| 2017-11-14 |
NOVEL |
English |
Artemis |
Andy Weir |
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science fiction (1), moon (1), hard sf (1), aluminum (1), smuggling (1), first person point of view (1), Kenya (1), mining (1), sabotage (1), correspondence (1), tourism (1), economics (1), oxygen (1), chloroform (1), alcohol (1)
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| 2013-08-05 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Dance of the Mad Flies |
Fredric Mitchem |
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alcohol (1)
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| 1999-02-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Ancient Engines |
Michael Swanwick |
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alcohol (1), tavern (1), science fiction (1), longevity (1)
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| 1999-09-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Household Gods |
Judith Tarr and Harry Turtledove |
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dentists (1), sculpture (1), nudity (1), divorce (1), justice (1), cruelty (1), prostitution (1), funeral (1), childbirth (1), parasites (1), sex (1), barbarian invasion (1), alcohol (1), food (1), epidemic (1), time travel (1), Physicians (1), religion (1), Roman Empire (1), rape (1), out-of-body experience (1), Los Angeles (1), Austria (1), feminism (1), smell (1), tavern (1), gods (1), slavery (1), strong female character (1)
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| 1991-04-00 |
ESSAY |
English |
Strange Wines and Unfamiliar Spirits |
Brian Ameringen |
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history of the future (1), alcohol (1)
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| 1989-06-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Mummy |
Anne Rice |
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historical fantasy (1), horror (1), mummies (1), egypt (1), Archaeologists (1), curse (1), alcohol (1), london (1), poison (1), murder (1), enhanced intelligence (1), longevity (1), Cleopatra (1), tobacco (1), homoeroticism (1)
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| 1985-02-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Brightness Falls from the Air |
James Tiptree, Jr. |
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distant future (1), torture (1), rapid aging (1), poison (1), reproduction (1), telepathy (1), beauty (1), sadism (1), murder (1), memory erasure (1), loss (1), science fiction (1), love (1), interstellar travel (1), interstellar war (1), aliens (1), genocide (1), art (1), drugs (1), alcohol (1), nova (1), time distortion (1), suspended animation (1)
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| 1985-10-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Vampire Lestat |
Anne Rice |
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vampires (3), enhanced sensation (1), first person point of view (1), unreliable narrator (1), longevity (1), homoeroticism (1), tuberculosis (1), depression (1), music (1), telekinesis (1), pyrokenesis (1), Paris (1), death (1), religion (1), Roman Empire (1), set in 1700s (1), set in 1800s (1), set in 1900s (1), smell (1), horses (1), Alexandria (1), aristocrats (1), horror (1), story within a story (1), suicide (1), Venice (1), Rome (1), loneliness (1), alcohol (1), quest (1), theater (1), new orleans (1), hunting (1), wolves (1), France (1), humanism (1), philosophy (1), telepathy (1), San Francisco (1), egypt (1)
|
| 1984-10-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
I Suppose You Are Wondering Why We Are Here |
Ray Bradbury |
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alcohol (1), ghosts (1), fantasy (1), boredom (1)
|
| 1980-08-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Mist |
Stephen King |
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contemporary (1), first person point of view (1), Secret military research (1), Crazed mob (1), alcohol (1), violence (1), Alien creatures (1), Supermarket (1), father and son (1), into-movie (1), Maine (1), fog (1), storm (1), fantasy (1), into-video game (1), into-tv (1), horror (1)
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| 1980-08-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Wizard |
John Varley |
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mega-fauna (1), alien ecology (1), alcohol (1), strong female characters (1), aliens (1), music (1), longevity (1), sex (1), Titan (1), science fiction (1)
|
| 1974-11-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Mote in God's Eye |
Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle |
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first contact (2), space opera (2), force fields (1), set in 3000s (1), coffee (1), collapse of civilization (1), asteroids (1), life cycle (1), interstellar war (1), alcohol (1), Chocolate (1), computers (1), solar sails (1), evolution (1), cyborgs (1), archaeology (1), reproduction (1), diplomacy (1), faster than light travel (1), science fiction (1), concentration camp (1), military sf (1), holography (1), biologists (1), astronomers (1), genetic engineering (1), insanity (1), fatalism (1), lost colony (1), lasers (1), rebellion (1), art (1), museum (1), aliens (1), zoo (1), scientists (1), religion (1), interstellar travel (1)
|
| 1969-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Green Man |
Kingsley Amis |
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ghosts (1), Horror: 100 Best Books (1), Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels 1946-1987 (1), Fantasy: The 100 Best Books (1), england (1), alcohol (1), Theology (1), into-tv (1), tavern (1), fantasy (1), horror (1), 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (1)
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| 1968-10-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Goblin Reservation |
Clifford D. Simak |
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cyborgs (1), William Shakespeare (1), cats (1), cannibalism (1), Jurassic (1), interstellar travel (1), matter transmission (1), magic (1), body duplication (1), Neanderthals (1), tavern (1), alcohol (1), brewing (1), aliens (1), Earth (1), academia (1), mechanical translation (1), fairies (1), dragons (1), hive mind (1), Wisconsin (1), artificial planet (1), art (1), Big Crunch (1), big bang (1), library (1), museum (1), party (1), time travel (1), science fiction (1), goblins (1), banshees (1), trolls (1), ghosts (1), hominins (1)
