2021-10-12 |
NOVEL |
English |
Truth of the Divine |
Lindsay Ellis |
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science fiction (1), post-traumatic stress disorder (1), empathy (1), Earth (1), alien perspective (1), aliens (1), set in 2000s (decade) (1), panic attacks (1), telekinesis (1), suicide (1), Los Angeles (1), california (1), cyborgs (1), courtroom drama (1), civil rights (1)
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2020-07-21 |
NOVEL |
English |
Axiom's End |
Lindsay Ellis |
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alternate history (1), science fiction (1), first contact (1), Earth (1), aliens (1), alien perspective (1), language (1), california (1), Cheyenne Mountain, Colorado (1), genocide (1), Fermi paradox (1), Refugees (1), set in 2000s (decade) (1)
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2020-10-06 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Ministry for the Future |
Kim Stanley Robinson |
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drones (1), terrorism (1), near future (1), hard sf (1), politics (1), geoengineering (1), drought (1), assassination (1), education (1), economics (1), heat wave (1), Los Angeles (1), flood (1), social media (1), Lucknow (1), PTSD (1), ecosabotage (1), airships (1), Hong Kong (1), San Francisco (1), Montana (1), ecology (1), dying (1), Saudi Arabia (1), Namibia (1), mining (1), sea level rise (1), Zurich (1), california (1), science fiction (1), Refugees (1), surveillance (1), slavery (1), black ops (1), climate change (1), antarctica (1), switzerland (1), india (1)
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2019-02-05 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Bookstore at the End of America |
Charlie Jane Anders |
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water (1), border dispute (1), science fiction (1), california (1), Books (1)
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2018-01-31 |
NOVEL |
English |
Wolf Pack: Invasion and Conquest |
Rob Buckman |
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california (1)
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2016-06-30 |
CHAPBOOK |
English |
Down and Out in Purgatory |
Tim Powers |
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california (1), contemporary (1), fantasy (1), revenge (1), supernatural (1), HumbleBundle (1)
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2013-10-17 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Only Ending We Have |
Kim Newman |
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california (1), Alfred Hitchcock (1), Psycho (1), motel (1), Suspense (1), actress (1), 1960 (1)
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2012-02-09 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Wolf Gift |
Anne Rice |
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werewolf (1), california (1)
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2011-09-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Real Artists |
Ken Liu |
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california (1), science fiction (1), near future (1), computers (1), satire (1), arts (1), automation (1), feminism (1)
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2011-06-15 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Uncertain Places |
Lisa Goldstein |
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secrets (1), fate (1), Faustian (1), magic (1), siblings (1), california (1), books-about-authors (1)
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2010-07-06 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Great Bay: Chronicles of the Collapse |
Dale Pendell |
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california (1)
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2009-10-20 |
NOVEL |
English |
Angel Time |
Anne Rice |
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california (1)
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2008-05-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
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Laird Barron |
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contemporary (1), death of husband (1), death of child (1), california (1), ghosts (1), guilt (1), psychotherapy (1)
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2006-09-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Disunited States of America |
Harry Turtledove |
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alternate history (1), time travel (1), coins (1), racial conflict (1), thermobaric weapons (1), biological warfare (1), alternate worlds (1), california (1), Ohio (1), Virginia (1), Young Adult (1), coming of age (1), romance (1)
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2005-09-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Goodness Gene |
Sonia Levitin |
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young-adult sf (1), Washington, DC (1), california (1), dystopia (1), genetic engineering (1)
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2004-08-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Califia's Daughters |
Laurie R. King |
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science fiction (1), california (1), amazons (1)
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2004-12-06 |
NOVEL |
English |
State of Fear |
Michael Crichton |
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technothriller (1), science fiction (1), terrorism (1), global warming (1), tsunami (1), california (1), antarctica (1)
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2004-07-31 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Synthetic Serendipity |
Vernor Vinge |
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dinosaurs (1), augmented reality (1), adult education (1), education (1), california (1), science fiction (1), wearable technology (1), teamwork (1), adolescent protagonist (1), near future (1), teachers (1), obsolete skills (1), computer games (1)
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2002-01-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Kiln People |
David Brin |
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science fiction (1), Clones (1), detective (1), mind upload (1), california (1)
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2002-08-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Hotel at Harlan's Landing |
Kage Baker |
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first person (1), first person point of view (1), california (1), time war (1), immortals (1)
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2002-01-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Years of Rice and Salt |
Kim Stanley Robinson |
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india (2), China (2), alternate history (2), disease (1), France (1), peace (1), weapons (1), Poetry (1), scientists (1), california (1), gender conflict (1), North America (1), eunuchs (1), epidemic (1), Athens (1), plague (1), Buddhism (1), islam (1), reincarnation (1), science fiction (1)
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2001-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Sister Noon |
Karen Joy Fowler |
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california (1)
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2000-03-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Burning City |
Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle |
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fantasy (1), california (1), magic (1)
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2000-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Kingdom of Melting Glances |
Katherine Vaz |
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Portuguese (1), Doors (1), sun (1), Birthmark (1), birds (1), california (1), fantasy (1), juvenile fantasy (1)
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1993-10-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Parable of the Sower |
Octavia E. Butler |
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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)
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1990-09-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Pacific Edge |
Kim Stanley Robinson |
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near future (1), politics (1), Utopia (1), ecotopia (1), california (1), softball (1), winged flight (1)
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1988-02-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Gold Coast |
Kim Stanley Robinson |
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near future (1), dystopia (1), sabotage (1), california (1), military–industrial complex (1), science fiction (1)
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1988-10-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Queen of the Damned |
Anne Rice |
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vampires (2), Florida (1), Greece (1), california (1), london (1), Pompeii (1), Rome (1), Athens (1), San Francisco (1), flying (1), Clairvoyance (1), telekinesis (1), genealogy (1), ghosts (1), tapestry (1), twins (1), reincarnation (1), genocide (1), witches (1), cannibalism (1), into-movie (1), afterlife (1), horror (1), first person point of view (1), mummies (1), rape (1), smell (1), homoeroticism (1), Saint Louis (1), murder (1), dreams (1), music (1), longevity (1), out-of-body experience (1), new orleans (1), Miami (1), Chicago (1), New York City (1), pyrokinesis (1), telepathy (1)
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1987-08-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Land of Dreams |
James P. Blaylock |
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california (1)
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1987-09-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Forge of God |
Greg Bear |
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aliens (1), Seattle (1), robots (1), Geology (1), geologists (1), mind control (1), Fermi paradox (1), terraforming (1), alien invasion (1), San Francisco (1), end of the world (1), Earth (1), plate tectonics (1), neutronium (1), antimatter (1), Australia (1), california (1), first contact (1), earthquake (1), tsunami (1), nuclear weapons (1), von Neumann probes (1), Pacific Ocean (1), space war (1), set in 1990s (1), Washington, DC (1), politicians (1), loss (1), science fiction (1), war with machines (1), mars (1), nanotechnology (1), space opera (1)
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1987-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Time Capsule |
Mitch Berman |
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sewage treatment (1), music (1), depopulation (1), nuclear winter (1), california (1), Utah (1), Ohio (1), Pennsylvania (1), New Jersey (1), New York City (1), United States (1), postapocalyptic (1), science fiction (1), sex (1), mining (1), ghosts (1)
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1986-12-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Silent Tower |
Barbara Hambly |
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fantasy (2), alternate universe (1), transported main character (1), female protagonist (1), integrated magic (1), witches (1), wizards (1), politics (1), folklore (1), portal-gates (1), parallel world (1), programmer (1), california (1)
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1984-01-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Ridge Running |
Kim Stanley Robinson |
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california (1), hiking (1), brain damage (1), near future (1), neural regeneration (1), science fiction (1)
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1984-10-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Infinity Concerto |
Greg Bear |
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fantasy (1), music (1), magic (1), california (1)
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1984-08-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Peace War |
Vernor Vinge |
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science fiction (1), time capsule (1), california (1)
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1984-03-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Wild Shore |
Kim Stanley Robinson |
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homesteading (1), neutron bomb (1), california (1), near future (1), post apocalypse (1), coming of age (1), science fiction (1)
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1983-06-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Millennium |
John Varley |
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california (1), extinction (1), time viewer (1), tobacco (1), contemporary (1), first person point of view (1), disease (1), far future (1), New York City (1), airplanes (1), time travel (1), pollution (1), androids (1), sex (1), suicide (1), physicist (1), prosthetics (1), paradox (1), into-movie (1)
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1983-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Phantoms |
Dean R. Koontz |
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horror (1), into-movie (1), ancient enemy (1), amoeboid monster (1), Peckhamian mimicry (1), dinosaurs (1), california (1), child molestation (1), quarantine (1)
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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)
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1978-11-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Stand |
Stephen King |
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post apocalypse (3), horror (3), into-tv (2), post-apocalyptic (1), Abebooks: 50 Essential SF Books (1), science fiction (1), dark fantasy (1), pandemic (1), california (1), Las Vegas (1), demon (1), antichrist (1), Colorado (1), epic (1), quest (1)
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1977-01-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
A Scanner Darkly |
Philip K. Dick |
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science fiction (2), drugs (2), california (2), into-movie (1), addiction (1), espionage (1), police (1), rehabilitation (1), drug abuse (1), drug addiction (1), drug use (1), illegal drugs (1), undercover operations (1)
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1977-01-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Lucifer's Hammer |
Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle |
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post-apocalyptic (1), loss (1), california (1), cannibalism (1), flood (1), nuclear war (1), earthquake (1), tsunami (1), survival (1), interplanetary travel (1), science fiction (1), climate change (1), comet (1), comet impact (1), volcano (1), nuclear power (1)
