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Date Type Language Title Authors Parent Title Parent Authors Tags
2021-10-00 SHORTFICTION German ... Causa finita! Karla Weigand     alien visitation (1), philosophy (1)
2021-08-23 NOVEL German Matou
Michael Köhlmeier?Michael Koehlmeier
    animal fantasy (1), secret history (1), cats (1), longevity (1), philosophy (1)
2020-05-17 OMNIBUS English 30 Human Science Masterpieces You Must Read Before You Die uncredited     science (1), philosophy (1)
2020-12-00 SHORTFICTION German Der letzte Nobelpreis Ulf von Rauchhaupt     nobel prize (1), science (1), philosophy (1)
2016-09-27 NONFICTION English Time Travel: A History James Gleick     philosophy (1), Time (1), time travel (1), physics (1)
2015-03-24 NONFICTION English The Wisdom of Merlin: 7 Magical Words for a Meaningful Life T. A. Barron     Merlin (1), Conduct of life (1), philosophy (1)
2014-12-19 NONFICTION English Philosophy and Terry Pratchett Jacob Held and James South     criticism (1), Terry Pratchett (1), philosophy (1)
2012-08-00 NOVEL French Adam, l'enfant-monde Louis Thirion     fantasy (1), philosophy (1), devil (1)
2010-00-00 SHORTFICTION English A Brief History of the Failed Revolution Alexander Weinstein     philosophy (1), science fiction (1)
2009-00-00 NONFICTION German There Is No Why: Religion und Gottesbild im Werk von Kurt Vonnegut anhand ausgewählter Romane Ute Helena Bertram Gräfin von Nimcz zu Caldaha     vonnegut (1), kurt vonnegut (1), religion (1), god (1), secondary literature (1), science fiction (1), philosophy (1)
2008-09-00 NOVEL English Anathem Neal Stephenson     science fiction (1), space opera (1), generation ship (1), space war (1), philosophy (1), monastic (1), Project Orion (1), strong female characters (1), parallel universes (1), first person point of view (1), causality (1), Platonism (1)
2008-04-00 ANTHOLOGY English SF Waxes Philosophical Ahmed A. Khan     SF anthology (1), philosophy (1), Michael Bishop (1), Ted Kosmatka (1)
2008-03-00 NOVEL English The Philosopher's Apprentice James Morrow     science fiction (1), philosophy (1), conscience (1)
2002-08-00 NONFICTION English The Matrix and Philosophy: Welcome to the Desert of the Real William Irwin     philosophy (1)
1998-11-00 SHORTFICTION English Story of Your Life Ted Chiang     linguistics (2), physics (2), first contact (1), into-movie (1), communication (1), first person point of view (1), prognostication (1), free will (1), philosophy (1), science fiction (1)
1996-06-00 NOVEL English Starborne Robert Silverberg     science fiction (1), Utopia (1), telepathy (1), first contact (1), philosophy (1)
1993-04-00 COLLECTION French Contes griffus Jacques Sternberg     horror (1), fantasy (1), religion (1), philosophy (1)
1993-10-00 NOVEL English Parable of the Sower Octavia E. Butler     science fiction (2), 2020s (1), women (1), racism (1), post-apocalyptic (1), Fundamentalism (1), dystopian (1), apocalyptic (1), African American (1), Abuse (1), california (1), Capitalism (1), climate change (1), black protagonist (1), migrants (1), empath (1), Southern California (1), societal collapse (1), female protagonist (1), strong female character (1), first person point of view (1), death (1), loss (1), slavery (1), philosophy (1), god (1), change (1), spirituality (1), community (1)
1992-00-00 NOVEL English Small Gods Terry Pratchett     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)
1991-00-00 NOVEL Norwegian (Bokmal) Sofies verden Jostein Gaarder     philosophy (1)
1991-03-00 NOVEL English The Face of the Waters Robert Silverberg     water (1), science fiction (1), philosophy (1), religion (1), penal colony (1), water world (1), floating islands (1), quest (1)
1990-00-00 NOVEL English The Fortress of Eternity Andrew Whitmore     philosophy (1), fantasy (1), mercenary (1)
1989-00-00 NONFICTION German Die Rolle des Religiösen in den Romanen von Kurt Vonnegut Ute Helena Bertram Gräfin von Nimcz zu Caldaha     science fiction (1), philosophy (1), religion (1), god (1), vonnegut (1), kurt vonnegut (1), secondary literature (1)
1988-00-00 NOVEL Portuguese O alquimista Paulo Coelho     alchemy (1), philosophy (1)
