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প্রোফেসর শঙ্কু by Satyajit Ray
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsপ্রফেসর শঙ্কু সিরিজের প্রথম এই বইটি নয়টি গল্প রয়েছে- ১. ব্যোমযাত্রীর ডায়রি (প্রথম প্রকাশিত হয় সন্দেশ পত্রিকার ১৯৬১ সনের সেপ্টেম্বর-নভেম্বর সংখ্যায়)২. প্রফেসর শঙ্কু ও হাড় (প্রথম প্রকাশিত হয় সন্দেশ পত্রিকার ১৯৬৪ সনের জানুয়ারি সংখ্যায়)৩. প্রফেসর শঙ্কু ও ম্যাকাও (প্রথম প্রকাশিত হয় সন্দেশ পত্রিকার ১৯৬৪ সনের শারদীয় সংখ্যায়)৪... -
![The Art of Star Trek by Judith Reeves-Stevens, Garfield Reeves-Stevens]()
The Art of Star Trek by Judith Reeves-Stevens, Garfield Reeves-Stevens
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom the public's first glimpse of the original Starship "Enterprise" to the brave new worlds explored in Star Trek: Voyager, the never-ending phenomenon that is Star Trek has treated generations of viewers to a dazzling barrage of unforgettable images of the future... -
![The Face by Jack Vance]()
The Face by Jack Vance
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsKirth Gersen tracks Lens Larque across several worlds, most notably Aloysius, the desert world Dar Sai and the more temperate Methel. He eventually learns that Larque is a Darsh, born Husse Bugold. He had been deprived of an earlobe and made a rachepol or outcast from his clan for a crime considered "repulsive but not superlatively heinous... -
![Call of the Hero by Robert J. Crane]()
Call of the Hero by Robert J. Crane
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe city of Reikonos is prisoner to a tyrant. After a thousand years, Cyrus Davidon and the guild of Sanctuary have returned to find the human capital in a terrible state: food is in short supply, the skies are choked with the smoke of industry, and a criminal gang known as the Machine prey on all who dare raise their hand in opposition to the Lord Protector... -
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![Exhulm by Xander Jade]()
Exhulm by Xander Jade
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsKristjan's home is attacked, and he was supposed to be sent through a portal with his guard to keep him safe until everything settled down, but things didn't go as planned. He woke up without his memory in a world that is filled with Demons, Djinns, Phoenix, Fire Giants, and many others.During his time on Exhulm, he is bullied for being a non-magical being, making his life difficult... -
![The Creatures That Time Forgot by Ray Bradbury]()
The Creatures That Time Forgot by Ray Bradbury
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAward-winning narrator Mike Vendetti takes you to a mad, impossible world created by Ray Bradbury... -
![Astounding Science Fiction, February 1943 by John W. Campbell Jr., A.E. van Vogt]()
Astounding Science Fiction, February 1943 by John W. Campbell Jr., A.E. van Vogt
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsContents:The Silver Lining / essay by The Editor (i.e. John W. Campbell Jr.)The Weapon Makers, Part 1 of 3 (Weapon Shops of Isher #) / A.E. van Vogt; interior artwork by Frank Kramer In Times to Come / essay by unknownFlight into Darkness / Webb Marlowe (i.e. J. Francis McComas); interior artwork by Frank KramerMimsy Were the Borogoves / Lewis Padgett (i.e. Henry Kuttner and C.L... -
![The Tom Swift Collection by Victor Appleton]()
The Tom Swift Collection by Victor Appleton
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings27 Book Collection (Kindle Edition) Tom Swift and His Motor-cycleTom Swift And His Motor-BoatTom Swift and His AirshipTom Swift And His Submarine BoatTom Swift And His Electric RunaboutTom Swift Among the Diamond MakersTom Swift in the Caves of IceTom Swift And His Sky RacerTom Swift in the City of GoldTom Swift And His Air GliderTom Swift And His Wizard CameraTom Swift and his Great...Categorized as:
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![Doctor Who: The Silent Stars Go By & Touched by an Angel by Dan Abnett, Jonathan Morris]()
Doctor Who: The Silent Stars Go By & Touched by an Angel by Dan Abnett, Jonathan Morris
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDirect to you from Doctor Who, the hit BBC television program that has enchanted fans of the fantastic for more than fifty years, comes this collection of two novels featuring the TARDIS-traveling Eleventh Doctor and his loyals companions Amy and Rory. The Silent Stars Go By by Dan Abnett. The winter festival is approaching for the hardy colony of Morphans, but no one is in the mood to celebrate... -
![The Mysterious Island. Part 2 - The Abandoned: "We may brave human laws, but we cannot resist natural ones." by Jules Verne]()
