Top 100 Sci Fi-Fantasy

8/18/2019 Top 100 Sci Fi-Fantasy

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The Lord Of The Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien

Tolkien's seminal three-volume epic chronicles the War of the Ring in !hich "rodo the hobbit and his companions set out to destroy

the evil Ring of #o!er and restore peace to $iddle-earth. The beloved trilogy still casts a long shado! having established some of the

most familiar and enduring tropes in fantasy literature.Literary %!ard Winner

The &itchhiker's uide To The ala(y by )ouglas %dams

*n the +rst hilarious volume of %dams' &itchhiker's series reluctant galactic traveler %rthur )ent gets s!ept up in some literally

,arth-shattering events involving aliens sperm !hales a depressed robot mice !ho are more than they seem and some really

really bad poetry.

,nder's ame by Orson cott /ard

0oung %ndre! 1,nder1 Wiggin bred to be a genius is drafted to 2attle chool !here he trains to lead the century-long +ght against

the alien 2uggers.

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The )une /hronicles by "rank &erbert

"ollo!s the adventures of #aul %treides the son of a betrayed duke given up for dead on a treacherous desert planet and adopted by

its +erce nomadic people !ho help him unravel his most une(pected destiny.

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% ong Of *ce %nd "ire eries by eorge R.R. $artin

%s the even 5ingdoms face a generation-long !inter the royal tark family confronts the poisonous plots of the rival Lannisters the

emergence of the 6everborn demons the arrival of barbarian hordes and other threats.

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89:3 % 6ovel by eorge Or!ell

#ortrays life in a future time !hen a totalitarian government !atches over all citi;ens and directs all activities.

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"ahrenheit 348 by Ray 2radbury

% totalitarian regime has ordered all books to be destroyed but one of the book burners suddenly reali;es their merit in a chilling

novel of a frightening near-future !orld.

The "oundation Trilogy by *saac %simov

% band of psychologists under the leadership of psychohistorian &ari eldon plant a colony to encourage art science and

technology in the declining alactic ,mpire and to preserve the accumulated kno!ledge of humankind.

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2rave 6e! World by %ldous &u(ley

&u(ley's classic prophetic novel describes the sociali;ed horrors of a futuristic utopia devoid of individual freedom.

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%merican ods by 6eil aiman

On the plane home to attend the funerals of his !ife and best friend hado! an e(-con encounters an enigmatic stranger !ho

seems to kno! a lot about him. When hado! accepts the stranger's the soul of %merica itself.

The #rincess 2ride . $orgenstern's /lassic Tale of True Love and &igh %dventure by William oldman

This tale of a handsome farm boy !ho aided by a drunken s!ordsman and a gentle giant rescues a beautiful princess named

2uttercup comes !ith a slyly humorous meta+ctional edge> oldman claims to have merely abridged an earlier te(t by one 1.

$orgenstern1 ?actually a pseudonym@ and peppers his te(t !ith clever commentary.

The Wheel Of Time eries by Robert Jordan

%t 8 volumes and counting this s!eeping A some !ould say spra!ling B richly imagined epic chronicles the struggle bet!een

servants of the )ark One and those of the champion of light kno!n as the )ragon Reborn.

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%nimal "arm by eorge Or!ell

"arm animals overthro! their human o!ners and set up their o!n deeply ?and familiarly@ Ca!ed government. Or!ell's mordant satire

of totalitarianism is still a mainstay of ninth-grade reading lists.

6euromancer by William ibson

ibson's groundbreaking debut novel follo!s /ase a burned-out computer !hi; !ho is asked to steal a security code that is locked in

the most heavily guarded databank in the solar system. % seminal !ork in the genre that !ould come to be kno!n as cyberpunk.

Watchmen by %lan $oore and )ave ibbons

%s former members of a disbanded group of superheroes called the /rimebusters start turning up dead the remaining members of

the group try to discover the identity of the murderer before they too are killed. % graphic novel.

