The Fountains of Paradise
By: Arthur C. Clarke
3.95
Format: 332 pages, Paperback
This Hugo and Nebula Award-winning novel is reissued in this trade paperback edition. Vannemar Morg…
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1. Downbelow Station (The Company Wars, #1)
By: C.J. Cherryh
3.90
Format: 526 pages, Mass Market Paperback
A legend among sci-fi readers, C. J. Cherryh's Union-Alliance novels, while separate and complete i… read more
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"Their minds were geared to the old problems and to their own problems and their own politics."-C.J. Cherryh, Downbelow Station (The Company Wars, #1)
"It was a scientific success, bringing back data enough to keep the analysts busy for years… but there was no glib, slick way to explain the full meaning of its observations in layman’s terms. In publ…"-C.J. Cherryh, Downbelow Station (The Company Wars, #1)
"What the visual media could not carry into living rooms, the general public could not long remain exercised about. Statistically, a majority of the electorate could not or did not read complicated is…"-C.J. Cherryh, Downbelow Station (The Company Wars, #1)
2. Way Station
By: Clifford D. Simak
4.03
Format: 210 pages, Paperback
Enoch Wallace is an ageless hermit, striding across his untended farm as he has done for over a cen… read more
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"Delectable,"-Clifford D. Simak, Way Station
"He needed sun and soil and wind to remain a man."-Clifford D. Simak, Way Station
"Here lies one from a distant star, but the soil is not alien to him, for in death he belongs to the universe."-Clifford D. Simak, Way Station
"He had given them everything that a human being had with the one exception of that most important thing of all -- the ability to exist within the human world."-Clifford D. Simak, Way Station
3. Startide Rising (The Uplift Saga, #2)
By: David Brin
4.04
Format: 458 pages, Mass Market Paperback
David Brin's Uplift novels are among the most thrilling and extraordinary science fiction ever writ… read more
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- space
- fantasy
- audiobook
"Tormentas de estrellas Sobre el fragor de las olas... ¿Nos mojaremos, amor?"-David Brin, Startide Rising (The Uplift Saga, #2)
"Even in dying, a Thennanin ship was reputed to be not worth putting out of its misery. In battle they were slow, unmaneuverable—and as hard to disable permanently as a cockroach."-David Brin, Startide Rising (The Uplift Saga, #2)
"The propensity of Earthlings to get into trouble, and to learn thereby, was the reason my owners agreed to this mad venture – although no one expected such a chain of unusual calamities as befell thi…"-David Brin, Startide Rising (The Uplift Saga, #2)
4. Dreamsnake
By: Vonda N. McIntyre
3.50
Format: None pages, Paperback
In a far-future, post-holocaust Earth, a young healer named Snake travels the world, healing the si… read more
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5. City
By: Clifford D. Simak
4.39
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Simak's "City" is a series of connected stories, a series of legends, myths, and campfire stories t… read more
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6. Gateway (Heechee Saga, #1)
By: Frederik Pohl
4.06
Format: 278 pages, Paperback
Gateway opened on all the wealth of the Universe... and on reaches of unimaginable horror. When… read more
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"They were two lovely choices. One of them meant giving up every chance of a decent life forever...and the other one scared me out of my mind."-Frederik Pohl, Gateway (Heechee Saga, #1)
"Anyway, that's what life is, just one learning experience after another, and when you're through with all the learning experiences you graduate and what you get for a diploma is, you die."-Frederik Pohl, Gateway (Heechee Saga, #1)
"He described stars as thin as air, immense clouds of glowing gas; told us about the prestars of the Orion Nebula, just now blossoming into loose knots of warm gas that might in a million years be sun…"-Frederik Pohl, Gateway (Heechee Saga, #1)
"It was a dimly glowing mass of pale-blue light, mottled, immense, and terrifying. Even at the first glimpse I knew it was not a sun. No sun can be so blue and so dim. It hurt the eyes to look at it, …"-Frederik Pohl, Gateway (Heechee Saga, #1)
7. To Your Scattered Bodies Go (Riverworld, #1)
By: Philip José Farmer
4.54
Format: None pages,
To Your Scattered Bodies Gois the Hugo Award-winning beginning to the story of Riverworld, Philip J… read more
