9 must-read science fiction books like The Killing Machine (Demon Princes, #2) by Jack Vance

Cover of The Killing Machine (Demon Princes, #2) by Jack Vance

The Killing Machine (Demon Princes, #2)

By: Jack Vance

3.99

Format: 158 pages, Paperback

Having brought arch-villain Malagate the Woe to justice, Gersen now sets his sights on Kokor Hekkus…

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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
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"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)

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2. The Killing Machine (Demon Princes, #2)

By: Jack Vance

3.99

Format: 158 pages, Paperback

Having brought arch-villain Malagate the Woe to justice, Gersen now sets his sights on Kokor Hekkus… read more

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  • adventure
  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • sci fi fantasy
  • fiction
  • 20th century
  • science fiction
  • novels
  • crime
  • fantasy
Cover of The Citadel of the Autarch (The Book of the New Sun #4) by Gene Wolfe

3. The Citadel of the Autarch (The Book of the New Sun #4)

By: Gene Wolfe

5.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

Severian the Torturer continues his epic journey across the lands of Urth, a journey as fraught wit… read more

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  • fantasy
Cover of The Stainless Steel Rat (Stainless Steel Rat, #4) by Harry Harrison

4. The Stainless Steel Rat (Stainless Steel Rat, #4)

By: Harry Harrison

3.67

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

In the vastness of space, the crimes just get bigger and Slippery Jim diGriz, the Stainless Steel R… read more

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  • adventure
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • crime
  • fantasy

5. The Guns of Avalon (The Chronicles of Amber #2)

By: Roger Zelazny

4.00

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

Across the worlds of Shadow, Corwin, prince of blood royal, heir to the throne of Amber, gathers hi… read more

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  • science fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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6. 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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7. Sign of the Unicorn (The Chronicles of Amber #3)

By: Roger Zelazny

4.22

Format: 206 pages, Mass Market Paperback

He who rules Amber rules the one true world. He who thwarts Amber invites the wrath of Amber betray… read more

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8. 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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9. Blood Music

By: Greg Bear

3.84

Format: 344 pages, Paperback

Vergil Ulam has created cellular material that can outperform rats in laboratory tests. When the au… read more

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"It is the bullet you don’t hear that gets you."

-Greg Bear, Blood Music

"Thought moves like a dissociation of leaves across a lawn in a breeze."

-Greg Bear, Blood Music

"Nothing is lost. Nothing is forgotten. It was in the blood, the flesh. And now, it is forever."

-Greg Bear, Blood Music

"He held her hand and shook his head. "They're inside, part of us by now. They are us. Where can we escape?"

-Greg Bear, Blood Music

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10. Downward to the Earth

By: Robert Silverberg

3.90

Format: 176 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Who knoweth the spirit of men that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to… read more

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11. The Claw of the Conciliator (The Book of the New Sun #2)

By: Gene Wolfe

3.78

Format: 416 pages,

Severian is in possession of a gem considered to be "The Claw of the Conciliator", a powerful relic… read more

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12. The Sword of the Lictor

By: Gene Wolfe

3.78

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Beneath the dying sun the disgraced torturer, Severian, at last comes to his place of exile - Thrax… read more

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13. The Shadow of the Torturer (The Book of the New Sun #1)

By: Gene Wolfe

4.06

Format: None pages, Paperback

The Shadow of the Torturer is the first volume in the four-volume series, The Book of the New Sun. … read more

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14. The Fifth Head of Cerberus

By: Gene Wolfe

3.76

Format: 180 pages, Paperback

Back in print for the first time in more than a decade, Gene Wolfe's The Fifth Head of Cerberusis a… read more

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15. The Hand of Oberon (The Chronicles of Amber #4)

By: Roger Zelazny

4.03

Format: 208 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Across the mysterious Black Road, demons swarm into Shadow. The ancient, secret source of the royal… read more

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16. Nine Princes in Amber (The Chronicles of Amber #1)

By: Roger Zelazny

3.75

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

Amber, the one real world, wherein all others, including our own Earth, are but Shadows. Amber burn… read more

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17. Lord of Light

By: Roger Zelazny , Sönmez Güven

3.90

Format: None pages, Paperback

Earth is long since dead. On a colony planet, a band of men has gained control of technology, made … read more

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18. Titus Groan (Gormenghast, #1)

By: Mervyn Peake

4.27

Format: 197 pages, Paperback

Starts with the birth and ends with the first birthday celebrations of the heir to the grand, tradi… read more

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19. Nightwings

By: Robert Silverberg

3.75

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

A tale of pilgrimage and hope, betrayal and transformation. It was Avluela the Flier's scarlet and … read more

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20. Ringworld (Ringworld, #1)

By: Larry Niven

4.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

Pierson's puppeteers, three-leg two-head aliens find immense structure in unexplored part of the un… read more

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21. Non-Stop

By: Brian W. Aldiss

3.26

Format: None pages, Paperback

Curiosity was discouraged in the Greene tribe. Its members lived out their lives in cramped Quarter… read more

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9 Top fiction books like The Killing Machine (Demon Princes, #2) by Jack Vance

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

Roger Zelazny , Tim White

4.18

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The Killing Machine (Demon Princes, #2)

Jack Vance

3.99

Transform Your Habits

The Citadel of the Autarch (The Book of the New Sun #4)

Gene Wolfe

5.00

Transform Your Habits

The Stainless Steel Rat (Stainless Steel Rat, #4)

Harry Harrison

3.67

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14 must-read fiction books like Downward to the Earth by Robert Silverberg

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The Dying Earth (The Dying Earth, #1)

Jack Vance

3.89

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The Palace Of Eternity

Bob Shaw

3.80

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A Case of Conscience (After Such Knowledge, #4)

Greg Bear , James Blish

4.67

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Greybeard

Brian W. Aldiss

4.17

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