| 2019-09-10 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Seared Lands |
Deborah A. Wolf |
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fantasy (1), spiders (1), epic fantasy (1), China-inspired fantasy (1), Byzantium-inspired fantasy (1), North Africa-inspired fantasy (1), Middle-East inspired fantasy (1), desert (1)
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| 2018-06-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Pharaoh Key |
Lincoln Child and Douglas Preston |
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strong female character (1), adventure (1), quest (1), cryptic map (1), Lost tribe (1), Monotheism (1), egypt (1), lost treasure (1), lost artifact (1), desert (1)
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| 2017-04-04 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Dragon's Legacy |
Deborah A. Wolf |
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fantasy (1), epic fantasy (1), China-inspired fantasy (1), Middle East-inspired fantasy (1), Byzantium-inspired fantasy (1), North Africa-inspired fantasy (1), desert (1)
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| 2015-09-01 |
NOVEL |
English |
Twelve Kings in Sharakhai |
Bradley P. Beaulieu |
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immortality (2), fantasy (1), city life (1), conspiracy (1), desert (1)
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| 2014-01-04 |
COLLECTION |
English |
Sand |
Hugh Howey |
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science fiction (1), climate change (1), desert (1)
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| 2011-02-15 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Desert of Souls |
Howard Andrew Jones |
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historical fantasy (1), desert (1), secrets (1), wizards (1), scholars (1)
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| 2007-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Yellow Dog |
Charles de Lint |
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Coyote (1), desert (1), Folk Tales (1), folklore (1), Illegal Immigrants (1), shapeshifters (1), Trickster Myths (1), urban fantasy (1), shapechangers (1)
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| 2002-05-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Joshua Tree |
Emma Bull |
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desert (1)
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| 2000-07-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Salt |
Adam Roberts |
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anarchism (1), terrorism (1), asymmetric warfare (1), science fiction (1), colonization of other worlds (1), colony planet (1), extrasolar colonies (1), human colonization of extrasolar planets (1), interplanetary colonization (1), interstellar colonization (1), planetary colonization (1), cryosleep (1), guerrilla war (1), desert (1)
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| 1996-01-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Skin Deep: The Fat Dancer's Tale |
A. C. Crispin |
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star wars (1), Yarla (1), dancing girl (1), desert (1), krayt dragon (1), sacrifice (1), romance (1), female protagonist (1), strong female character (1), Doallyn (1)
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| 1992-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Small Gods |
Terry Pratchett |
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tortoise (1), psychopath (1), zealotry (1), turtle (1), monks (1), gods (1), theocracy (1), satire (1), Theology (1), discworld (1), humorous fantasy (1), war machines (1), philosophy (1), invention (1), desert (1), eidetic memory (1), Warfare (1), morality (1), eagles (1), pantheon (1)
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| 1991-10-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Verdant Passage |
Troy Denning |
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desert (2), strong female characters (1), psionics (1), slavery (1), dwarves (1), gladiators (1), magic (1), fantasy (1), dragons (1), survival (1), telepathy (1), telekinesis (1), teleportation (1), wizards (1)
|
| 1989-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Rainmaker Cometh |
Ian McDonald |
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science fiction (1), fantasy (1), Americana (1), desert (1), drought (1)
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| 1987-12-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Great Sky River |
Gregory Benford |
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distant future (1), sex (1), dispersed intelligence (1), virtual reality (1), mind control (1), murder (1), ecocide (1), hovercraft (1), alien perspective (1), energy being (1), immortality (1), higher intelligence (1), survival (1), sculpture (1), autodoc (1), nanotechnology (1), cyborgs (1), climate change (1), desert (1), robots (1), slower than light travel (1), uploaded personalities (1), machine intelligence (1), implants (1), interstellar travel (1), black holes (1), loss (1), dogs (1), science fiction (1)
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| 1986-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Sword-Dancer |
Jennifer Roberson |
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fantasy (2), strong female characters (2), sword and sorcery (1), desert (1), swords (1)
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| 1984-03-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Heretics of Dune |
Frank Herbert |
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weather control (1), longevity (1), lasers (1), assassination (1), surveillance (1), diplomacy (1), pheromones (1), sadomasochism (1), prostitution (1), torture (1), psychic probe (1), desert (1), smell (1), loyalty (1), honor (1), computers (1), distant future (1), arcology (1), antigravity (1), diaspora (1), education (1), space opera (1), interstellar travel (1), sex (1), love (1), politics (1), Clones (1), drugs (1), punishment (1), eugenics (1), science fiction (1), Secrecy (1), art (1), precognition (1), genetic engineering (1), indeterminacy (1), strong female characters (1), vengeance (1), memory (1), religion (1)
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| 1984-09-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Spiral Winds |
Garry Kilworth |
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desert (1), time loop (1), science fiction (1)
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| 1982-01-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Water Witch |
Cynthia Felice and Connie Willis |
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science fiction (1), desert (1)
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| 1981-05-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
