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George Orwell Complete & Unabridged by George Orwell
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsContains the following works by George Orwell:- Animal Farm- Burmese Days- A Clergyman's Daughter- Coming Up for Air- Keep the Aspidistra Flying- Nineteen... -
![The Complete Stories, Vol. 2 by Isaac Asimov]()
The Complete Stories, Vol. 2 by Isaac Asimov
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThis is the second volume of discontinued series The Complete Stories.A must for every science fiction bookshelf... -
![Pilgrimage: The Book of the People by Zenna Henderson]()
Pilgrimage: The Book of the People by Zenna Henderson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThese are the People.Marooned on this planet by the crash of their interstellar vehicle in the distant past, The People are never free of a sense of strangeness in this world and a yearning for the home they have half-forgotten.These are the chronicles of their arrival on this world, their estrangement from it, and their ultimate acceptance of their poignant exile... -
![Four Novels of the 1960s: The Man in the High Castle / The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch / Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? / Ubik by Philip K. Dick]()
Four Novels of the 1960s: The Man in the High Castle / The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch / Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? / Ubik by Philip K. Dick
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsKnown in his lifetime primarily to readers of science fiction, Philip K. Dick is now seen as a uniquely visionary figure, a writer who, in editor Jonathan Lethem’s words, “wielded a sardonic yet heartbroken acuity about the plight of being alive in the twentieth century, one that makes him a lonely hero to the readers who cherish him... -
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![The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: The War of the Worlds by Manly Wade Wellman, Wade Wellman]()
The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: The War of the Worlds by Manly Wade Wellman, Wade Wellman
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn 1897, the world changed forever when our planet came under attack from Martian invaders. The world's greatest detective, Sherlock Holmes, along with his friend Professor Challenger embark on one of their most dangerous adventures to date... to discover the nature and intent of their extra-terrestrial attackers... -
![The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick 1: The Short Happy Life of the Brown Oxford by Philip K. Dick, Steven Owen Godersky]()
The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick 1: The Short Happy Life of the Brown Oxford by Philip K. Dick, Steven Owen Godersky
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsMany thousands of readers consider Philip K. Dick the greatest science fiction mind on any planet. Since his untimely death in 1982, interest in his works has continued to mount, and his reputation has been further enhanced by a growing body of critical attention... -
![The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick 3: Second Variety by Philip K. Dick]()
The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick 3: Second Variety by Philip K. Dick
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsMany thousands of readers consider Philip K. Dick the greatest science fiction mind on any planet. Since his untimely death in 1982, interest in Dick's works has continued to mount and his reputation has been further enhanced by a growing body of critical attention. The Philip K. Dick Award is now given annually to a distinguished work of science fiction, and the Philip K... -
![Complete Stories by Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Dave Eggers]()
Complete Stories by Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Dave Eggers
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFeaturing five never-before-published Vonnegut stories!Here for the first time is the complete short fiction of one of the twentieth century’s foremost imaginative geniuses. More than half of Vonnegut’s output was short fiction, and never before has the world had occasion to wrestle with it all together... -
![Those Who Survive by Kir Bulychev]()
Those Who Survive by Kir Bulychev
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Planet Had No Name! When the exploratory starship from Earth PolarStar crashed in the ice-covered mountains of the nameless planet the few survivors who made it to the warmer lowlands had no idea just how hostile this world could be. The plants were poisonous or actively hunted them, the animals were not all that friendly either. Most of them died. Some had children... -
![The Bedbug and Selected Poetry by Vladimir Mayakovsky]()
The Bedbug and Selected Poetry by Vladimir Mayakovsky
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThis selection of Mayakovsky's work covers his entire career--from the earliest pre-revolutionary lyrics to a poem found in a notebook after his suicide. Splendid translations of the poems, with the Russian on a facing page, and a fresh, colloquial version of Mayakovsky's dramatic masterpiece, The Bedbug... -
![Nine Tomorrows by Isaac Asimov]()
Nine Tomorrows by Isaac Asimov
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsNine stories: Profession; The Feeling of Power; The Dying Night; I'm in Marsport without Hilda; The Gentle Vultures; All the Troubles of the World; Spell my Name with an S; The Last Question (one of Asimov's most often requested stories); and The Ugly Little Boy (Asimov's own personal favorite)...Categorized as:
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![The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick 3: Second Variety by Philip K. Dick]()
