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Readers who enjoyed Alien Invasion Short Stories by Patrick Parrinder, Bo Balder, Jennifer Rachel Baumer, George Chesney, George Allan England, Austin Hall, Maria Haskins, Suo Hefu, Rachel K. Jones, Claude Lalumière, Rich Larson, H.P. Lovecraft, Angus McIntyre, A. Merritt, Stephen G. Parks, Sunil Patel, Laura Pearlman, Tim Pieraccini, Robert Potter, Eric Reitan, Garrett P. Serviss, Jonathan Swift, Voltaire, John Walters, H.G. Wells, S.A. Westerley & William R.D. Wood also liked the following books featuring the same tropes, story themes, relationship dynamics and character types.
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11/22/63 by Stephen King
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 79 ratingsOn November 22, 1963, three shots rang out in Dallas, President Kennedy died, and the world changed. What if you could change it back? Stephen King’s heart-stoppingly dramatic new novel is about a man who travels back in time to prevent the JFK assassination—a thousand page tour de force... -
The Time Hunters and the Spear of Fate by Carl Ashmore
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratings'The Time Hunters and the Spear of Fate’ is the third book in the bestselling Time Hunters saga.It’s Christmas time and Becky and Joe Mellor have returned to Bowen Hall to attend the annual GITT Christmas Party – ‘The Enchantment Beneath the Sea Dance.’ However, when the party comes to a sudden, terrifying end, they are pitched into a quest for the all-powerful Spear of Fate...Categorized as:
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The Philip K. Dick Reader by Philip K. Dick
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 27 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... -
Return to the Lost World by Greig Beck
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIt was true – it was all true – and we were never meant to be there. In December 2018, Ben Cartwright, former Special Forces soldier, and a team of naive explorers, followed the clues left by his ancestor to a hidden plateau in the middle of the Amazon jungle. It was said that once every 10 years, a secret pathway was revealed to a world long since gone... -
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The Golden Apple by Robert Shea, Robert Anton Wilson
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsNausea, then microamnesia, then the laughing jag, then sex. Be patient. The clear light comes next. Then we can discuss Truth. As if we haven't been discussing it all along. -Hagbard Celine, The Golden Apple Illuminatus! Part II, from the original and genuine trilogy of conspiracies, is performed in all its unabridged brilliance by a full ensemble cast...Categorized as:
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The Dark by Jeremy Robinson
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsFrom the twisted imagination of New York Times and #1 Audible bestselling author, Jeremy Robinson, comes a horrifying revelation about the centuries old Three Days of Darkness prophecy, during which the legions of Hell will be unleashed on the Earth. The Dark is a mind-bending and character driven sci-fi-infused horror novel like no other... -
The Time Machine/The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsThe Time Machine and The Invisible Man, by H. G. Wells, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras...Categorized as:
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Counteraction by M.D. Massey
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAs a hunter in post-apocalyptic central Texas, Scratch Sullivan has survived zombies, vampires, rogue militia units - heck, he even killed a werewolf with nothing more than a spear and a bad attitude. But what's a man to do when the local werewolf pack destroys his town and abducts his best girl? If you're Scratch Sullivan, you get spittin' mad - and then you get retribution... -
Gabby's Run: Paranormal Apocalypse by M.D. Massey
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings(WARNING: This zombie apocalypse end of the world novel from M.D. Massey is chock full of post-apocalyptic werewolves, post-apocalyptic vampires, post-apocalyptic shifters, and other things that go bump in the long dark night of a vampire apocalypse. THEM: Gabby's Run can be read as a stand-alone novel, or as an introduction to the world of THEM..Categorized as:
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Alamo by Craig DiLouie, Stephen Knight
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDuring the long retreat out of Philadelphia, First Battalion arrives at High Point Special Facility, the Alamo of the U.S. government. Lt. Colonel Lee secures the fort built around the facility but learns of an outbreak in the underground bunker, where the U.S. government is hiding. The President has been infected...Categorized as:
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Operation Mongolia by William Meikle
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt's supposed to be a routine job, walking a pair of stranded archaeologists out of the Gobi Desert. But when the rains come unexpectedly, S-Squad's troubles are only starting. There is something in the sand, something red and wriggling. Thirsty for water. Hungry for flesh... -
