23 best-selling fiction books like Foundation and Chaos (Second Foundation Trilogy #2) by Greg Bear

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Foundation and Chaos (Second Foundation Trilogy #2)

By: Greg Bear

4.18

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

A major science fiction author continues one of the most famous SF stories of all time.

"It was when a society became most distressed and antiquated that it would recreate an overwhelming fantasy of some Golden Age, a time when all was great and glorious, when people were more noble and causes more magnificent and honorable."

-Greg Bear, Foundation and Chaos (Second Foundation Trilogy #2)

"It was when a society became most distressed and antiquated that it would recreate an overwhelming fantasy of some Golden Age, a time when all was great and glorious, when people were more noble and causes more magnificent and honorable."

-Greg Bear, Foundation and Chaos (Second Foundation Trilogy #2)

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1. Blue Mars (Mars Trilogy, #3)

By: Kim Stanley Robinson

3.95

Format: 768 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The red planet is red no longer, as Mars has become a perfectly inhabitable world. But while Mars f… read more

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"[A] healthy respect for tradition[;]...a kind of default survival behavior"

-Kim Stanley Robinson, Blue Mars (Mars Trilogy, #3)

"Wherever you go, there we are. It wasn't true. But it made him feel better. That was what words could do."

-Kim Stanley Robinson, Blue Mars (Mars Trilogy, #3)

"He was not interested in what they were doing, not any of it— it was both ugly and abstract, a continuous manipulation of people devoid of any of the tangible rewards that so much work had. That’s po…"

-Kim Stanley Robinson, Blue Mars (Mars Trilogy, #3)

"The triviality of the current scene usually put her off, but now she supposed that the politics of the moment always looked petty and stupid; only later did it take on the look of respectable statecr…"

-Kim Stanley Robinson, Blue Mars (Mars Trilogy, #3)

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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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"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)

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3. Foundation and Chaos (Second Foundation Trilogy #2)

By: Greg Bear

4.18

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

A major science fiction author continues one of the most famous SF stories of all time. read more

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"It was when a society became most distressed and antiquated that it would recreate an overwhelming fantasy of some Golden Age, a time when all was great and glorious, when people were more noble and …"

-Greg Bear, Foundation and Chaos (Second Foundation Trilogy #2)

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4. The Foundation Trilogy (Foundation, #1-3)

By: Isaac Asimov

4.42

Format: 679 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Foundation begins a new chapter in the story of man's future. As the Old Empire crumbles into barba… read more

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"It's a weakness of mine-I want people to understand me."

-Isaac Asimov, The Foundation Trilogy (Foundation, #1-3)

"The young man is handsome, pleasant, and extremely charming. Don't let him fool you."

-Isaac Asimov, The Foundation Trilogy (Foundation, #1-3)

"But I'd be killed, and I never like to count on that when I'm making plans. It doesn't pay off."

-Isaac Asimov, The Foundation Trilogy (Foundation, #1-3)

"It is an affair of a romantic idiot; but even a romantic idiot can be a deadly weapon when an unromantic rebel uses him as a tool."

-Isaac Asimov, The Foundation Trilogy (Foundation, #1-3)

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5. 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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"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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6. Robot Dreams (Robot, #0.4)

By: Isaac Asimov

4.16

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Os mais espetáculares contos do mestre da ficção científica estão reunidos nesta antologia. read more

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"And Elvex said, "I was the man." - In "Robot dreams" (Short story)"

-Isaac Asimov, Robot Dreams (Robot, #0.4)

"Yet, if there is the possibility of this satisfaction from accurate prophecy in science fiction, there is also the reverse. Science fiction offers its writers chances of embarrassment that no other f…"

-Isaac Asimov, Robot Dreams (Robot, #0.4)

"And it came to pass that AC learned how to reverse the direction of entropy. But there was now no man to whom AC might give the answer of the last question. No matter. The answer--by demonstration--w…"

-Isaac Asimov, Robot Dreams (Robot, #0.4)

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7. The Rings of Saturn (Lucky Starr, #6)

By: Isaac Asimov , Paul French

3.81

Format: 259 pages,

Earth officials were hard on the heels of the mysterious Sirian spy, Agent X, when he blasted off i… read more

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8. Robots and Empire (Robot, #4)

By: Isaac Asimov

4.22

Format: 512 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Long after his humiliating defeat at the hands of Earthman Elijah Baley, Keldon Amadiro embarked on… read more

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"I am a creature of dreams as well as of reason."

