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1984 by George Orwell
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 40 ratingsWinston Smith lives in a society where the government controls people every second of the day. He fights this world with love. But it's dangerous: love for another person can be punished by death - and Big Brother is always watching.Orwell's classic story shows that there is no freedom unless ideas and beliefs can be questioned... -
![The Essential Ellison: A 50 Year Retrospective by Harlan Ellison]()
The Essential Ellison: A 50 Year Retrospective by Harlan Ellison
Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsHarlan Ellison is probably best known as a script writer for sci-fi and fantasy movies and TV series such as the original Outer Limits, The Hunger, Logan's Run, and Babylon Five. But his range is much broader than that, encompassing stories, novels, essays, reviews, reminiscences, plays, even fake autobiographies... -
![George Orwell Complete & Unabridged by George Orwell]()
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 Science Fiction Hall of Fame: Volume II A by Ben Bova, C.M. Kornbluth]()
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame: Volume II A by Ben Bova, C.M. Kornbluth
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsEleven Classic Novellas by the most honored authors of science fiction:This volume is the definitive collection of the best science fiction novellas between 1929 to 1964 and contains eleven great classics. There is no better anthology that captures the birth of science fiction as a literary field... -
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![Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange by Stanley Kubrick, Anthony Burgess]()
Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange by Stanley Kubrick, Anthony Burgess
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe screenplay for Stanley Kubrick’s disturbing and exhilarating masterpiece, featuring 800 film stills chosen by the director.This unique illustrated screenplay features 800 still images from “A Clockwork Orange,” selected by Stanley Kubrick when the film was first released in 1971... -
![Five Great Novels (The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch, Martian Time-Slip, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Ubik, A Scanner Darkly) by Philip K. Dick]()
Five Great Novels (The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch, Martian Time-Slip, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Ubik, A Scanner Darkly) by Philip K. Dick
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAn omnibus volume of five of the best novels by 'the most consistently brilliant SF writer in the world' (John Brunner). Dick's tales of twisted perceptions and false realities have shaped modern SF and provided the inspiration for numerous blockbuster movies.'For everyone lost in the endlessly multiplicating realities of the modern world, remember: Philip K... -
![The Day of the Scorpion by Paul Scott, Richard Brown]()
The Day of the Scorpion by Paul Scott, Richard Brown
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe second novel in The Raj Quartet: the arrest by British police of Mohammed Ali Kasim, who is known to sympathise with the Quit India movement, signifies a further deterioration in Anglo-India relations. For families such as the Laytons, who have lived and served in India for generations, the immediate social and political realities are both disturbing and tragic... -
![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... -
![The Doomed City by Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky]()
The Doomed City by Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsArkady and Boris Strugatsky are widely considered the greatest of Russian science fiction masters, and their most famous work, Roadside Picnic, has enjoyed great popularity worldwide. Yet the novel they worked hardest on, the novel that was their own favorite, the novel that readers worldwide have acclaimed as their magnum opus, has never before been published in English... -
![The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Three: Nebula Winners 1965-1969 by Arthur C. Clarke, Robert Silverberg]()
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Three: Nebula Winners 1965-1969 by Arthur C. Clarke, Robert Silverberg
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Nebula Award Winners for Best Novella, Best Novelet, and Best Short Story for the years 1965 - 1969 inclusive... -
![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... -
![О дивный новый мир by Yevgeny Zamyatin, George Orwell]()
О дивный новый мир by Yevgeny Zamyatin, George Orwell
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsВеличайшие антиутопии XX столетия. Пять очень разных и очень страшных вариантов будущего человечества. Тоталитарный ад по Замятину и Оруэллу. "Потребительский рай" по Хаксли и Воннегуту. Странный мир на грани между адом и раем - по Лему... -
![Eating Fire: Selected Poetry 1965-1995 by Margaret Atwood]()
Eating Fire: Selected Poetry 1965-1995 by Margaret Atwood
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAn omnibus edition of Margaret Atwood's poetry 1965 - 1995 including the latest collection Morning in the Burned... -
