| 2016-03-29 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Hunter Captain |
David John Baker |
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|
torture (1), sentience (1), first contact (1), science fiction (1), sex (1)
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| 2013-09-24 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Fall of the Governor: Part One |
Jay Bonansinga and Robert Kirkman |
|
|
horror (1), zombies (1), Walking Dead (1), torture (1), psychopath (1), romance (1), postapocalyptic (1), United States (1), strong female characters (1), despotism (1), vengeance (1), gladiatorial combat (1), escape (1)
|
| 2011-09-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Bronze Summer |
Stephen Baxter |
|
|
alternate history (1), climate change (1), vengeance (1), Troy (1), peace (1), slavery (1), potatoes (1), iron (1), levees (1), Turkey (1), North Sea (1), sociopaths (1), Iceland (1), volcano (1), mexico (1), torture (1), eunuchs (1)
|
| 2000-01-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Steam Man of the Prairie and the Dark Rider Get Down: A Dime Novel |
Joe R. Lansdale |
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steampunk (1), parallel universes (1), American West (1), vampires (1), Morlocks (1), torture (1)
|
| 1999-11-22 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
In the Deathroom |
Stephen King |
|
|
torture (1), banana republic (1)
|
| 1999-05-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Old Music and the Slave Women |
Ursula K. Le Guin |
|
|
science fiction (1), slavery (1), torture (1), biological warfare (1), revolution (1)
|
| 1996-12-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
There Is a Violence |
Sally McBride |
|
|
first person point of view (1), alien artifacts (1), archaeology (1), female protagonist (1), family (1), alien psychology (1), torture (1), repatriation (1), collector (1)
|
| 1985-02-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Brightness Falls from the Air |
James Tiptree, Jr. |
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|
love (1), suspended animation (1), time distortion (1), nova (1), alcohol (1), drugs (1), art (1), genocide (1), aliens (1), interstellar war (1), interstellar travel (1), distant future (1), science fiction (1), loss (1), memory erasure (1), murder (1), sadism (1), beauty (1), telepathy (1), reproduction (1), poison (1), rapid aging (1), torture (1)
|
| 1980-05-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Shadow of the Torturer |
Gene Wolfe |
|
|
far future (2), 2-award-winner (1), list NPR Top100 (2011) (1), science fiction (1), fantasy (1), torture (1), library (1)
|
| 1967-10-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
A Toy for Juliette |
Robert Bloch |
|
|
Benjamin Bathurst (1), Jack the Ripper (1), science fiction (1), time travel (1), kidnapping (1), torture (1), serial killer (1), murder (1), horror (1)
|
| 1967-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Test to Destruction |
Keith Laumer |
|
|
mind probe (1), torture (1), aliens (1), science fiction (1)
|
| 1964-04-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Star King |
Jack Vance |
|
|
space opera (1), tavern (1), science fiction (1), crime (1), revenge (1), space travel (1), academia (1), torture (1), aliens (1)
|
| 1961-10-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
A Planet Named Shayol |
Cordwainer Smith |
|
|
human-animal hybrids (1), penal system (1), addiction (1), euphoriant (1), torture (1), corruption (1), alien microbes (1), galactic empire (1), longevity (1), Pain (1), far future (1), science fiction (1), drugs (1), hospital (1)
|
| 1957-04-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Victim from Space |
Robert Sheckley |
|
|
science fiction (1), torture (1)
|
| 1956-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Stars My Destination |
Alfred Bester |
|
|
science fiction (1), teleportation (1), vengeance (1), Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1), The 5-Parsec Shelf (1), SF: The 100 Best Novels 1949-1984 (1), space opera (1), only humans (1), prison (1), interplanetary war (1), bodily augmentation (1), telepathy (1), corporate fiefdoms (1), tattoos (1), love (1), torture (1), shipwreck (1), synesthesia (1)
|
| 1951-05-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Hostess |
Isaac Asimov |
|
|
X Minus 1 (2), parasites (1), longevity (1), biologist (1), aliens (1), science fiction (1), hydrogen cyanide (1), convergent evolution (1), torture (1), interrogation (1), paranormal powers (1), incorporeal beings (1), interstellar travel (1), policeman (1), marital strife (1), symbiosis (1), cancer (1)
|
| 1949-06-08 |
NOVEL |
English |
Nineteen Eighty-Four |
George Orwell |
|
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dystopia (3), social criticism (2), near future (1), science fiction (1), Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1), 99 Novels: The Best in English 1939-1984 (1), Abebooks: 50 Essential SF Books (1), SF: The 100 Best Novels 1949-1984 (1), list NPR Top100 (2011) (1), into-movie (1), into-tv (1), surveillance state (1), history rewritten (1), story within a story (1), neologisms (1), london (1), torture (1), into-radio (1), into-play (1), into-opera (1), Horror: Another 100 Best Books (1), endless war (1), into-ballet (1)
|
| 1930-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Gladiator |
Philip Wylie |
|
|
science fiction (1), Librivox (1), invention (1), enhanced strength (1), Colorado (1), torture (1), archaeology (1), into-movie (1), super man (1)
|
| 1928-04-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Chain |
H. Warner Munn |
|
|
adultery (1), horror (1), revenge (1), torture (1), chain (1), oubliette (1), gothic (1), crumbling castle (1)
|
| 1928-08-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Justice of the Czar |
George Fielding Eliot |
|
|
torture (1), russia (1), Czar's family (1), retribution (1), twist ending (1), executioner (1)
|
| 1927-12-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Witch-Baiter |
Anthony M. Rud |
|
|
Spanish Netherlands (1), Inquisition (1), judge (1), witchcraft accusations (1), torture (1), executions (1), irony (1), revenge (1), justice (1), twist ending (1)
|
| 1890-07-12 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Mark of the Beast |
Rudyard Kipling |
|
|
Librivox (1), fantasy (1), werewolves (1), vampires (1), first person point of view (1), india (1), the British Raj (1), Hanuman (1), leper (1), offending a god (1), torture (1), curse (1), New Year's Eve (1), corruption of soul (1), horror (1)
|
| 1889-03-11 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
His Unconquerable Enemy |
W. C. Morrow |
|
|
india (1), king (1), revenge (1), torture (1), punishment (1)
|
| 1883-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
French |
La torture par l'espérance |
Villiers de l'Isle-Adam |
|
|
Suspense (1), torture (1), fantasy (1), horror (1), realism (1), Spanish Inquisition (1)
|
| 1842-10-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Pit and the Pendulum |
Edgar Allan Poe |
|
|
horror (1), into-movie (1), torture (1), Spain (1), first person point of view (1), Fear (1), into-music (1)
|
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