18 Top fantasy books like 2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1) by Arthur C. Clarke

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2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1)

By: Arthur C. Clarke

4.17

Format: 297 pages, Paperback

On the Moon, an enigma is uncovered. So great are the implications of this discovery that for th…

"My God -- it's full of stars! -Dave Bowman."

-Arthur C. Clarke, 2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1)

"My God -- it's full of stars! -Dave Bowman."

-Arthur C. Clarke, 2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1)

"Now times had changed, and the inherited wisdom of the past had become folly."

-Arthur C. Clarke, 2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1)

"Now times had changed, and the inherited wisdom of the past had become folly."

-Arthur C. Clarke, 2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1)

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1. Neuromancer (Sprawl, #1)

By: William Gibson

3.89

Format: 268 pages, Kindle Edition

Hotwired to the leading edges of art and technology, Neuromancer is a cyberpunk, science fiction ma… read more

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"Boy, I was daid."

-William Gibson, Neuromancer (Sprawl, #1)

"Things aren't different. Things are things."

-William Gibson, Neuromancer (Sprawl, #1)

"Don't let the little fuckers generation gap you."

-William Gibson, Neuromancer (Sprawl, #1)

"If god made anything better, he kept it for himself"

-William Gibson, Neuromancer (Sprawl, #1)

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2. Solaris

By: Stanisław Lem

3.99

Format: 204 pages, Paperback

A classic work of science fiction by renowned Polish novelist and satirist Stanislaw Lem. When K… read more

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"Is a mountain only a huge stone? Is a planet an enormous mountain?"

-Stanisław Lem, Solaris

"If man had more of a sense of humour, things might have turned out differently."

-Stanisław Lem, Solaris

"But what am I going to see? I don't know. In a certain sense, it depends on you."

-Stanisław Lem, Solaris

"I was still a prisoner in my nightmares, and every morning the play began again."

-Stanisław Lem, Solaris

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3. The Caves of Steel (Robot, #1)

By: Isaac Asimov

4.19

Format: 206 pages, Mass Market Paperback

A millennium into the future two advancements have altered the course of human history: the coloni… read more

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"The troubles of modern life come from being divorced from nature."

-Isaac Asimov, The Caves of Steel (Robot, #1)

"It symbolizes neither one nor the other, but a mixture of the two without priority"

-Isaac Asimov, The Caves of Steel (Robot, #1)

"The first problem of living is to minimize friction with the crowds that surround you on all sides."

-Isaac Asimov, The Caves of Steel (Robot, #1)

"Estamos constantemente al borde de lo incognoscible, e intentando entender lo que no puede ser entendido. Eso es lo que nos hambre hombres."

-Isaac Asimov, The Caves of Steel (Robot, #1)

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4. Stranger in a Strange Land

By: Robert A. Heinlein

3.92

Format: 525 pages, Paperback

NAME: Valentine Michael Smith ANCESTRY: Human ORIGIN: Mars Valentine Michael Smith is a human … read more

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"Secrecy begets tyranny."

-Robert A. Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land

"Faith strikes me as intellectual laziness."

-Robert A. Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land

"He's an honest politician--he stays bought."

-Robert A. Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land

"Churches thrive on martyrdom and persecution."

-Robert A. Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land

5. Foundation and Empire (Foundation #2)

By: Isaac Asimov

3.82

Format: 340 pages, Hardcover

Led by its founding father, the great psychohistorian Hari Seldon, and taking advantage of its supe… read more

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6. I, Robot (Robot, #0.1)

By: Isaac Asimov

4.21

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Isaac Asimov's I, Robot launches readers on an adventure into a not-so-distant future where man and… read more

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"Su misma superioridad lo perdió"

-Isaac Asimov, I, Robot (Robot, #0.1)

"There is no Master but the Master,"

-Isaac Asimov, I, Robot (Robot, #0.1)

"No hay manera de diferenciar un robot de un ser humano bueno"

-Isaac Asimov, I, Robot (Robot, #0.1)

"There is nothing so eternally adhesive as the memory of power."

