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1

by William Gibson

22,138 members

361 reviews

3.9

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2

by Neal Stephenson

19,372 members

373 reviews

4.1

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3

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

by Philip K. Dick

18,170 members

458 reviews

4

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4

by Terry Pratchett

10,786 members

150 reviews

4.1

3 Members: hipdeep, derdahinteninderecke, ManWithAnAgenda

5

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

by Douglas Adams

53 members

4 reviews

½ 4.5

3 Members: hipdeep, derdahinteninderecke, ManWithAnAgenda

6

Nineteen Eighty-Four

by George Orwell

77,262 members

1,223 reviews

4.2

2 Members: derdahinteninderecke, ManWithAnAgenda

7

Brave New World

by Aldous Huxley

51,182 members

741 reviews

3.9

2 Members: derdahinteninderecke, ManWithAnAgenda

8

by Mary Shelley

39,258 members

673 reviews

3.8

2 Members: derdahinteninderecke, ManWithAnAgenda

9

by Frank Herbert

38,908 members

637 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: derdahinteninderecke, ManWithAnAgenda

10

by Michael Crichton

19,490 members

303 reviews

3.9

2 Members: derdahinteninderecke, ManWithAnAgenda

11

by Isaac Asimov

19,314 members

360 reviews

4

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12

The War of the Worlds

17,191 members

295 reviews

3.8

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13

The Time Machine

16,649 members

327 reviews

½ 3.7

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14

20,000 Leagues under the Sea

16,644 members

236 reviews

½ 3.7

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15

The Martian Chronicles

by Ray Bradbury

15,744 members

304 reviews

4

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16

by Isaac Asimov

14,185 members

255 reviews

4

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17

2001: A Space Odyssey

by Arthur C. Clarke

12,754 members

206 reviews

4

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18

Foundation and Empire

by Isaac Asimov

12,324 members

146 reviews

4

2 Members: derdahinteninderecke, ManWithAnAgenda

19

Starship Troopers

by Robert A. Heinlein

11,619 members

212 reviews

3.8

2 Members: derdahinteninderecke, ManWithAnAgenda

20

Second Foundation

by Isaac Asimov

11,414 members

120 reviews

4

2 Members: derdahinteninderecke, ManWithAnAgenda

21

Childhood's End

by Arthur C. Clarke

9,673 members

215 reviews

3.9

2 Members: derdahinteninderecke, ManWithAnAgenda

22

by Kim Stanley Robinson

7,886 members

170 reviews

3.8

2 Members: derdahinteninderecke, ManWithAnAgenda

23

by Roger Zelazny

4,943 members

113 reviews

4

2 Members: derdahinteninderecke, ManWithAnAgenda

24

by Isaac Asimov

2,840 members

49 reviews

3.8

2 Members: derdahinteninderecke, ManWithAnAgenda

25

The Stainless Steel Rat

by Harry Harrison

1,556 members

26 reviews

½ 3.6

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26

At the Mountains of Madness

by H. P. Lovecraft

1,137 members

42 reviews

½ 3.7

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27

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

by Harlan Ellison

19 members

4.1

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28

Flowers for Algernon

by Daniel Keyes

14,804 members

369 reviews

4.1

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29

10,841 members

262 reviews

4.2

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30

The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress

by Robert A. Heinlein

10,007 members

180 reviews

4.1

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31

Rendezvous With Rama

by Arthur C. Clarke

9,579 members

163 reviews

4

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32

The Forever War

by Joe Haldeman

8,969 members

239 reviews

4

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33

8,737 members

129 reviews

4

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34

by Anne McCaffrey

8,625 members

159 reviews

3.9

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35

The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable

by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

8,133 members

190 reviews

½ 3.7

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36

Consider Phlebas

by Iain M. Banks

7,538 members

239 reviews

½ 3.7

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37

The Caves of Steel

by Isaac Asimov

7,430 members

137 reviews

4

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38

by Richard K. Morgan

6,567 members

206 reviews

4

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39

Leviathan Wakes

by James S. A. Corey

6,386 members

321 reviews

4

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40

by Stanisław Lem

6,136 members

142 reviews

3.9

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41

The Mote in God's Eye

6,023 members

107 reviews

3.9

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42

A Fire upon the Deep

by Vernor Vinge

6,017 members

133 reviews

4.1

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43

The Stars My Destination

by Alfred Bester

5,985 members

168 reviews

4

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44

by Isaac Asimov

5,952 members

99 reviews

3.9

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45

by Richard Matheson

4,580 members

178 reviews

4

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46

by Iain M. Banks

4,511 members

102 reviews

4

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47

On Basilisk Station

3,891 members

111 reviews

3.9

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48

by Peter F. Hamilton

3,816 members

95 reviews

4

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49

3,780 members

60 reviews

½ 3.5

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50