-Isaac Asimov, Robots and Empire (Robot, #4)

"If you have the courage to ask the question, you should have the courage to ask it openly."

-Isaac Asimov, Robots and Empire (Robot, #4)

"Yet weren't all human beings simply human beings no matter what name you applied to them[?]"

-Isaac Asimov, Robots and Empire (Robot, #4)

"It lasted for a long time, I believe." "A very long time. It was a great success, but even great successes come to a natural end."

-Isaac Asimov, Robots and Empire (Robot, #4)

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9. Foundation's Edge (Foundation, #4)

By: Isaac Asimov

4.18

Format: 450 pages, Paperback

At last, the costly and bitter war between the two Foundations had come to an end. The scientists o… read more

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"He didn’t believe that, surely."

-Isaac Asimov, Foundation's Edge (Foundation, #4)

"A happy wall is a long-lived wall, a practical wall, a useful wall."

-Isaac Asimov, Foundation's Edge (Foundation, #4)

"It seems to me, Golan, that the advance of civilization is nothing but an exercise in the limiting of privacy."

-Isaac Asimov, Foundation's Edge (Foundation, #4)

"Pelorat sighed. 'I will never understand people.' 'There's nothing to it. All you have to do is take a close look at yourself and you will understand everyone else."

-Isaac Asimov, Foundation's Edge (Foundation, #4)

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10. The Female Man

By: Joanna Russ

3.59

Format: None pages, Paperback

Cover Artist: Louise Sullivan It's influenced William Gibson and been listed as one of the ten esse… read more

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11. Lucky Starr and the Oceans of Venus (Lucky Starr, #3)

By: Isaac Asimov , Paul French

3.99

Format: 320 pages, Mass Market Paperback

From the distance it seemed an emerald green, fairyland bubble! Aphrodite, the largest city of Venu… read more

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12. Foundation and Empire (Foundation #2)

By: Isaac Asimov

3.82

Format: 340 pages, Hardcover

Led by its founding father, the great psychohistorian Hari Seldon, and taking advantage of its supe… read more

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13. Second Foundation (Foundation #3)

By: Isaac Asimov

3.82

Format: 340 pages, Hardcover

So far the Foundation was safe. But there was a hidden Second Foundation to protect the first. The … read more

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14. Forward the Foundation (Foundation: Prequel #2)

By: Isaac Asimov

3.64

Format: 264 pages, Paperback

Librarian's note: There is an Alternate Cover Edition for this edition of this book . A stunning t… read more

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15. The Naked Sun (Robot #2)

By: Isaac Asimov

3.69

Format: 88 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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16. Prelude to Foundation

By: Isaac Asimov

3.69

Format: 88 pages, Paperback

Alternate cover edition for ISBN:  It is 12,020 G.E. and Emperor Cleon I sits uneasily on the Impe… read more

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17. The Currents of Space (Galactic Empire #2)

By: Isaac Asimov

3.33

Format: None pages, Paperback

High above the planet Florinia, the Squires of Sark live in unimaginable wealth and comfort. Down i… read more

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18. House Atreides (Prelude to Dune #1)

By: Brian Herbert , Kevin J. Anderson

3.47

Format: 185 pages, Paperback

Frank Herbert's award-winning Dunechronicles captured the imagination of millions of readers worldw… read more

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19. Across Realtime

By: Vernor Vinge

3.65

Format: None pages,

"The intricately plotted progress of characters from near to farfuture... on an Earth which, like a… read more

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20. Fractal Mode (Mode, #2)

By: Piers Anthony

3.76

Format: 180 pages, Paperback

Five special people are the anchor points to a path across parallel universes. There is Darius, of … read more

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21. The Robots of Dawn (Robot #3)

By: Isaac Asimov

4.15

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

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

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22. Rendezvous with Rama (Rama, #1)

By: Arthur C. Clarke

4.12

Format: 243 pages, Paperback

At first, only a few things are known about the celestial object that astronomers dub Rama. It is h… read more

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"He had a suspicion of plausible answers; they were so often wrong."

