2021-10-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
German |
... Causa finita! |
Karla Weigand |
|
|
alien visitation (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)
|
2012-08-00 |
NOVEL |
French |
Adam, l'enfant-monde |
Louis Thirion |
|
|
fantasy (1), philosophy (1), devil (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)
|
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)
|
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) |
|
|
|
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)
|
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 |
|
Isaac Asimov |
|
|
science fiction (1), robots (1), philosophy (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)
|
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 |
|
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)
|
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)
|
1956-03-00 |
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), into-tv (1), science fiction (1), religion (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 |
|
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)
|
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 |
|
|
|
|
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 (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 |
|
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)
|