1987-00-00 INTERVIEW Polish Die Leidenschaft des Philosophierens (Polish)
Stanisław Bereś?Stanislaw Beres
    philosophy (1)
1985-07-00 ESSAY English Introduction: How to Build a Universe That Doesn't Fall Apart Two Days Later Philip K. Dick     hidden reality (1), bible (1), philosophy (1)
1985-10-00 NOVEL English The Vampire Lestat Anne Rice     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)
1984-00-00 NOVEL English So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish Douglas Adams     science fiction (1), humorous (1), philosophy (1), england (1), interstellar travel (1), romance (1), robots (1), dolphins (1), into-radio (1)
1982-00-00 NONFICTION English The Fate of the Earth Jonathan Schell     nuclear war (1), philosophy (1)
1981-00-00 COLLECTION French Candide ou l'optimisme: La princesse de Balylone et autres contes Voltaire     philosophy (1), fantasy (1)
1981-00-00 NOVEL English Creation Gore Vidal     99 Novels: The Best in English 1939-1984 (1), China (1), india (1), Greece (1), Persia (1), philosophy (1), religion (1), strong female characters (1), first person point of view (1)
1981-08-00 NOVEL English Wave Without a Shore C. J. Cherryh     science fiction (1), philosophy (1)
1979-00-00 NOVEL English The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Douglas Adams     dolphin (1), comedy (1), philosophical quest (1), into-tv (1), cult fiction (1), from-radio (1), mega-engineering (1), england (1), interstellar travel (1), space drive (1), science fiction (1), into-movie (1), philosophy (1), Abebooks: 50 Essential SF Books (1), 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (1), into-video game (1)
1978-05-00 SHORTFICTION English Enemies of the System: A Tale of Homo Uniformis Brian W. Aldiss     science fiction (1), communism (1), philosophy (1), Basil Exposition (1), degeneration (1)
1977-08-09 ESSAY German Letter (Perry Rhodan #833) Robert Hector     Perry Rhodan (1), philosophy (1)
1976-08-00 SHORTFICTION English The Cabinet of Oliver Naylor Barrington J. Bayley     science fiction (1), space travel (1), philosophy (1)
1974-05-00 NOVEL English The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia Ursula K. Le Guin     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)
1974-05-00 SHORTFICTION English
—That Thou Art Mindful of Him!?-That Thou Art Mindful of Him!
Isaac Asimov     science fiction (1), robots (1), philosophy (1), artificial intelligence (1), animal robot (1), data analysis (1), big data (1)
1973-00-00 SHORTFICTION English Gorgias Peder Carlsson     space opera (1), science fiction (1), humour (1), parody (1), philosophy (1), new wave (1)
1973-10-00 SHORTFICTION English The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas Ursula K. Le Guin     dystopia (2), social criticism (1), psychology (1), philosophy (1), scapegoat (1), first person point of view (1), Utopia (1), happiness (1), science fiction (1), horror (1)
1971-10-00 NOVEL English The Lathe of Heaven Ursula K. Le Guin     perception of reality (1), Aldebaran (1), climate change (1), epidemic (1), dreams (1), aliens (1), philosophy (1), nuclear war (1), alternate history (1), ecological decline (1), science fiction (1), overpopulation (1), war with aliens (1), racism (1), first contact (1), invention (1), psychology (1), into-play (1), into-tv (1)
1970-00-00 COLLECTION French
Univers zéro?Univers zero
Jacques Sternberg     science fiction (1), philosophy (1)
1969-03-00 NOVEL English The Left Hand of Darkness Ursula K. Le Guin     science fiction (2), interstellar travel (1), androgyny (1), alternating chapter structure (1), sociology (1), philosophy (1), ice planet (1), Abebooks: 50 Essential SF Books (1), multiple points of view (1), politics (1), social criticism (1), first contact (1), gender bending (1), first person (1), alien point of view (1), SF: The 100 Best Novels 1949-1984 (1), The 5-Parsec Shelf (1), 3-award-winner (1), Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1), cold (1)
1969-03-00 SHORTFICTION English The Luger Is a 9mm Automatic Handgun with a Parabellum Action Jerrold Mundis     philosophy (1), talking dog (1), first person point of view (1), contemporary (1), sacrifice (1), luger (1), German Shepherd (1)