|
| 1967-02-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Productions of Time |
John Brunner |
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subliminal control (1), addiction (1), alcohol (1), drugs (1), theater (1), science fiction (1), time travel (1), decadence (1)
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| 1967-02-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Star Pit |
Samuel R. Delany |
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WBAI-FM (1), science fiction (1), children (1), intergalactic travel (1), alien ecology (1), interstellar travel (1), into-radio (1), alcohol (1), spaceport (1), psychopath (1), sociopath (1), psychopathy (1), sociopathy (1)
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| 1966-08-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Watchers of the Dark |
Lloyd Biggle, Jr. |
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detective (1), dance (1), matter transmission (1), computers (1), commerce (1), tobacco (1), aliens (1), interstellar travel (1), science fiction (1), murder (1), parties (1), New York City (1), alien invasion (1), alcohol (1), assassination (1), espionage (1)
|
| 1963-02-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Man Who Fell to Earth |
Walter Tevis |
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Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1), aliens (1), economics (1), science fiction (1), patents (1), alcohol (1)
|
| 1962-03-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Kings Who Die |
Poul Anderson |
|
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science fiction (1), asteroid belt (1), interplanetary travel (1), space war (1), San Diego (1), microfilm (1), tobacco (1), alcohol (1), interrogation (1), cyborg (1), computer (1), mental enhancement (1)
|
| 1962-10-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Triumph |
Philip Wylie |
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sexual revolution (1), underwater city (1), underground city (1), submarines (1), USSR (1), romance (1), insanity (1), roller skating (1), radiation (1), radiation sickness (1), cobalt (1), sodium (1), set in 1970s (1), drones (1), Jews (1), post apocalypse (1), loss (1), tobacco (1), alcohol (1), racism (1), adultery (1), panic (1), firestorm (1), nuclear war (1), science fiction (1), connecticut (1), survival (1), Australia (1), Costa Rica (1), United States (1)
|
| 1961-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Stranger in a Strange Land |
Robert A. Heinlein |
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waterbed (1), cannibalism (1), alien perspective (1), heaven (1), eidetic memory (1), politicians (1), journalists (1), Lawyers (1), nurses (1), Physicians (1), first contact (1), tattoos (1), Pennsylvania (1), Maryland (1), birth control (1), Martians (1), sex (1), paranormal powers (1), telepathy (1), homophobia (1), water ritual (1), coming of age (1), genocide (1), Clairvoyance (1), suicide (1), Florida (1), near future (1), discussion of pornography (1), teleportation (1), exhibitionism (1), Las Vegas (1), San Francisco (1), zoo (1), angels (1), world government (1), murder (1), kidnapping (1), meditation (1), out-of-body experience (1), astrology (1), sleep (1), 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (1), science fiction (1), nudity (1), martyr (1), interplanetary travel (1), taxis (1), televangelists (1), time distortion (1), commune (1), group marriage (1), cult fiction (1), Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1), foundling (1), mars (1), religion (1), perfume (1), water (1), neologisms (1), Earth (1), circus (1), United States (1), afterlife (1), alcohol (1), sculpture (1), new religion (1), smell (1), cats (1), gambling (1), language (1), snakes (1), telekinesis (1), diplomacy (1), euthanasia (1)
|
| 1958-09-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Be My Guest |
Damon Knight |
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science fiction (1), funeral (1), love (1), ghosts (1), possession (1), alcohol (1)
|
| 1957-01-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Moving Spirit |
Arthur C. Clarke |
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humor (1), alcohol (1), science fiction (1), courtroom drama (1), england (1), osmosis (1)
|
| 1957-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
On the Beach |
Nevil Shute |
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radioactivity (1), Melbourne (1), Washington state (1), into-movie (1), end of the world (1), Australia (1), United States (1), science fiction (1), nuclear war (1), racing (1), post-apocalyptic (1), romance (1), self-delusion (1), euthanasia (1), submarine (1), fishing (1), alcohol (1), cosy catastrophe (1), Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1)
|
| 1957-08-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Tunesmith |
Lloyd Biggle, Jr. |
|
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consumer's hell (1), music (1), advertising (1), dystopia (1), revival (1), murder (1), tavern (1), alcohol (1)
|
| 1954-09-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Beautiful Brew |
James E. Gunn |
|
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alcohol (1)
|
| 1952-11-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Altar at Midnight |
C. M. Kornbluth |
|
|
Librivox (1), science fiction (1), moon (1), alcohol (1)
|
| 1943-03-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Q. U. R. |
Anthony Boucher |
|
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robots (1), uncanny valley (1), form follows function (1), alcohol (1), humor (1)
|
| 1941-10-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
By His Bootstraps |
Robert A. Heinlein |
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time travel (1), paradox (1), contemporary (1), time loop (1), music (1), alcohol (1), slavery (1), alien artifacts (1), NESFA Core Reading List (1), distant future (1), empathy (1)
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