God Emperor of Dune |
Frank Herbert |
|
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eugenics (1), drugs (1), interstellar empire (1), enhanced intelligence (1), religion (1), amazons (1), Clones (1), peace (1), lasers (1), library (1), distant future (1), rebellion (1), memory (1), shapeshifters (1), science fiction (1), metamorphosis (1), longevity (1), murder (1), desert (1), ornithopters (1), climate engineering (1), architecture (1), urban planning (1), theocracy (1), smell (1), climbing (1), space opera (1)
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| 1981-11-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Imaro |
Charles R. Saunders |
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sword and soul (1), wizards (1), supernatural (1), exiles (1), desert (1), Afrofantasy (1), Fix up (1), sword and sorcery (1)
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| 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), decryption (1), translating machine (1), astronauts (1), near future (1), space program (1), translation (1), cold war politics (1), cold war (1), academia (1), SF: The 100 Best Novels 1949-1984 (1), holism (1), boston (1), Washington, DC (1), alien artifacts (1), strong female characters (1)
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| 1979-11-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Face |
Jack Vance |
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food (1), crime (1), science fiction (1), desert (1), mining (1), sex (1), sport (1), poison (1), interstellar travel (1)
|
| 1978-10-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Veils of Azlaroc |
Fred Saberhagen |
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time distortion (1), fashion (1), xenobiology (1), force fields (1), longevity (1), computers (1), robots (1), Sentient plants (1), underground city (1), holography (1), plate tectonics (1), recycling (1), Poetry (1), artificial womb (1), loss (1), regret (1), desert (1), isolation (1), cemetery (1), tourism (1), interstellar travel (1), black holes (1), pulsars (1), science fiction (1)
|
| 1977-12-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Close Encounters of the Third Kind |
Steven Spielberg and Leslie Waller |
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novelization (1), technology tycoon (1), infectious dementia (1), White Sands (1), Nevada heritage (1), contemporary (1), desert (1), horses (1), genetic modification (1), biological warfare (1), influenza (1)
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| 1976-04-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Children of Dune |
Frank Herbert |
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sign language (1), ornithopters (1), longevity (1), found art (1), dreams (1), possession (1), enhanced intelligence (1), climate engineering (1), tigers (1), science fiction (1), memory (1), desert (1), interstellar empire (1), precognition (1), religion (1), terraforming (1), into-tv (1), space opera (1)
|
| 1974-05-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia |
Ursula K. Le Guin |
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science fiction (2), childbirth (1), physicists (1), university (1), double planet (1), interplanetary travel (1), interstellar travel (1), Tau Ceti (1), philosophy (1), Albert Einstein (1), ansible (1), trains (1), architecture (1), education (1), artificial languages (1), famine (1), Time (1), revolution (1), desert (1), 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (1), music (1), ambiguous utopia (1), 3-award-winner (1), Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1), SF: The 100 Best Novels 1949-1984 (1), hard sf (1), love (1), celibacy (1), LGBTQ+ (1), alternating chapter structure (1), artificial language (1), art (1), leather (1), food (1), into-radio (1), drought (1), anarchism (1), Utopia (1), mathematics (1)
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| 1969-10-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Dune Messiah |
Frank Herbert |
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Clones (1), drugs (1), mind control (1), atomic weapons (1), genetic engineering (1), interstellar travel (1), interstellar empire (1), force fields (1), lasers (1), genocide (1), eugenics (1), distant future (1), antigravity (1), desert (1), murder (1), science fiction (1), religion (1), political intrigue (1), court intrigue (1), resurrection (1), precognition (1), space fantasy (1), tarot (1), poison (1), memory (1), architecture (1), Poetry (1), blindness (1), into-tv (1), space opera (1)
|
| 1969-03-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Phoenix |
Harlan Ellison |
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only humans (1), only Earth (1), first person point of view (1), desert (1), twist ending (1), Atlantis (1), New York City (1), expedition (1), lost continent (1), death (1), physical mass of time (1)
|
| 1967-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Killer Thing |
Kate Wilhelm |
|
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invention (1), force fields (1), invisibility (1), alien perspective (1), platinum (1), berkserker machine (1), interstellar travel (1), aliens (1), robots (1), mining (1), rampaging robots (1), desert (1), venus (1), Tau Ceti (1), interstellar war (1), sensory deprivation (1), hallucination (1), thirst (1), wood (1), Allegorical of the Vietnam War (1)
|
| 1965-12-01 |
NOVEL |
English |
Dune |
Frank Herbert |
|
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space opera (4), galactic empire (3), precognition (3), religion (2), ecology (2), into-movie (2), into-tv (2), science fiction (2), interstellar empire (1), ornithopters (1), space empire (1), specialized human breeding (1), prophecy (1), interstellar travel (1), eugenics (1), alien ecology (1), assassination (1), feud (1), strong female characters (1), into-board game (1), into-comics (1), sand (1), political intrigue (1), desert (1), space fantasy (1), drugs (1), force fields (1), secret breeding program (1), cult fiction (1), Abebooks: 50 Essential SF Books (1), SF: The 100 Best Novels 1949-1984 (1), The 5-Parsec Shelf (1), 2-award-winner (1), Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1), mega-fauna (1), revolution (1), superman (1)
|
| 1965-12-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
On the Sand Planet |
Cordwainer Smith |
|
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science fiction (1), desert (1), quest (1)
|
| 1941-11-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Door |
Oliver Saari |
|
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European explorer (1), interdimensional portal (1), Berber legend (1), Arab sheik (1), desert (1), twist ending (1), irony (1)
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