The End of Eternity

by Isaac Asimov

3,445 members

86 reviews

4

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51

The Fountains of Paradise

by Arthur C. Clarke

3,328 members

52 reviews

3.8

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52

by Charles Stross

3,235 members

122 reviews

½ 3.7

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53

by Alastair Reynolds

2,964 members

64 reviews

4

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54

Singularity Sky

by Charles Stross

2,915 members

65 reviews

½ 3.7

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55

by Alastair Reynolds

2,865 members

58 reviews

3.9

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56

Judas Unchained

by Peter F. Hamilton

2,857 members

58 reviews

4

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57

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

2,732 members

26 reviews

½ 4.3

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58

2,706 members

136 reviews

3.9

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59

Downbelow Station

by C. J. Cherryh

2,684 members

68 reviews

3.8

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60

by Alastair Reynolds

2,474 members

54 reviews

3.8

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61

The Dreaming Void

by Peter F. Hamilton

2,252 members

53 reviews

3.9

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62

by Alastair Reynolds

2,077 members

51 reviews

3.8

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63

by Kim Stanley Robinson

2,046 members

111 reviews

½ 3.4

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64

by Alastair Reynolds

1,923 members

60 reviews

4

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65

Tales of the Dying Earth

1,761 members

38 reviews

3.9

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66

Chronicles of the Black Company

1,705 members

37 reviews

4.2

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67

by Poul Anderson

1,705 members

53 reviews

½ 3.6

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68

by Kim Stanley Robinson

1,572 members

95 reviews

½ 3.7

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69

by Olaf Stapledon

1,538 members

34 reviews

3.8

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70

Last and First Men

by Olaf Stapledon

1,341 members

30 reviews

½ 3.6

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71

We Are Legion (We Are Bob)

by Dennis E. Taylor

1,339 members

71 reviews

4.1

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72

The Mistborn Trilogy

by Brandon Sanderson

1,282 members

14 reviews

½ 4.5

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73

In the Ocean of Night

by Gregory Benford

1,258 members

11 reviews

½ 3.5

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74

Black Holes and Time Warps : Einstein's Outrageous Legacy

by Kip S. Thorne

1,230 members

16 reviews

4.2

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75

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

by Sean Carroll

805 members

18 reviews

4.1

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76

by Fred Saberhagen

781 members

12 reviews

½ 3.6

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77

by Alastair Reynolds

765 members

36 reviews

½ 3.6

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78

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

by Robert Zubrin

751 members

12 reviews

4

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79

by Robert Jordan

571 members

5 reviews

4

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80

The Planet Savers / Sword of Aldones

by Marion Zimmer Bradley

465 members

4 reviews

½ 3.4

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81

by Thea von Harbou

455 members

8 reviews

½ 3.6

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82

The Last Question

by Isaac Asimov

378 members

21 reviews

½ 4.4

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83

354 members

9 reviews

½ 3.5

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84

The High Frontier: Human Colonies in Space

by Gerard K. O'Neill

346 members

3 reviews

3.9

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85

by Robert L. Forward

315 members

4 reviews

3.9

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86

by Alastair Reynolds

312 members

16 reviews

½ 3.6

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87

Lethal Heritage

by Michael A. Stackpole

301 members

3 reviews

4

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88

Who Goes There? and Other Stories

by John W. Campbell

221 members

11 reviews

½ 3.6

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89

The Singularity Trap

by Dennis E. Taylor

206 members

7 reviews

4

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90

The Blazing World

by Margaret Cavendish

154 members

10 reviews

½ 3.3

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91

The Killing Star

by Charles R. Pellegrino

140 members

4 reviews

½ 3.3

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92

by Mark E. Cooper

78 members

2 reviews

½ 3.3

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93

Terraforming: Engineering Planetary Environments

by Martyn J. Fogg

23 members

1 review

½ 4.7

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94

by John Michael Godier

4 members

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95

Uplift saga's, books 1 - 7

1 member

4

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96

The Positronic Man

by Isaac Asimov

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97

by Orson Scott Card

39,201 members

1,023 reviews

½ 4.3

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98

Speaker for the Dead

by Orson Scott Card

15,159 members

202 reviews

4

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June 2019
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