| 2015-01-07 |
NOVEL |
French |
Soumission |
Michel Houellebecq |
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satire (1), near future (1), politics (1), France (1), only humans (1), islam (1), academia (1), first person point of view (1)
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| 2009-07-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Calculus Plague |
Marissa Lingen |
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academia (1), science fiction (1), Medical Ethics (1), memory (1)
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| 2000-12-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Coming |
Joe Haldeman |
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science fiction (1), dystopia (1), social commentary (1), politics (1), near future (1), academia (1), alien visitation (1), hard sf (1), climate change (1)
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| 1996-01-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
That's Entertainment: The Tale of Salacious Crumb |
Esther M. Friesner |
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mistaken identity (1), professor (1), academia (1), Jabba the Hutt (1), star wars (1), Salacious Crumb (1)
|
| 1990-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Pronounced Effect |
John Brunner |
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contemporary (1), academia (1), Miskatonic University (1), academic dispute (1), insecure protagonist (1), curse (1), romantic hero (1)
|
| 1982-02-15 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Fire Watch |
Connie Willis |
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time travel (3), world war ii (2), london (2), fire (1), historian (1), terrorism (1), churches (1), first person narrative (1), first person (1), academia (1), World War 2 (1), UK (1), england (1), cathedral (1)
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| 1982-07-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Offer of Immortality |
Robertson Davies |
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academia (1), first person (1), fantasy (1), immortality (1)
|
| 1980-07-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Timescape |
Gregory Benford |
|
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time travel (1), SF: The 100 Best Novels 1949-1984 (1), science fiction (1), scientists (1), academia (1), ecological collapse (1), tachyons (1), california (1), england (1), epidemic (1)
|
| 1979-06-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Juniper Time |
Kate Wilhelm |
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science fiction (2), Oregon (2), space station (2), native americans (2), linguistics (2), desert (2), drought (2), climate change (2), SF: The 100 Best Novels 1949-1984 (1), strong female characters (1), alien artifacts (1), Washington, DC (1), boston (1), holism (1), decryption (1), academia (1), cold war (1), cold war politics (1), translation (1), space program (1), near future (1), astronauts (1), translating machine (1)
|
| 1972-10-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Dying Inside |
Robert Silverberg |
|
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Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1), academia (1), telepathy (1), science fiction (1), New York City (1), drugs (1), sex (1), fish (1), chickens (1), aging (1), alienation (1)
|
| 1972-05-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Mirror Image |
Isaac Asimov |
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science fiction (1), detective (1), mystery (1), academia (1), robots (1), android (1)
|
| 1972-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Gods Themselves |
Isaac Asimov |
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science fiction (2), first contact (1), Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1), parallel universe (1), aliens (1), alien perspective (1), sex (1), Moon colony (1), Solar apocalypse (1), advanced aliens (1), academia (1), rivalry (1), alternative energy (1)
|
| 1971-12-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Book of Skulls |
Robert Silverberg |
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sacrifice (1), linguistics (1), sex (1), gay (1), longevity (1), monks (1), Horror: Another 100 Best Books (1), Arizona (1), academia (1), first person point of view (1), horror (1)
|
| 1968-10-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Goblin Reservation |
Clifford D. Simak |
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party (1), hive mind (1), Wisconsin (1), artificial planet (1), art (1), Big Crunch (1), big bang (1), library (1), museum (1), dragons (1), time travel (1), science fiction (1), goblins (1), banshees (1), trolls (1), ghosts (1), hominins (1), Neanderthals (1), William Shakespeare (1), cats (1), cannibalism (1), Jurassic (1), interstellar travel (1), matter transmission (1), magic (1), body duplication (1), cyborgs (1), tavern (1), alcohol (1), brewing (1), aliens (1), Earth (1), academia (1), mechanical translation (1), fairies (1)
|
| 1968-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Time Out |
David Ely |
|
|
nuclear disaster (1), academia (1), satire (1)
|
| 1967-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Magnetosphere |
Fred Hoyle |
|
|
science fiction (1), interstellar travel (1), incorporeal beings (1), academia (1)
|
| 1965-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Ballad of Beta-2 |
Samuel R. Delany |
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novel within novella range (1), higher intelligence (1), mesons (1), human-alien hybrid (1), interspecies sex (1), first contact (1), aliens (1), eugenics (1), teleportation (1), paranormal powers (1), music (1), generation ship (1), interstellar travel (1), anthropology (1), telepathy (1), academia (1), feet (1), computers (1), mutants (1), court trial (1), time stasis (1), orgasm (1)
|
| 1964-04-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Star King |
Jack Vance |
|
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space opera (1), tavern (1), science fiction (1), crime (1), revenge (1), space travel (1), academia (1), torture (1), aliens (1)
|
| 1957-12-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Galley Slave |
Isaac Asimov |
|
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Merril03 (1), science fiction (1), courtroom drama (1), robots (1), academia (1)
|
| 1956-04-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Dead Past |
Isaac Asimov |
|
|
Merril02 (1), near future (1), only Earth (1), only humans (1), academia (1), research (1), time viewing (1), government regulation (1), into-tv (1), espionage (1), Carthage (1), grief (1), noir sf (1)
|
| 1954-12-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Let's Not |
Isaac Asimov |
|
|
nuclear warfare (1), mars (1), science fiction (1), academia (1), suicide (1), loss (1)
|
| 1954-04-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Special Delivery |
Damon Knight |
|
|
science fiction (1), child prodigy (1), writing (1), academia (1)
|
| 1954-05-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Immortal Bard |
Isaac Asimov |
|
|
science fiction (1), time travel (1), Shakespeare (1), academia (1)
|
| 1942-10-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Hazing |
Isaac Asimov |
|
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meteors (1), aliens (1), neuronic whips (1), academia (1), science fiction (1), psychohistory (1), Arcturus (1)
|
| 1726-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Gulliver's Travels |
Jonathan Swift |
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Librivox (1), Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1), Fantasy: The 100 Best Books (1), Gulliver (1), misanthropy (1), travel (1), science fiction (1), little people (1), giants (1), academia (1), astronomers (1), horses (1), shipwreck (1), flying city (1), [NESFA Core Reading List] (1), 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (1)
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