Books like 'Supermen'
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![Maria's Journey by Karen Clow]()
Maria's Journey by Karen Clow
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCompelling, Brutal and stretching every boundary of Love and loyalty to its limits; Maria’s Journey will leave you wondering how she ever survived and remained the lady she is.Continuing to chart the turbulent lives of Jimmy, Maria and Mickey, once again it delves into London’s violent, depraved, criminal underworld... -
![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... -
![Ghost Country by J.K. Franks]()
Ghost Country by J.K. Franks
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA major release in the bestselling Catalyst series, as America struggles after a global blackout, this is JK Franks, Ghost Country. Since the Solar superstorm and CME almost two years ago, the Gulf Coast town of Harris Springs, Mississippi has suffered from gang attacks, famine, hurricanes and battled a crusading army of religious zealots. Now, they face their greatest challenge... -
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![Phantom Orbit: A Thriller by David Ignatius]()
Phantom Orbit: A Thriller by David Ignatius
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA subtle and masterful novel from a prescient voice on the cutting edge of spy literature.David Ignatius is known for his uncanny ability, in novel after novel, to predict the next great national security headline. In Phantom Orbit, he presents a story both searing and topical, with stakes as far-reaching as outer space... -
![Dark Till Dawn by Ann Christy]()
Dark Till Dawn by Ann Christy
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSilo 49 has endured. In Going Dark they freed themselves from the control of Silo 1. In Deep Dark they discovered their forgotten past. In the final installment of the Silo 49 Trilogy, all they have worked for, over generations of time, comes to fruition. Lillian and Leo, cousins and best friends, enter the lists for the 89th Race in Silo 49... -
![Thousandth Night by Alastair Reynolds]()
Thousandth Night by Alastair Reynolds
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThousandth Night, the genesis for the epic novel House of Suns, is quintessential Reynolds. A visionary account of intrigue, ambition, and technological marvels set within a beautifully realized far-future milieu, it combines world-class storytelling with a provocative meditation on the mystery, grandeur, and inconceivable immensity of the universe... -
![American Exodus by J.K. Franks]()
American Exodus by J.K. Franks
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOne man’s desperate journey home in a post-apocalyptic world. Steven Porter had a mostly charmed life, one that most people would envy, that is, until it all vanished. He was away from home on that day when the world changed forever. Millions of people are fleeing the cities trying to find safety. Many more are missing or dead... -
![Childless: A Novel by James C. Dobson, Kurt Bruner]()
Childless: A Novel by James C. Dobson, Kurt Bruner
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe second installment in the riveting new trilogy from Dr. James Dobson and Kurt Bruner transports readers to a not-too-distant future when the young and healthy strain under the burden of a rapidly aging population. Everyone is nervous about how Judge Victor Santiago will rule. The case involved the tragic demise of a loving mother and her disabled son... -
![Exile Hunter by Preston Fleming]()
Exile Hunter by Preston Fleming
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“Pure energy in print form, whether the characters are being pursued or simply talking; Fleming has proven himself a craftsman.” KIRKUS REVIEWS“As with all of Preston Fleming's previous books, EXILE HUNTER weaves together the harsh realities of personal betrayal, physical torment, emotional pain, and a spiritual quest with astute intelligence.” BOOKPLEASURES... -
![Doctor Who: Neverland by Alan Barnes, Paul McGann]()
Doctor Who: Neverland by Alan Barnes, Paul McGann
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Web of Time is stretched to breaking. History is leaking like a sieve. In the Citadel of Gallifrey, the Time Lords fear the end of everything that is, everything that was... everything that will be... -
![Ansibles, perfiladores y otras máquinas de ingenio by Andrea Chapela]()
Ansibles, perfiladores y otras máquinas de ingenio by Andrea Chapela
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsEsta colección de diez cuentos se inscribe en el género de la ciencia ficción. Las historias giran en torno a los cambios que las relaciones humanas sufrirán a raíz de los avances tecnológicos... -
![Endure the Dark by T.L. Payne]()
Endure the Dark by T.L. Payne
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWithout warning, the lights go out. Cars grind to a halt, and phones stop working. Amidst the chaos, Sixteen-year-old Serenity Jones is forced to flee for her life. The perilous journey out of the city becomes even more difficult when she discovers the route to safety is blocked... -
![Le trophée by Gaea Schoeters, Benoît-Thadée Standaert]()
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... -
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![Drone State by Tom Hillenbrand]()
Drone State by Tom Hillenbrand
