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Con Living by E.M. Foner
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn space, nobody can tell the aliens from the cosplayers.Science fiction meets the future as Flower, the sentient Dollnick colony ship working under contract for EarthCent, decides to host a con to bolster her anime business... -
![ঘনাদা সমগ্র ১ by Premendra Mitra]()
ঘনাদা সমগ্র ১ by Premendra Mitra
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsঘনাদা বাংলা সাহিত্যের একটি জনপ্রিয় কাল্পনিক চরিত্র। ১৯৪৫ সালে প্রেমেন্দ্র মিত্র এই চরিত্রটি সৃষ্টি করেন। ঘনাদার প্রকৃত নাম ঘনশ্যাম দাস। ঘনাদা তাঁর মেসের প্রতিবেশী চার যুবককে নিজের জীবনের নানা অভিযান সম্পর্কে অবিশ্বাস্য ও আজগুবি গল্প মুখে মুখে বানিয়ে শোনান। ঘনাদার গল্পগুলি বানানো হলেও, এর অধিকাংশ তথ্যই বাস্তব ভিত্তিতে গৃহীত।সূচী: ১. ঘনাদার গল্প২. অদ্বিতীয় ঘনাদা ৩. আবার ঘনাদা৪. ঘনাদাকে ভোট দিন৫... -
![The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe by Lily Tomlin]()
The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe by Lily Tomlin
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThis side-splitting yet dramatic tour-de-force features a dazzling parade of characters immediately familiar to the coast-to-coast Wagner/Tomlin fans. Enhanced with remarkable onstage photographs of Tomlin. 78 halftones... -
![William Shakespeare's Tragedy of the Sith's Revenge by Ian Doescher]()
William Shakespeare's Tragedy of the Sith's Revenge by Ian Doescher
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTo thine own Sith be true. Lend us your ears and comlinks for a Shakespearean retelling of Star Wars Episode III! A once-heroic knight becomes the darkest of villains. The Jedi suffer slings and arrows of outrageous fortune. The Republic falls, an Empire rises, and so begins the long wait for a New Hope... -
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![Will Destroy the Galaxy for Cash by Yahtzee Croshaw]()
Will Destroy the Galaxy for Cash by Yahtzee Croshaw
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsThe hero of Will Save the Galaxy for Cash returns to do what he does best. Which is - what again, exactly?With the age of heroic star pilots and galactic villains completely killed by quantum teleportation, the ex-star pilot currently named Dashford Pierce is struggling to find his identity in a changing universe... -
![QualityLand 2.0 by Marc-Uwe Kling]()
QualityLand 2.0 by Marc-Uwe Kling
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsKikis GeheimnisZurück in die Zukunft! Die große dystopische Erzählung geht weiter ...Schwer was los in QualityLand, dem besten aller möglichen Länder. Peter Arbeitsloser darf endlich als Maschinentherapeut arbeiten und schlägt sich jetzt mit den Beziehungsproblemen von Haushaltsgeräten herum... -
![…And I Show You How Deep the Rabbit Hole Goes by Scott Alexander]()
…And I Show You How Deep the Rabbit Hole Goes by Scott Alexander
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhich pill do you choose? Yellow pill - grants the ability to read minds Green pill - you can shapeshift into any animal at will Blue pill - free movement throughout the cosmos, and safety from its dangers Orange pill - master any skill a human is capable of performing Red pill - BRUTE STRENGTH! Pink pill - make people love you as if flipping a... -
![Zoey Punches the Future in the Dick by David Wong, Jason Pargin]()
Zoey Punches the Future in the Dick by David Wong, Jason Pargin
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsNew York Times bestselling author David Wong's Zoey Punches the Future in the Dick is the latest—and arguably greatest–sci-fi thriller in the Zoey Ashe Series.In the futuristic city of Tabula Ra$a, Zoey Ashe is like a fish so far out of water that it has achieved orbit... -
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Second Course by Simon Haynes
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRex Curtis is trying to save his freight company from bankruptcy, and the last thing he needs is a cheeky freelancer stealing his best customers.Hal Spacejock, cheeky freelancer, is fighting for survival in the cut-throat interstellar cargo business. The last thing he needs is a powerful enemy.Second Course: Two headstrong men on a collision course, in a Galaxy barely room enough for one... -
![John and Dave and the Temple of X'al'naa'thuthuthu by David Wong, Jason Pargin]()
John and Dave and the Temple of X'al'naa'thuthuthu by David Wong, Jason Pargin