-Isaac Asimov, I, Robot (Robot, #0.1)

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7. The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1)

By: Ken Liu , Liu Cixin

4.08

Format: 472 pages, Hardcover

Set against the backdrop of China's Cultural Revolution, a secret military project sends signals in… read more

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"It’s easy to be led to the abyss."

-Ken Liu, The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1)

"Your lack of fear is based on your ignorance."

-Ken Liu, The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1)

"Intellectuals always make a fuss about nothing."

-Ken Liu, The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1)

"A woman should be like water, able to flow over and around anything."

-Ken Liu, The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1)

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8. Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1)

By: Orson Scott Card

4.31

Format: 324 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Andrew "Ender" Wiggin thinks he is playing computer simulated war games; he is, in fact, engaged in… read more

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"Remember, the enemy's gate is down."

-Orson Scott Card, Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1)

"We have to go. I'm almost happy here."

-Orson Scott Card, Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1)

"None of us could be happy for long, doing nothing."

-Orson Scott Card, Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1)

"Ender Wiggin isn't a killer. He just wins—thoroughly."

-Orson Scott Card, Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1)

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9. Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1)

By: Dan Simmons

4.27

Format: 500 pages, Mass Market Paperback

On the world called Hyperion, beyond the law of the Hegemony of Man, there waits the creature calle… read more

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"You have to live to really know things, my love"

-Dan Simmons, Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1)

"In such seconds of decision entire futures are made."

-Dan Simmons, Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1)

"The whole planet reeks of mysticism without revelation."

-Dan Simmons, Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1)

"The essence of honor lay in the moment of combat between equals."

-Dan Simmons, Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1)

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10. The Time Machine

By: H.G. Wells , Greg Bear , Carlo Pagetti

3.89

Format: 118 pages, Paperback

“I’ve had a most amazing time....” So begins the Time Traveller’s astonishing firsthand account … read more

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"For after the Battle comes quiet."

-H.G. Wells, The Time Machine

"We are kept keen on the grindstone of pain and necessity."

-H.G. Wells, The Time Machine

"It's against reason," said Filby. "What reason?" said the Time Traveller."

-H.G. Wells, The Time Machine

"[...] The slowest snail that ever crawled dashed by too fast for me. [...]"

-H.G. Wells, The Time Machine

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11. The War of the Worlds

By: H.G. Wells , Arthur C. Clarke

3.83

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

When an army of invading Martians lands in England, panic and terror seize the population. As the a… read more

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"We will peck them to death tomorrow, my dear."

-H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds

"The chances of anything man-like on Mars are a million to one"

-H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds

"Suddenly, like a thing falling upon me from without, came fear."

-H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds

"That's what we are now—just ants. Only——" "Yes," I said. "We're eatable ants."

-H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds

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12. Starship Troopers

By: Robert A. Heinlein

4.01

Format: 264 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The historians can’t seem to settle whether to call this one "The Third Space War" (or the fourth),… read more

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"To permit irresponsible authority is to sell disaster."

-Robert A. Heinlein, Starship Troopers

"Violence, naked force, has settled more issues in history than has any other factor."

-Robert A. Heinlein, Starship Troopers

"But, do you know, once you get used to it's rather cute. I mean, if a girl looks alright to start with, she still looks alright with her head smooth."

-Robert A. Heinlein, Starship Troopers

"When you vote, you are exercising political authority, you're using force. And force, my friends, is violence. The supreme authority from which all other authorities are derived."

-Robert A. Heinlein, Starship Troopers

13. The Martian Chronicles

By: Ray Bradbury

3.97

Format: 480 pages,

The strange and wonderful tale of man's experiences on Mars, filled with intense images and astonis… read more

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14. 2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1)

By: Arthur C. Clarke

4.17

Format: 297 pages, Paperback

On the Moon, an enigma is uncovered. So great are the implications of this discovery that for th… read more

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"My God -- it's full of stars! -Dave Bowman."

-Arthur C. Clarke, 2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1)

"Now times had changed, and the inherited wisdom of the past had become folly."

-Arthur C. Clarke, 2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1)

". . . the newspapers of Utopia, he had long ago decided, would be terribly dull."