The Mysterious Island. Part 2 - The Abandoned: "We may brave human laws, but we cannot resist natural ones." by Jules Verne
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsJules Gabriel Verne was born on February 8th, 1828 on Île Feydeau, a small artificial island on the Loire River in Nantes. His father wanted his son to take over the family law practice. Jules started along this course and despite graduating with a licence en droit in January 1851 was soon diverted by the lure of literature and by his own ambitious talents in this direction... -
![The Book of Dreams by Jack Vance]()
The Book of Dreams by Jack Vance
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHoward Alan Treesong gave a banquet to ten friends. All died in agony, save himself.Howard Alan Treesong went to his old school reunion to teach his former classmates the meaning of terror.Howard Alan Treesong was the most elusive of the five Demon Princes upon whom Kirth Gersen had sworn vengeance. A galaxy-wide guessing game proved his undoing... -
![The Summer Queen by Joan D. Vinge]()
The Summer Queen by Joan D. Vinge
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsSequel To The Hugo Award-Winning Bestseller The Snow QueenThe Summer Queen is the extraordinary sequel to one of science fiction's most celebrated novels, The Snow Queen. Set in a fully realized universe of wonders, this spectacular space epic, itself a finalist for the Hugo Award, is one of the most remarkable novels in the field...Categorized as:
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![Doorways in the Sand by Roger Zelazny]()
Doorways in the Sand by Roger Zelazny
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe most humorous – and arguably the finest – novel by the master of inventive science fiction. Humanity is not alone in the cosmos. The aliens have given a precious relic to the people of Earth: star-stone. But the harmony of the galaxy is endangered when they discover that the star-stone has disappeared. Likeable Fred Cassidy is an eternal undergraduate... -
![The Palace of Love by Jack Vance]()
The Palace of Love by Jack Vance
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIn the midpoint novel of the "Demon Princes" series, Kirth Gersen sets his sights upon the mysterious Viole Falushe. Vance describes this murderous creature as a "sybarite." "Sadistic pervert" would probably be a more apropos phrase... -
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![The Dirdir by Jack Vance, H.R. Van Dongen]()
The Dirdir by Jack Vance, H.R. Van Dongen
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsGetting back to Earth from the planet Tschai involved only stealing a spaceship or having one built to order — for Tschai was the abode of several intelligent star-born races and, as such, had spaceyards. But Adam Reith's problem was not so simple... -
![The Pnume by Jack Vance, H.R. Van Dongen]()
The Pnume by Jack Vance, H.R. Van Dongen
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe Pnume are native to Tschai, living underground in a vast network of caverns with their human slave-species, the Pnumekin... -
![20.000 Mijlen Onder Zee: Oostelijk Halfrond by Jules Verne]()
20.000 Mijlen Onder Zee: Oostelijk Halfrond by Jules Verne
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![The Secret of the Island by Jules Verne]()
The Secret of the Island by Jules Verne
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe third novel in the 'Mysterious Island' trilogy follows the adventures of some British ballooners who have crashed on a remote Pacific island and struggle to survive among pirates and escaped convicts. As a group they are very resourceful, but they do occasionally get a helping hand from a mysterious, unknown benefactor... -
![Marune: Alastor 933 by Jack Vance]()
Marune: Alastor 933 by Jack Vance
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA mysterious amnesiac is found at a distant spaceport. The science of the Alastor Cluster is unable to do anything but determine his home planet and culture: he is a Rhune from the planet Marune - Alastor 933. When he returns home, he learns that he is a powerful landowner whose household is faced with an important alliance... -
![The Harry Harrison Megapack: 12 Classics of Science Fiction, including ROBOT JUSTICE, DEATHWORLD, and DEATHWORLD II by Harry Harrison]()
The Harry Harrison Megapack: 12 Classics of Science Fiction, including ROBOT JUSTICE, DEATHWORLD, and DEATHWORLD II by Harry Harrison