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe below tale of wonder and horror was written a couple of years ago as a "sequel" to my horror novel John Dies at the End. This unfinished adventure is not included in the print edition of JDatE that is coming out this fall, and right now is an online exclusive.This was part of an early draft of David Wong's totally rad novel This Book Is Full Of Spiders... -
![I Did NOT Give That Spider Superhuman Intelligence! by Richard Roberts]()
I Did NOT Give That Spider Superhuman Intelligence! by Richard Roberts
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom the internationally bestselling author of Please Don't Tell My Parents I'm a Supervillain comes the story of Spider, Mourning Dove, Goodnight, Mish-Mosh, and Psychopomp! Before there was Bad Penny and the Inscrutable Machine... there was TEAM TINY! Being a superhero should be fun...Categorized as:
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![That is All by John Hodgman]()
That is All by John Hodgman
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsJohn Hodgman-bestselling author, The Daily Show's "Resident Expert", minor television celebrity, and deranged millionaire-brings us the third and final installment in his trilogy of Complete World Knowledge... -
![We Have Lost The Chihuahuas by Paul Mathews]()
We Have Lost The Chihuahuas by Paul Mathews
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLondon, 2046. The British Republic has a new First Lady. She’s Californian, ‘in-your-face, for sure’ and she’s got big plans for a Buckingham Palace refurb. When her three Chihuahuas go missing, one man is determined to avoid getting dragged into it all. His name is Pond. Howie Pond – presidential spokesperson, retired secret agent and cat lover... -
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![The Beasts of Success by Jasun Ether]()
The Beasts of Success by Jasun Ether
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn this dog-eat-dog world, three friends find themselves getting nowhere in their careers despite their education and work skills. They decide to make their own rules to the game of life and play dirty to get ahead. Each of them concoct schemes to sabotage colleagues and clear the path for their swift advancement... -
![Alien Space Tentacle Porn by Peter Cawdron, MacLeod Andrews]()
Alien Space Tentacle Porn by Peter Cawdron, MacLeod Andrews
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA 1950s hospital. Temporary amnesia. A naked man running through Central Park yelling something about alien space tentacles. Tinfoil, duct tape, and bananas. These are the ingredients for a spectacular romp through a world you never thought possible as aliens reach out and make contact with Earth... -
![Max and the Multiverse by Zachry Wheeler]()
Max and the Multiverse by Zachry Wheeler
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratings* Gold Medal Winner - Global Ebook AwardsIt's spring break and Max is stuck at home all by himself. Just the way he likes it. He games online, feasts on junk, and wonders why his cat can suddenly talk.Thanks to a bizarre mishap, Max has started shifting between parallel universes whenever he falls asleep. A curious affliction, and one that steadily erodes his sanity... -
![The Exploding Detective by John Swartzwelder]()
The Exploding Detective by John Swartzwelder
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOne of a series of comedy science fiction novels featuring slow-witted detective Frank Burly. By John Swartzwelder, the author of "The Time Machine Did It", "Double Wonderful", "How I Conquered Your Planet", and 59 episodes of The Simpsons... -
![Simon Grave and the Curious Incident of the Cat in the Daytime by Len Boswell]()
Simon Grave and the Curious Incident of the Cat in the Daytime by Len Boswell
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“Boswell continues his genre-defying series in this ambitious adventure…” –PUBLISHER’S WEEKLY Murder rocks the seaside town of Crab Cove, but to solve the crime, Detective Simon Grave must first deal with the curious incident of the cat in the daytime... -
![Out of the Soylent Planet (Rex Nihilo Adventure) by Robert Kroese]()
Out of the Soylent Planet (Rex Nihilo Adventure) by Robert Kroese
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsInterstellar con man Rex Nihilo has a price tag on his head. Railroaded into smuggling a shipment of contraband corn to a planet short on food, Rex finds himself on the run from an insidious corporation named Ubiqorp, which reaps obscene profits by keeping planets dependent on shipments of synthetic rations... -
