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…
Want to Read $ 8.99"Past glories are poor feeding."-Isaac Asimov, Foundation (Foundation, #1)
"Past glories are poor feeding."-Isaac Asimov, Foundation (Foundation, #1)
"Past glories are poor feeding."-Isaac Asimov, Foundation (Foundation, #1)
"Weak emperors mean strong viceroys. "-Isaac Asimov, Foundation (Foundation, #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)
2. 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
3. The Dark Forest (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #2)
By: Liu Cixin , Joel Martinsen
4.41
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
This is the second novel in "Remembrance of Earth’s Past", the near-future trilogy written by China… read more
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4. The Butlerian Jihad (Legends of Dune, #1)
By: Brian Herbert , Kevin J. Anderson
3.96
Format: 695 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Legends of Dune:The Butlerian Jihad It began in the Time of Tyrants, when ambitious men and women… read more
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"A winner has more skills than a loser," Vor said, "no matter how you define the competition."-Brian Herbert, The Butlerian Jihad (Legends of Dune, #1)
"The narrow mind erects stubborn barriers," her mother had once told her. "But against those barriers, words are formidable weapons."-Brian Herbert, The Butlerian Jihad (Legends of Dune, #1)
"With few ambitions, most people allowed efficient machines to perform everyday tasks for them. Gradually, humans ceased to think, or dream... or truly live."-Brian Herbert, The Butlerian Jihad (Legends of Dune, #1)
" Aristotle raped reason. He implanted in the dominant schools of philosophy the attractive belief that there can be discrete separation between mind and body. This led quite naturally to corollary de…"-Brian Herbert, The Butlerian Jihad (Legends of Dune, #1)
5. Childhood’s End
By: Arthur C. Clarke
4.12
Format: 224 pages, Mass Market Paperback
The Overlords appeared suddenly over every city—intellectually, technologically, and militarily sup… read more
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"...a well-stocked mind is safe from boredom."-Arthur C. Clarke, Childhood’s End
"...no on of intelligence resents the inevitable."-Arthur C. Clarke, Childhood’s End
"...no one of intelligence resents the inevitable."-Arthur C. Clarke, Childhood’s End
"Utopia was here at last: its novelty had not yet been assailed by the supreme enemy of all Utopias—boredom."-Arthur C. Clarke, Childhood’s End
6. 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)
7. 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)
8. 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)
9. 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
10. Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, #1)
By: James S.A. Corey
4.31
Format: 592 pages, Paperback
Humanity has colonized the solar system—Mars, the Moon, the Asteroid Belt and beyond—but the stars … read more
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"GOODY. MY SPLEEN IS COLLAPSING. HURRY UP."-James S.A. Corey, Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, #1)
"Fish and company start to smell after three days."-James S.A. Corey, Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, #1)
"Nothing like a little shared racism to build ties with the boss."-James S.A. Corey, Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, #1)
"Part of his mind was screaming, but it was a distant one and easy to ignore."-James S.A. Corey, Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, #1)
11. Death's End (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #3)
By: Ken Liu , Liu Cixin
4.42
Format: 604 pages, Hardcover
With The Three-Body Problem, English-speaking readers got their first chance to experience the mult… read more
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"Time is the cruelest force of all."-Ken Liu, Death's End (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #3)
"We’re going to advance! Advance! We’ll stop at nothing to advance!"-Ken Liu, Death's End (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #3)
"Ignorance and weakness is not an impediment to survival. Arrogance is."-Ken Liu, Death's End (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #3)
"Life reached an evolutionary milestone when it climbed onto land from the ocean, but those first fish that climbed onto land ceased to be fish."-Ken Liu, Death's End (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #3)
12. Rendezvous with Rama (Rama, #1)
By: Arthur C. Clarke
4.12
Format: 243 pages, Paperback
At first, only a few things are known about the celestial object that astronomers dub Rama. It is h… read more
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"He had a suspicion of plausible answers; they were so often wrong."-Arthur C. Clarke, Rendezvous with Rama (Rama, #1)
"In these latter days, knighthood was an honor few Englishmen escaped."-Arthur C. Clarke, Rendezvous with Rama (Rama, #1)
"If such a thing had happened once, it must surely have happened many times in this galaxy of a hundred billion suns."-Arthur C. Clarke, Rendezvous with Rama (Rama, #1)
"Yes, it made sense, and was so absurdly simple that it would take a genius to think of it. And, perhaps, someone who did not expect to do it himself."-Arthur C. Clarke, Rendezvous with Rama (Rama, #1)
13. 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
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)
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
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)
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)
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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"Fear is the mind-killer."-Frank Herbert, Dune (Dune, #1)
"Hope clouds observation."-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)
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?
20. Dune Messiah (Dune, #2)
By: Frank Herbert
3.89
Format: 336 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Book Two in the Magnificent Dune Chronicles--the Bestselling Science Fiction Adventure of All Time … read more
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"One moment of incompetence can be fatal."-Frank Herbert, Dune Messiah (Dune, #2)
"What the eyes had seen could not be erased."-Frank Herbert, Dune Messiah (Dune, #2)
"Cynicism! That, no doubt is a greater crime than heresy."-Frank Herbert, Dune Messiah (Dune, #2)
"Truth suffers from too much analysis. -Ancient Fremen Saying"-Frank Herbert, Dune Messiah (Dune, #2)
21. Children of Dune (Dune, #3)
By: Frank Herbert
3.96
Format: 609 pages, Paperback
Book three in Frank Herbert's magnificent Dune Chronicles--one of the most significant sagas in the… read more
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"Every judgment teeters on the brink of error,"-Frank Herbert, Children of Dune (Dune, #3)
"Most deadly errors arise from obsolete assumptions."-Frank Herbert, Children of Dune (Dune, #3)
"The gift of words is the gift of deception and illusion."-Frank Herbert, Children of Dune (Dune, #3)
"The joy of living, its beauty is all bound up in the fact that life can surprise you."-Frank Herbert, Children of Dune (Dune, #3)