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Harry Harrison Megapack collects 12 novels and stories by the author of the Stainless Steel Rat series, including the classics science fiction novels DEATHWORLD and PLANET OF THE DAMNED -- more than 700 pages of great reading! (Updated in 2016 to add the story "Robot Justice... -
![Wyst: Alastor 1716 by Jack Vance]()
Wyst: Alastor 1716 by Jack Vance
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOn Wyst, world 1716 of the Alastor Cluster, millions of people live together in harmony, work only a few hours each week, and share the fruits of their labor equally. Wyst seems a utopia. But the Connatic, mysterious ruler of the Alastor Cluster, knowing better that to take utopia at face value, one day decides to investigate--a decision that may cost him his life... -
![The Best of C.L. Moore by C.L. Moore]()
The Best of C.L. Moore by C.L. Moore
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsForty Years of C. L. Moore '75 essay by Lester del Rey Shambleau [Northwest Smith] '33 novelette by C. L. Moore Black Thirst [Northwest Smith] '34 novelette by C. L. Moore The Bright Illusion '34 story by C. L. Moore Black God's Kiss [Jirel of Joiry] '34 novelette by C. L. Moore Tryst in Time '36 novelette by C. L. Moore Greater Than Gods '39 novelette by C. L...Categorized as:
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![Ariel by Alexander Belyaev]()
Ariel by Alexander Belyaev
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAriel does not know who he is, where he is from, or what is his purpose in life. The chance to get the answers comes in the form of a strange experiment, in which Ariel receives the ability to fly... -
![The Best of C. M. Kornbluth by C.M. Kornbluth]()
The Best of C. M. Kornbluth by C.M. Kornbluth
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsContentsAn Appreciation / essay by Frederik PohlThe Rocket of 1955 (1939)The Words of Guru (1941)The Only Thing We Learn (1949)The Adventurer (1953)The Little Black Bag (1950)The Luckiest Man in Denv (1952)The Silly Season (1950)The Remorseful (1953)Gomez (1954)The Advent on Channel Twelve (1958)The Marching Morons (1951)The Last Man Left in the Bar (1957)The Mindworm (1950)With These Hands... -
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![When You Reach Me/First Light by Rebecca Stead]()
When You Reach Me/First Light by Rebecca Stead
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFor the first time, Newbery Medal–winning Rebecca Stead’s two brilliant books are available together in an eBook-only omnibus.In the award-winning When You Reach Me, readers uncover an astonishing New York City puzzle with Miranda. Someone is sending her anonymous notes, and each one reveals more about a mystery that changes her life forever...Categorized as:
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![Before the Golden Age 1 by Isaac Asimov]()
Before the Golden Age 1 by Isaac Asimov
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA Science Fiction Anthology of the 1930s, #1 of 4Contents:* The Man Who Evolved / Edmond Hamilton; * The Jameson Satellite / Neil R. Jones; * Submicroscopic / Capt. S.P. Meek; * Awlo of Ulm / Capt. S.P. Meek; * Tetrahedra of Space / P. Schuyler Miller; * The World of the Red Sun / Clifford D. Simak. Originally 26 stories published in one hardcover volume... -
![Fortress of Solitude by Kenneth Robeson, Lester Dent]()
Fortress of Solitude by Kenneth Robeson, Lester Dent
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe deep mysteries of Doc Savage are finally revealed! John Sunlight, poetic genius of evil, gruesome master of a thousand elements of screaming terror, discovers the innermost secrets of The Man of Bronze... -
![The Third Level by Jack Finney]()
The Third Level by Jack Finney
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsContents:The Third LevelSuch Interesting NeighborsI’m ScaredCousin Len’s Wonderful Adjective CellarOf Missing PersonsSomething in a CloudThere Is a Tide.. -
![Thorn Wishes Talon by Dan Abnett]()
Thorn Wishes Talon by Dan Abnett
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTHE STORYOn Malinter, the Divine Fratery, servants of the Runious Powers, do battle with Inquisitor Gideon Ravenor and his companions. But someone else is waiting in the shadows, someone that the Fratery want to see dead even more than they do Ravenor... -
![The Beheading by Guy Haley]()
The Beheading by Guy Haley
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAcross the length and breadth of the galaxy, humankind celebrates its salvation, and relishes the prospect of a return to peace. But the war against the orks has riven the political bedrock of the Imperium, exposing its rotten core... -