![Up and Down by Terry Fallis]()
Up and Down by Terry Fallis
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsOn his first day at Turner King, David Stewart quickly realizes that the world of international PR (affectionately, known as "the dark side") is a far cry from his previous job with the Canadian government. For one, he missed the office memo on the all-black dress code; for another, there are enough acronyms and jargon to make his head spin... -
![Retief: Envoy to New Worlds by Keith Laumer]()
Retief: Envoy to New Worlds by Keith Laumer
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBetween the lines of the official histories of the frontier worlds of the 29th Century lie myriad confidential accounts of the boners, near-catastrophes, and interstellar crises that were bound to occur when human meets non-human... -
![The Beginning by H. Claire Taylor]()
The Beginning by H. Claire Taylor
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHaving a daughter changes things. Even for God.Jessica McCloud is God’s only begotten daughter, and she’s not super thrilled about that. Sure, she can smite and she knows juicy gossip about folks in her tiny West Texas town, but that’s about where the perks stop... -
![Retief: Diplomat at Arms by Keith Laumer]()
Retief: Diplomat at Arms by Keith Laumer
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNote: Retief: Diplomat at Arms is essentially a reprint of Galactic Diplomat plus the story Truce or Consequences from Retief: Ambassador to Space. Only the story The Secret is new to the Retief series and is also available in the book The Return of Retief... -
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![Ghosts Aliens by Trey Hamburger]()
Ghosts Aliens by Trey Hamburger
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAre you freaked out by the mere thought of a bird winking at you? Or do you panic when you hear an unexplained gurgling sound?Well, listen to this. On Saturday, March 8, at 7:12 p.m., Trey Hamburger heard a second hand account of a teleporting Hot Pocket and started wiggin' out bad... -
![The Snake Oil Wars or Scheherazade Ginsberg Strikes Again by Parke Godwin]()
The Snake Oil Wars or Scheherazade Ginsberg Strikes Again by Parke Godwin
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBarion and Coyul are at it again... This time, they've been discovered toying with evolution. Barion has been summoned back to answer to the Council for their transgressions and Coyul is left behind to clean up the mess.. -
![The Love Interest by Helen Comerford]()
The Love Interest by Helen Comerford
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA swoony, speculative and entirely electric YA debut with a humorous and satirical take on the conventions of the superhero-verse, for fans of Michelle Quach's Not Here To Be Liked and the Marvel Universe.Seventeen-year-old Jenna Ray has just been saved by the world's newest superhero, Blaze. And, in the eyes of the public, that means one thing: Jenna Ray has been cast as the Love Interest.No... -
![FUBAR by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.]()
FUBAR by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe waters of renewal sometimes course through the unlikeliest of settings. In the short story, “FUBAR,” we’re taken to a desolate building in a drab industrial complex, where a lonely office worker gains a fresh perspective on life thanks to the intervention of his free-spirited new female assistant... -
![Judge Sn Goes Golfing by John Scalzi]()
Judge Sn Goes Golfing by John Scalzi
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsJohn Scalzi visits the universe of his bestselling novel The Android's Dream for this exclusive short story, featuring fan favorite character Judge Nugan Bufan Sn -- a brilliant alien jurist whose misanthropy and lack of social graces is matched only by his futile, unrequited for the game of golf... -
![Waiting for the Galactic Bus by Parke Godwin]()
Waiting for the Galactic Bus by Parke Godwin
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsImagine two brothers off on an intergalatic Spring Break. When their friends leave them behind on Earth, they've got a few millenia to kill before they'll manage to get back to school. So, as an experiment, mind you, they decide to give evolution a bit of a nudge... And that's when all hell breaks loose... a little more literally than either of them planned.. -
![Canary in a Cat House by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.]()