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1975-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Confessions of a Crap Artist |
Philip K. Dick |
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marriage (1), suicide (1), psychic abilities (1), obsession (1), california (1), first person point of view (1), into-movie (1)
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1975-12-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
When the Waker Sleeps |
Ron Goulart |
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science fiction (1), suspended animation (1), Mexico City (1), Brazil (1), satire (1), egypt (1), connecticut (1), california (1), farce (1), vandalism (1)
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1974-08-22 |
NOVEL |
English |
Myron |
Gore Vidal |
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first person point of view (1), LGBTQ+ (1), multiple personalities (1), hollywood (1), california (1), time travel (1)
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1973-07-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Dancers of Noyo |
Margaret St. Clair |
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california (1), new age (1)
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1968-05-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Masks of Time |
Robert Silverberg |
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distant future (1), force fields (1), Buenos Aires (1), Chicago (1), New York City (1), Arizona (1), california (1), Rome (1), nudity (1), millennialism (1), origin of life (1), prostitution (1), economics (1), sex (1), gay (1), science fiction (1), time travel (1), architecture (1)
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1968-10-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Santaroga Barrier |
Frank Herbert |
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group mind (1), science fiction (1), drugs (1), psychology (1), Utopia (1), california (1), fungi (1)
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1967-05-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Dolphins of Altair |
Margaret St. Clair |
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dolphin (1), california (1)
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1965-06-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Dr. Bloodmoney or How We Got Along After the Bomb |
Philip K. Dick |
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science fiction (1), post-holocaust (1), SF: The 100 Best Novels 1949-1984 (1), postapocalyptic (1), psychiatrist (1), nuclear warfare (1), california (1), mutants (1), enhanced intelligence (1), cats (1), dogs (1), telekinesis (1), telepathy (1), body swap (1)
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1964-10-31 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
One of the Dead |
William Wood (II) |
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Merril10 (1), horror (1), california (1), haunted house (1)
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1962-04-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Dog Star |
Arthur C. Clarke |
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interplanetary travel (1), love (1), loss (1), earthquakes (1), dogs (1), astronomers (1), moon (1), california (1), San Francisco (1), science fiction (1), dreams (1), memory (1)
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1960-02-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The First Men |
Howard Fast |
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science fiction (1), child prodigy (1), enhanced intelligence (1), telepathy (1), sports (1), california (1), education (1), nudity (1), sex (1), time distortion (1), force fields (1), first person point of view (1), evolution (1)
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1958-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Mr. Bass's Planetoid |
Eleanor Cameron |
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new element (1), invention (1), panspermia (1), aliens (1), juvenile sf (1), scotland (1), california (1), rockets (1), telescopes (1), fungi (1)
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1955-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Body Snatchers |
Jack Finney |
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alien invasion (2), science fiction (2), fake humans (1), divorcee (1), small town (1), medical doctor (1), doctor (1), first person point of view (1), first person (1), california (1), pod people (1), body snatchers (1), Horror: Another 100 Best Books (1), horror (1), panspermia (1), Sentient plants (1), sleep (1), into-movie (1)
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1954-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom Planet |
Eleanor Cameron |
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juvenile sf (1), fungi (1), mushrooms (1), california (1), interplanetary travel (1), aliens (1), first contact (1), chickens (1)
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1953-05-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Lot |
Ward Moore |
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abandonment (1), evacuation (1), disaster preparedness (1), family (1), Nuclear attack (1), contemporary (1), california (1), near future (1)
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1949-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Earth Abides |
George R. Stewart |
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ecology (2), science fiction (2), pandemic (2), cosy catastrophe (2), Escape (Radio) (1), descent to barbarism (1), NESFA Core Reading List (1), rats (1), ants (1), depopulation (1), doomsday novel (1), education (1), pastoral (1), ruined earth (1), disaster (1), anthropology (1), sociology (1), california (1), cultural decline (1), SF: The 100 Best Novels 1949-1984 (1), Abebooks: 50 Essential SF Books (1), Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1), post apocalypse (1)
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1948-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Ape and Essence |
Aldous Huxley |
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post apocalypse (1), 99 Novels: The Best in English 1939-1984 (1), california (1), New Zealand (1), nuclear war (1), satanism (1), Poetry (1)
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1947-11-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Water Is for Washing |
Robert A. Heinlein |
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science fiction (1), california (1), earthquake (1), tsunami (1), tavern (1)
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1941-02-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
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Robert A. Heinlein |
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tesseract (2), science fiction (1), architecture (1), humor (1), california (1), Laurel Canyon (1), contemporary (1), only humans (1), fourth dimension (1), topology (1), earthquake (1), escape (1), mathematics (1), Los Angeles (1), NESFA Core Reading List (1)
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1933-10-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Plutonian Terror |
Jack Williamson |
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science fiction (1), california (1), Pluto (1), space travel (1), smart brain (1), end of mankind (1)
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