| 1985-10-00 |
NONFICTION |
English |
Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels |
David Pringle |
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SF: The 100 Best Novels 1949-1984 (1), Book with list (1), about science fiction (1)
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| 1975-02-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Norstrilia |
Cordwainer Smith |
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The 5-Parsec Shelf (1), SF: The 100 Best Novels 1949-1984 (1), Australia (1), economics (1), telepathy (1), science fiction (1), Earth (1), human-animal hybrids (1), doctor (1)
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| 1974-11-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Centauri Device |
M. John Harrison |
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space opera (1), The 5-Parsec Shelf (1), SF: The 100 Best Novels 1949-1984 (1), science fiction (1)
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| 1972-11-00 |
COLLECTION |
English |
334 |
Thomas M. Disch |
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dystopia (1), overpopulation (1), skyscraper (1), The 5-Parsec Shelf (1), SF: The 100 Best Novels 1949-1984 (1), everyday life (1), science fiction (1)
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| 1970-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Tau Zero |
Poul Anderson |
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Big Crunch (1), gender relations (1), Bussard ramjet (1), only humans (1), no faster than light travel (1), galactic clusters (1), galactic superclusters (1), general relativity (1), oscillating cosmological model (1), generation ship (1), team psychology (1), hope (1), hard sf (1), science fiction (1), SF: The 100 Best Novels 1949-1984 (1), The 5-Parsec Shelf (1), dilatation (1), Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1)
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| 1969-03-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Left Hand of Darkness |
Ursula K. Le Guin |
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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)
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| 1968-09-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Stand on Zanzibar |
John Brunner |
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overpopulation (2), near future (1), revolution (1), 3-award-winner (1), Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1), The 5-Parsec Shelf (1), SF: The 100 Best Novels 1949-1984 (1), fictional Asian countries (1), science fiction (1), genetic engineering (1), neologisms (1), terrorism (1), africa (1), Indonesia (1)
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| 1968-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Final Programme |
Michael Moorcock |
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SF: The 100 Best Novels 1949-1984 (1)
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| 1965-12-01 |
NOVEL |
English |
Dune |
Frank Herbert |
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space opera (3), galactic empire (3), precognition (3), religion (2), ecology (2), into-movie (2), into-tv (2), science fiction (2), desert (1), cult fiction (1), interstellar empire (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), space fantasy (1), drugs (1), force fields (1), ornithopters (1), secret breeding program (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)
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| 1962-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Hothouse |
Brian W. Aldiss |
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mind control (1), fungi (1), science fiction (1), locked rotation (1), evolution (1), insects (1), interplanetary travel (1), Earth (1), moon (1), Fix up (1), parasites (1), panspermia (1), Abebooks: 50 Essential SF Books (1), SF: The 100 Best Novels 1949-1984 (1), The 5-Parsec Shelf (1), dying earth (1), far future (1)
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| 1962-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Man in the High Castle |
Philip K. Dick |
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alternate history (6), racism (1), set in 1960s (1), international politics (1), Yin and Yang (1), resistance (1), America (1), evil (1), creativity (1), jewelry (1), Japan (1), slavery (1), San Francisco (1), story within a story (1), I Ching (1), Hitler Wins (1), into-tv (1), SF: The 100 Best Novels 1949-1984 (1), The 5-Parsec Shelf (1), nazis (1), Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1)
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| 1959-10-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
A Canticle for Leibowitz |
Walter M. Miller, Jr. |
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religion (3), post apocalypse (2), post-apocalyptic (2), The 5-Parsec Shelf (2), SF: The 100 Best Novels 1949-1984 (2), mutants (1), world war (1), Wandering Jew (1), monastery (1), nuclear war (1), science fiction (1), mexico (1), holy relics (1), historical perspective (1), warlords (1), Theology (1), Catholicism (1), illuminated manuscripts (1), canonizatioin (1), Renaissance (1), United States (1), euthanasia (1), into-radio (1), Utah (1), set in 2500s (1), cannibalism (1), set in 3100s (1), Texas (1), set in 3700s (1), interstellar travel (1), Physicians (1), Abebooks: 50 Essential SF Books (1), Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1)
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| 1958-04-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
A Case of Conscience |
James Blish |
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first contact (1), religion (1), Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1), The 5-Parsec Shelf (1), SF: The 100 Best Novels 1949-1984 (1), science fiction (1)
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| 1957-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Midwich Cuckoos |
John Wyndham |
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into-movie (2), alien invasion (2), england (1), creepy kids (1), horror (1), 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (1), into-radio (1), accelerated growth (1), group mind (1), mind control (1), telepathy (1), parasites (1), unusual children (1), Horror: Another 100 Best Books (1), evil children (1), cosy catastrophe (1), science fiction (1), SF: The 100 Best Novels 1949-1984 (1), The 5-Parsec Shelf (1), Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (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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| 1956-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Stars My Destination |
Alfred Bester |
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bodily augmentation (1), Aldebaran (1), synesthesia (1), shipwreck (1), caves (1), torture (1), love (1), tattoos (1), corporate fiefdoms (1), telepathy (1), science fiction (1), interplanetary war (1), prison (1), only humans (1), space opera (1), SF: The 100 Best Novels 1949-1984 (1), The 5-Parsec Shelf (1), Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1), vengeance (1), teleportation (1)
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| 1954-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
