Pawn's Gambit: And Other Stratagems
By: Timothy Zahn
2.00
Format: 375 pages, Paperback
This collection showcases the career-launching short fiction of Timothy Zahn, acclaimed author of B…
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1. Red Storm Rising
By: Tom Clancy
4.20
Format: 224 pages, Audio Cassette
"Allah!"With that shrill cry, three Muslim terrorists blow up a key Soviet oil complex, creating a … read more
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2. Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space
By: Carl Sagan , Ann Druyan
4.34
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Carl Sagan traces our exploration of space and suggests that our very… read more
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"Sailors on a becalmed sea, we sense the stirring of a breeze."-Carl Sagan, Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space
"It does no harm to the romance of the sunset to know a little about it."-Carl Sagan, Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space
"Science cuts two ways, of course; its products can be used for both good and evil. But there's no turning back from science."-Carl Sagan, Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space
"I remind myself that madmen really exist. Sometimes they achieve the highest levels of political power in modern industrial nations."-Carl Sagan, Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space
3. Metro 2033 (Metro, #1)
By: Dmitry Glukhovsky
4.02
Format: 458 pages, Paperback
The year is 2033. The world has been reduced to rubble. Humanity is nearly extinct. The half-destro… read more
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"„alle haben Angst vor irgendwas, aber wovor, weiß keiner."-Dmitry Glukhovsky, Metro 2033 (Metro, #1)
"»Sprich nie vom Recht des Stärkeren. Du bist zu schwach dafür«,"-Dmitry Glukhovsky, Metro 2033 (Metro, #1)
"„Nicht Weisheit und Erfahrung sprachen aus ihm, sondern Alter und Müdigkeit."-Dmitry Glukhovsky, Metro 2033 (Metro, #1)
"El ser humano ha sido siempre un asesino muy superior al resto de criaturas"."-Dmitry Glukhovsky, Metro 2033 (Metro, #1)
4. Defending Elysium
By: Brandon Sanderson
4.40
Format: None pages, ebook
This story originally appeared in the October/November 2008 Asimov's Science Fiction (in the US) an… read more
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5. Pawn's Gambit: And Other Stratagems
By: Timothy Zahn
2.00
Format: 375 pages, Paperback
This collection showcases the career-launching short fiction of Timothy Zahn, acclaimed author of B… read more
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6. The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick 3: Second Variety
By: John Brunner , Philip K. Dick
3.73
Format: 251 pages, Paperback
Many thousands of readers consider Philip K. Dick the greatest science fiction mind on any planet. … read more
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7. The Slow Regard of Silent Things (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #2.5)
By: Patrick Rothfuss , Nate Taylor
3.88
Format: 159 pages, Hardcover
Deep below the University, there is a dark place. Few people know of it: a broken web of ancient pa… read more
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"Estaba harta de ser tan única."-Patrick Rothfuss, The Slow Regard of Silent Things (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #2.5)
"Some days simply lay on you like stones."-Patrick Rothfuss, The Slow Regard of Silent Things (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #2.5)
"...and he was absolutely not a selas sort."-Patrick Rothfuss, The Slow Regard of Silent Things (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #2.5)
"Her name was like an echo of an ache in her."-Patrick Rothfuss, The Slow Regard of Silent Things (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #2.5)
8. The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
By: Carl Sagan , Ann Druyan
4.29
Format: 459 pages, Paperback
How can we make intelligent decisions about our increasingly technology-driven lives if we don’t un… read more
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"Gullibility kills."-Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
"Occasionally, I get a letter from someone who is in “contact"-Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
"Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality."-Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
"Not explaining science seems to me perverse. When you're in love, you want to tell the world."-Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
9. 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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10. The Alchemyst (The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel, #1)
By: Michael Scott
4.10
Format: None pages, Paperback
An alternate cover edition exists . Nicholas Flamel was born in Paris on 28 September 1330. Nearly… read more
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11. Magic for Beginners
By: Kelly Link , Shelley Jackson
3.44
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
The nine stories in Link's second collection are the spitting image of those in her acclaimed debut… read more
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12. More Than Human
By: Theodore Sturgeon
4.50
Format: 142 pages, Paperback
There's Lone, the simpleton who can hear other people's thoughts and make a man blow his brains out… read more
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13. Perfect State
By: Brandon Sanderson
3.89
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
From the author of Legion and the #1 New York Times bestselling Stormlight Archive comes an action-… read more
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14. The Collapsing Empire (The Interdependency #1)
By: John Scalzi
3.29
Format: 368 pages, ebook
The first novel of a new space-opera sequence set in an all-new universe by the Hugo Award-winning,… read more
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15. The Birthday of the World and Other Stories
By: Ursula K. Le Guin
3.75
Format: None pages, Paperback
The recipient of numerous literary prizes, including the National Book Award, the Kafka Award, five… read more