1968-00-00 SHORTFICTION Bulgarian     first contact (1), Utopia (1), philosophy (1)
1967-02-00 NOVEL English Counter-Clock World Philip K. Dick     time in reverse (1), science fiction (1), only humans (1), resurrection (1), police (1), love (1), philosophy (1), religion (1), Time (1), racial tension (1), near future (1), prophet (1)
1967-01-00 SHORTFICTION English Fiddler's Green Richard McKenna     fruit (1), hypnosis (1), engineer (1), gambling (1), cannibalism (1), murder (1), Indian Ocean (1), thirst (1), perception of reality (1), interdimensional travel (1), science fiction (1), philosophy (1), betrayal (1), shipwreck (1), first person point of view (1)
1966-03-00 SHORTFICTION English For a Breath I Tarry Roger Zelazny     Faustian bargain (1), temptation (1), sculpture (1), art (1), library (1), loss (1), cloning (1), artificial intelligence (1), science fiction (1), postapocalyptic (1), robots (1), philosophy (1)
1963-00-00 NOVEL English Cat's Cradle Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.     scientists (1), Les 100 principaux titres de la science-fiction (1), 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (1), tornadoes (1), music (1), Poetry (1), invention (1), New York State (1), Caribbean (1), SF: The 100 Best Novels 1949-1984 (1), neologisms (1), science fiction (1), philosophy (1), religion (1), into-movie (1), into-music (1), into-play (1), ice (1)
1961-10-00 SHORTFICTION English While the Gods Laugh Michael Moorcock     fantasy (1), quest (1), gods (1), philosophy (1), underground (1)
1958-10-00 NOVEL English The Triumph of Time James Blish     flying city (1), End of the Universe (1), center of the universe (1), cepheid variables (1), sleep learning (1), antimatter (1), antigravity (1), interstellar travel (1), intergalactic travel (1), computers (1), Greater Magellanic Cloud (1), science fiction (1), interstellar war (1), nuclear warfare (1), games (1), alien life (1), astronomer (1), philosophy (1), physics (1), ansible (1), New York City (1)
1957-00-00 NOVEL English The Black Cloud Fred Hoyle     first contact (2), climate change (2), science fiction (2), england (2), cosmic disaster (1), philosophy (1), hard sf (1), UK (1), scientist (1), scientists (1), astronomer (1), astromomers (1), astronomy (1), alien intelligence (1), Alien Communication (1), politics (1), politicians (1), genius (1), radio astronomy (1), nebula (1), higher intelligence (1), music (1), interstellar travel (1), astronomers (1), computers (1)
1956-11-00 SHORTFICTION English The Last Question Isaac Asimov     End of the Universe (1), big data (1), colonization (1), philosophy (1), intergalactic travel (1), interplanetary travel (1), longevity (1), Earth (1), Solar power (1), distant future (1), set in 2060s (1), hyperspace (1), Entropy (1), artificial intelligence (1), immortality (1), overpopulation (1), interstellar travel (1), loss (1), last human (1), into-radio (1), into-play (1), reboot (1), heat death of the universe (1), hard sf (1), science fiction (1), computers (1)
1956-03-00 NOVEL English The World Jones Made Philip K. Dick     science fiction (1), dystopia (1), post-apocalyptic (1), relativism (1), mutants (1), genetic engineering (1), Earth (1), venus (1), precognition (1), predestination (1), philosophy (1), determinism (1), first contact (1), aliens (1), xenophobia (1), assassination (1)
1953-03-00 SHORTFICTION English ... And the Truth Shall Make You Free Clifford D. Simak     computer (1), mutants (1), exploration (1), distant future (1), aliens (1), spiders (1), dogs (1), philosophy (1), science fiction (1), meaning of life (1)
1951-00-00 NOVEL English The Undesired Princess L. Sprague de Camp     philosophy (1), fantasy (1), NESFA Core Reading List (1)
1947-00-00 SHORTFICTION French Huis clos Jean-Paul Sartre     Hell (1), philosophy (1)
1947-00-00 NOVEL French Les mouches Jean-Paul Sartre     greek mythology (1), philosophy (1)
1946-06-00 SHORTFICTION English Paradise Clifford D. Simak     science fiction (1), mutants (1), philosophy (1), robots (1), dogs (1), Jupiter (1)
