| 2010-10-07 |
NOVEL |
English |
Surface Detail |
Iain M. Banks |
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genetic engineering (2), AI (1), science fiction (1), interstellar conflict (1), self-replicating nanotechnology (1), virtuality (1), megastructures (1), aliens (1), hard sf (1), FTL travel (1), virtual war (1), avatars (1)
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| 2000-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Amber Spyglass |
Philip Pullman |
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witches (1), angels (1), quest (1), romance (1), parent-child (1), contemporary (1), into-movie (1), intelligent animals (1), ghosts (1), young-adult fantasy (1), aliens (1), animal familiars (1), magic (1), parallel worlds (1), strong female characters (1), juvenile protagonists (1), fantasy (1)
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| 1998-10-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Dark Genesis: The Birth of the Psi Corps |
Greg Keyes |
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science fiction (1), near future (1), telepaths (1), aliens (1), genetic engineering (1), Babylon 5 universe (1), telepathy (1)
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| 1997-12-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The House of Doors: Second Visit |
Brian Lumley |
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aliens (1), science fiction (1), alien artifact (1), parallel worlds (1)
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| 1992-07-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Breakups |
Harry Turtledove |
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alien artifacts (1), ancient aliens (1), aliens (1), interstellar travel (1), hard sf (1), Crab Nebula (1)
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| 1992-07-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Fighting Words |
Janet Kagan |
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hard sf (1), aliens (1), diplomacy (1), interstellar travel (1), strong female character (1), cats (1), alien psychology (1), religious prejudice (1)
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| 1992-07-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Liquid Assets |
Rebecca Ore |
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collectibles (1), interstellar travel (1), smuggling (1), tropical fish (1), aliens (1), ancient alien artifacts (1)
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| 1991-09-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
There Will Be No War After This One |
Robert Sheckley |
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first contact (1), aliens (1), global government (1), satire (1), military junta (1), galactic government (1), interstellar warfare (1)
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| 1990-07-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Phule's Company |
Robert Asprin |
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humorous (1), science fiction (1), wealth (1), aliens (1), interstellar travel (1), space foreign legion (1), dysfunctional military (1), leadership (1), strong female characters (1), episodic (1), butler (1)
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| 1990-03-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The House of Doors |
Brian Lumley |
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|
horror (1), science fiction (1), aliens (1), alien artifact (1), alternate worlds (1)
|
| 1987-01-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Stellar Death Plan |
Robert E. Vardeman |
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escape (1), prison planet (1), conspiracy (1), betrayal (1), mining (1), rare earth metals (1), aliens (1), interstellar travel (1), assassin (1), decadence (1), vacuous wealthy (1), frame-up (1), xenophobia (1)
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| 1986-04-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Magician: Master |
Raymond E. Feist |
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fantasy (1), aliens (1), wormholes (1), interplanetary war (1), magic (1)
|
| 1983-06-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Return of the Jedi |
James Kahn |
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novelization (1), movie novelization (1), empire (1), rebellion (1), aliens (1), robots (1)
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| 1983-11-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Second Coming |
Frederik Pohl |
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first person point of view (1), aliens (1), jesus (1), first contact (1), contemporary (1), humor (1)
|
| 1983-06-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The High Test |
Frederik Pohl |
|
|
attack by aliens (1), black holes (1), love (1), aliens (1), spacecraft driving instructor (1), interstellar travel (1), epistolary format (1), first person point of view (1), humor (1)
|
| 1983-06-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Man Who Used the Universe |
Alan Dean Foster |
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science fiction (1), interstellar travel (1), aliens (1), criminals (1), interspecies antagonism (1), loner (1), mysterious motives (1), business mogul (1), amotality (1)
|
| 1980-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Ginungagap |
Michael Swanwick |
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female protagonist (1), strong female character (1), aliens (1), black holes (1), interstellar travel (1), interspecies communication (1), cat (1), suspicion (1), human duplication (1), identity (1), cats (1)
|
| 1980-10-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Rautavaara's Case |
Philip K. Dick |
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|
Christian theology (1), alien theology (1), first person point of view (1), spacecraft accident (1), afterlife (1), aliens (1), alien point of view (1), resurrection (1)
|
| 1980-05-00 |
ANTHOLOGY |
English |
Stellar #5: Science-Fiction Stories |
Judy-Lynn del Rey |
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|
time travel (1), murder mystery (1), teleportation (1), psychology (1), aliens (1)
|
| 1978-09-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
In Alien Flesh |
Gregory Benford |
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SF (1), aliens (1)
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| 1977-07-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Michaelmas |
