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1

by William Gibson

26,078 members

422 reviews

3.9

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2

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

by Philip K. Dick

22,320 members

535 reviews

4

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3

by Neal Stephenson

22,039 members

438 reviews

4.1

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4

by Terry Pratchett

12,615 members

175 reviews

4.1

3 Members: hipdeep, derdahinteninderecke, ManWithAnAgenda

5

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy [Live in Concert]

by Douglas Adams

56 members

4 reviews

½ 4.5

3 Members: hipdeep, derdahinteninderecke, ManWithAnAgenda

6

Nineteen Eighty-Four

by George Orwell

94,735 members

1,452 reviews

4.2

2 Members: derdahinteninderecke, ManWithAnAgenda

7

Brave New World

by Aldous Huxley

61,783 members

873 reviews

3.9

2 Members: derdahinteninderecke, ManWithAnAgenda

8

by Mary Shelley

51,461 members

814 reviews

3.8

2 Members: derdahinteninderecke, ManWithAnAgenda

9

by Frank Herbert

50,895 members

809 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: derdahinteninderecke, ManWithAnAgenda

10

by Michael Crichton

24,184 members

371 reviews

4

2 Members: derdahinteninderecke, ManWithAnAgenda

11

by Isaac Asimov

23,469 members

444 reviews

4

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12

The War of the Worlds

21,683 members

358 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: hipdeep, derdahinteninderecke

13

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

21,644 members

284 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: derdahinteninderecke, ManWithAnAgenda

14

The Time Machine

20,353 members

388 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: derdahinteninderecke, ManWithAnAgenda

15

The Martian Chronicles

by Ray Bradbury

18,698 members

366 reviews

4

2 Members: derdahinteninderecke, ManWithAnAgenda

16

I, Robot [Anthology]

by Isaac Asimov

17,210 members

313 reviews

4

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17

2001: A Space Odyssey

by Arthur C. Clarke

15,248 members

247 reviews

4

2 Members: derdahinteninderecke, ManWithAnAgenda

18

Foundation and Empire

by Isaac Asimov

14,678 members

188 reviews

4

2 Members: derdahinteninderecke, ManWithAnAgenda

19

Second Foundation

by Isaac Asimov

13,564 members

152 reviews

4

2 Members: derdahinteninderecke, ManWithAnAgenda

20

Starship Troopers

by Robert A. Heinlein

13,475 members

253 reviews

3.8

2 Members: derdahinteninderecke, ManWithAnAgenda

21

Childhood's End

by Arthur C. Clarke

11,499 members

271 reviews

3.9

2 Members: derdahinteninderecke, ManWithAnAgenda

22

by Kim Stanley Robinson

9,431 members

209 reviews

3.8

2 Members: derdahinteninderecke, ManWithAnAgenda

23

by Roger Zelazny

5,726 members

125 reviews

4

2 Members: derdahinteninderecke, ManWithAnAgenda

24

Nightfall [Novel]

by Isaac Asimov

3,381 members

56 reviews

3.8

2 Members: derdahinteninderecke, ManWithAnAgenda

25

The Stainless Steel Rat

by Harry Harrison

1,795 members

31 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: hipdeep, derdahinteninderecke

26

At the Mountains of Madness [novella]

by H. P. Lovecraft

1,518 members

53 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: derdahinteninderecke, ManWithAnAgenda

27

I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream [short story]