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* Robot by *saac %simov

*saac %simov changed our perception of robots forever !hen he formulated the la!s governing their behavior. *n * Robot %simov

chronicles the development of the robot through a series of interlinked stories> from its primitive origins in the present to its ultimate

perfection in the not-so-distant future A a future in !hich humanity itself may be rendered obsolete.

tranger *n % trange Land by Robert %. &einlein

Dalentine $ichael mith born and raised on $ars arrives on ,arth stunning Western culture !ith his superhuman abilities.

The 5ingkiller /hronicles by #atrick Rothfuss

This suspenseful coming-of-age story folllo!s 5vothe as he recounts his transformation from a magically gifted young man into the

most notorious !i;ard musician thief and assassin in his !orld.

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laughterhouse-"ive by 5urt Donnegut

2illy #ilgrim returns home from World War ** only to be kidnapped by aliens from the planet Tralfamadore !ho teach him that time is

an eternal present.

"rankenstein by $ary Wollstonecraft helley

$ary helley's chilling portrait of a scientist obsessed !ith creating life ?!hose eventual success comes at too great a cost@ !as

among the +rst !orks of science +ction ever produced. *ts potent allegorical po!er compelling ethical and philosophical themes and

its sheer creepiness have ensured it remains one of the most enduring and inCuential as !ell.

)o %ndroids )ream Of ,lectric heepE by #hilip 5. )ick

)ick's trippy novel tells of sophisticated o=-!orld androids !ho turn against their creators slip back to a post-apocalyptic ,arth and

must be hunted do!n by bounty hunter Rick )eckard. The book inspired A albeit very loosely A the 89:F Ridley cott +lm 2lade

Runner.

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The &andmaid's Tale by $argaret %t!ood

% chilling look at the near future presents the story of O=red a &andmaid in the Republic of ilead once the Gnited tates an

oppressive !orld !here !omen are no longer allo!ed to read and are valued only as long as they are viable for reproduction.

The )ark To!er eries by tephen 5ing

Roland the !orld's last gunslinger tracks an enigmatic $an in 2lack to!ard a forbidding dark to!er +ghting forces both mortal andother !orldly on his Huest.

FII8> % pace Odyssey by %rthur /. /larke

T!o astronauts +nd their


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The tand by tephen 5ing

% monumentally devastating plague leaves only a fe! survivors !ho !hile e(periencing dreams of a battle bet!een good and evil

move to!ard an actual confrontation as they migrate to 2oulder /olo.

no! /rash by 6eal tephenson

Weaving contemporary imagery !ith umerian myths tephenson's third novel revolves around a mysterious 1pseudo-narcotic1

no! /rash that is capable of a=ecting people both !ithin A and !ithout A the alternate-reality *nternet called the 1$etaverse.1

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The $artian /hronicles by Ray 2radbury

The tranHuillity of $ars is disrupted by the earthmen !ho have come to conHuer space coloni;e the planet and escape a doomed

,arth.

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/at's /radle by 5urt Donnegut

% young !riter decides to intervie! the children of a scientist primarily responsible for the creation of the atomic bomb.

The andman eries by 6eil aiman

aiman originally told his tale of $orpheus the )ream 5ing !hose interactions !ith mortals rarely end !ell and !hose fractious

e(tended family includes the personi+cations of )eath )espair )esire and )estiny in a 4-issue comic book series over several

yearsK the hugely inCuential series is no! collected in ten trade volumes.

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% /lock!ork Orange by %nthony 2urgess

2urgess created his o!n youth slang for this acid satire of contemporary culture !hich follo!s young %le( as he makes his merry !ay

through a dystopia of drugs se( and ruthless violence only to be chosen for a psychological e(periment meant to mend his !ays.

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tarship Troopers by Robert %. &einlein

*n one of Robert %. &einlein's most controversial novels a recruit of the future goes through the toughest boot camp in the universe

and into battle !ith the Terran $obile *nfantry against humankind's most frightening enemy.

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Watership )o!n by Richard %dams

%n allegorical tale of survival about a band of !ild rabbits !ho leave their ancestral home to build a more humane society chronicles

their adventures as they search for a safe place to establish a ne! !arren !here they can live in peace.

)ragonCight by %nne $c/a=rey

%t a time !hen the number of )ragonriders has fallen too lo! for safety and only one Weyr trains the creatures and their riders the

Red tar approaches #ern threatening the planet !ith disaster.

