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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... -
Понедельник начинается в субботу. Сказка о Тройке by Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsШедевр русской фантастики!!! Блистающие юмором истории младшего научного сотрудника Александра Привалова стали настольной книгой многих поколений российских читателей.Федор Симеонович Киврин и Витька Корнеев, ведьмочка Стеллочка и профессор Выбегалло,Лавр Федотович и птеродактиль Кузька, пришелец Константин и Клоп Говорун... Герои "Понедельника..." и "Сказки о Тройке" живут среди нас по сей день... -
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... -
The Martian Chronicles / The Illustrated Man / The Golden Apples of the Sun by Ray Bradbury
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsRay Bradbury ranks as the dean and grand eminence of science fiction. This giant omnibus volume collects three major works by this genre titan: The Martian Chronicles, The Illustrated Man, and The Golden Apples of the Sun. It would be nearly impossible to identify three works more central to sci-fi than this trio... -
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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... -
Diuna, tom II by Frank Herbert
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsISBN 8320707722 is shared with the first volume of the book, this is the second... -
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 Ugly Swans by Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSoviet science fiction novel by the Strugatsky brothers... -
The Essential Ellison by Harlan Ellison
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn April of 1949, Harlan Ellison was a lonely little kid living in Painesville, Ohio. A time traveler, observing him from within an invisible bubble, would not have marked him as anything more interesting than an undersized fourteen-year-old, seemingly always in hot water. Lively blue eyes, but basically just another kid... -
For a Breath I Tarry by Roger Zelazny
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsTaking place long after the self-extinction of Man, "For a Breath I Tarry" recounts the tale of Frost, a sentient machine ("...a silver-blue box, 40x40x40 feet,... featured in whatever manner he chose.") Though Man has disappeared, his robotic creations (and their creations in turn) continue to function... -
Человек-амфибия / Голова профессора Доуэля by Alexander Belyaev, Александр Романович Беляев
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratings... -
2150 A.D. by Thea Alexander
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsYou travel with Jon who lives in 1976. When his mind is in the sleep-state, the forces of the future world reach out to him and show him how things can be. Go with him on his perilous adventure - a mind-expanding exodus from the imperfect today into a better tomorrow. Discover the beauty and the emotional demands such a journey can bring... -
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame: Volume II B by Ben Bova, E.M. Forster
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThis 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... -
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... -
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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... -
The Magic of Shirley Jackson by Shirley Jackson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsExperience The Magic of Shirley Jackson with this generous selection of the author's greatest work.This collection consists of three complete books:The Bird's NestLife Among the SavagesRaising Demonsand eleven short stories--including the world-famous "The Lottery... -
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... -
Roadside Picnic / Tale of the Troika by Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRed Schuhart is a stalker, one of those strange misfits compelled to venture illegally into the Zone and collect the strange artefacts that the alien visitors left scattered there. His whole life, even the nature of his daughter, is determined by the Zone.Tale of the Troika is a sequel to Monday Begins on Saturday and a satire on Soviet bureaucrazy... -
Blindness / Seeing by José Saramago
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn Blindness, a city is overcome by an epidemic of blindness that spares only one woman. She becomes a guide for a group of seven strangers and serves as the eyes and ears for the reader in this profound parable of loss and disorientation. We return to the city years later in Saramago’s Seeing, a satirical commentary on government in general and democracy in particular... -
More Tales of Pirx the Pilot by Stanisław Lem
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCommander Pirx, who drives space vehicles for a living in the galaxy of the future, here faces a new series of intriguing adventures in which robots demonstrate some alarmingly human characteristics. Translated by Louis Iribarne, assisted by Magdalena Majcherczyk and Michael Kandel... -
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... -
Cat's Cradle/God Bless You Mr. Rosewater/Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsKurt Vonnegut: Three Complete Novels: Cat's Cradle; God Bless You Mr. Rosewater; Breakfast of Champions... -
The Philip K. Dick MEGAPACK ®: 15 Classic Science Fiction Stories by Philip K. Dick
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe Philip K. Dick Megapack assembles no less than 15 classic science fiction stories by Philip K. Dick. Included are:INTRODUCTION: PHILIP K. DICKEXHIBIT PIECEBEYOND LIES THE WUBTHE DEFENDERSTHE CRYSTAL CRYPTBEYOND THE DOORSECOND VARIETYTHE EYES HAVE ITTHE GUNTHE VARIABLE MANTONY AND THE BEETLESTHE HANGING STRANGERTHE SKULLPIPER IN THE WOODSMR... -
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S Is For Space by Ray Bradbury
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsS is for science fiction, spine-tingling, supernatural and sublime! S is for stories from a "Star Wilderness that stretched as far as eye and mind could see and imagine"... -
The Dune Encyclopedia by Willis Everett McNelly
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsEight years in the making, the work of painstakung scholarship and research, containing thousands of entries and cross-references.. -
The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick 1: Beyond Lies the Wub by Philip K. Dick
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsA matchless display of Philip K. Dick's quirky, humorous, idiosyncratically philosophical world view. With one exception, all the stories of this volume were written over a nine-month period between 1951 and 1952, when Dick was making his first impact as a writer.Comprising:Stability;Roog;The Little Movement;Beyond Lies the Wub;The Gun;The Skull;The Defenders;Mr... -