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17. Children of the Mind (Ender's Saga, #4)
By: Orson Scott Card
3.78
Format: 370 pages, Paperback
Children of the Mind (1996) is the fourth novel of Orson Scott Card's popular Ender's Game series o… read more
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"I must rejoice that I am part of her, instead of resenting that I am not more of her."-Orson Scott Card, Children of the Mind (Ender's Saga, #4)
"Firequencher raised his hand. "I've been staying out of family conversations. Do I get credit for that?"-Orson Scott Card, Children of the Mind (Ender's Saga, #4)
"But then, I would rather be mocked for doing a good thing than to be respected, knowing I have done wrong."-Orson Scott Card, Children of the Mind (Ender's Saga, #4)
"It was wrong of me to value my own pain so highly that I thought it gave me the right to inflict more on him."-Orson Scott Card, Children of the Mind (Ender's Saga, #4)
18. Nightflyers
By: George R.R. Martin
2.57
Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback
Nine misfit academics embark on an expedition, and the only ship available is the Nightflyer, a cyb… read more
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19. Translation State
By: Ann Leckie
4.09
Format: 422 pages, Hardcover
The mystery of a missing translator sets three lives on a collision course that will have a ripple … read more
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"I am not a potato."-Ann Leckie, Translation State
"You have only small and seemingly pointless choices available to you. But if there is anything I have been trying to teach you, it is that small actions can have larger consequences. If one has only …"-Ann Leckie, Translation State
20. The Road to Roswell
By: Connie Willis
3.74
Format: 399 pages, Hardcover
A delightful novel about alien invasions, conspiracies, and the incredibly silly things people are … read more
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21. Save the Cat! Writes a Novel
By: Jessica Brody
4.50
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
SAVE THE CAT!® by Blake Snyder is a popular screenwriting book series and storytelling methodology … read more
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"We call that real problem the SHARD OF GLASS. It's a psychological wound that has been festering beneath the surface of your hero for a long time. The skin has grown over it, leaving behind an unsigh…"-Jessica Brody, Save the Cat! Writes a Novel
22. To Be Taught, If Fortunate
By: Becky Chambers
4.20
Format: 153 pages, Paperback
In her new novella, Sunday Times best-selling author Becky Chambers imagines a future in which, ins… read more
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"Hope isn't about predicting the future; it's about how you approach it."-Becky Chambers, To Be Taught, If Fortunate
"Even if nothing ever does go wrong, I have to prepare as though it might."-Becky Chambers, To Be Taught, If Fortunate
"We were alive on that world. We were kings without enemies, children removed from time."-Becky Chambers, To Be Taught, If Fortunate
"When the world you know is out of reach, nothing is more welcome than a measurable reminder that it still exists."-Becky Chambers, To Be Taught, If Fortunate
23. Children of Memory (Children of Time, #3)
By: Adrian Tchaikovsky
4.02
Format: 486 pages, Kindle Edition
The modern classic of space opera that began with Children of Time continues in this extraordinary … read more
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"The essential fallacy,' Ghoti picks up, 'is that humans and other biologically evolved, calculating engines feel themselves to be sentient, when sufficient investigation suggests this is not so. And …"-Adrian Tchaikovsky, Children of Memory (Children of Time, #3)
24. Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America
By: Heather Cox Richardson
4.42
Format: 286 pages, Hardcover
“Engaging and highly accessible.” —Boston Globe “A vibrant, and essential history of America's u… read more
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25. Void (The Far Reaches, #2)
By: Veronica Roth
3.86
Format: 50 pages, Kindle Edition
An intergalactic luxury cruise to a distant port is a world unto itself in this piercing short myst… read more
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"... I realized that what's out there is oblivious to us. There's no menace to it, because there's no intent. We're just fragile, and we break sometimes. And time keeps moving. I don't know. I think i…"-Veronica Roth, Void (The Far Reaches, #2)
26. The Long Game (The Far Reaches, #4)
By: Ann Leckie
3.65
Format: 31 pages, Kindle Edition
An inquisitive life-form finds there’s more to existence than they ever dreamed in an imaginative s… read more
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27. Falling Bodies (The Far Reaches, #3)
By: Rebecca Roanhorse
3.68
Format: 35 pages, Kindle Edition
A young man caught between two disparate worlds searches for his place in the universe in a wrenchi… read more
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28. Slow Time Between the Stars (The Far Reaches, #6)
By: John Scalzi
4.18
Format: 28 pages, Kindle Edition
An artificial intelligence on a star-spanning mission explores the farthest horizons of human poten… read more
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29. How It Unfolds (The Far Reaches, #1)
By: James S.A. Corey
4.01
Format: 38 pages, Kindle Edition
An astronaut’s interstellar mission is a personal journey of a thousand second chances in an exhila… read more
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30. Just Out of Jupiter's Reach (The Far Reaches, #5)
By: Nnedi Okorafor
3.87
Format: 45 pages, Kindle Edition
A revolutionary experiment in space opens a woman’s eyes to the meaning of solitude in a thought-pr… read more
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31. The Last Emperox (The Interdependency, #3)
By: John Scalzi
4.13
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The collapse of The Flow, the interstellar pathway between the planets of the Interdependency, has … read more
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