5 Best speculative fiction books like Light (Kefahuchi Tract, #1) by M. John Harrison

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Light (Kefahuchi Tract, #1)

By: M. John Harrison

3.61

Format: 310 pages, Trade Paperback

In M. John Harrison’s dangerously illuminating new novel, three quantum outlaws face a universe of …

If you liked the speculative fiction plot in Light (Kefahuchi Tract, #1) by M. John Harrison , here is a list of 5 books like this:

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1. The Fabulous Riverboat (Riverworld #2)

By: Philip José Farmer

3.87

Format: 231 pages, Paperback

In To Your Scattered Bodies Go, Philip José Farmer introduces readers to the awesome Riverworld, a … read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • novels
  • fantasy
"By the shattered hymen of Thor's bride!"

-Philip José Farmer, The Fabulous Riverboat (Riverworld #2)

"Invincible ignorance always upset him, even though he knew he should just laugh at it."

-Philip José Farmer, The Fabulous Riverboat (Riverworld #2)

"Out of nothing I come, through a world populated by asses I pass, and into nothing I go."

-Philip José Farmer, The Fabulous Riverboat (Riverworld #2)

"Actually, the situation was intolerable. But then it was surprising how much intolerableness a man could tolerate."

-Philip José Farmer, The Fabulous Riverboat (Riverworld #2)

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2. The Sheep Look Up

By: John Brunner , David Brin , James John Bell

3.77

Format: 52 pages, Paperback

An enduring classic, this book offers a dramatic and prophetic look at the potential consequences o… read more

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  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fiction
  • horror
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3. Farmer in the Sky

By: Robert A. Heinlein

3.73

Format: 256 pages, Mass Market Paperback

A youth and his father emigrate from the mechanical and organized world on overpopulated Earth to b… read more

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  • science fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
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4. Feersum Endjinn

By: Iain M. Banks

3.84

Format: 311 pages, Mass Market Paperback

After dying seven times, Count Alandre Sessine VII has only one life remaining, and he becomes a fu… read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • cyberpunk
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • novels
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
"At one end of the vast C bitten from the castle a sin­gle great bastion-tower stood, almost intact, five kilometres high, and casting a kilometre-wide shadow across the rum­pled ground in front of th…"

-Iain M. Banks, Feersum Endjinn

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5. Dying Inside

By: Robert Silverberg

3.87

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

David Selig was born with an awesome power -- the ability to look deep into the human heart, to pro… read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • novels
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy

6. Cyteen (Cyteen, #1-3)

By: C.J. Cherryh

3.38

Format: None pages, Paperback

A brilliant young scientist rises to power on Cyteen, haunted by the knowledge that her predecessor… read more

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7. Orphans of the Sky

By: Robert A. Heinlein

4.60

Format: 645 pages, Paperback

A fix-up consisting of the novelette "Universe" (1941) and the novella "Common Sense" (1941). First… read more

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8. Sirius: A Fantasy of Love and Discord

By: Olaf Stapledon

3.76

Format: 205 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Sirius is Thomas Trelone's great experiment - a huge, handsome dog with the brain and intelligence … read more

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9. Light (Kefahuchi Tract, #1)

By: M. John Harrison

3.61

Format: 310 pages, Trade Paperback

In M. John Harrison’s dangerously illuminating new novel, three quantum outlaws face a universe of … read more

Similar categories in M. John Harrison's Light (Kefahuchi Tract, #1) book and M. John Harrison's Light (Kefahuchi Tract, #1)

  • new weird
  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • cyberpunk
  • fiction
  • horror
  • science fiction
  • novels
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy

10. Her Smoke Rose Up Forever

By: James Tiptree Jr.

3.76

Format: None pages, Paperback

These 18 darkly complex short stories and novellas touch upon human nature and perception, metaphys… read more

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11. Timescape

By: Gregory Benford , None

3.37

Format: 395 pages, Paperback

The author of Tides of Light offers his Nebula Award-winning SF classic--a combination of hard scie… read more

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12. Earth

By: David Brin

3.64

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

TIME IS RUNNING OUT Decades from now, an artificial black hole has fallen into the Earth's core. As… 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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  • 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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14. 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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  • science fiction
  • fiction
"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

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15. 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

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16. 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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17. 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 M. John Harrison's Light (Kefahuchi Tract, #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

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18. The Octunnumi Fosbit Files Prologue

By: Trevor Alan Foris

4.04

Format: 520 pages, None

Publishers note: The Octunnumi does not exist. Fosbit and any files relating to a Fosbit do n… read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • novels
  • fantasy
"He licked my face, sir."

-Trevor Alan Foris, The Octunnumi Fosbit Files Prologue

"That’s Vegan not Vulcan!"

-Trevor Alan Foris, The Octunnumi Fosbit Files Prologue

"Veebeebe ve ve – Beeeeb..."

-Trevor Alan Foris, The Octunnumi Fosbit Files Prologue

"Hey, I didn’t come here to lose,"

-Trevor Alan Foris, The Octunnumi Fosbit Files Prologue

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19. Against the Machine: Evolution

By: Brian Van Norman

4.33

Format: 250 pages, Paperback

Earth, 2212: The novel, third in the Against The Machine trilogy, yet free standing on its own, tel… read more

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  • science fiction
"Manager Mangione,"

-Brian Van Norman, Against the Machine: Evolution

"What’s your business, Sir?"

-Brian Van Norman, Against the Machine: Evolution

"Rule # 1: keep the crowd’s interest."

-Brian Van Norman, Against the Machine: Evolution

"Why is your species so dissatisfied?"

-Brian Van Norman, Against the Machine: Evolution

Cover of The Girl with the Porcelain Lips (Godfrey Davis, #2) by A.R. Merrydew

20. The Girl with the Porcelain Lips (Godfrey Davis, #2)

By: A.R. Merrydew

4.32

Format: 324 pages, Paperback

Following on from 'Our Blue Orange', 'The Girl with the Porcelain Lips' continues the story. The de… read more

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  • novels
"My name is Jenny,’ the prototype curtly informed Theodore, with a stance that advertised her statement to perfection."

-A.R. Merrydew, The Girl with the Porcelain Lips (Godfrey Davis, #2)

"And Tarquin,’ Semilla said quietly. ‘He has been in league with them all along?’ ‘Yes, I am afraid so,’ Rupert confirmed."

-A.R. Merrydew, The Girl with the Porcelain Lips (Godfrey Davis, #2)

"     ‘And Tarquin,’ Semilla said quietly. ‘He has been in league with them all along?’ ‘Yes, I am afraid so,’ Rupert confirmed."

-A.R. Merrydew, The Girl with the Porcelain Lips (Godfrey Davis, #2)

"The machines were simple and harmless, developed by a human genius who set in motion something, which ultimately had far reaching consequences."

-A.R. Merrydew, The Girl with the Porcelain Lips (Godfrey Davis, #2)

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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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  • 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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