6 Top classics books like 3001: The Final Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke

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3001: The Final Odyssey

By: Arthur C. Clarke

3.58

Format: 272 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The mysteries of the monoliths are revealed in this inspired conclusion to the Hugo Award–winning S…

"Didn’t somebody once say ‘Politics is the art of the possible’?"

-Arthur C. Clarke, 3001: The Final Odyssey

"Didn’t somebody once say ‘Politics is the art of the possible’?"

-Arthur C. Clarke, 3001: The Final Odyssey

"Never attribute to malevolence what is merely due to incompetence"

-Arthur C. Clarke, 3001: The Final Odyssey

"Never attribute to malevolence what is merely due to incompetence"

-Arthur C. Clarke, 3001: The Final Odyssey

If you liked the classics plot in 3001: The Final Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke , here is a list of 6 books like this:

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1. Foundation and Earth (Foundation, #5)

By: Isaac Asimov

4.07

Format: 528 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Golan Trevize, former Councilman of the First Foundation, has chosen the future, and it is Gaia. A … read more

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"The Galaxy seems to be crowded with things I don't understand."

-Isaac Asimov, Foundation and Earth (Foundation, #5)

"Where is the world whose people don't prefer a comfortable, warm, and well-worn belief, however illogical, to the chilly winds of uncertainty?"

-Isaac Asimov, Foundation and Earth (Foundation, #5)

"There are always individuals who pit their minds against the general modes of thought and who are arrogant enough to feel that they alone are right and that the many are wrong."

-Isaac Asimov, Foundation and Earth (Foundation, #5)

"Are you truly a robot?" "Truly, sir," said Daneel. Pelorat's face seemed to shine with joy. He said, "There are references to a robot named Daneel in the old legends. Are you named in his honor?" "I …"

-Isaac Asimov, Foundation and Earth (Foundation, #5)

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2. Robots and Empire (Robot, #4)

By: Isaac Asimov

4.22

Format: 512 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Long after his humiliating defeat at the hands of Earthman Elijah Baley, Keldon Amadiro embarked on… read more

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"I am a creature of dreams as well as of reason."

-Isaac Asimov, Robots and Empire (Robot, #4)

"If you have the courage to ask the question, you should have the courage to ask it openly."

-Isaac Asimov, Robots and Empire (Robot, #4)

"Yet weren't all human beings simply human beings no matter what name you applied to them[?]"

-Isaac Asimov, Robots and Empire (Robot, #4)

"It lasted for a long time, I believe." "A very long time. It was a great success, but even great successes come to a natural end."

-Isaac Asimov, Robots and Empire (Robot, #4)

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3. Foundation's Edge (Foundation, #4)

By: Isaac Asimov

4.18

Format: 450 pages, Paperback

At last, the costly and bitter war between the two Foundations had come to an end. The scientists o… read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
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"He didn’t believe that, surely."

-Isaac Asimov, Foundation's Edge (Foundation, #4)

"A happy wall is a long-lived wall, a practical wall, a useful wall."

-Isaac Asimov, Foundation's Edge (Foundation, #4)

"It seems to me, Golan, that the advance of civilization is nothing but an exercise in the limiting of privacy."

-Isaac Asimov, Foundation's Edge (Foundation, #4)

"Pelorat sighed. 'I will never understand people.' 'There's nothing to it. All you have to do is take a close look at yourself and you will understand everyone else."

-Isaac Asimov, Foundation's Edge (Foundation, #4)

4. 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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  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
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  • novels
  • fantasy
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5. The Naked Sun (Robot #2)

By: Isaac Asimov

3.69

Format: 88 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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  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
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6. Singularity Sky (Eschaton, #1)

By: Charles Stross

3.98

Format: None pages, Paperback

In the twenty-first century man created the Eschaton, a sentient artificial intelligence. It pushed… read more

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  • space

7. Hominids (Neanderthal Parallax, #1)

By: Robert J. Sawyer

4.20

Format: 488 pages, Paperback

Neanderthals have developed a radically different civilization on a parallel Earth. A Neanderthal p… read more

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8. The Cat Who Walks Through Walls

By: Robert A. Heinlein

2.83

Format: 64 pages,

When a stranger attempting to deliver a cryptic message is shot dead at his table, Dr. Richard Ames… read more

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9. The Robots of Dawn (Robot #3)

By: Isaac Asimov

4.15

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

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

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Cover of 3001: The Final Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke

10. 3001: The Final Odyssey

By: Arthur C. Clarke

3.58

Format: 272 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The mysteries of the monoliths are revealed in this inspired conclusion to the Hugo Award–winning S… read more

Similar categories in Arthur C. Clarke's 3001: The Final Odyssey book and Arthur C. Clarke's 3001: The Final Odyssey

  • classics
  • adventure
  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • novels
  • space
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Didn’t somebody once say ‘Politics is the art of the possible’?"

-Arthur C. Clarke, 3001: The Final Odyssey

"Never attribute to malevolence what is merely due to incompetence"

-Arthur C. Clarke, 3001: The Final Odyssey

"Excessive interest in pathological behavior was itself pathological"

-Arthur C. Clarke, 3001: The Final Odyssey

"My favourite definition of an intellectual: 'Someone who has been educated beyond his/her intelligence. [ Sources and Acknowledgements : Chapter 19]"

-Arthur C. Clarke, 3001: The Final Odyssey

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11. 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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  • adventure
  • science fiction fantasy
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  • novels
  • 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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12. 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)

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13. 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

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

14. 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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"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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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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"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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"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. 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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"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 Reckoning (The Earthburst Saga #8) by Craig A. Falconer

18. The Reckoning (The Earthburst Saga #8)

By: Craig A. Falconer

4.48

Format: 334 pages, Kindle Edition

I thought I'd seen it all. Talk about your all-time wake-up calls... Earth is teeming with ali… read more

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Cover of The Last Horizon (The Earthburst Saga, #6) by Craig A. Falconer

19. The Last Horizon (The Earthburst Saga, #6)

By: Craig A. Falconer

4.34

Format: 322 pages, Kindle Edition

Beyond the gate, destiny awaits… An alien message is now humanity’s only hope. Decoding the… read more

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

20. 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)

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21. The Truth About Immigration: Why Successful Societies Welcome Newcomers

By: Zeke Hernandez

4.49

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The go-to book on immigration: fact-based, comprehensive, and nonpartisan. Immigration is one of… read more

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11 Best fiction books like 3001: The Final Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke

Transform Your Habits

Foundation and Earth (Foundation, #5)

Isaac Asimov

4.07

Transform Your Habits

Robots and Empire (Robot, #4)

Isaac Asimov

4.22

Transform Your Habits

Foundation's Edge (Foundation, #4)

Isaac Asimov

4.18

Foundation and Empire (Foundation #2)

Isaac Asimov

3.82

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12 Top fiction books like The Eden Paradox (Eden Paradox, #1) by Barry Kirwan

Transform Your Habits

Fluency (Confluence, #1)

Jennifer Foehner Wells

3.83

Transform Your Habits

Rewrite Redemption

J.H. Walker

3.60

Transform Your Habits

Bound By Blood

Danielle Bourdon , Kimberly Hoyt

5.00

Transform Your Habits

A Connecticut Fashionista In King Arthur's Court

Mari Mancusi

3.48

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