Algis Budrys |
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SF: The 100 Best Novels 1949-1984 (1), journalism (1), science fiction (1), artificial intelligence (1), world peace (1), parallel universes (1), AI personal assistant (1), international intrigue (1), near future (1), secret control of humanity (1), aliens (1), international interplanetary exploration team (1), switzerland (1), medical clinic (1)
|
| 1976-02-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Way Back |
A. Bertram Chandler |
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science fiction (1), space opera (1), space navy (1), time travel (1), aliens (1)
|
| 1975-05-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
A Knight of Ghosts and Shadows |
Poul Anderson |
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|
secret agents (1), telepathy (1), love (1), aliens (1), interstellar war (1), war with aliens (1), science fiction (1)
|
| 1975-06-00 |
ANTHOLOGY |
English |
Combat SF |
Gordon R. Dickson |
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extrastellar travel (1), robots (1), aliens (1), combat (1), hard sf (1), science fiction (1)
|
| 1975-01-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Warriors of Dawn |
M. A. Foster |
|
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science fiction (1), barbarian horde (1), interstellar travel (1), genetic engineering (1), aliens (1), romance (1), interstellar war (1), faster than light travel (1), preternatural abilities (1), unusual family structure (1), engineered humans (1)
|
| 1974-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Enjoy, Enjoy |
Frederik Pohl |
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near future (1), Earth (1), aliens (1), memory recording (1), purchased memories (1), twist ending (1), ennui (1), science fiction (1)
|
| 1974-03-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Let the Future Judge |
L. Lester Anderson |
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near future (1), first manned landing on mars (1), aliens (1), alien point of view (1), social commentary (1)
|
| 1974-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
We Purchased People |
Frederik Pohl |
|
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aliens (1), faster than light communications (1), remote control of humans (1), crime (1), love (1), irony (1), punishment (1)
|
| 1973-11-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Lodestar |
Poul Anderson |
|
|
faster than light travel (1), aliens (1), hard sf (1), space traders (1), science fiction (1), FTL travel (1)
|
| 1972-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Kiss of Fire |
Harlan Ellison |
|
|
far future (1), aliens (1), vengeance (1), rejuvenation (1), loneliness (1), weariness (1), spectacle (1), romance (1)
|
| 1970-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Time Trap |
Keith Laumer |
|
|
time travel (2), contemporary (1), aliens (1)
|
| 1970-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Vanishing Breed |
Leslie Roy Carter |
|
|
fantasy (2), vampires (2), science fiction (1), 22nd century (1), interstellar travel (1), genetics (1), aliens (1)
|
| 1969-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Age of the Pussyfoot |
Frederik Pohl |
|
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science fiction (1), cryopreservation (1), social criticism (1), aliens (1), cryogenics (1), Sirians (1)
|
| 1968-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Grendel |
Larry Niven |
|
|
hard sf (1), kidnapping (1), first person (1), interstellar travel (1), aliens (1), rejuvenation (1), life in vacuum (1)
|
| 1968-04-00 |
COLLECTION |
English |
Neutron Star |
Larry Niven |
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|
hard sf (1), interstellar travel (1), aliens (1)
|
| 1966-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Flying Saucer Gambit |
Jack Owen Jardine |
|
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1960s (1), Apaches (1), interstellar travel (1), flying saucers (1), time travel (1), secret agent (1), aliens (1), science fiction (1), shape shifters (1)
|
| 1960-10-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Trouble with Tycho |
Clifford D. Simak |
|
|
science fiction (1), moon (1), hard sf (1), aliens (1)
|
| 1959-05-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Sister Planet |
Poul Anderson |
|
|
science fiction (1), colonization (1), aliens (1), venus (1), trading (1), underwater (1)
|
| 1958-02-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Out of the Sun |
Arthur C. Clarke |
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Mercury (1), sun (1), first person point of view (1), aliens (1)
|
| 1957-10-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Big Trek |
Fritz Leiber |
|
|
Merril03 (1), fantasy (1), hallucinatory (1), aliens (1)
|
| 1955-10-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Game of Rat and Dragon |
Cordwainer Smith |
|
|
Librivox (1), Merril01 (1), costs of ftl travel (1), cats (1), space travel (1), telepathy (1), aliens (1), interstellar travel (1), far future (1), science fiction (1)
|
| 1953-03-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Student Body |
F. L. Wallace |
|
|
science fiction (1), X Minus 1 (1), interstellar travel (1), colonization (1), aliens (1), evolution (1)
|
| 1953-10-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Scavengers |
James White |
|
|
hard sf (1), aliens (1), interstellar travel (1), military (1)
|
| 1952-03-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Ricochet on Miza |
Gordon R. Dickson |
|
|
hard sf (1), aliens (1), hunting (1), telepathy (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)
|
| 1935-04-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Lotus Eaters |
Stanley G. Weinbaum |
|
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venus (1), telepathy (1), tidal locking (1), American (1), Englishwoman (1), temperate zone (1), intelligent plants (1), collective consciousness (1), aliens (1), human explorers (1), strong female character (1), alien predators (1), fatalism (1), passivity (1), science fiction (1)
|
| 1933-11-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Shambleau |
C. L. Moore |
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horror (1), gorgon (1), vampire species (1), aliens (1), interplanetary travel (1), science fiction (1), vampirism (1), sexuality (1), addiction (1), mars (1), ray pistol (1), NESFA Core Reading List (1)
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