Canary in a Cat House by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsPublished in 1961, Canary in a Cathouse is a collection of twelve short stories. Except for Hal Irwin's magic lamp, eleven of them reappear in the later collection Welcome to the Monkey House.Contents:- Report on the barnhouse effect- All the king's horses- D.P... -
![Retief: Emissary To The Stars by Keith Laumer]()
Retief: Emissary To The Stars by Keith Laumer
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Groaci peril: They're nasty little five-eyed sticky fingers who want the galaxy and will stoop to anything to get it. But when they try to sabotage one planet and use another for their garbage, it's time for Retief, that cunning and courageous emissary from Corps Diplomatique Tewrrestrienne to samsh in... -
![Miniatures: The Very Short Fiction of John Scalzi by John Scalzi]()
Miniatures: The Very Short Fiction of John Scalzi by John Scalzi
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsThe ex-planet Pluto has a few choice words about being thrown out of the solar system. A listing of alternate histories tells you all the various ways Hitler has died. A lawyer sues an interplanetary union for dangerous working conditions. And four artificial intelligences explain, in increasingly worrying detail, how they plan not to destroy humanity... -
![Lint by Steve Aylett]()
Lint by Steve Aylett
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSteve Aylett has always gone a step farther than his contemporaries. In Slaughtermatic, he pushed the limits of science fiction, and for that he was named a finalist for the Philip K. Dick Award. Now, in Lint, he offers the first-ever biography of one of the great minds of our time: Jeff Lint, author of some of the strangest and most inventive satirical SF of the late twentieth century... -
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![Doctor Who: Now We Are Six Hundred: A Collection of Time Lord Verse by James Goss]()
Doctor Who: Now We Are Six Hundred: A Collection of Time Lord Verse by James Goss
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWith illustrations by Russell T Davies, original showrunner of the new-era Doctor Who, the first ever Doctor Who poetry collection—a charming, funny and whimsical illustrated collection of verse that celebrates the joys and pitfalls of getting older . . . Time-Lord older.Like many of us, the older they get, the more Time Lords realize how little they understand the universe around them... -
![Harvest by Manjula Padmanabhan]()
Harvest by Manjula Padmanabhan
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOm, a young man, is driven by unemployment to sell his body parts for cash. Guards arrive to make his home into a germ-free zone. When his brother Jeetu arrives unexpectedly, he is taken away as the donor. Om’s wife Jaya is left alone... -
![Arhanghelul Raul by Ovidiu Eftimie]()
Arhanghelul Raul by Ovidiu Eftimie
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRaul, un publicitar din București, nu bănuia că atunci când va muri va ajunge în Iad. Și nici că de acolo se va întoarce pe Pământ nemuritor și cu misiunea de a preveni Apocalipsa: invazia nemuritorilor prin gaura spațio-temporală din gara de la Teiuș... -
![Bombardiers by Po Bronson]()
Bombardiers by Po Bronson
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller What Should I Do with My Life?, Bombardiers is Po Bronson’s first novel, a devastating satire of the business world told through the lens of a crazed and colorful group of salespeople forced to push increasingly absurd financial products... -
![The Alchemical Marriage of Alistair Crompton by Robert Sheckley]()
The Alchemical Marriage of Alistair Crompton by Robert Sheckley
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe is a tortured soul. Separated at an early age from two conflicting personalities, Alistair Crompton has decided on a daring scheme to reintegrate himself. But installed in different bodies and despatched to different planets, his two other selves have developed lives of their own: Loomis, who is completely self-indulgent and amoral; and Stack, vicious and impulsive... -
![National Lampoon's Doon by Ellis Weiner]()
National Lampoon's Doon by Ellis Weiner
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNational Lampoon's Doon brings the hottest science fiction phenomenon ever to a new, hysterical foaming head.In a very distant galaxy, far, far away, a plot is brewing as vast and elaborate as the Empire itself.. -
![Hugh Howey Must Die! by Michael Bunker]()
Hugh Howey Must Die! by Michael Bunker