R Is for Rocket by Ray Bradbury
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsContents:Introduction · in R Is for Rocket [“King of the Gray Spaces”] · ss Famous Fantastic Mysteries Dec ’43 The End of the Beginning [“Next Stop: The Stars”] · ss Maclean’s Oct 27 ’56 The Fog Horn [“The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms”] · ss The Saturday Evening Post Jun 23 ’51 The Rocket [“Outcast of the Stars”] · ss Super Science Stories Mar ’50 The Rocket Man · ss Maclean’s Mar 1 ’51 The Golden...Categorized as:
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Harvest by Frank Tayell
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA castle can be made safe from the undead, but not from the people inside the walls. It is eight months since the outbreak. In the anarchy and chaos that came with the undead, civilisation was destroyed. In the wars that followed, the planet was nearly ruined. Billions died. Only a few thousand survived. Fifty people have found refuge in the Tower of London...Categorized as:
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The Forsaken by Erica Stevens
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 13 ratings***Note*** This book is the third compilation of a serial story and therefore does not have a conclusion. This is not a survivalist story.New friendships will be forged, answers will be found, and lives will be lost as the survivors journey deeper into unfamiliar and treacherous areas... -
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The Complete Science Fiction Treasury of H.G. Wells by H.G. Wells
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsSeven of Well's greatest, most startling forays into the realm of the fantastic. Includes The Time Machine, Island of Dr. Moreau, Invisible Man, War of the Worlds, First Men in the Moon, Food of the Gods, and In the Days of the Comet...Categorized as:
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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... -
Operation: Siberia by William Meikle
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen Captain John Banks and his squad are sent to investigate a zoo in Siberia, he expects to find tigers, bears, maybe elk But there is something there that is new, yet very, very old. Beasts that haven't walked the Earth since the last Ice Age have been cloned, revived, and set loose to roam free. And some of them are very hungry...Categorized as:
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Cryptid Country by Gerry Griffiths
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSix months after the Cryptid Zoo tragedy gained national attention, violent creatures still terrorize the country. Nick and Meg Wells continue to deal with the horrifying experience having to institutionalize their catatonic son, Gabe, in a facility for the mentally disturbed... -
Colter's Journey by William W. Johnstone, J.A. Johnstone
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTHE GREATEST WESTERN WRITERS OF THE 21ST CENTURY In this thrilling epic of the American West, bestselling authors William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone capture the human side of the frontier experience in all its glory, grit, and grandeur—through the eyes of one remarkable teenage boy .. -
Leviathan by Robert Shea, Robert Anton Wilson
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe ultimate weapon isn't this plague out in Vegas, or any new super H-bomb. The ultimate weapon has always existed. Every man, every woman, and every child owns it. It's the ability to say No and take the consequences. - Hagbard Celine, LeviathanIlluminatus! Part III cheerfully ushers in the apocalyptic high-camp conclusion of the Illuminatus! Trilogy...Categorized as:
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Doctor Who: The Chimes of Midnight by Robert Shearman, Paul McGann
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratings’Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the house not a creature was stirring...But something must be stirring. Something hidden in the shadows. Something which kills the servants of an old Edwardian mansion in the most brutal and macabre manner possible. Exactly on the chiming of the hour, every hour, as the grandfather clock ticks on towards midnight... -
The Best of Connie Willis: Award-Winning Stories by Connie Willis
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThis new collection of stories from the multi-award-winning author of Doomsday Book and To Say Nothing of the Dog contains:A Letter from the ClearysAt the RialtoDeath on the NileThe Soul Selects Her own SocietyFire WatchInside JobEven the QueenThe Winds of Marble ArchAll Seated on the GroundLast of the WinnebagosTen stories - which have all won the Hugo Award, the Nebula Award or both - are...Categorized as:
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The Time Machine & The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsIn The Time Machine, Wells's Time Traveller journeys to the world of 802,701 AD, where humanity has divided into the effete, beautiful Eloi and the brutal subterranean Morlocks. In The War of the Worlds, the Martians -- intellects 'vast and cool and unsympathetic' -- send their war machines to wreak havoc across the world...Categorized as:
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Stories Volume 1 by Ray Bradbury
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsOne hundred classic stories from the celebrated author of Fahrenheit 451. In this, the first volume of Ray Bradbury's short stories, some of the author's finest works are published together, among them 'Homecoming', 'Veldt', 'A Sound of Thunder' and 'The Long Rain'...Categorized as:
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The Invention of Morel by Adolfo Bioy Casares, Jorge Luis Borges
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsJorge Luis Borges declared The Invention of Morel a masterpiece of plotting, comparable to The Turn of The Screw and Journey to the Center of the Earth. Set on a mysterious island, Bioy’s novella is a story of suspense and exploration, as well as a wonderfully unlikely romance, in which every detail is at once crystal clear and deeply mysterious...Categorized as:
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Salvage by Anthony J. Melchiorri
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsBook 3 in Anthony J Melchiorri's The Tide series. As new heroes emerge from the smoldering ashes of humanity... So do new threats. A man-made plague has ravaged humanity, the military is in shambles, and chaos reigns over the United States. Hopes seems nothing more than an ephemeral dream. But Captain Dominic Holland is determined to stop the inevitable... -
Empire of the Sun by J.G. Ballard
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe classic, award-winning novel, made famous by Steven Spielberg's film, tells of a young boy's struggle to survive World War II in China.Jim is separated from his parents in a world at war. To survive, he must find a deep strength greater than all the events that surround him.Shanghai, 1941 — a city aflame from the fateful torch of Pearl Harbor...Categorized as:
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Breakwater by Anthony J. Melchiorri
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsThe race to save humanity continues... The Oni Agent outbreak has devastated countries across the globe. Despite this apocalyptic new world, Captain Dominic Holland and the Hunters are determined to save the survivors and develop a cure. New threats and discoveries challenge them every step of the way. But they soon find potential help from an unlikely source.. -
Doctor Who: Dead Air by James Goss, David Tennant
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHello, Im the Doctor. And, if you can hear this, then one of us is going to die.At the bottom of the sea, in the wreck of a floating radio station, a lost recording has been discovered. After careful restoration, it is played for the first timeto reveal something incredible. It is the voice of the Doctor, broadcasting from Radio Bravo in 1966...Categorized as:
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The Man From Taured: A breakneck mystery-thriller: 3 by Jeremy Bates
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEver been to Taured before? No? In fact, you’ve never heard of it? Well, neither had the rest of the world when in July of 2020 a European businessman shows up at Tokyo International Airport claiming to not only hail from the non-existent country but produces a legitimate passport... -
Ilium by Dan Simmons
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 38 ratingsThe Trojan War rages at the foot of Olympos Mons on Mars—observed and influenced from on high by Zeus and his immortal family—and twenty-first-century professor Thomas Hockenberry is there to play a role in the insidious private wars of vengeful gods and goddesses... -
H.G. Wells: Six Novels by H.G. Wells, Michael A. Cramer
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe was the first to popularize the concept of time travel. He disturbed - and fascinated - us with a frightening doctor's island. He wrote of an invisible man, of men on the moon, and of a war of the worlds. He has influenced countless other writers, artists, and even scientists. H. G...Categorized as:
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While the Dark Remains by Joanna Ruth Meyer
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA young woman who escaped captivity in the court of a cruel king returns in disguise to bring him down for good, but her feelings for the king's son complicate matters... -
Project Nemesis by Jeremy Robinson
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsACE for 9781301779628Jon Hudson, lead investigator for the Department of Homeland Security's Fusion Center-P, thinks his job is a joke. While other Fusion Centers focus on thwarting terrorist activity, Hudson's division is tasked with handling paranormal threats to national security, of which there have been zero during his years at the DHS... -
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The Land Below by William Meikle
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA treasure hunt into the deepest cave system in Europe takes a turn for the worst.Now rather than treasure it is survival that is at the forefront of the spelunkers' thoughts. But their attempt to escape out of the dark deep places is thwarted.Men are not at home in the depths. But there are things that are, pale terrifying things.Huge things.Things red in tooth and claw... -
