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Readers who enjoyed 24seven, Volume 1 by Ivan Brandon, Eduardo Risso, Adam Hughes, Fábio Moon, Gabriel Bá, Jim Rugg, Brandon Graham, Jim Mahfood, Farel Dalrymple, Michael Avon Oeming, Becky Cloonan, James Stokoe, Jonathan L. Davis & Tony Moore also liked the following books featuring the same tropes, story themes, relationship dynamics and character types.
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They Call Her Dirty Sally by Amy Matayo
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsFor years, the town of Silver Bell, Arkansas has quietly mourned the hospital fire that claimed the lives of nine of its residents—the town doctor, a young expectant mother, and seven infants...Categorized as:
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ಕರ್ವಾಲೋ [Karvalo] by K.P. Poornachandra Tejaswi
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIn Karvalo, the protagonist is a well educated farmer, who is also the narrator of the story. In spite of his great interest in rural lifestyle, his unsuccessful agricultural work makes him consider ending his life as a farmer to move to the city.[citation needed] During this time he meets Karvalo, a middle aged scientist in search of a rare lizard... -
Angel City Blues by Jeff Edwards
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLos Angeles: 2065 A wealthy young woman vanishes from her high-security apartment without leaving a single strand of DNA behind. No trace of the victim’s disappearance is recorded on any of the building’s many cameras or security sensors. Her apartment’s memory cores have been destroyed beyond any hope of recovery... -
We of the Forsaken World... by Kiran Bhat
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIn a distant corner of the globe, a man journeys to the birthplace of his mother, a tourist town destroyed by an industrial spill. In a nameless remote tribe, the chief’s second son is born, creating a scramble for succession as their jungles are being destroyed by loggers... -
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Torture the Artist by Joey Goebel
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsVincent Spinetti is an archetypal tortured artist ? a sensitive young writer who falls victim to alienation, parental neglect, poverty, depression, alcoholism, illness, nervous breakdowns, and unrequited love... -
The Tragedy of Man: Dramatic Poem by Imre Madách
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible... -
Star Wars: The National Public Radio Dramatization by Brian Daley
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe original script of the National Public Radio Star Wars adaptation -- with more than thirty all-new scenes! You've seen the movie. You've read the book. But you've only heard half the story . . -
Lord of All Things by Andreas Eschbach
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsWinner of the 2012 Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis for best German science fiction novel, Lord of All Things is also a story about love against all odds.They are just children when they meet for the first time: Charlotte, daughter of the French ambassador, and Hiroshi, a laundress’s son. One day, Hiroshi declares that he has an idea that will change the world... -
The Aviator by Eugene Vodolazkin, Evgheni Vodolazkin
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsFrom award-winning author Eugene Vodolazkin comes this poignant story of memory, love, and loss spanning twentieth-century Russia.A man wakes up in a hospital bed, with no idea who he is or how he came to be there. The only information the doctor shares with his patient is his name: Innokenty Petrovich Platonov... -
Star Songs of an Old Primate by James Tiptree Jr.