![Volta ao Mundo em 80 Dias by Paulo Mendes Campos, Jules Verne]()
Volta ao Mundo em 80 Dias by Paulo Mendes Campos, Jules Verne
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAdaptação de: Le tour du monde en 80 jours / Jules Verne... -
![Twilight at the Well of Souls by Jack L. Chalker]()
Twilight at the Well of Souls by Jack L. Chalker
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsThe rift in the fabric of space was fast approaching the Well World, and time was running out. Troops all over the planet were gathering for the final battle.Nathan Brazil and Mavra Chang somehow had to reach the Well of Souls in time to save the universe and before any of the hostile natives managed to kill them.At best, a difficult mission... -
![Crystal Line by Anne McCaffrey]()
Crystal Line by Anne McCaffrey
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 37 ratings"A treat for long-time McCaffrey fans, a good read and a satisfying look at one of the most haunting facets of the crystal singers' profession."LOCUSWhen Killashandra Ree joined the mysterious Heptite Guild, she knew that she would be forever changed. Crystal singing brought ecstasy and pain, near-eternal life...and gradual loss of memory...Categorized as:
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![The Return of Nathan Brazil by Jack L. Chalker]()
The Return of Nathan Brazil by Jack L. Chalker
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsIn a desolate sector of space floats the Well World: the ancient Markovian supercomputer that first created and now maintains the Universe.While attempting to repel an insidious intergalactic invasion, Mankind resorts to a weapon of such awesome destructive power that it undermines the Well World's control of time and space and threatens the very existence of the Universe... -
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![Galactic Patrol by E.E. "Doc" Smith]()
Galactic Patrol by E.E. "Doc" Smith
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe Galactic Patrol's Lensmen are the most feared peacekeepers in the Galaxy. The "Lens," a telepathic jewel matched to the ego of its wearer, is the ultimate weapon in the war against the merciless pirate Boskone and his forces of lawlessness... -
![Lest Darkness Fall by L. Sprague de Camp]()
Lest Darkness Fall by L. Sprague de Camp
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWhen am I? Padway asked himself after the lightning-flash knocked him down. He knew where he was--Rome. He was there to study archaeology, and even though the lightning had left him dazed, he could see the familiar Roman buildings...Categorized as:
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![Children of the Lens: Special Edition by E.E. "Doc" Smith]()
Children of the Lens: Special Edition by E.E. "Doc" Smith
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIt was beginning to look as if no one could prevent the destruction of the Universe. For a strange intelligence was directing the destruction of all civilization from the icy depths of space. Kim Kinnison of the Patrol was one of the few men who knew how near the end was... -
![Famous Science-Fiction Stories: Adventures in Time and Space by Raymond J. Healy, Lester del Rey]()
Famous Science-Fiction Stories: Adventures in Time and Space by Raymond J. Healy, Lester del Rey
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRequiem (1940) by Robert A. HeinleinForgetfulness (1937) by John W. Campbell, Jr.Nerves (1942) by Lester del ReyThe Sands of Time (1937) by P. Schuyler MillerThe Proud Robot (1943) by Henry KuttnerSeeds of the Dusk (1938) by Raymond Z. GallunBlack Destroyer (1939) by A. E. van VogtSymbiotica (1943) by Eric Frank RussellHeavy Planet (1939) by Milton A... -
![The Best of Stanley G. Weinbaum by Stanley G. Weinbaum]()
The Best of Stanley G. Weinbaum by Stanley G. Weinbaum
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsContents:A Martian Odyssey (1934)Valley of Dreams (1934)The Adaptive Ultimate (1935)Parasite Planet (1935)Pygmalion's Spectacles (1935)Shifting Seas (1937)The Worlds of If (1935)The Mad Moon (1935)Redemption Cairn (1936)The Ideal (1935)The Lotus Eaters (1935)Proteus Island... -
![The Killing Machine by Jack Vance]()
The Killing Machine by Jack Vance
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsHaving brought arch-villain Malagate the Woe to justice, Gersen now sets his sights on Kokor Hekkus, another of the Demon Princes... -
![Servants Of The Wankh by Jack Vance]()
Servants Of The Wankh by Jack Vance