by Harlan Ellison

21 members

4.1

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28

Flowers for Algernon

by Daniel Keyes

18,775 members

438 reviews

4.1

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29

13,915 members

311 reviews

4.2

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30

The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress

by Robert A. Heinlein

11,569 members

212 reviews

4.1

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31

Rendezvous with Rama

by Arthur C. Clarke

11,434 members

211 reviews

4

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32

The Forever War

by Joe Haldeman

10,460 members

272 reviews

4

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33

10,437 members

152 reviews

4

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34

by Anne McCaffrey

10,197 members

189 reviews

3.9

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35

Leviathan Wakes

by James S. A. Corey

9,873 members

420 reviews

4.1

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36

The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable

by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

9,693 members

207 reviews

½ 3.7

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37

Consider Phlebas

by Iain M. Banks

8,958 members

272 reviews

½ 3.7

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38

The Caves of Steel

by Isaac Asimov

8,813 members

168 reviews

4

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39

by Richard K. Morgan

7,879 members

239 reviews

4

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40

by Stanisław Lem

7,832 members

192 reviews

3.9

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41

A Fire upon the Deep

by Vernor Vinge

7,205 members

165 reviews

4.1

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42

by Isaac Asimov

7,022 members

125 reviews

3.9

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43

The Stars My Destination

by Alfred Bester

6,976 members

197 reviews

4

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44

The Mote in God's Eye

6,949 members

123 reviews

3.9

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45

by Richard Matheson

5,619 members

217 reviews

4

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46

by Iain M. Banks

5,163 members

124 reviews

4

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47

On Basilisk Station

4,453 members

125 reviews

3.9

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48

by Peter F. Hamilton

4,452 members

110 reviews

4

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49

4,265 members

73 reviews

½ 3.5

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50

The End of Eternity

by Isaac Asimov

4,166 members

109 reviews

4

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51

The Fountains of Paradise

by Arthur C. Clarke

3,886 members

58 reviews

½ 3.7

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52

3,700 members

173 reviews

3.9

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53

by Charles Stross

3,588 members

129 reviews

½ 3.7

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54

by Alastair Reynolds

3,373 members

73 reviews

4

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55

Pale Blue Dot : A Vision of the Human Future in Space

3,346 members

35 reviews

½ 4.3

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56

by Alastair Reynolds

3,295 members

64 reviews

4

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57

Judas Unchained

by Peter F. Hamilton

3,256 members

67 reviews

4.1

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58

Singularity Sky

by Charles Stross

3,186 members

74 reviews

½ 3.7

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59

Downbelow Station

by C. J. Cherryh

3,137 members

80 reviews

3.8

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60

by Alastair Reynolds

2,856 members

61 reviews

3.8

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61

We Are Legion (We Are Bob)

by Dennis E. Taylor

2,644 members

116 reviews

4

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62

by Alastair Reynolds

2,642 members

67 reviews

3.8

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63

The Dreaming Void

by Peter F. Hamilton

2,615 members

56 reviews

3.9

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64

by Kim Stanley Robinson

2,546 members

130 reviews

½ 3.4

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65

by Alastair Reynolds

2,429 members

78 reviews

4

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66

Chronicles of the Black Company

2,193 members

37 reviews

4.2

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67

by Poul Anderson

2,108 members

63 reviews

½ 3.6

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68

Tales of the Dying Earth

2,104 members

41 reviews

3.9

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69

by Kim Stanley Robinson

2,058 members

134 reviews

½ 3.7

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70

The Mistborn Trilogy

by Brandon Sanderson

1,934 members

21 reviews

½ 4.5

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71

by Olaf Stapledon

1,914 members

42 reviews

3.8

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72

Last and First Men

by Olaf Stapledon

1,656 members

38 reviews

½ 3.7

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73

Black Holes and Time Warps : Einstein's Outrageous Legacy

by Kip S. Thorne

1,474 members

17 reviews

4.2

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74

In the Ocean of Night

by Gregory Benford

1,446 members

15 reviews

½ 3.4

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75

The Positronic Man

by Isaac Asimov

1,197 members

21 reviews

4

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76

The Big Picture: On the Origins of Life, Meaning, and the Universe Itself

by Sean M. Carroll

1,147 members

22 reviews

4.1

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77

by Alastair Reynolds

1,034 members

42 reviews

½ 3.6

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78

by Fred Saberhagen

949 members

15 reviews

½ 3.6

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79

The Case for Mars: The Plan to Settle the Red Planet and Why We Must

by Robert Zubrin

884 members

15 reviews

4

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80

by Robert Jordan

685 members

5 reviews

4

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81

by Thea von Harbou

600 members

12 reviews

½ 3.6

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82

The Planet Savers / Sword of Aldones

by Marion Zimmer Bradley

542 members

6 reviews

½ 3.4

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83

The Last Question (short story)

by Isaac Asimov

528 members

30 reviews

½ 4.4

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84

by Alastair Reynolds

481 members

21 reviews

½ 3.5

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85

The High Frontier: Human Colonies in Space

by Gerard K. O'Neill

426 members

3 reviews

3.9

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86

416 members

10 reviews

½ 3.5

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87

by Robert L. Forward

357 members

3 reviews

3.9

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88

Lethal Heritage

by Michael A. Stackpole

344 members

5 reviews

4

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89

The Singularity Trap

by Dennis E. Taylor

341 members

12 reviews

4

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90

Who Goes There? and Other Stories

by John W. Campbell

298 members

16 reviews

½ 3.6

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91

The Blazing World

by Margaret Cavendish

251 members

12 reviews

3.2

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92

The Killing Star

by Charles R. Pellegrino

191 members

5 reviews

½ 3.4

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93

by Mark E. Cooper

94 members

3 reviews

½ 3.5

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94

Terraforming: Engineering Planetary Environments

by Martyn J. Fogg

28 members

1 review

½ 4.5

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95

by John Michael Godier

7 members

3

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96

Uplift saga's, books 1 - 7

1 member

4

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97

by Orson Scott Card

45,727 members

1,127 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: derdahinteninderecke,ManWithAnAgenda

98

Speaker for the Dead

by Orson Scott Card

17,395 members

241 reviews

4

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