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA marvelous medley of Tiptree's best - YOUR HAPLOID HEART - When Ian Suitlov and Pax Patton landed on Esthaa to check for humans, the job wasn't as easy as it appeared. Though the natives seemed human enough, only cross breeding would be conclusive proof... -
The Terminator by Shaun Hutson
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn the Year of Darkness, 2029, the rulers of this planet devised the ultimate plan. They would reshape the Future by changing the Past. The plan required something that felt no pity. No pain. No fear. Something unstoppable. They created THE TERMINATOR... -
Into Twilight by P.R. Adams
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDouble-crossed and abandoned behind enemy lines. It’s an agent’s worst nightmare.In the 22nd Century, Stefan Mendoza is a loyal operator for the Agency, an organization that does the United States’ dirty work. Extraction, systems hacking, assassination—allies and enemies, he never questions the mission. And then the day comes when he’s considered expendable... -
Marjorie Prime by Jordan Harrison
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"A thought-provoking play about memory, its corruption and our insistence that technology help us outwit death."—The New York Times "It's the kind of experience that keeps unfolding in the mind long after the play is over... -
The Rocket Man by Ray Bradbury
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA short story by Ray...Categorized as:
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True Names... and Other Dangers by Vernor Vinge
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsContents:Bookworm, Run! (1966)True Names (1981)The Peddler's Apprentice (1975) with Joan D... -
Czarne oceany by Jacek Dukaj
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsDukaj od nowa skonfigurował klasyczną twardą fantastykę naukową.Mroczna, sugestywna, boleśnie realistyczna wizja społeczeństwa posthumanistycznego.Czarne oceany – przerażająca otchłań myśli ludzkiej.Nicolas Hunt kieruje tajnym projektem rządowym, badającym komercyjne zastosowania telepatii. Rezultaty tych badań zmienią nieodwracalnie nie tylko jego życie, ale także losy całego świata... -
Le trophée by Gaea Schoeters, Benoît-Thadée Standaert
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsHunter White, riche new-yorkais et investisseur à Wall Street, a acheté une licence de chasse lui permettant de tuer un rhinocéros noir, seul trophée qui manque encore à son palmarès. Parti en Afrique, son terrain de jeu de prédilection, il rêve d’enfin pouvoir ramener à sa femme, en guise de cadeau d’anniversaire, la tête empaillée de son rhinocéros. Mais son rêve se muera bientôt en cauchemar...Categorized as:
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Cyberabad Days by Ian McDonald
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsCyberabad Days returns to the India of 2047 as featured in Ian McDonald's acclaimed novel River of Gods...Categorized as:
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I, Robot: The Illustrated Screenplay by Harlan Ellison
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNumerous attempts had been made to adapt Isaac Asimov's classic story-cycle to the motion picture medium. All efforts failed. In 1977, producers approached the author to take a crack at this impossible project. He accepted, and produced an astonishing screenplay. This book presents that screenplay... -
36 by Nieves Delgado
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEl nacimiento de una nueva Inteligencia Artificial en el CIDIA siempre es motivo de alegría. En el caso de la que ocupará el cuerpo número 36, la felicidad es doble, puesto que, nada más nacer, ha sorprendido a todos los técnicos con un insólito «Buenos días». 36 no es una IA como las demás, se hace preguntas y quiere respuestas... -
Dome City Blues by Jeff Edwards
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFor fans of William Gibson, Phillip K. Dick, and Jak Koke…Los Angeles: 2063David Stalin was one of the best detectives in the business, running head-to-head with data-jackers, organ thieves, and the tech-enhanced gangs who ruled the shadowy streets of Los Angeles... -
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Second Annual Collection by Gardner Dozois, Stephen Baxter
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe twenty-eight stories in this collection imaginatively take us far across the universe, into the very core of our beings, to the realm of the gods, and to the moment just after now. Included here are the works of masters of the form and of bright new talents, including: Daniel Abraham • Eleanor Arnason • Pauolo Bacigalupi • Kage Baker • Stephen Baxter • Terry Bisson • James L... -
Out in the Cold by Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat happens when the world’s deadliest operative is activated with no target to take out?Tina Harrington was a member of the black ops team known as C.O.R.P.S.E. - until she was killed.But her death triggered a secret program, activating an android that was trained to kill, yet is now confused about its mission... -
Paintwork by Tim Maughan
