| 2010-05-25 |
NOVEL |
English |
Stone Spring |
Stephen Baxter |
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prehistoric (1), levees (1), Shamans (1), trading (1), North America (1), exploration (1), fishing (1), mining (1), hunting (1), alternate history (1), Jericho (1), North Sea (1), england (1), strong female characters (1), LGBTQ+ (1), vengeance (1), slavery (1)
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| 2002-12-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Slow Life |
Michael Swanwick |
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science fiction (1), Titan (1), exploration (1), alien life (1)
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| 1998-12-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Conrad's Quest for Rubber |
Leo Frankowski |
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sex (1), exploration (1), iron (1), genetic engineering (1), rubber (1), nudity (1), little people (1), epidemic (1), first-person narrative (1), diary (1), war (1), parthogenesis (1), time travel (1), sentient animals (1), horses (1), set in 13th century (1), amazons (1), Mongols (1), Brazil (1), sweden (1), Germany (1), Poland (1), alternate history (1)
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| 1998-02-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Very Pulse of the Machine |
Michael Swanwick |
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science fiction (1), Io (1), exploration (1), survival (1), hallucinations (1), into-tv (1)
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| 1994-07-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Uncharted Territory |
Connie Willis |
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novel within novella range (1), science fiction (1), exploration (1)
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| 1993-09-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Dancing to Ganam |
Ursula K. Le Guin |
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science fiction (1), faster than light travel (1), music (1), exploration (1), perception of reality (1)
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| 1985-08-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Eon |
Greg Bear |
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time travel (2), space opera (2), genetic engineering (1), mind augmentation (1), asteroid (1), terraforming (1), generation ship (1), nuclear warfare (1), exploration (1), aliens (1), alien invasion (1), religion (1), hard sf (1), parallel universe (1), science fiction (1), near future (1), artifact (1), first contact (1), transdimensional (1)
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| 1982-02-01 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Sur |
Ursula K. Le Guin |
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female protagonist (1), exploration (1), antarctica (1), first person point of view (1), alternate history (1)
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| 1974-03-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
If the Stars Are Gods |
Gregory Benford and Gordon Eklund |
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science fiction (1), exploration (1), mars (1), first encounter (1), aliens (1), Jupiter (1)
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| 1973-06-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Rendezvous with Rama |
Arthur C. Clarke |
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first contact (3), science fiction (3), Big Dumb Object (1), into-video game (1), into-radio (1), exploration (1), robots (1), space travel (1), genetic engineering (1), hard sf (1), Abebooks: 50 Essential SF Books (1), 5-award-winner (1), Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1), hard science fiction (1), sub-light speed (1), mega-starship (1), alien artifact (1), near future (1)
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| 1971-09-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Star Light |
Hal Clement |
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science fiction (1), aliens (1), exploration (1), colonization (1), high gravity (1), chemistry (1)
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| 1971-08-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Flying Sorcerers |
David Gerrold and Larry Niven |
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science fiction (1), humor (1), magic (1), exploration (1)
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| 1971-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Vaster Than Empires and More Slow |
Ursula K. Le Guin |
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science fiction (1), exploration (1), interstellar travel (1), empathy (1), Sentient plants (1), forest (1), Fear (1), neurosis (1), into-radio (1)
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| 1970-10-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Ringworld |
Larry Niven |
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exploration (2), teleportation (1), natural disaster (1), faster than light travel (1), breeding program (1), time stasis (1), luck (1), interstellar travel (1), aliens (1), longevity (1), superconductivity (1), into-game (1), into-video game (1), hard sf (1), Abebooks: 50 Essential SF Books (1), science fiction (1), The 5-Parsec Shelf (1), Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1), asteroid (1), mega-engineering (1)
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| 1967-03-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Flatlander |
Larry Niven |
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hyperspace (1), matter transmission (1), hard sf (1), interstellar travel (1), antimatter (1), first person (1), science fiction (1), aliens (1), exploration (1)
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| 1967-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Planet of Death |
Robert Silverberg |
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exploration (1), science fiction (1), hunting (1), fur (1), murder (1), impersonation (1), distant future (1), intergalactic travel (1), biologist (1), mutiny (1)
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| 1966-04-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Bordered in Black |
Larry Niven |