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsGlauser Award 2015 - Best German Crime NovelLasswitz Award 2015 - Best German SF NovelWhy interview witnesses when all their movements and conversations have already been archived on a hard disk? Why investigate crime scenes when police drones have already photographed them from all possible angles?A Brussels MP is found murdered near the EU capital... -
![Mad Powers by Mark Wayne McGinnis]()
Mad Powers by Mark Wayne McGinnis
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRob Chandler, regaining consciousness, realizes he's somehow been involved in a horrendous car accident. In pain and unable to move, he has no memory of his identity, or how the hell he'd gotten on that deserted desert road in the middle of nowhere. He has little time to contemplate his situation when he sees an 18-wheeler barreling down on him... -
![The Time Store by Andrew Clark, Dee Matthews]()
The Time Store by Andrew Clark, Dee Matthews
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRULE NUMBER ONE OF TIME TRAVEL, PRESERVE TRUE TIME. Greenwich, London. A borough steeped in history. Home of the Royal Observatory, Cutty Sark, Old Royal Naval College and the PRIME MERIDIAN. Also home to the Bradbeers, a family of Time Travellers. If you’re lucky, the Bradbeers will help you live your dreams or recapture lost time... -
![Wool Gathering by W.J. Davies, Ann Christy]()
Wool Gathering by W.J. Davies, Ann Christy
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLong after the dust has settled and the survivors of the Silo Saga have gone to seed, Hugh Howey's bestselling WOOL trilogy continues to captivate readers worldwide. The power of Hugh's story is underscored all the more by the number of authors who have embraced the invitation to tell their own stories in his ever-expanding world... -
![BROKEN EARTH: DEVASTATION by Barbara J. Barker]()
BROKEN EARTH: DEVASTATION by Barbara J. Barker
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAre you ready for the end of the world? Brace yourself for a thrilling ride as the Earth is delivered a mortal blow in BROKEN DESTRUCTION, the first book in a gripping new thriller series.On a typical Tuesday in an average July week, all of Iceland's volcanoes erupt at once, followed by the complete destruction of the Azores Archipelago and the violent sundering of the Atlantic Ocean... -
![Let's Put the Future Behind Us by Jack Womack]()
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... -
![Doctor Who: Davros by Lance Parkin, Colin Baker]()
Doctor Who: Davros by Lance Parkin, Colin Baker
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis is a full-cast original audio play produced by Big Finish Productions.AI stock has shot up by over fifteen percent on news that galaxy-famous scientist Davros, controversial creator of the Daleks, has been hired to work on unspecified technological projects.'Davros has been given the chance to redeem himself... -
![A Call to Arms by Allan Mallinson]()
A Call to Arms by Allan Mallinson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratings1817 and 1818 have not been good years for Matthew Hervey. His beloved wife Henrietta is dead and he is no longer in the Sixth regiment. Now he is kicking his heels in a corrupt and unruly England far removed from its once glorious past. 1819 sees Hervey in Rome with his sister Elizabeth where a chance meeting with man of letters Percy Bysshe Shelley leads him to rethink his future... -
![An Act of Courage by Allan Mallinson]()
An Act of Courage by Allan Mallinson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTHE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR Allan Mallinson brings us another compelling and deeply atmospheric adventure featuring Matthew Hervey. If you like Patrick O'Brian, Bernard Cornwell and CS Forester, you will love this! "Most impressive.. -
![Royal Family by Jenny Frame]()
Royal Family by Jenny Frame
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFor Veronica Clayton, the sudden death of her mother has turned her naturally bright and happy-go-lucky view of the world bleak. As the Police Protection Officer for the Queen's children, she has purpose, but for the next six months, the Queen's family is the focus of a documentary on royal life. The last thing Clay wants is a camera pointed in her face... -
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![The Beam: The Complete First Season Collection by Sean Platt, Johnny B. Truant]()
The Beam: The Complete First Season Collection by Sean Platt, Johnny B. Truant
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsThis collection contains the complete first season of the epic sci-fi saga, The Beam -- all SIX debut-season episodes. Save 45% versus buying the individual episodes! In a grim future, choice is all you have In 2097, the world is as perfect as you want it to be.Choose Enterprise and the government stays out of your way, leaving you free to sink or swim — no help for the drowning... -
![You Bright and Risen Angels by William T. Vollmann]()
You Bright and Risen Angels by William T. Vollmann
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsIn the jungles of South America, on the ice fields of Alaska, the plains of the Midwest, and the streets of San Francisco, a fearsome battle rages. The insects are vying for world domination; the inventors of electricity stand in evil opposition. Bug , a young man, rebels against his own kind and joins forces with the insects... -