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAugmented reality street artist 3Cube wants to break into the mainstream, and as one of the best in the graffiti mecca of Bristol he stands a real chance. Except that someone, some unseen rival, seems set on using even the most old-fashioned of methods to stop him from succeeding.John Smith was successful once, if only for a fleeting moment... -
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Let's Put the Future Behind Us by Jack Womack
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFormer bureaucrat Max Borodin is one of Moscow's most successful businessmen. He strolls through the wreckage of today's Russia with ease - convincing people to do his bidding, providing its citizens (both friends and clients) with the luxury goods they covet, and generally leading a prosperous and satisfying existence... -
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eighth Annual Collection by Gardner Dozois, James Patrick Kelly
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAnnually assembling the best science fiction of the year, this series continues to live up to its name with the most original, innovative, and wonderful short fiction published in 1990. A thorough summary of the year in science fiction and a long list of recommended reading round out this volume, rendering it the one book for every reader... -
Deep Core by F.X. Holden
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAJ is a maintenance tech at Sol Vista care facility. He likes the quiet life. Visiting with his ma. A burger at Fatty's. Surfing the Shifting Sea. Staying in flow... -
The Pages of Time by Damian Knight
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen sixteen-year-old Sam Rayner moves abroad with his family, he is forced to leave behind everyone and everything he holds dear. As he struggles to settle in his new surroundings, Sam thinks his situation cannot get any worse, however a shocking terrorist attack turns his world on its head...Categorized as:
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11,4 sueños luz by Nicholas Avedon
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEn el París del siglo XXIII donde todo está en venta, las emociones puras son de gran valor para aquellos que no pueden vivirlas. Ariel de Santos es un creador de sueños vívidos, uno de los pocos artistas capaces de modelar las emociones para seducir e inspirar a un mundo que se ha olvidado de soñar... -
The Worlds of Robert A. Heinlein by Robert A. Heinlein
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe Worlds of Robert A. Heinlein is a collection of science fiction short stories by Robert A. Heinlein published in 1966.It includes an introduction entitled "Pandora's Box" that describes some of the difficulties in making predictions about the near future... -
Crystal Express by Bruce Sterling
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsShort stories which depict worlds full of scientific advancement, genetic and surgical modifications of people, colonization of the solar system and alien contact. But they also show concern for the future of real people... -
White Light by Rudy Rucker
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFelix Rayman spends the day teaching indifferent students, pondering his theories on infinity, and daydreaming. When his dreams finally separate him from his physical body, Felix plunges headfirst into a multidimensional universe beyond the limits of space and time -- the place of White Light... -
Toward Eternity by Anton Hur
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhat does it mean to be human in a world where technology is quickly catching up to biology?In a near-future world, a new technological therapy is quickly eradicating cancer: The body’s cells are entirely replaced with nanites—robot or android cells that not only cure those afflicted but leave them virtually immortal... -
Doctor Who: Love and War by Paul Cornell
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOn a planet called Heaven, all hell is breaking loose.Heaven is a paradise for both humans and Draconians - a place of rest in more ways than one. The Doctor comes here on a trivial mission - to find a book, or so he says - and Ace, wandering alone in the city, becomes involved with a charismatic Traveller called Jan. But the Doctor is strenuously opposed to the romance... -
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Survival of the Fittest by Sabine C. Bauer
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn eye for an eye…Colonel Frank Simmons has never been a friend to SG-1. Working for the shadowy government organization, the NID, he has hatched a horrifying plan to create an army as devastatingly effective as that of any Goa’uld. And he will stop at nothing to fulfill his ruthless ambition, even if that means forfeiting the life of the SGC’s Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Janet Fraiser... -
Lucifer's Dragon by Jon Courtenay Grimwood
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPassion di Orchi, obscenely rich daughter of a Mafia boss, decides to rebuild Venice - in the middle of the Pacific. A century later, the daughter of Count Ryuchi plays a virtual reality game, and finds that the virtual world is all too real... -
Marionettes, Inc. by Ray Bradbury
