11 Top fantasy books like Helliconia Spring (Helliconia, #1) by Brian W. Aldiss

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Helliconia Spring (Helliconia, #1)

By: Brian W. Aldiss

3.99

Format: 380 pages, Paperback

A planet orbiting binary suns, Helliconia has a Great Year spanning three millennia of Earth time: …

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Cover of Titan (Gaea, #1) by John Varley

1. Titan (Gaea, #1)

By: John Varley

3.95

Format: 309 pages, Paperback

When Cirrocco Jones, captain of the spaceship Ringmaster, and her crew are captured by Gaea, a plan… read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
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"Maybe I’m crazy,"

-John Varley, Titan (Gaea, #1)

"I call him Whistletop."

-John Varley, Titan (Gaea, #1)

"We will be going on, won’t we?"

-John Varley, Titan (Gaea, #1)

"Admit it, Rocky. You’re a tourist at heart."

-John Varley, Titan (Gaea, #1)

Cover of God's War (Bel Dame Apocrypha, #1) by Kameron Hurley

2. God's War (Bel Dame Apocrypha, #1)

By: Kameron Hurley

3.67

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Nyx is a bel dame, a bounty hunter paid to collect the heads of deserters – by almost any means nec… read more

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  • science fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"Nyx sold her womb somewhere between Punjai and Faleen, on the edge of the desert."

-Kameron Hurley, God's War (Bel Dame Apocrypha, #1)

"Good luck to you," he said, and she remembered how he had looked at her as she pinned Yah Tayyib, as if she was some kind of monster. Maybe she was."

-Kameron Hurley, God's War (Bel Dame Apocrypha, #1)

"The motto above the lintel of the main entrance was in the raised script of the prayer language: My life for a thousand. She remembered swearing an oath with that at its core: My life for yours, for …"

-Kameron Hurley, God's War (Bel Dame Apocrypha, #1)

"Most people who watch a fight think it's all about the muscle: hitting harder, moving faster. And, yeah, sometimes it looked that way. But telling somebody that you won a fight by hitting the other p…"

-Kameron Hurley, God's War (Bel Dame Apocrypha, #1)

Cover of Brightness Reef (Uplift Storm Trilogy, #1) by David Brin

3. Brightness Reef (Uplift Storm Trilogy, #1)

By: David Brin

3.91

Format: 661 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Jijo es un planeta prohibido, un mundo que se recupera lentamente de un grave desastre ecológico y … read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
"Responsibility was our cruel mooring...."

-David Brin, Brightness Reef (Uplift Storm Trilogy, #1)

"Creative people see Prometheus in a mirror, never Pandora."

-David Brin, Brightness Reef (Uplift Storm Trilogy, #1)

"It was a strange trek — the sullen leading the apathetic, followed by the confused, all tailed by the inveterately amused."

-David Brin, Brightness Reef (Uplift Storm Trilogy, #1)

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4. Time for the Stars

By: Robert A. Heinlein

3.98

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

This is one of the classic titles originally know as the "Heinlein Juveniles," written in the 1950 … read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of A Case of Conscience (After Such Knowledge, #4) by Greg Bear, James Blish

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

By: Greg Bear , James Blish

4.67

Format: 48 pages, Paperback

Father Ruiz-Sanchez is a dedicated man--a priest who is also a scientist, and a scientist who is al… read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of The Children of the Sky  (Zones of Thought, #3) by Vernor Vinge

6. The Children of the Sky (Zones of Thought, #3)

By: Vernor Vinge

1.00

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

After nearly twenty years, Vernor Vinge has produced an enthralling sequel to his memorable bestsel… read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Little Fuzzy (Fuzzy Sapiens, #1) by H. Beam Piper

7. Little Fuzzy (Fuzzy Sapiens, #1)

By: H. Beam Piper

3.71

Format: 412 pages,

Friends of Little Fuzzy Vs. the Chartered Zarathustra Company The chartered Zarathustra Company had… read more

Similar categories in H. Beam Piper's Little Fuzzy (Fuzzy Sapiens, #1) book and Brian W. Aldiss's Helliconia Spring (Helliconia, #1)