The Rediscovery of Man by Cordwainer Smith
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsCordwainer Smith was one of the original visionaries to think of humanity in terms of thousands of years in the future, spread out across the universe. This brilliant collection, often cited as the first of its kind, explores fundamental questions about ourselves and our treatment of the universe (and other beings) around us and ultimately what it means to be human... -
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
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings... -
Astounding Science Fiction, February 1943 by John W. Campbell Jr., A.E. van Vogt
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsContents:The Silver Lining / essay by The Editor (i.e. John W. Campbell Jr.)The Weapon Makers, Part 1 of 3 (Weapon Shops of Isher #) / A.E. van Vogt; interior artwork by Frank Kramer In Times to Come / essay by unknownFlight into Darkness / Webb Marlowe (i.e. J. Francis McComas); interior artwork by Frank KramerMimsy Were the Borogoves / Lewis Padgett (i.e. Henry Kuttner and C.L... -
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
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... -
New Stories From the Twilight Zone by Rod Serling
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRod Serling became a cultural icon of the 20th Century with his creation 'The Twilight Zone,' which more than 50 years later was nominated by the Writers Guild of America as the third best written television series of the past seventy years. Of the 156 Twilight Zone episodes, Serling wrote 92... -
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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... -
The Handmaid’s Tale: York Notes for A-level by Coral Ann Howells, Emma Page
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn enhanced exam section: expert guidance on approaching exam questions, writing high-quality responses and using critical interpretations, plus practice tasks and annotated sample answer extracts. Key skills covered: focused tasks to develop your analysis and understanding, plus regular study tips, revision questions and progress checks to track your learning... -
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... -
Mars Burning by Cidney Swanson
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsChancellor Lucca believes Jess and Pavel are dead, and now she's deadly determined to make certain Mars never interferes with her or her world again. Meanwhile on Mars, Mei Lo pleads with the Raiders to finish their second mission: disabling the Terran satellites. But the satellites aren't all that threaten the red planet... -
The Philip K. Dick Anthology by Philip K. Dick
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDid you ever wonder at the lonely life the bird in a cuckoo clock has to lead—that it might possibly love and hate just as easily as a real animal of flesh and blood? Philip Dick used that idea for a brief fantasy tale. We're sure that after reading it you'll give cuckoo clocks more respect... -
The Tom Swift Collection by Victor Appleton
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings27 Book Collection (Kindle Edition) Tom Swift and His Motor-cycleTom Swift And His Motor-BoatTom Swift and His AirshipTom Swift And His Submarine BoatTom Swift And His Electric RunaboutTom Swift Among the Diamond MakersTom Swift in the Caves of IceTom Swift And His Sky RacerTom Swift in the City of GoldTom Swift And His Air GliderTom Swift And His Wizard CameraTom Swift and his Great...Categorized as:
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Doctor Who: The Silent Stars Go By & Touched by an Angel by Dan Abnett, Jonathan Morris
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDirect to you from Doctor Who, the hit BBC television program that has enchanted fans of the fantastic for more than fifty years, comes this collection of two novels featuring the TARDIS-traveling Eleventh Doctor and his loyals companions Amy and Rory. The Silent Stars Go By by Dan Abnett. The winter festival is approaching for the hardy colony of Morphans, but no one is in the mood to celebrate... -
Last Contact by Stephen Baxter
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA mother and daughter, Maureen and 35-year-old Caitlin, live through the last few months of Earth's existence. Maureen and her late husband Harry are described as having substantial astrophysical intelligence. Caitlin, an astrophysicist herself, has been involved with the recent discovery of the Big Rip, a field of dark energy that is essentially tearing the universe apart... -
Farmer One by Christian Cantrell
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsIn an economically depressed and politically dysfunctional United States, the long-defunct National Aeronautics and Space Administration is reestablished in a desperate attempt to channel the patriotism and optimism of the previous century's Soviet Space Race. But this time, the nation to beat is China, and the goal is Mars... -
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... -
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The Past Through Tomorrow: Vol. 1 by Robert A. Heinlein
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHere, in volume one of two volumes, are approximately half of the stories, novelettes, novella, and novels 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... -
The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories by Tom Shippey, H.G. Wells
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis is the definitive collection of the twentieth-century's most characteristic genre -- science fiction. The tales are organized chronologically to give readers a sense of how the genre's range, vitality, and literary quality have evolved over time. Each tale offers a unique vision, an altered reality, a universe all its own. Readers can sample H.G... -
Dark They Were, and Golden Eyed by Ray Bradbury
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsShort story about a colonizing family on Mars... -
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'... -
From These Ashes: The Complete Short SF of Fredric Brown by Fredric Brown
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA collection of all 118 short science fiction and fantasy stories of one of the masters of the vignette, all his short works except two which were rewritten into parts of a novel. Introduction by Barry N. Malzberg. Dustjacket art by Bob Eggleton...
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