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8. Double Star
By: Robert A. Heinlein
3.43
Format: 42 pages, Mass Market Paperback
One minute, down and out actor Lorenzo Smythe was -- as usual -- in a bar, drinking away his troubl… read more
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9. The Fountains of Paradise
By: Arthur C. Clarke
3.95
Format: 332 pages, Paperback
This Hugo and Nebula Award-winning novel is reissued in this trade paperback edition. Vannemar Morg… read more
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10. The Gods Themselves
By: Isaac Asimov
4.33
Format: 300 pages, Paperback
Protiv gluposti i bogovi sami bore se uzalud. U ne toliko dalekoj buducnosti, otkricem principa raz… read more
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11. 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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12. 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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13. 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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"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
14. The Eden Paradox (Eden Paradox, #1)
By: Barry Kirwan
4.23
Format: 392 pages, Kindle Edition
In 2063, Earth's overheated climate and war-ravaged cities are near breaking point. A new habitable… read more
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"People rarely search for bodies in ceilings…"-Barry Kirwan, The Eden Paradox (Eden Paradox, #1)
"It has no eyes. Zack, why doesn’t it have any eyes? "-Barry Kirwan, The Eden Paradox (Eden Paradox, #1)
"Vasquez faced off Vince. “We’ll meet in hell for sure."-Barry Kirwan, The Eden Paradox (Eden Paradox, #1)
"Your life is a beer glass Micah, but you want champagne"-Barry Kirwan, The Eden Paradox (Eden Paradox, #1)
15. Get the Boy, Own the Future
By: Gabriel F.W. Koch
4.30
Format: 312 pages, Paperback
In the distant future, climate change and pole shifts have nearly destroyed life on earth. Time tra… read more
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16. The Polymorph
By: Max Nowaz
4.29
Format: None pages, ebook
Arbitrator, Jim Brown is returning to Earth after completing a successful mission to put down a rev… read more
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"One thing I have learnt is that you may do a lot of evil things, but if you are ever afforded a chance to be good, then you should take it. You will feel better about yourself."-Max Nowaz, The Polymorph
"If you always try to subjugate people by coercion, because you are strong, then sooner or later you will run into somebody who is just as strong, if not stronger. Then you'll be in trouble."-Max Nowaz, The Polymorph
"He was planning to take my shape and marry you. Then he was going to kill your father and take over his business empire." "And you? What are your plans?" "I have no plans to kill your father."-Max Nowaz, The Polymorph
"Every morning when I wake up, I ask myself, "Why was I born?" Then I answer myself, "You were born to be successful." If you can learn to define your own success and not let others dictate it, you ca…"-Max Nowaz, The Polymorph
17. 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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"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
18. 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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"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
19. Deehabta’s Song
By: Stephen Alder
4.38
Format: 246 pages, Kindle Edition
Deehabta’s Song is the story of a woman’s struggle to find herself and return home. A captive who d… read more
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"What is the nature of your emergency?"-Stephen Alder, Deehabta’s Song
"The caption reads, “Emperor Andon-Roon enjoys a surge in popularity after brokering a peace deal with Caderyn after twelve cycles of war."-Stephen Alder, Deehabta’s Song
"After so many successes on the battlefield, I learned one lesson too late. Standing alone, I defeated many external enemies. But alone I could not defeat the enemies that were inside of me."-Stephen Alder, Deehabta’s Song
20. Gods of Another Kind (Another Kind, #3)
By: Steven Decker
4.39
Format: 244 pages, Kindle Edition
Something is very wrong in the birthplace of humanity. Luckily, it’s not Earth. Earth Station has … read more
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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
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"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)