  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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8. Fallen Dragon

By: Peter F. Hamilton

4.19

Format: 416 pages,

Deploying invulnerable twenty-fifth-century soldiers called Skins, Zantiu-Braun's corporate starshi… read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
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9. Helliconia Spring (Helliconia, #1)

By: Brian W. Aldiss

3.99

Format: 380 pages, Paperback

A planet orbiting binary suns, Helliconia has a Great Year spanning three millennia of Earth time: … read more

Similar categories in Brian W. Aldiss's Helliconia Spring (Helliconia, #1) book and Brian W. Aldiss's Helliconia Spring (Helliconia, #1)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • novels
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy

10. Dark Eden (Dark Eden, #1)

By: Chris Beckett

3.40

Format: None pages, Paperback

On the alien, sunless planet they call Eden, the 532 members of the Family shelter beneath the ligh… read more

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11. The Legacy of Heorot (Heorot #1)

By: Larry Niven , Steven Barnes , Jerry Pournelle

4.28

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

The colonists from Earth have spent a century in cold sleep to make the first journey, one way, to … read more

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12. Passage

By: Connie Willis

4.07

Format: None pages, Paperback

A tunnel, a light, a door. And beyond it ... the unimaginable. Dr. Joanna Lander is a psychologist … read more

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13. The Shrinking Man

By: Richard Matheson

3.78

Format: None pages, Paperback

While on holiday, Scott Carey is exposed to a cloud of radioactive spray shortly after he accidenta… read more

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14. Mission of Gravity

By: Hal Clement

3.24

Format: 324 pages, Paperback

Cover Artist: Ed Emshwiller Mission of Gravityis an sf novel by Hal Clement. The title is a play on… read more

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15. Taming Flame

By: Therisa Peimer

4.30

Format: 312 pages, Paperback

Flaminius's days of bouncing between beds are snatched away the instant he sets eyes on his perfect… read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • novels
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
"Tightening his embrace around his wife and little Theo, he vowed, "I will do everything in my power to continue being worthy of the faith you have in me."

-Therisa Peimer, Taming Flame

"Why do you have such faith in me, Aurelia?" "I've told you a million times that I love you, you make me feel safe and cherished, and you care deeply for our people. Why wouldn't I have faith in you?"

-Therisa Peimer, Taming Flame

"I'm so proud of you I could burst, but in the interest of saving the poor cleaning staff the hassle, I would, instead, like to take you to our room and lick you from stem to stern until you beg me to…"

-Therisa Peimer, Taming Flame

"A virgin," Flaminius smiled deviously. "I'll take her." Instantly, surprised chatter erupted. Mother Guardian held up her hand for silence. "You cannot be serious, Sire." "Oh, but I am," he replied w…"

-Therisa Peimer, Taming Flame

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16. Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece

By: Yvonne Korshak

4.29

Format: 557 pages, Kindle Edition

STEP ASIDE, ANTONY AND PERICLES AND ASPASIA —THE LOVE STORY THAT SHAPED HISTORY Two lovers cres… read more

Similar categories in Yvonne Korshak's Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece book and Brian W. Aldiss's Helliconia Spring (Helliconia, #1)

  • fiction
"Temples are for the gods,"

-Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece

"Do you know the song Violet Crowned Athens?"

-Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece

"The softness, warmth and weight of her breast filled his palm. “I’ve imagined this for weeks,"

-Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece

"But  Phidias was better than most men since he made beautiful sculptures. He was even making one of her—well, he called it “Athena,"

-Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece

Cover of Our Blue Orange (Godfrey Davis, #1) by A.R. Merrydew

17. Our Blue Orange (Godfrey Davis, #1)

By: A.R. Merrydew

4.23

Format: 307 pages, Kindle Edition

When inventor Godfrey Davis arrived at the ministry that Monday morning he had his first experience… read more

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  • science fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"Sir, I think you need to read this,’ he said, nervously handing over the mainframe’s dissertation of its own wellbeing."