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![The Past Through Tomorrow: Vol. 2 by Robert A. Heinlein]()
The Past Through Tomorrow: Vol. 2 by Robert A. Heinlein
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHere, in volume two of two volumes, are the other half of the stories, novelettes and novellas which make up Heinlein's famous Future History -- the rich, imaginative architecture of Man's destiny that many consider his greatest and most prophetic work. Heinlein wrote most of the Future History stories early in his career, between 1939 and 1941 and between 1945 and 1950... -
![Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 by Harold Bloom]()
Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 by Harold Bloom
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsContains essays by Wayne L. Johnson, Donald Watt, William F. Touponce, Susan Spencer, and others discussing the novel as it relates to cultural history... -
![Robert A. Heinlein's Expanded Universe: Volume Two by Robert A. Heinlein]()
Robert A. Heinlein's Expanded Universe: Volume Two by Robert A. Heinlein
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“The single most important and valuable Heinlein book ever published.”—Spider Robinson Robert A. Heinlein has been hailed as one of the most forward-thinking science fiction writers of all time, and Expanded Universe (presented in two volumes) offers the perfect collection of his works to provide readers with true insights into his uniquely creative mind... -
![The Diary of a Space Traveller and other Stories: Puffin Classics by Satyajit Ray, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni]()
The Diary of a Space Traveller and other Stories: Puffin Classics by Satyajit Ray, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt all began with the fall of a meteorite and the crater it made. In its centre was a red notebook, sticking out of the ground—the first (or was it really the last?) of Professor Shonku’s diaries... -
![Arthur C. Clarke: 2001/A Space Odyssey, The City And The Stars, The Deep Range, A Fall Of Moondust, Rendevous With Rama by Arthur C. Clarke]()
Arthur C. Clarke: 2001/A Space Odyssey, The City And The Stars, The Deep Range, A Fall Of Moondust, Rendevous With Rama by Arthur C. Clarke
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings... -
![The Star Trek Compendium by Allan Asherman]()
The Star Trek Compendium by Allan Asherman
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHere is the essential fans' guidebook to the Star Trek universe--including material from Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country. This compendium features a complete show-by-show guide to the original series as well as the movies and animated shows, including plot summaries, fascinating behind-the-scenes information, and credits. 125 photos... -
![Literary Companion Series: One Flew Over the Cukoo's Nest by Lawrence Kappel]()
Literary Companion Series: One Flew Over the Cukoo's Nest by Lawrence Kappel
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsKen Kesey's stream of consciousness description of patients in a mental institution questions the line between sanity and madness. Essays include discussion of the psychological implications in the novel as well as themes and character analysis... -
![Russian Stories/Русские Рассказы: A Dual-Language Book by Gleb Struve]()
Russian Stories/Русские Рассказы: A Dual-Language Book by Gleb Struve
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTwelve superb tales by Chekhov, Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Pushkin, Bunin, other masters. Excellent word-for-word English translations on facing pages. Also teaching and practice aids, Russian-English vocabulary, biographical/critical introductions to each selection, study questions, more. Especially helpful are the stress accents in the Russian text, usually found only in primers... -
![Collected Works (Complete Editions: The Metamorphosis, In the Penal Colony, The Trial, ...) by Franz Kafka]()
Collected Works (Complete Editions: The Metamorphosis, In the Penal Colony, The Trial, ...) by Franz Kafka
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis carefully crafted ebook is formatted with a functional and detailed table of contents.Franz Kafka (3 July 1883 – 3 June 1924) was a German-language writer of novels and short stories, regarded by critics as one of the most influential authors of the 20th century. Kafka strongly influenced genres such as existentialism... -
![His Name was Death by Rafael Bernal, Kit Schluter]()
His Name was Death by Rafael Bernal, Kit Schluter
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA bitter drunk forsakes civilization and takes to the Mexican jungle, trapping animals, selling their pelts to buy liquor for colossal benders, and slowly rotting away in his fetid hut... -
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![Dangerous Visions 2 by Harlan Ellison, Fritz Leiber]()
Dangerous Visions 2 by Harlan Ellison, Fritz Leiber
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNew Introduction (Dangerous Visions 2) • (1969) • essay by Harlan EllisonDangerous Visions 2 • (1974) • interior artwork by Diane Dillon and Leo DillonEutopia • (1967) • novelette by Poul AndersonFaith of Our Fathers • (1967) • novelette by Philip K. DickGonna Roll the Bones • (1967) • novelette by Fritz LeiberIncident in Moderan • (1967) • short story by David R... -