![The Auction by Elci North]()
The Auction by Elci North
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn a society where babies have become a source of government income, laws designed to push up the birth rate are enacted that strip women of the most basic of human rights: The right to choose when to have a child, the right to choose who to marry, and the right to raise her biological child... -
![Melancholy Elephants by Spider Robinson]()
Melancholy Elephants by Spider Robinson
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsContents:Melancholy Elephants (1982)Half an Oaf (1976)High Infidelity (1984)Antinomy (1978)In the Olden Days (1984)Chronic Offender (1981)No Renewal (1977)Common Sense (1985)Rubber Soul (1982)Concordiat to "Rubber Soul" (1985) essayFather Paradox (1985)True Minds (1984)Satan's Children (1979)Not Fade Away... -
![Star Chamber Brotherhood by Preston Fleming]()
Star Chamber Brotherhood by Preston Fleming
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe second book in the Kamas Trilogy begins five years after the Kamas revolt. A Kamas survivor who returns to Boston is ordered by the prisoners’ covert Star Committee to kill the commandant who crushed the revolt.Boston. 2029. Five years after the Kamas revolt... -
![Lawless by Tarah Benner]()
Lawless by Tarah Benner
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFrom the author of The Fringe comes an addictive new dystopian saga.When Lark was sentenced to twenty-five years behind bars, she thought San Judas was her lucky break. The primitive 16,000-acre community in rural New Mexico isn’t like any other prison. There are no cells, there is no warden, and Mother Mercy is the law... -
![Dark Inheritance by W. Michael Gear, Kathleen O'Neal Gear]()
Dark Inheritance by W. Michael Gear, Kathleen O'Neal Gear
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsW. Michael Gear and Kathleen O’Neal Gear, international bestselling authors of Dissolution, present a gripping, thought-provoking contemporary thriller in the tradition of Michael Chrichton’s Jurassic Park. Here a project of cutting-edge genetics might lead to a better world—or a waking nightmare... -
![The Knights of the Black Earth by Margaret Weis, Don Perrin]()
The Knights of the Black Earth by Margaret Weis, Don Perrin
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsXris, Mag Force 7's cyborg leader, burns with a personal vendetta against the traitor who made him part machine. Now, revenge is at hand. There's just one problem--the Knights of the Black Earth, a deadly fanatical group bent on assassinating the King and throwing the galaxy into chaos. Xris and Mag Force 7 must now join forces with the enemy to battle this devastating threat... -
![Fatherless by James C. Dobson, Kurt Bruner]()
Fatherless by James C. Dobson, Kurt Bruner
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe year is 2042, and the long-predicted tipping point has arrived. For the first time in human history, the economic pyramid has flipped: The feeble old now outnumber the vigorous young, and this untenable situation is intensifying a battle between competing cultural agendas... -
![Nymphomation by Jeff Noon]()
Nymphomation by Jeff Noon
Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsSet both in a real and imaginary Manchester, Jeff Noon's story concerns a revolutionary lottery game that is engulfing the city in a tide of gambling fever. As a group of mathematics students look at the mind-numbing probabilities involved, they soon find more sinister realities... -
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![The Leaky Establishment by David Langford]()
The Leaky Establishment by David Langford
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratings_The Leaky Establishment_ is an atomic farce whose author David Langford once worked in the gentle radioactive glow of Britain's nuclear weapons industry, and hilariously satirizes its ghastly bureaucracy from the inside... -
![Imaginary Maps by Mahasweta Devi]()
Imaginary Maps by Mahasweta Devi
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIncludes one short story and one long story by Mahasweta Devi:'The Hunt,' 'Douloti the Bountiful' and the novelette 'Pterodactyl, Puran Sahay and Pirtha;' with a long interview with the author and two texts by the translator... -
![The State of the Art by Iain M. Banks]()
The State of the Art by Iain M. Banks
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis novella chronicles a Culture mission to Earth in the late Seventies, and also serves as a prequel of sorts to Use of Weapons by featuring one of that novel's characters, Diziet Sma. Here, Sma argues for contact with Earth, to try to fix the mess the human species has made of it... -
![Turn of the Cards by Victor Milán]()
Turn of the Cards by Victor Milán
Rated: 3.82 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsPursued by the CIA, the DEA, and the Wild Card mistress of the winds, Mistral, renegade biochemist Mark Meadows uses the three personalities buried in his psyche in order to outwit his pursuers... -
![When the Sparrow Falls by Neil Sharpson]()
When the Sparrow Falls by Neil Sharpson