A Mirror for Observers |
Edgar Pangborn |
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Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1), SF: The 100 Best Novels 1949-1984 (1), science fiction (1)
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| 1954-01-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Mission of Gravity |
Hal Clement |
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hard sf (2), first contact (1), science fiction (1), aliens (1), alien perspective (1), Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1), SF: The 100 Best Novels 1949-1984 (1), high gravity (1), Abebooks: 50 Essential SF Books (1)
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| 1953-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Bring the Jubilee |
Ward Moore |
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alternate history (2), SF: The 100 Best Novels 1949-1984 (1), time travel (1)
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| 1953-08-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Childhood's End |
Arthur C. Clarke |
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peace (1), into-radio (1), alien invasion (1), Earth (1), higher intelligence (1), telepathy (1), end of the world (1), last man on Earth (1), incorporeal beings (1), aliens (1), deepsea environment (1), submarine (1), squid (1), whales (1), time viewer (1), hibernation (1), Australia (1), telekinesis (1), Utopia (1), Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1), The 5-Parsec Shelf (1), SF: The 100 Best Novels 1949-1984 (1), science fiction (1), into-tv (1), cosy catastrophe (1), museum (1), virtual reality (1), first contact (1), tsunami (1), winged flight (1), creativity (1), antigravity (1), music (1), art (1), interstellar travel (1)
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| 1953-10-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Fahrenheit 451 |
Ray Bradbury |
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dystopia (4), science fiction (2), into-movie (1), Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1), SF: The 100 Best Novels 1949-1984 (1), bibliophily (1), USA (1), book burning (1), Libraries (1), fire (1), into-video game (1), into-tv (1)
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| 1953-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Flight into Yesterday |
Charles L. Harness |
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SF: The 100 Best Novels 1949-1984 (1), science fiction (1)
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| 1953-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
More Than Human |
Theodore Sturgeon |
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baby (1), amnesia (1), memory wiping (1), memory loss (1), telekinetics (1), telekinesis (1), twin sisters (1), twins (1), telepathic (1), telepathy (1), telepath (1), farmer (1), Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1), gestalt entity (1), gestalt (1), unusual children (1), teleportation (1), psychiatrist (1), psychiatry (1), mutants (1), science fiction (1), SF: The 100 Best Novels 1949-1984 (1), The 5-Parsec Shelf (1)
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| 1953-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Ring Around the Sun |
Clifford D. Simak |
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surveillance (1), interstellar communication (1), telepathy (1), premonition (1), paranormal abilities (1), Solar power (1), robots (1), antigravity (1), mutants (1), artificial bodies (1), manhunt (1), alternate worlds (1), Illinois (1), Wisconsin (1), nostalgia (1), New York City (1), implanted memories (1), architecture (1), time theory (1), SF: The 100 Best Novels 1949-1984 (1), Abebooks: 50 Essential SF Books (1), New Jersey (1), suspended animation (1), pioneers (1), hypnosis (1), twist ending (1), science fiction (1), cars (1), durable goods (1), writer (1), economics (1), genetic memory (1), set in 1980s (1), longevity (1)
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| 1953-04-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Space Merchants |
C. M. Kornbluth and Frederik Pohl |
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dystopia (1), Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1), The 5-Parsec Shelf (1), SF: The 100 Best Novels 1949-1984 (1), science fiction (1), subliminal control (1), economics (1), addiction (1)
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| 1952-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Limbo |
Bernard Wolfe |
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SF: The 100 Best Novels 1949-1984 (1)
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| 1952-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Demolished Man |
Alfred Bester |
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telepathy (2), Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1), Abebooks: 50 Essential SF Books (1), SF: The 100 Best Novels 1949-1984 (1), New York City (1), science fiction (1), detective (1), earworm (1), time distortion (1), punishment (1), murder (1)
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| 1951-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Day of the Triffids |
John Wyndham |
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post-apocalyptic (1), SF: The 100 Best Novels 1949-1984 (1), strange vegetation (1), science fiction (1), into-movie (1), into-tv (1), cosy catastrophe (1), survival (1), blindness (1), meteors (1), plants (1), england (1), 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (1)
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| 1951-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Puppet Masters |
Robert A. Heinlein |
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into-movie (2), special ops (1), science fiction (1), SF: The 100 Best Novels 1949-1984 (1), parasites (1), mind control (1), Titan (1), biological warfare (1)
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| 1950-05-00 |
COLLECTION |
English |
The Martian Chronicles |
Ray Bradbury |
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science fiction (2), Dimension X (1), Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1), The 5-Parsec Shelf (1), SF: The 100 Best Novels 1949-1984 (1), into-tv (1), mars (1), Martians (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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| 1949-06-08 |
NOVEL |
English |
Nineteen Eighty-Four |
George Orwell |
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dystopia (3), social criticism (2), Newspeak (1), near future (1), horror (1), 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (1), NESFA Core Reading List (1), into-ballet (1), endless war (1), Horror: Another 100 Best Books (1), into-opera (1), into-play (1), into-radio (1), torture (1), london (1), neologisms (1), story within a story (1), history rewritten (1), surveillance state (1), British dystopia (1), into-tv (1), into-movie (1), SF: The 100 Best Novels 1949-1984 (1), Abebooks: 50 Essential SF Books (1), 99 Novels: The Best in English 1939-1984 (1), Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1), science fiction (1)
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