1944-07-00 SHORTFICTION English Huddling Place Clifford D. Simak     surgery (1), philosophy (1), Martians (1), science fiction (1), mars (1), Earth (1), agoraphobia (1), interplanetary travel (1), NESFA Core Reading List (1)
1941-00-00 SHORTFICTION Spanish La biblioteca de Babel Jorge Luis Borges     library (2), fantasy (1), universal library (1), philosophy (1), religion (1), NESFA Core Reading List (1)
1941-04-00 SHORTFICTION English Reason Isaac Asimov     robots (2), science fiction (2), religion (2), into-tv (1), microwaves (1), philosophy (1), power station (1), solar energy (1)
1941-07-00 SHORTFICTION English The Lost Street Carl Jacobi and Clifford D. Simak     science fiction (1), first contact (1), apocalypse (1), United States (1), recluse (1), philosophy (1), Alternate World (1), plague (1), tobacco (1), set in 1960s (1)
1940-05-00 SHORTFICTION Spanish
Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius?Tloen, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius
Jorge Luis Borges     science fiction (1), parallel universe (1), first person point of view (1), linguistics (1), subjective idealism (1), philosophy (1), fantasy (1), NESFA Core Reading List (1)
1938-07-00 SHORTFICTION English He That Hath Wings Edmond Hamilton     flying human (1), fantasy (1), philosophy (1)
1937-00-00 NOVEL English Star Maker Olaf Stapledon     social commentary (1), nebula (1), Sentient plants (1), NESFA Core Reading List (1), philosophy (1), star-dwelling beings (1), sentient stars (1), astral projection (1), distant past (1), spirituality (1), science fiction (1), evolution (1), aliens (1), mental intergalactic travel (1), mental time travel (1), distant future (1), first person point of view (1), European interwar period (1), Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1)
1934-10-15 COLLECTION French Romans et contes de Voltaire I Voltaire     fantasy (1), philosophy (1)
1934-10-15 COLLECTION French Romans et contes de Voltaire II Voltaire     fantasy (1), philosophy (1)
1931-00-00 NOVEL English Many Dimensions Charles Williams     teleportation (1), christian fantasy (1), philosophy (1), islam (1), time travel (1), england (1)
1905-00-00 COLLECTION French Sur la pierre blanche Anatole France     Internet Archive (1), philosophy (1), religion (1), future (1)
1895-00-00 SHORTFICTION Yiddish
י. ל. פרץ?Peretz I. L.
    19th century (1), Poland (1), Jews (1), fantasy (1), first person point of view (1), story within a story (1), philosophy (1), poverty (1), living dead (1), World of Illusions (1), social commentary (1)
1845-07-00 SHORTFICTION English The Imp of the Perverse Edgar Allan Poe     first person point of view (1), murder (1), guilt (1), philosophy (1), insane narrator, imprisonment (1)
1843-12-00 SHORTFICTION English The Christmas Banquet Nathaniel Hawthorne     fantasy (1), Christmas (1), philosophy (1), story within a story (1), misery (1), banquet (1), lack of emotion (1)
1829-00-00 CHAPBOOK French
Œuvres de Voltaire. Tome XXXIII?Oeuvres de Voltaire. Tome XXXIII
Voltaire     philosophy (1)
1804-00-00 NOVEL French Manuscrit trouvé à Saragosse Jan Potocki     fantasy (1), Wandering Jew (1), phantasmagoria (1), philosophy (1), philosophical novel (1), picaresque (1), Horror: Another 100 Best Books (1), horror (1)
1768-00-00 NOVEL French Songes et visions philosophiques Louis-Sébastien Mercier     fantasy (1), philosophy (1)
1767-00-00 SHORTFICTION French L'Ingénu: Histoire véritable: Tirée des manuscrits du père Quesnel Voltaire     humorous (1), philosophy (1)
1759-01-00 SHORTFICTION French Candide, ou l'Optimisme Voltaire     fantasy (1), philosophy (1), travel (1), comedy (1)
1748-09-10 CHAPBOOK French Zadig, ou, La Destinée: Histoire Orientale Voltaire     fantasy (1), philosophy (1)
1747-00-00 SHORTFICTION French Memnon: Histoire Orientale Voltaire     philosophy (1), fantasy (1)
date unknown SHORTFICTION Ancient Greek Lucian of Samosata     Zeus (1), philosophy (1), deduction (1)
date unknown SHORTFICTION Ancient Greek Plato     Atlantis (1), philosophy (1)
date unknown NOVEL Ancient Greek Plato     philosophy (1), politics (1)
date unknown SHORTFICTION Ancient Greek Plato     Atlantis (1), philosophy (1)
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