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsMarooned on the strange planet Tschai, Adam Reith agreed to lead an expedition to return the princess Ylin Ylan, the Flower of Cath, to her homeland halfway around the globe.Monsters of land and sea lay before them, and beings both human and alien who might rob, kill or enslave them... -
![The Weapon Shops of Isher by A.E. van Vogt]()
The Weapon Shops of Isher by A.E. van Vogt
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsWith the publication, in the July 1941 issue of Astounding Science Fiction magazine, of the story Seesaw, van Vogt began unfolding the complex tale of the oppressive Empire of Isher and the mysterious Weapon Shops... -
![Maske: Thaery by Jack Vance]()
Maske: Thaery by Jack Vance
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThere is a Hole at the eastern fringe of the known universe. Deep within it hangs a lost star, Mora, with twin planets, Maske and Skay. On wild Maske there is a rocky peninsula inhabited by a clan of warlike dreamers, the Droads. The eldest son, Trewe, is by birthright Droad of Droad. The second son has no choice but to turn his face toward adventure. His name is Jubal Droad.. -
![Trullion: Alastor 2262 by Jack Vance]()
Trullion: Alastor 2262 by Jack Vance
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTrullion - world 2262 of the Alastor Cluster - is a water-world of fens, mists, and idyllic islands set in clear oceans whose teeming richness provides food for the taking. The Trill are a carefree and easy-living people, but violence enters their lives during raids of the Starmenters, freebooting galactic pirates who live short, perilous lives in pursuit of adventure, rape and pillage... -
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![Гиперболоид инженера Гарина. Аэлита. Повести by Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy, Алексей Николаевич Толстой]()
Гиперболоид инженера Гарина. Аэлита. Повести by Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy, Алексей Николаевич Толстой
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA crazed science student steals the blueprints for a deathray and prepares to use it for evil... -
![The Time Machine / The Island of Doctor Moreau by H.G. Wells]()
The Time Machine / The Island of Doctor Moreau by H.G. Wells
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Time Machine (1895) and The Island of Doctor Moreau (1896) brought H.G. Wells instant fame and established him as one of the pre-eminent founders of modern science fiction. Even at their most bleakly pessimistic and ironic, these stories testify to the resources of human courage and ingenuity... -
![Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Judith Conaway]()
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Judith Conaway
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn this 1870 science-fiction classic, obsessed Captain Nemo and his prisoners descend beneath the sea in his secret submarine, the Nautilus, for nonstop adventure and suspense... -
![Keraban the Inflexible: Adventures in the Euxine (Extraordinary Voyages, #24) by Jules Verne]()
Keraban the Inflexible: Adventures in the Euxine (Extraordinary Voyages, #24) by Jules Verne
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsKeraban is determined not to pay the tax required to cross the Bosphorus by boat, so he journeys by land around the Black Sea. There is a fundamental mistake in dividing Verne's works into science fiction vs. non-science fiction -- in Verne's work there is an all-encompassing vision of science, progress, society and political struggles, which it is not convenient to compartmentalize... -
![The Lost Oasis by Kenneth Robeson, Lester Dent]()
The Lost Oasis by Kenneth Robeson, Lester Dent
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhile seeking to solve the mystery of "the trained vampire murders," Doc Savage and his amazing crew suddenly find themselves prisoners of Sol Yuttal and Hadi-Mot aboard a hijacked Zeppelin. Their deadly destination is a fabulous lost diamond mine guarded by carnivorous plants and monstrous, bloodsucking bats... -
![Miss Pickerell Goes to Mars by Ellen MacGregor]()
Miss Pickerell Goes to Mars by Ellen MacGregor
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMiss Pickerell was mighty glad to be home from her vacation. She had had an overdose of noise and confusion. As she led her cow out to graze behind her little house she thought happily about the rest they were both going to have. But suddenly she saw, right in the middle of the pasture, the strangest, largest contraption she had ever laid eyes on...Categorized as:
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