The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick 3: Second Variety by Philip K. Dick
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsMany thousands of readers consider Philip K. Dick the greatest science fiction mind on any planet. Since his untimely death in 1982, interest in Dick's works has continued to mount and his reputation has been further enhanced by a growing body of critical attention. The Philip K. Dick Award is now given annually to a distinguished work of science fiction, and the Philip K... -
![The People: No Different Flesh by Zenna Henderson]()
The People: No Different Flesh by Zenna Henderson
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsA novel expanded from a short story (different from book 1 Pilgrimage which was a push of short stories connected by new material) of the alien PEOPLE and earthlings with gifts similar to those of the People -- who might be lost PEOPLE!The "People" stories inclulded in this book:No Different Flesh (1965)Deluge (1963)Angels Unawares (1966)Troubling of the Waters (1966)Return (1961)Shadow on the... -
![VALIS & Later Novels: A Maze of Death / VALIS / The Divine Invasion / The Transmigration of Timothy Archer by Philip K. Dick]()
VALIS & Later Novels: A Maze of Death / VALIS / The Divine Invasion / The Transmigration of Timothy Archer by Philip K. Dick
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn 2007, Philip K. Dick: Four Novels of the 1960s became the fastest selling title in The Library of America's history. The 2008 companion volume, Five Novels of the1960s & 70s, broke series records for advance sales... -
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![Rapsodie der eenzaamheid by Agnar Mykle, Maurice Michael]()
Rapsodie der eenzaamheid by Agnar Mykle, Maurice Michael
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDutch translation of Lasso rundt fru Luna... -
![The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick, Volume 2: Second Variety by Philip K. Dick]()
The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick, Volume 2: Second Variety by Philip K. Dick
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe second volume of the definitive five-book set of the complete collected stories of the twentieth century's greatest sf author includes such masterpieces as the title story, with its endless war being fought by ever more cunning and sophisticated robot weapons, and "Impostor" where a man accused of being an alien spy finds his whole identity called into question... -
![The Philip K. Dick MEGAPACK ®: 15 Classic Science Fiction Stories by Philip K. Dick]()
The Philip K. Dick MEGAPACK ®: 15 Classic Science Fiction Stories by Philip K. Dick
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe Philip K. Dick Megapack assembles no less than 15 classic science fiction stories by Philip K. Dick. Included are:INTRODUCTION: PHILIP K. DICKEXHIBIT PIECEBEYOND LIES THE WUBTHE DEFENDERSTHE CRYSTAL CRYPTBEYOND THE DOORSECOND VARIETYTHE EYES HAVE ITTHE GUNTHE VARIABLE MANTONY AND THE BEETLESTHE HANGING STRANGERTHE SKULLPIPER IN THE WOODSMR... -
![The Short Victorious War by David Weber]()
The Short Victorious War by David Weber
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsThe proles are revolting.The families who rule the People's Republic of Haven are in trouble. The treasury's empty, the Proles are restless, and civil war is imminent.But the ruling class knows what they need to keep in power; another short, victorious war to unite the people and fill the treasury once more... -
![Three Complete Books: The Secret Garden / A Little Princess / Little Lord Fauntleroy by Frances Hodgson Burnett]()
Three Complete Books: The Secret Garden / A Little Princess / Little Lord Fauntleroy by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsPresenting three endearing favorites in classic children's literature, a Burnett anthology follows the stories of the contrary and curious Mary, the wise and brave Sarah, and the lovable young Lord Fauntleroy...Categorized as:
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![Hainish Novels & Stories, Vol. 1: Rocannon’s World / Planet of Exile / City of Illusions / The Left Hand of Darkness / The Dispossessed / Stories by Ursula K. Le Guin]()
Hainish Novels & Stories, Vol. 1: Rocannon’s World / Planet of Exile / City of Illusions / The Left Hand of Darkness / The Dispossessed / Stories by Ursula K. Le Guin
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBeginning in the 1960s and 70s, Ursula K. Le Guin redrew the map of modern science fiction... -
![Limes inferior by Janusz A. Zajdel]()
Limes inferior by Janusz A. Zajdel
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsW absurdalnym, sztucznie wykreowanym świecie Argolandu, nic nie jest tym, czym się na pierwszy rzut oka wydaje. Drobny kombinator dzięki sprytowi i inteligencji odkrywa prawdę o pozornie idealnym porządku społeczno-ekonomicznym.Sztandarowa powieść Janusza A. Zajdla, twórcy nurtu fantastyki socjologicznej w Polsce... -
![The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick 1: Beyond Lies the Wub by Philip K. Dick]()
The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick 1: Beyond Lies the Wub by Philip K. Dick
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsA matchless display of Philip K. Dick's quirky, humorous, idiosyncratically philosophical world view. With one exception, all the stories of this volume were written over a nine-month period between 1951 and 1952, when Dick was making his first impact as a writer.Comprising:Stability;Roog;The Little Movement;Beyond Lies the Wub;The Gun;The Skull;The Defenders;Mr... -
![Uova fatali / Cuore di cane by Mikhail Bulgakov]()
Uova fatali / Cuore di cane by Mikhail Bulgakov