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsNeil Sharpson's When the Sparrow Falls is a dystopian thriller set in the country that's both the last sanctuary from a world run by artificial intelligence and a totalitarian nightmare state barely holding... -
![Tras esa montaña está la orilla by Eva Cid, Nacho Vigalondo]()
Tras esa montaña está la orilla by Eva Cid, Nacho Vigalondo
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHace siglos que la Tierra dejó de ser habitable. Nuestros descendientes sobreviven en un planeta formado por dos grandes continentes, dos civilizaciones que han evolucionado de manera completamente distinta. Uno de estos continentes está habitado únicamente por mujeres... -
![Eve by Ellen Steiber, Cliff Nielsen]()
Eve by Ellen Steiber, Cliff Nielsen
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen two grisly identical murders happen simultaneously on different coasts,Mulder and Scully have only one clue:two identical girls who may or ,may not be criminally involved.Their investigation leads them to a DNA-splicing doctor and a terrifying question:Were these little girls created as killing machines?Mulder and Scully need to find out,before the next crop of killers is born.. -
![Doctor Who: Bang-Bang-a-Boom! by Gareth Roberts, Clayton Hickman]()
Doctor Who: Bang-Bang-a-Boom! by Gareth Roberts, Clayton Hickman
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDark Space 8 - an advanced monitoring station floating serenely among the stars. Its crew - a dedicated and highly-skilled group of professionals, calmy going about their vital work. Its mission - to boldy host the Intergalactic Song Contest.With representatives from myriad worlds competing, the eyes of the universe are on the station. But dark deeds are afoot aboard Dark Space 8.. -
![Zderzacz by Joanna Łopusińska]()
Zderzacz by Joanna Łopusińska
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA co, jeśli wszystko, co wydaje się nam przypadkowe, przypadkowe nie jest? Co, jeśli istnieje wzór na przypadek? I co, jeśli ten wzór zmieni znany nam świat?Grudzień 2011, Genewa, CERN. Największy na świecie ośrodek badań jądrowych.Prof. Francesca Accardi przedstawia postępy prac w poszukiwaniu boskiej cząstki: bozonu Higgsa. Odkrycie ma stać się największą sensacją naukową XXI w... -
![El tercer mundo después del sol: Antología de Ciencia Ficción Latinoamericana by Rodrigo Bastidas Pérez, Jorge Baradit]()
El tercer mundo después del sol: Antología de Ciencia Ficción Latinoamericana by Rodrigo Bastidas Pérez, Jorge Baradit
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLatinoamérica no es el tercer mundo, no es posibilidad de desarrollo, es una realidad en la que se amalgaman los saberes ancestrales, la ciencia, el realismo y la fantasía.Este libro reúne catorce relatos de los autores más relevantes de la ciencia ficción latinoamericana actual... -
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![Imposible by Erri De Luca]()
Imposible by Erri De Luca
Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDos hombres se encuentran en la montaña en un sendero poco transitado cuarenta años después de un juicio en el que uno se vestía con el traje de acusado por pertenecer a una organización política revolucionaria y el otro con el de delator arrepentido. Sólo uno de los dos saldrá vivo de ese paraje para volver a enfrentarse a la ley... -
![Empire Builders by Ben Bova]()
Empire Builders by Ben Bova
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDan Randolph never plays by the rules. A hell-raising maverick with no patience for fools, he is admired by his friends, feared by his enemies, and desired by the world's loveliest women. Acting as a twenty-first privateer, Randolph broke the political strangle-hold on space exploration, and became one of the world's richest men in the bargain... -
![Welcome to Promise City by Greg Cox]()
Welcome to Promise City by Greg Cox
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe 4400 were only the beginning. Now anyone can become extraordinary. The rewards are great. But so are the risks. . .Mere months have passed since a viral outbreak transformed Seattle. Over nine thousand people died horribly, while thousands more gained remarkable new abilities... -
![The Jungle by David Drake]()
The Jungle by David Drake
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAfter the death of the Earth, humankind live in domed undersea Keeps on the planet Venus. And only the mercenary naval troops called Free Companies venture out to wage the Keeps' proxy wars against the lethal lifeforms on the surface... -
![South: Library Edition by Babak Lakghomi, Shawn K. Jain]()
South: Library Edition by Babak Lakghomi, Shawn K. Jain
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSouth is a haunting and hallucinatory reimagination of life in a world under totalitarianism, and an individual’s quest for truth, agency, and understanding.B, a journalist, travels to the South of an unnamed desert country for a mysterious mission to write a report about the recent strikes on an offshore oil rig... -
![Cookie Monster by Vernor Vinge]()
Cookie Monster by Vernor Vinge
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNovela Corta ganadora del Premio Hugo 2004 y el Premio Locus 2004Dixie Mae comienza su primer día de trabajo en la sección de Atención al Cliente de la multinacional LotsaTech, dedicada a diseñar grandes aplicaciones informáticas para empresas y particulares...
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