-Arthur C. Clarke, Rendezvous with Rama (Rama, #1)

"In these latter days, knighthood was an honor few Englishmen escaped."

-Arthur C. Clarke, Rendezvous with Rama (Rama, #1)

"If such a thing had happened once, it must surely have happened many times in this galaxy of a hundred billion suns."

-Arthur C. Clarke, Rendezvous with Rama (Rama, #1)

"Yes, it made sense, and was so absurdly simple that it would take a genius to think of it. And, perhaps, someone who did not expect to do it himself."

-Arthur C. Clarke, Rendezvous with Rama (Rama, #1)

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23. 2010: Odyssey Two

By: Arthur C. Clarke

3.95

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

When 2001: A Space Odyssey first shocked, amazed, and delighted millions in the late 1960s, the nov… read more

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"Humor was the enemy of desire."

-Arthur C. Clarke, 2010: Odyssey Two

"It must be wonderful to be seventeen, and to know everything."

-Arthur C. Clarke, 2010: Odyssey Two

"Men knew better than they realized, when they placed the abode of the gods beyond the reach of gravity."

-Arthur C. Clarke, 2010: Odyssey Two

"They had not yet attained the stupefying boredom of omnipotence; their experiments did not always succeed."

-Arthur C. Clarke, 2010: Odyssey Two

24. Pebble in the Sky (Galactic Empire #3)

By: Isaac Asimov

4.33

Format: 300 pages, Paperback

One moment Joseph Schwartz is a happily retired tailor in Chicago, 1949. The next he's a helpless s… read more

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25. The Stars, Like Dust (Galactic Empire, #1)

By: Isaac Asimov

4.33

Format: 300 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Biron Farrell was young and naive, but he was growing up fast. A radiation bomb planted in his dorm… read more

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26. Robot Visions (Robot #0.5)

By: Isaac Asimov , Ralph McQuarrie

4.33

Format: 300 pages, Mass Market Paperback

From Isaac Asimov, the writer whose name is synonymous with robots and the science of robotics, her… read more

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27. The Rest of the Robots (Robot #0.2)

By: Isaac Asimov

4.33

Format: 300 pages, Mass Market Paperback

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28. 2061: Odyssey Three (Space Odyssey, #3)

By: Arthur C. Clarke

3.61

Format: 302 pages, Paperback

Arthur C. Clarke, creator of one of the world's best-loved science fiction tales, revisits the most… read more

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"Almost any seat was comfortable at one-sixth of a gravity."

-Arthur C. Clarke, 2061: Odyssey Three (Space Odyssey, #3)

"He found it both sad and fascinating that only through an artificial universe of video images could she establish contact with the real world."

-Arthur C. Clarke, 2061: Odyssey Three (Space Odyssey, #3)

"Although Lucifer had accelerated the process, it has begun decades earlier, when the coming of the jet age had triggered and explosion of global tourism"

-Arthur C. Clarke, 2061: Odyssey Three (Space Odyssey, #3)

"It is a good principle in science not to believe any 'fact'---however well attested---until it fits into some accepted frame of reference. Occasionally, of course, an observation can shatter the fram…"

-Arthur C. Clarke, 2061: Odyssey Three (Space Odyssey, #3)

29. A Harlot High and Low

By: Honoré de Balzac , Rayner Heppenstall

3.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

Finance, fashionable society, and the intrigues of the underworld and the police system form the he… read more

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30. Sundiver (The Uplift Saga, #1)

By: David Brin

3.64

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

No species has ever reached for the stars without the guidance of a patron--except perhaps mankind.… read more

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31. Foundation (Foundation, #1)

By: Isaac Asimov

4.17

Format: 244 pages, Hardcover

The first novel in Isaac Asimov's classic science-fiction masterpiece, the Foundation series Fo… read more

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"Past glories are poor feeding."

-Isaac Asimov, Foundation (Foundation, #1)

"Weak emperors mean strong viceroys. "

-Isaac Asimov, Foundation (Foundation, #1)

"I shall not be alive a half decade hence,"

-Isaac Asimov, Foundation (Foundation, #1)

"Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent."

-Isaac Asimov, Foundation (Foundation, #1)

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