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDeluxe Russian edition of Bulgakov's two most famous early novellas. Also contains Bulgakov's short story collection The Diaboliad and assorted prose sketches. Gorgeous illustrations, limited edition... -
![The Beast That Shouted Love at the Heart of the World by Harlan Ellison]()
The Beast That Shouted Love at the Heart of the World by Harlan Ellison
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratings"It crouches near the center of creation. There is no night where it waits. Only the riddle of which terrible dream will set it loose. It beheaded mercy to take possession of that place. It feasts on darkness from the minds of men. No one has ever seen its eyeless face. When it sleeps we know a few moments of peace. But when it breathes again we go down in fire and mate with jackals... -
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![The Colour Out Of Space: With The Essay "Supernatural Horror in Literature" by H.P. Lovecraft]()
The Colour Out Of Space: With The Essay "Supernatural Horror in Literature" by H.P. Lovecraft
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsFirst published in 1927, "The Colour Out of Space" is H. P. Lovecraft's signature science-fiction horror story, finely presented here in a single volume with Lovecraft's landmark essay on "weird" fiction, "Supernatural Horror in Literature" - a must-read for all students and lovers of horror. Quixotic Books are reprints of important classic and historic texts, handsomely formatted and presented... -
![Earth Is Room Enough by Isaac Asimov]()
Earth Is Room Enough by Isaac Asimov
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsContents:· The Dead Past · nv Astounding Apr ’56 · The Foundation of Science Fiction Success · pm F&SF Oct ’54 · Franchise · ss If Aug ’55 · Gimmicks Three [“The Brazen Locked Room”] · ss F&SF Nov ’56 · Kid Stuff · ss Beyond Fantasy Fiction Sep ’53 · The Watery Place · ss Satellite Oct ’56 · Living Space · ss Science Fiction Stories May ’56 · The Message · vi F&SF Feb ’56 ·... -
![The Doors of His Face, the Lamps of His Mouth by Roger Zelazny]()
The Doors of His Face, the Lamps of His Mouth by Roger Zelazny
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsHere are strange, beautiful stories covering the full spectrum of the late Roger Zelazny's remarkable talents. In Doors of His Face, The Lamps of His Mouth, Zelazny's rare ability to mix the dream-like, disturbing imagery of fantasy with the real-life hardware of science fiction is on full display. His vivid imagination and fine prose made him one of the most highly acclaimed writers in his field... -
![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 Snail on the Slope by Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky]()
The Snail on the Slope by Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsThe Snail on the Slope takes place in two worlds. One is the Administration, an institution run by a surreal, Kafkaesque bureaucracy whose aim is to govern the forest below. The other is the Forest, a place of fear, weird creatures, primitive people and violence. Peretz, who works at the Administration, wants to visit the Forest... -
![The Macropulos Secret - A Comedy by Karel Čapek]()
The Macropulos Secret - A Comedy by Karel Čapek
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMany of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork... -
![Robbie by Isaac Asimov]()
Robbie by Isaac Asimov
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen Gloria's mother deprives her of her beloved robot playmate Robbie, Gloria is inconsolable and goes into a... -
![Reason by Isaac Asimov]()
Reason by Isaac Asimov
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"Reason" is a science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov, first published in the April 1941 issue of Astounding Science Fiction and collected in I, Robot (1950), The Complete Robot (1982), and Robot Visions (1990). It is part of Asimov's Robot series, and was the second of Asimov's positronic robot stories to see publication... -
![The Stainless Steel Rat's Revenge by Harry Harrison]()
The Stainless Steel Rat's Revenge by Harry Harrison
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsDiGriz and Angelina are happily married and expecting the birth of their sons. The planet Cliaand is waging interstellar war, and against the odds, its Grey Men are invading and taking over planet after planet. The Rat is sent to Cliaand to start a one-man guerrilla campaign to put a stop to the plans of the planet's leader, Kraj... -
![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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![Gray Lensman by E.E. "Doc" Smith]()
Gray Lensman by E.E. "Doc" Smith
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe action in Gray Lensman picks up immediately where Galactic Patrol left off, in the middle of the battle to destroy Helmuth's Main Base and, it is hoped, fully end the threat of Boskone. After the base falls, Kinnison finds some clues that lead him to think that Helmuth was perhaps not the head of Boskone after all... -
![The Dreaming Jewels by Theodore Sturgeon, Теодор Стърджън]()
The Dreaming Jewels by Theodore Sturgeon, Теодор Стърджън
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsEight-year-old Horty Bluett is mocked by his classmates & abused by his adoptive parents until the day his father severs three of his fingers. He runs away, taking only a gem-eyed doll he calls Junky, & joins a carnival... -
![Paycheck and Other Classic Stories by Philip K. Dick, Steven Owen Godersky]()
Paycheck and Other Classic Stories by Philip K. Dick, Steven Owen Godersky
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsElectronic mechanic Jennings wakes up with no memory of the past two years of his life -- except that he had agreed to work for Retherick Construction.Payment for his services, now completed, is a bag of seemingly worthless objects: a code key, a ticket stub, a receipt, a length of wire, half a poker chip, a piece of green cloth and a bus token...Categorized as:
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![The Wind From the Sun by Arthur C. Clarke]()
The Wind From the Sun by Arthur C. Clarke
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA volume containing all 18 short stories written by Arthur C. Clarke in the 1960s. They depict a future in which technologies are beginning to dictate man's lifestyle - even to demand life for themselves.Contentsvii • Preface (The Wind from the Sun) • (1972) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke3 • The Food of the Gods • (1964) • shortstory by Arthur C...Categorized as:
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![Apocryphal Tales by Karel Čapek]()
Apocryphal Tales by Karel Čapek
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsThe stories in this collection tackle great events and figures of history, myth, and literature in unexpected ways, questioning views on such basic concepts as justice, progress, wisdom, belief, and patriotism... -
![The Country of the Blind and Other Science-Fiction Stories by H.G. Wells]()
The Country of the Blind and Other Science-Fiction Stories by H.G. Wells
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe Dover Thrift Edition:"The Country of the Blind" (1904)"The Star" (1897)"The New Accelerator" (1901)"The Remarkable Case of Davidson's Eyes" (1895)"Under the Knife" (1896)"The Queer Story of Brownlow's Newspaper"...Categorized as:
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![Deathworld 1 by Harry Harrison]()
Deathworld 1 by Harry Harrison
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsThe planet was called Pyrrus...a strange place where all the beasts, plants and natural elements were designed for one specific purpose: to destroy man.The settlers there were supermen...twice as strong as ordinary men and with milli-second reflexes. They had to be. For their business was murder.. -
![The Crystal Spheres by David Brin]()
The Crystal Spheres by David Brin
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn a universe filled with habitable worlds, why have we had no contact with extra-terrestrial intelligence? "The Crystal Spheres" offers a fantastic explanation for the Great Silence. Instead of being late-comers -- might humanity have come upon the scene too early? This haunting tale was voted one of the "most beautiful of the eighties." Winner of the 1985 Hugo Award... -
![The Air Merchant by Alexander Belyaev]()
The Air Merchant by Alexander Belyaev
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsImagine if one man devised a way to gain control of one vital resource no one can live without... -
![All the Sad Young Men by F. Scott Fitzgerald]()
All the Sad Young Men by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe nine original stories that Fitzgerald chose for All the Sad Young Men are included in this book of the Cambridge Fitzgerald Edition, along with eleven more works that were published between 1925 and 1928 but weren't collected by Fitzgerald while he was alive. This edition is based on numerous typescripts and manuscripts that have survived... -
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![The World That Couldn't Be by Clifford D. Simak]()
The World That Couldn't Be by Clifford D. Simak
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLike every farmer on every planet, Duncan had to hunt down anything that damaged his crops—even though he was aware this was…Duncan, a plantation owner on an alien world tracks the strange animal Cytha and gets a lesson in xeno-ecology.Clifford Donald Simak (August 3, 1904 - April 25, 1988) was an American science fiction writer... -
![Case and the Dreamer and Other Stories by Theodore Sturgeon]()
Case and the Dreamer and Other Stories by Theodore Sturgeon
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsContents:Case and the Dreamer (1973)If All Men Were Brothers, Would You Let One Marry Your Sister? (1967)When You Care, When You Love... -
![The Lion of Comarre and Against the Fall of Night by Arthur C. Clarke]()
The Lion of Comarre and Against the Fall of Night by Arthur C. Clarke
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis volume is a collection of two early works by Arthur C. Clarke. Originally published in 1968, it has been reprinted several times. Both concern Earth in the far future, with a utopian, but static human society.Against the Fall of Night was later expanded and revised into a novel as The City and the Stars, one of Clarke's best-known works.The Lion of Comarre has a similar theme... -
![Bradbury Thirteen by Ray Bradbury]()
Bradbury Thirteen by Ray Bradbury
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDramatizations of 12 of Ray Bradbury's science fiction short stories. Set includes a coupon good for a free cassette with the 13th story plus an interview with Ray Bradbury on side B. Packed in wooden carrying case... -
![Back to Methuselah by George Bernard Shaw]()
Back to Methuselah by George Bernard Shaw
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience... -
![The Big Trip up Yonder and 2BR02B by Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Mark Kipling]()
The Big Trip up Yonder and 2BR02B by Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Mark Kipling
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsKurt Vonnegut's 2 B R 0 2 B is a satiric short story that imagines life (and death) in a future world where aging has been “cured” and population control is mandated and administered by the government.The Big Trip Up Yonder is the story of Gramps Ford, 172 years old in this year 2185 AD, & his large acrimonious clan that shares a 3 room apartment...
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