-Arthur C. Clarke, 2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1)

"Now I'm a scientific expert; that means I know nothing about absolutely everything."

-Arthur C. Clarke, 2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1)

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15. The Martian

By: Andy Weir

4.42

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars. Now, he’s s… read more

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"Hey,"

-Andy Weir, The Martian

"Elrond,"

-Andy Weir, The Martian

"Do you believe in God, Venkat?"

-Andy Weir, The Martian

"WATNEY: Look! A pair of boobs! -> (.Y.)."

-Andy Weir, The Martian

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16. Foundation (Foundation, #1)

By: Isaac Asimov

4.17

Format: 244 pages, Hardcover

The first novel in Isaac Asimov's classic science-fiction masterpiece, the Foundation series Fo… read more

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"Past glories are poor feeding."

-Isaac Asimov, Foundation (Foundation, #1)

"Weak emperors mean strong viceroys. "

-Isaac Asimov, Foundation (Foundation, #1)

"I shall not be alive a half decade hence,"

-Isaac Asimov, Foundation (Foundation, #1)

"Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent."

-Isaac Asimov, Foundation (Foundation, #1)

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17. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)

By: Douglas Adams

4.23

Format: 216 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Seconds before the Earth is demolished to make way for a galactic freeway, Arthur Dent is plucked o… read more

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"Don't Panic."

-Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)

"Ow! My brains!"

-Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)

"But the plans were on display…"

-Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)

"How many roads must a man walk down?"

-Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)

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18. Dune (Dune, #1)

By: Frank Herbert

4.27

Format: 658 pages, Hardcover

Set on the desert planet Arrakis, Dune is the story of the boy Paul Atreides, heir to a noble famil… read more

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"Hope clouds observation."

-Frank Herbert, Dune (Dune, #1)

"Fear is the mind-killer."

-Frank Herbert, Dune (Dune, #1)

"There’s a Bene Gesserit saying,"

-Frank Herbert, Dune (Dune, #1)

"Humans are almost always lonely."

-Frank Herbert, Dune (Dune, #1)

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19. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

By: Philip K. Dick

4.09

Format: 258 pages, Kindle Edition

It was January 2021, and Rick Deckard had a license to kill. Somewhere among the hordes of humans o… read more

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"An android,"

-Philip K. Dick, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

"Mors certa, vita incerta,"

-Philip K. Dick, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

"Mankind needs more empathy."

-Philip K. Dick, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

"Frankly, you look more like a goat man to me."

-Philip K. Dick, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

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20. Jurassic Park (Jurassic Park, #1)

By: Michael Crichton

4.11

Format: 466 pages, Kindle Edition

An astonishing technique for recovering and cloning dinosaur DNA has been discovered. Now humankind… read more

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"Welcome...to Jurassic Park!"

-Michael Crichton, Jurassic Park (Jurassic Park, #1)

"Nobody is driven by abstractions like 'seeking truth."

-Michael Crichton, Jurassic Park (Jurassic Park, #1)

"Discovery is always rape of the natural world. Always."

-Michael Crichton, Jurassic Park (Jurassic Park, #1)

"They are not free at all. They are essentially our prisoners."

-Michael Crichton, Jurassic Park (Jurassic Park, #1)

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21. Contact

By: Carl Sagan

4.15

Format: 375 pages, Kindle Edition

Pulitzer Prize-winning author and astronomer Carl Sagan imagines the greatest adventure of all—the … read more

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"Our God Is Alive and Well. Sorry About Yours."

-Carl Sagan, Contact

"Black holes collect problems faster than they collect matter."

-Carl Sagan, Contact

"Why should God be so clear in the Bible and so obscure in the world?"

-Carl Sagan, Contact

"For small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love."

-Carl Sagan, Contact

14 best-selling novels books like 2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1) by Arthur C. Clarke

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Neuromancer (Sprawl, #1)

William Gibson

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Stanisław Lem

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The Caves of Steel (Robot, #1)

Isaac Asimov

4.19

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Robert A. Heinlein

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