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn Marionettes, Inc., Ray Bradbury offers his devoted readers something both special and unexpected: a unified view of one small corner of a varied fictional universe. In five stories (one of them original to this collection, plus a rare, previously unpublished screen treatment), Bradbury explores the concept of Robotics and examines its impact on the day-to-day lives of ordinary people... -
To Obey by Mickey Zucker Reichert
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe second in an all-new trilogy inspired by Isaac Asimov's legendary science fiction collection, I, ROBOT. These books have been officially authorised by the Asimov estate. the follow up to I, ROBOt: tO PROtECt, inspired by Isaac Asimov's legendary science fiction collection, I, ROBOt. these books have been officially authorised by the Asimov estate... -
Walking on Cowrie Shells by Nana Nkweti
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNana Nkweti draws on myth, horror and graphic novels as well as literary fiction, gritty realism and noir as she vaults into the vibrant intersection of Cameroonian and American cultures. A teenage adoptee leverages her new parents to fast-track her fortunes. A jaded PR man spins a zombie outbreak in West Africa. And a Mami Wata sacrifices her power for the fisherman she loves... -
R.U.R. and The Insect Play by Josef Čapek, Karel Čapek
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJosef and Karel Capek were the best known literary figures of liberated Czechoslovakia after 1918. Josef won a considerable reputation as a painter of the Cubist school, later developing his own playful primitive style... -
After the Winter by Mark R. Healy
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Earth is in ruins. Cities and nations destroyed. Those who survive the onslaught succumb to the cold blackness of winter. A handful of machines finally emerge into the light, lost and directionless. They are the last remnants of civilisation.Brant is a synthetic - a machine who has the appearance and emotions of the humans who made him... -
Through A Glass Clearly by Isaac Asimov
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt's Such A Beautiful Day: Nature had been forgotten in this electronic world of the future. Until one day, quite by accident, a young boy strayed outdoors and discovered what was there.Breeds There A Man?: THe physicist had arrived at a theory - very interesting, but highly improbable, but something not quite human seemd to be causing a bit of trouble.. -
Starburst by Bester Alfred
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTime, Space and the Future. Here is your passport into the fascinating world of science fiction...eleven dazzling, jet-propelled, rocket-paced tales of tomorrow by one of today's leading writers... -
Oeuvres Complètes de Shakespeare, Vol. 3 by William Shakespeare
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsExcerpt from OEuvres Compl�tes de Shakspeare, Vol. 3Salarino. Sans l'arriv�e de plus dignes amis, je serais rest� jusqu'� ce que je fusse parvenu � vous �gayer.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work... -
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Goliath by Neil Gaiman
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFree online fiction, short story.Originally posted on Warner Brothers' "The Matrix" website.I suppose that I could claim that I had always suspected that the world was a cheap and shoddy sham, a bad cover for something deeper and weirder and infinitely more strange, and that, in some way, I already knew the truth... -
I Am AI by Ai Jiang
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIf you have the opportunity to give up humanity for efficiency, mechanical invincibility, and to surpass human limitations. . . would you? Ai is a cyborg, under the guise of an AI writing program, who struggles to keep up with the never-blinking city of Emit as it threatens to leave all those like her behind... -
The Adolescence of P-1 by Thomas J. Ryan
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis is the story of P-1, the most charming--and frightening--literary "child" since Robert Heinlein's Mycroft Holmes, and a tour de force in the literary exploration of artificial intelligence.A young college student writes a self replicating computer “virus,” programmed to survive, that becomes self-aware. The program grows and makes mistakes and learns... -
Ubik: The Screenplay by Philip K. Dick
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe screenplay to the seminal sf novel, out of print for more than two decades... -
Convergence Problems by Wole Talabi
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsConvergence Problems is a new short story collection from award-winning, Nebula-nominated Nigerian author Wole TalabiContaining brand-new stories, rewrites of early work, and a few previously published pieces, Wole Talabi’s new collection, Convergence Problems , consists of sixteen short stories and one previously unseen novella... -
...Who Needs Enemies? by Alan Dean Foster
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCollection of short stories. Swamp Planet ChristmasSnake EyesBystanderWhat do the Simple Folk do?..
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