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interstellar travel (1), overpopulation (1), hominins (1), science fiction (1), exploration (1), Sirius (1), algae (1)
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| 1966-02-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Eye of an Octopus |
Larry Niven |
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science fiction (1), mars (1), Martians (1), archaeology (1), exploration (1), convergent evolution (1), diamond (1)
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| 1964-07-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Close to Critical |
Hal Clement |
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alien perspective (1), exploration (1), aliens (1), robots (1), high gravity (1), science fiction (1), submersible (1), first contact (1)
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| 1958-00-00 |
COLLECTION |
English |
G. O. Fizzickle Pogo |
Walt Kelly |
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exploration (1), humor (1)
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| 1956-08-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Each an Explorer |
Isaac Asimov |
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Sentient plants (1), science fiction (1), exploration (1), faster than light travel (1), aliens (1), interstellar travel (1), mind control (1), symbiosis (1)
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| 1956-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The City and the Stars |
Arthur C. Clarke |
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far future (2), science fiction (2), The 5-Parsec Shelf (1), SF: The 100 Best Novels 1949-1984 (1), city life (1), coming of age (1), artificial intelligence (1), higher intelligence (1), incorporeal beings (1), subways (1), robots (1), interstellar travel (1), exploration (1), Utopia (1), sealed city (1), last city (1)
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| 1955-03-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Diabologic |
Eric Frank Russell |
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first contact (1), dominance (1), psychology (1), humor (1), bureaucracy (1), exploration (1), aliens (1)
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| 1953-03-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
... And the Truth Shall Make You Free |
Clifford D. Simak |
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computer (1), mutants (1), exploration (1), distant future (1), aliens (1), spiders (1), dogs (1), philosophy (1), science fiction (1), meaning of life (1)
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| 1953-06-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Encounter in the Dawn |
Arthur C. Clarke |
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science fiction (1), aliens (1), exploration (1), Earth (1), first contact (1)
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| 1953-07-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Man |
Dave Dryfoos |
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alien point of view (1), exploration (1), interstellar travel (1), hive intelligence (1), Sentient plants (1), science fiction (1), first person point of view (1)
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| 1953-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Vandals of the Void |
Jack Vance |
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science fiction (1), Young Adult (1), venus (1), moon (1), space travel (1), exploration (1), astronomy (1), pirates (1)
|
| 1952-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader |
C. S. Lewis |
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dragons (2), talking animals (1), into-video game (1), into-music (1), into-radio (1), into-play (1), merpeople (1), suspended animation (1), gold (1), sea serpents (1), transformation (1), slavery (1), Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1), exploration (1), parallel worlds (1), children (1), juvenile fantasy (1), young-adult fantasy (1), sea adventure (1), fantasy (1), into-tv (1), into-movie (1)
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| 1951-07-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Beachhead |
Clifford D. Simak |
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microbes (1), iron (1), exploration (1), interstellar travel (1), first contact (1), aliens (1), science fiction (1), telepathic helmet (1), robots (1)
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| 1951-11-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Sands of Mars |
Arthur C. Clarke |
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mars (3), science fiction (2), exploration (1), Martians (1), Phobos (1), terraforming (1), colonisation of Mars (1), Mars colonization (1), Mars colony (1), Mars exploration (1), Mars trip (1), Deimos (1), author protagonist (1), domed city (1)
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| 1950-10-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Seven Came Back |
Clifford D. Simak |
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Alternate World (1), exploration (1), archaeology (1), extinction (1), multiple sexes (1), science fiction (1), mars (1), aliens (1), betrayal (1), trust (1), fur (1), telepathy (1)
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| 1945-09-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Uncommon Sense |
Hal Clement |
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exploration (1), shipwreck (1), interstellar travel (1), science fiction (1), smell (1), NESFA Core Reading List (1)
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| 1934-07-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
A Martian Odyssey |
Stanley G. Weinbaum |
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mars (2), Librivox (1), Mars exploration (1), alien ecology (1), aliens (1), alien perspective (1), exploration (1), shipwreck (1), science fiction (1), NESFA Core Reading List (1)
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| 1930-03-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Ship That Turned Aside |
G. Peyton Wertenbaker |
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dimensional portal (1), Paris (1), exploration (1), science fiction (1)
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