Human Is?: A Philip K. Dick Reader (Gollancz S.F.) by Philip K. Dick
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratings1 • Beyond Lies the Wub • (1952) • shortstory by Philip K. Dick9 • The Defenders • (1953) • novelette by Philip K. Dick31 • Roog • (1953) • shortstory by Philip K. Dick36 • Second Variety • (1953) • novelette by Philip K. Dick80 • Impostor • (1953) • shortstory by Philip K. Dick94 • The Preserving Machine • [Dr. Rupert Labyrinth] • (1953) • shortstory by Philip K... -
The Six Fingers of Time by R.A. Lafferty
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTime is money. Time heals all wounds. Given time, anything is possible... -
Creatures by David Burkett, David Burkett
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen the personal plane of a highly ranked Brazilian cabinet member and his family disappears in the Amazon, a search and rescue helicopter records evidence of a massive anomaly in the jungle. Doc Morrison, a renowned geologist, is called in to help investigate what could be the collapse of the largest cavern known to man... -
V. by Thomas Pynchon
Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsThe wild, macabre tale of the twentieth century and of two men—one looking for something he has lost, the other with nothing much to lose—and "V.," the unknown woman of the title...Categorized as:
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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... -
Terror Lake by Edward J. McFadden III
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Inuit people call it Akhlut, and legends tell of a horrific monster, a freak of nature from the depths that appears every six years in search of flesh and blood.Mount Aire is a secluded enclave on the Kenai Peninsula where folks do their best to live quiet lives away from the chaos of civilization... -
Cherokee Sabre by Jamison Roberts
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat if a legend you'd grown up hearing turned out not only to be true, but much older than you could have imagined?Professor of Archaeology, Theodore Stone encounters this problem first hand in Cherokee Sabre, a creature feature thriller containing an adaptation of a Cherokee legend. The Wampus Cat... -
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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Eight by W.W. Mortensen
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTERROR HAS A NEW SPECIES Deep in the Amazon, the solution to the global energy crisis has been found; a mysterious source of power set to end our dependency on oil... -
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The Goblin Reservation by Clifford D. Simak
Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsFirst-class entertainment (The Sunday Times) from a classic SF author. En route to an interplanetary research mission, a scientist is abducted by a strange, shadowy race of aliens and taken to a previously uncharted planet, a storehouse of information that would be invaluable--even to an Earth so advanced that time travel allows goblins, dinosaurs, even Shakespeare to coexist...Categorized as:
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The Atlantis Plague by A.G. Riddle
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsA pandemic 70,000 years in the making...will change humanity...forever.The race to stop the Atlantis Plague has begun.Buy now and continue the worldwide bestselling series that began with The Atlantis Gene (note: Kindle Unlimited subscribers can also read for free).Selected Praise For A.G. Riddle"This is apocalyptic sci-fi at its best."—Daily Mail on The Solar War“..Categorized as:
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MEG: Hell's Aquarium by Steve Alten
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsNew York Times bestselling author Steve Alten's Meg: Hell's Aquarium continues his thrilling action adventure series--the basis for the feature film The Meg, starring Jason Statham as Jonas Taylor.The most fearsome predators in history…are no longer history.The Philippine Sea Plate: The most unexplored realm on the planet... -
Godzilla: King of the Monsters - The Official Movie Novelization by Greg Keyes, Ната Гриценко
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe official novelization of the summer blockbuster Godzilla: King of the Monsters , the latest film in the MonsterVerseTM franchise, starring Kyle Chandler, Vera Farmiga, Millie Bobby Brown, with Ken Watanabe and Ziyi Zhang... -
The War of the Worlds (Great Illustrated Classics) by Malvina G. Vogel, H.G. Wells
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFor generations, readers have enjoyed classic literature. They have delighted in the romance of Jane Austen, thrilled at the adventures of Jules Verne, and pondered the lessons of Aesop. Introduce young readers to these familiar volumes with Great Illustrated Classics. In this series, literary masterworks have been adapted for young scholars... -
The Winds of Marble Arch and Other Stories by Connie Willis
Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars · 17 ratings"Variety is the soul of pleasure," And variety is what this comprehensive new collection of Connie Willis is all about...Categorized as:
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