disorienting discontinuity of lives cut into slices spr…"

-Peter Watts, The Freeze-Frame Revolution

"Nothing's immortal on a road trip of a billion years. The universe runs down in stop-motion around you, your backups' backups' backups need backups. Not even the error-correcting replication strategi…"

-Peter Watts, The Freeze-Frame Revolution

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Roger Zelazny , Tim White

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3.87

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4.20

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