-A.R. Merrydew, Our Blue Orange (Godfrey Davis, #1)

"Steve shook his head in amazement. ‘If that GOD person hadn’t left that case, we wouldn’t have any of this.’ Thomas agreed. ‘Personally, I can’t praise him enough.’     "

-A.R. Merrydew, Our Blue Orange (Godfrey Davis, #1)

"Semilla’s Phlegm-O-Matic promptly made an observation. ‘Wow Semilla look at that shuttle.’ ‘Keep your voice down Raymond we’re in danger,’ Semilla hissed. ‘Raymond?’ Burt said incredulously. ‘I had t…"

-A.R. Merrydew, Our Blue Orange (Godfrey Davis, #1)

"With one hand disturbing a colony of parasitic life forms in his uncombed hair, he yawned loudly. ‘Morning Steve,’ Thomas said scratching his grubby face. His breath drifted across the space between …"

-A.R. Merrydew, Our Blue Orange (Godfrey Davis, #1)

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18. The Last Sunset

By: March Lions

4.34

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

Two baby girls seating in the rear of a car are involved in a terrible accident and their mother di… read more

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  • novels
"Trust is a strange bedfellow."

-March Lions, The Last Sunset

"I don't want to be caught with my pants down."

-March Lions, The Last Sunset

"He sounds like a politician running for office."

-March Lions, The Last Sunset

"The truth has a way of coming out of the closet."

-March Lions, The Last Sunset

Cover of Homo Cosmicus 2: Titan: A Science Fiction Novel by Todor Bombov

19. Homo Cosmicus 2: Titan: A Science Fiction Novel

By: Todor Bombov

4.37

Format: 152 pages, Paperback

2nd Book in Sci-Fi Series Is Set on Saturn’s Moon Homo Cosmicus-2: Titan is a sci-fi novel, sui … read more

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  • science fiction
  • novels
"While an elderly man in his mid-eighties looks curiously at a porno site, his grandson asks him from afar, “‘What are you reading, grandpa?’"

-Todor Bombov, Homo Cosmicus 2: Titan: A Science Fiction Novel

"Let’s get to know each other. My name’s William, William More, but you can call me Willy. I’m an engineer-chemist who graduated from MIT. So . . . but you’re all alike to me . . . of course, you woul…"

-Todor Bombov, Homo Cosmicus 2: Titan: A Science Fiction Novel

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20. Child of Another Kind

By: Steven Decker

4.29

Format: 392 pages, Kindle Edition

A little girl can look at someone and know their past. How? Why? Single mom Cynthia Pace has he… read more

Similar categories in Steven Decker's Child of Another Kind book and Brian W. Aldiss's Helliconia Spring (Helliconia, #1)

  • science fiction
  • fiction
"No,"

-Steven Decker, Child of Another Kind

"Teacher,"

-Steven Decker, Child of Another Kind

"We do not sleep,"

-Steven Decker, Child of Another Kind

"They came for me the next morning."

-Steven Decker, Child of Another Kind

Cover of Inara (Godfrey Davis, #3) by A.R. Merrydew

21. Inara (Godfrey Davis, #3)

By: A.R. Merrydew

4.43

Format: 351 pages, Kindle Edition

The third book in the series, ‘Inara’, prepares the reader for the aftermath of Godfrey, and his fr… read more

Similar categories in A.R. Merrydew's Inara (Godfrey Davis, #3) book and Brian W. Aldiss's Helliconia Spring (Helliconia, #1)

  • novels
"Isn’t this exciting!"

-A.R. Merrydew, Inara (Godfrey Davis, #3)

"We might even make this after all,’ he hollered, but the craft didn’t reply."

-A.R. Merrydew, Inara (Godfrey Davis, #3)

"If any of them fail me, I will flush them from an airlock into the pit of space, like an unwanted turd. Do I make myself clear?"

-A.R. Merrydew, Inara (Godfrey Davis, #3)

"Well at least one of you present here today, has the scaly green balls to give me an honest answer,’ he said, as he broke into a hearty lizard laugh."

-A.R. Merrydew, Inara (Godfrey Davis, #3)

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