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"...That's right, Mr. Howey. If you don't help us, why... we'll turn into another France, and no one wants that. England will just be another place where American and German authors holiday to write good books. We'd be a laughingstock, and I for one won't allow it.""I agree, sir," Hugh responded, nodding."Will you help us not be France, Hugh Howey?""I will, sir... -
![Space Police: Attack of the Mammary Clans by David Blake]()
Space Police: Attack of the Mammary Clans by David Blake
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt's the 25th Century, and the President of American has taken over the world.Meanwhile... after a cleaner unplugged his cryogenic freezing machine by accident, Detective Inspector Capstan wakes up to find that he's been in a state of suspended animation for over four hundred years... -
![Terra! by Stefano Benni]()
Terra! by Stefano Benni
Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIn the year 2157, during the nuclear winter of six atomic wars, a bizarre collection of irreverent representatives of the remaining superpowers competes in a frenzied space race to reach Terra, the planet that promises the new Eden... -
![Et Tu, Babe by Mark Leyner]()
Et Tu, Babe by Mark Leyner
Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIn this fiendishly original new novel, Mark Leyner is a leather-blazer-wearing, Piranha 793-driving, narcotic-guzzling monster who has potential rivals eliminated by his bionically enhanced bodyguards, has his internal organs tattooed, and eavesdrops on the erotic fantasies of Victoria's Secret models -- which naturally revolve around him... -
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![An Election by John Scalzi]()
An Election by John Scalzi
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen his city council representative is hit by a bus, David Sawyer decides to run for the newly-vacated seat. One problem: He's a human in an alien-majority district that hasn't voted in a human in half a century... -
![The Flying Sorcerers by David Gerrold, Larry Niven]()
The Flying Sorcerers by David Gerrold, Larry Niven
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThis funny and insightful science fiction classic introduces Shoogar, the greatest wizard ever known in his village. His spells can strike terror in the hearts of even his most powerful enemies. But the enemy he faces now is like none he has ever seen before. The stranger has come from nowhere and is ignorant of even the most basic principles of magic... -
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Fat by Rob Grant
Rated: 3.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsRob Grant's new novel is a revelation. After INCOMPETENCE we would all have expected a killingly funny satire. And in its satire of our obsession with body image, of how the media makes us what we are FAT is certainly that... -
![Time Is Irreverent by Marty Essen]()
Time Is Irreverent by Marty Essen
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAN IRREVERENT, LIBERAL, TWISTY, TIME TRAVEL COMEDY! What if you could make a change to history that would eliminate the Spanish Inquisition, American slavery, World War II, global warming, and an egomaniacal US president who thought he was smart enough to drop nuclear bombs here and there without negative consequences? What if that change also made the United States and 5 billion people poof... -
![Rico Slade Will F*cking Kill You by Bradley N. Sands]()
Rico Slade Will F*cking Kill You by Bradley N. Sands
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhat the crap is Arnold Schwarzenegger doing on the cover of Rico Slade's book? This is Rico Slade's goddamn book. Rico Slade is not a body builder, an actor, or a governor. Rico Slade is an action hero. Rico Slade doesn't care about the political climate. Rico Slade has an advance degree in badassery. Rico Slade's favorite food is the honey-roasted peanut... -
![There Goes the Galaxy by Jenn Thorson]()
There Goes the Galaxy by Jenn Thorson
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIt’s the age-old tale of boy meets alien abductor. Boy meets stun-gun. Boy learns he’s the only one in the Universe who can save the Earth from extreme world makeover by inter-stellar landlords. Yeah: he thinks it’s a bit much, too. Like everyone else on his planet, Bertram Ludlow hasn’t paid much attention to fluctuations in the intergalactic real estate market...
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