![Час Быка by Ivan Efremov]()
Час Быка by Ivan Efremov
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsКосмический корабль «Тёмное пламя», построенный с использованием новой технологии сверхсветовых путешествий в Космосе, отправляется к удалённой звёздной системе, одна из планет которой, как предполагается, колонизирована землянами ещё в период рассвета космической эры. Общество планеты Торманс противоположно коммунистической утопии на Земле... -
![Everything for Everyone: An Oral History of the New York Commune, 2052–2072 by M.E. O'Brien, Eman Abdelhadi]()
Everything for Everyone: An Oral History of the New York Commune, 2052–2072 by M.E. O'Brien, Eman Abdelhadi
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBy the middle of the twenty-first century, war, famine, economic collapse, and climate catastrophe had toppled the world's governments. In the 2050s, the insurrections reached the nerve center of global capitalism—New York City... -
![The Time Machine (Great Illustrated Classics) by Shirley Bogart]()
The Time Machine (Great Illustrated Classics) by Shirley Bogart
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe world's best-loved children's stories set in large type for easy reading... -
![Soul by Andrei Platonov, Robert Chandler]()
Soul by Andrei Platonov, Robert Chandler
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsA New York Review Books OriginalThe Soviet writer Andrey Platonov saw much of his work suppressed or censored in his lifetime. In recent decades, however, these lost works have reemerged, and the eerie poetry and poignant humanity of Platonov’s vision have become ever more clear... -
![The Martian Way and Other Stories by Isaac Asimov]()
The Martian Way and Other Stories by Isaac Asimov
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThis collection of four famous science fiction tales masterfully exemplifies author Isaac Asimov's ability to create quickly a believable human milieu in the midst of alien circumstances. Each of the long stores also shows his considerable skill in fully fleshing out a speculative scientific or social possibility... -
![Noon: 22nd Century by Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky]()
Noon: 22nd Century by Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSummary (From the publisher):The 22nd Century. Mankind is free from the age-old misery and poverty that have kept it in bondage, free to create a new world, to explore the universe, to confront the mysteries of human existence. Russia's greatest S-F writeres, Arkday and Boris Strugatsky, have produced a futuristic masterpiece of epic proportions and breathtaking vision... -
![Partners In Wonder by Harlan Ellison, Robert Bloch]()
Partners In Wonder by Harlan Ellison, Robert Bloch
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsNo matter how many books you've read, you've never read a book like this one...because there's never been a book like this one in the history of everything. This is the first collection of collaborative stories ever created; it is unique, like the Abominable Snowperson or the Sistine Chapel ceiling... -
![The Last Mimzy by Henry Kuttner]()
The Last Mimzy by Henry Kuttner
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTHE LAST MIMZY IS THE IDEAL INTRODUCTION TO AN AUTHOR WHO WAS AHEAD OF HIS TIME–AND WHOSE TIME HAS FINALLY COME.These seventeen classic stories create their own unique galaxy of vain, protective, and murderous robots; devilish angels; and warm and angry aliens... -
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![A Science Fiction Omnibus by Brian W. Aldiss, Eric Frank Russell]()
A Science Fiction Omnibus by Brian W. Aldiss, Eric Frank Russell
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis new edition of Brian Aldiss' classic anthology brings together a diverse selection of science fiction spanning over sixty years, from Isaac Asimov's "Nightfall", first published in 1941, to the 2006 story "Friends in Need" by Eliza Blair. Including authors such as Clifford Simak, Harry Harrison, Bruce Sterling, A. E... -
![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... -
![Robert Heinlein's Expanded Universe: Volume One by Robert A. Heinlein]()
Robert Heinlein's Expanded Universe: Volume One by Robert A. Heinlein
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratings“The single most important and valuable Heinlein book ever published.”—Spider Robinson Robert A. Heinlein has been hailed as one of the most forward-thinking science fiction writers of all time, and Expanded Universe (presented in two volumes) offers the perfect collection of his works to provide readers with true insights into his uniquely creative mind... -
![Peach Blossom Paradise by Ge Fei]()
Peach Blossom Paradise by Ge Fei
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAn enthralling story of revolution, idealism, and a savage struggle for utopia by one of China's greatest living novelistsIn 1898 reformist intellectuals in China persuaded the young emperor that it was time to transform his sclerotic empire into a prosperous modern state...Categorized as:
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![Hello Summer, Goodbye by Michael G. Coney]()
Hello Summer, Goodbye by Michael G. Coney
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt was an alien planet - yet not too alien from Earth. It had its differences; its ice goblins, its curious furry lorrin, its thickening water, and its unearthly tides, but for a young man like Alika-Drove thinking of a vacation by the sea these oddities were the norm.But this vacation was different...Categorized as:
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![The Robert Silverberg Science Fiction MEGAPACK® by Robert Silverberg]()
The Robert Silverberg Science Fiction MEGAPACK® by Robert Silverberg
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRobert Silverberg needs little introduction to anyone at all familiar with the history of the science fiction field. Fan. Author. Editor. Creative force. He has been an integral part of the field for longer than most of his readers have been alive... -
![The Best of Eric Frank Russell by Eric Frank Russell]()
The Best of Eric Frank Russell by Eric Frank Russell
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratings13 classic stories. Includes: Allamagoosa (1955 Hugo winner); Dear Devil (nominated, 1950 Retro Hugo); Mana; Jay Score; Homo Saps; Metamorphosite; Hobbyist; Late Night Final; Fast Falls the Eventide; I Am Nothing; Weak Spot; Into Your Tent I'll Creep; Study in Still Life. Introduction by Alan Dean Foster. 10th place, 1979 Locus Poll Award, Best Single Author Collection... -
![Ruler of the World by Alexander Belyaev, Александр Романович Беляев]()
Ruler of the World by Alexander Belyaev, Александр Романович Беляев
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGreat historic rulers attempted to take over the world with superior armies and weapons. Ludwig Shtirner decided not to follow in their footsteps. Instead, he set out to take over the world using nothing more than the power of his mind... -
![Minor Angels by Antoine Volodine]()
Minor Angels by Antoine Volodine
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom Antoine Volodine comes a deeply disturbing and darkly hilarious novel whose full meaning, its author asserts, will be found not in the book’s pages but in the dreams people will have after reading it. In Minor Angels Volodine depicts a postcataclysmic world in which the forces of capitalism have begun to reestablish themselves... -
![Sultana's Dream: And Selections from The Secluded Ones by Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain, Hanna Papanek]()
Sultana's Dream: And Selections from The Secluded Ones by Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain, Hanna Papanek
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSultana’s Dream, first published in 1905 in a Madras English newspaper, is a witty feminist utopia—a tale of reverse purdah that posits a world in which men are confined indoors and women have taken over the public sphere, ending a war nonviolently and restoring health and beauty to the world... -
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![Far Rainbow / The Second Invasion from Mars by Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky]()
Far Rainbow / The Second Invasion from Mars by Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTwo Soviet science fiction novels by the Strugatsky brothers. Introduction by Theodore Sturgeon... -
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![The Best of R. A. Lafferty by R.A. Lafferty]()
The Best of R. A. Lafferty by R.A. Lafferty
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEdited and collated by Jonathan Strahan, with a volume introduction by Neil Gaiman, THE BEST OF R.A. LAFFERTY is the authoritative collection of short fiction by R.A. Lafferty... -
![Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea / The Mysterious Island / Journey to the Centre of the Earth / Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne]()
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea / The Mysterious Island / Journey to the Centre of the Earth / Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA pioneer of the now immensely popular genre of fiction we call science fiction, Jules Verne wrote startling adventure stories that not only vividly captured the imagination of the 19th-century reading public, but are still read avidly today... -
![Sci-Fi Chronicles: A Visual History of the Galaxy's Greatest Science Fiction by Guy Haley]()
Sci-Fi Chronicles: A Visual History of the Galaxy's Greatest Science Fiction by Guy Haley
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe definitive encyclopedia for the science fiction fanatic.From Barbarella to Blade Runner, from Solaris to Star Wars, and from 1984 to 2001, Sci-Fi Chronicles seeks out 200 of the greatest galactic creations... -
![The Iron Harvest by Erik Hanberg]()
The Iron Harvest by Erik Hanberg
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHiding is easy. Staying alive is the problem.Byron Shaw is the focus of a worldwide manhunt. Everywhere he turns he finds more danger. Everyone who helps him risks their own life.With the global communication network that bound society destroyed, Shaw must fight his away across two continents if he ever wants to see his wife again...
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