6 Top speculative fiction books like The Sheep Look Up by John Brunner, David Brin, James John Bell

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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…

If you liked the speculative fiction plot in The Sheep Look Up by John Brunner, David Brin, James John Bell , here is a list of 6 books like this:

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1. Time for the Stars

By: Robert A. Heinlein

3.98

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

This is one of the classic titles originally know as the "Heinlein Juveniles," written in the 1950 … read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
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2. Starman Jones

By: Robert A. Heinlein

3.88

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

The stars were closed to Max Jones. To get into space you either needed connections, a membership i… read more

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  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fiction
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3. 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

Similar categories in John Brunner's The Sheep Look Up book and John Brunner's The Sheep Look Up

  • apocalyptic
  • post apocalyptic
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • horror
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
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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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  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • post apocalyptic
  • fiction
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5. Imperial Earth

By: Arthur C. Clarke

3.66

Format: 341 pages, Paperback

Imperial Earth is the fascinating odyssey of Duncan Makenzie, traveling from Titan, a moon of Satur… read more

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  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fiction
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6. Earth Is Room Enough

By: Isaac Asimov

3.16

Format: 315 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Contents: * The Dead Past * nv Astounding Apr '56 * The Foundation of Science Fiction Success * pm … read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction

7. The Einstein Intersection

By: Neil Gaiman , Samuel R. Delany

0.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

The surface story tells of the problems a member of an alien race, Lo Lobey, has assimilating the m… read more

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8. Ringworld's Children (Ringworld, #4)

By: Larry Niven

3.73

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

Welcome to a world like no other. The Ringworld: a landmark engineering achievement, a flat band 3 … read more

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9. WWW: Wake (WWW, #1)

By: Robert J. Sawyer

3.99

Format: 112 pages,

Caitlin Decter is young, pretty, feisty, a genius at math, and blind. When she receives an implant … read more

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10. Saturn's Children (Freyaverse #1)

By: Charles Stross

3.89

Format: 266 pages,

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11. The Legacy of Heorot (Heorot #1)

By: Larry Niven , Steven Barnes , Jerry Pournelle

4.28

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

The colonists from Earth have spent a century in cold sleep to make the first journey, one way, to … read more

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12. 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

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  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fiction
  • horror

13. At All Costs (Honor Harrington, #11)

By: David Weber

4.20

Format: None pages,

What Price Victory? The War with the Republic of Haven has resumed...disastrously for the Star King… read more

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14. The Integral Trees (The State, #2)

By: Larry Niven

4.43

Format: 269 pages, Mass Market Paperback

When leaving Earth, the crew of the spaceship Disciplinewas prepared for a routine assignment. Disp… read more

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15. Mission of Gravity

By: Hal Clement

3.24

Format: 324 pages, Paperback

Cover Artist: Ed Emshwiller Mission of Gravityis an sf novel by Hal Clement. The title is a play on… read more

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16. 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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  • speculative fiction
  • fiction
"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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17. 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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18. 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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19. 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
"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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20. 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 John Brunner's The Sheep Look Up

  • 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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21. 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

Similar categories in Brian Van Norman's Against the Machine: Evolution book and John Brunner's The Sheep Look Up

  • science fiction
"Manager Mangione,"

-Brian Van Norman, Against the Machine: Evolution

"What’s your business, Sir?"

-Brian Van Norman, Against the Machine: Evolution

"Why is your species so dissatisfied?"

-Brian Van Norman, Against the Machine: Evolution

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

-Brian Van Norman, Against the Machine: Evolution

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