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The $oon *s % &arsh $istress by Robert %. &einlein

% one-armed computer technician a radical blond bombshell an aging academic and a sentient all-kno!ing computer lead the lunar

population in a revolution against ,arth's colonial rule.

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% /anticle "or Leibo!it; by Walter $. $iller Jr.

$iller's 8949 novel follo!s the $onks of the Order of t. Leibo!it; as they attempt to preserve the remnants of civili;ation after a

nuclear !ar.

The Time $achine by &.. Wells

Wells' classic 8:94 story of an unassuming 2ritish inventor !ho creates a device that sends him hurtling into the far future B %.).

:IFI8 to be precise B !here subterranean $orlocks prey upon the childlike ,loi.

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FIIII Leagues Gnder The ea by Jules Derne

#rofessor %rrona( and his t!o companions trapped aboard a fantastic submarine as prisoners of the deranged /aptain 6emo come

face to face !ith e(otic ocean creatures and strange sights hidden from the !orld above.

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"lo!ers "or %lgernon by )aniel 5eyes

When brain surgery makes a mouse into a genius dull-!itted /harlie ordon !onders if it might also !ork for him.

The War Of The Worlds by &.. Wells

With advanced machines of destruction aliens from another planet s!oop do!n on planet ,arth and begin their conHuest in the

classic sci-+ !ork by the author of The Time $achine.

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The %mber /hronicles by Roger ela;ny

ela;ny's tales of /or!in prince of the 1true !orld1 of %mber ?of !hich our ,arth is merely a shado!@ and his son $erlin a magic-

userMcomputer hacker have spanned several decades. %mid the eternal struggle bet!een Order and /haos ela;ny delights in

tossing in allusions to hakespeare the Tarot and Huantum mechanics.

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The 2elgariad by )avid ,ddings

,dding's +ve-volume epic fantasy follo!s young farmboy arion as he is dra!n into a Huest for a stolen mystical orb and the rich

!orld of prophecy and po!er that surrounds it.

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The $ists Of %valon by $arion immer 2radley

Retells the legend of 5ing %rthur as perceived by the !omen central to the tale from the ;ealous $orgaine s!orn to uphold her

goddess at any cost to the devout !enh!yfar pledged to the king but dra!n to another.

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$istborn Trilogy by 2randon anderson

*n a !orld !here special magic users called %llomancers can employ metals to enhance their physical and mental abilities a young

thief discovers her destiny and sets out to overthro! the Lord Ruler.

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Ring!orld by Larry 6iven

6iven's hugely inCuential 89I novel of an outer space e(pedition to a mysterious ob


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The ilmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien

These creation myths of Tolkien's $iddle-earth for those !ho found The Lord of the Rings too bree;y and slight> *n the author's

characteristic 2eo!ul+an prose he recounts the legends of the !orld's beginnings the do!nfall of its gods and men and the events

that changed the face of $iddle-earth forever.

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The Once %nd "uture 5ing by T.&. White

)escribes 5ing %rthur's life from his childhood to the coronation creation of the Round Table and search for the &oly rail.

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6ever!here by 6eil aiman

aiman's !ry darkly !himsical tale of an average young businessman !ho stops to help a girl bleeding on a London side!alk and

+nds himself pulled into a bi;arre subterranean !orld.

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/hildhood's ,nd by %rthur /. /larke

The author Huestions the survival of mankind in this science-+ction tale about Overlords from outer space !ho dominate the !orld.

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/ontact by /arl agan

*n 8999 a multinational team of astronauts ventures deep into outer space !here they come face to face !ith an advanced alien

civili;ation.

The &yperion /antos by )an immons

even pilgrims undertake a voyage to the !orld of &yperion A dominated by a fearsome and mysterious creature called the hrike A

!here they hope to learn the secret that !ill save humanity.

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tardust by 6eil aiman

*n the Huiet ,nglish hamlet of Wall Tristran Thorn embarks on a remarkable


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The Last Gnicorn by #eter . 2eagle

Recounts the Huest of the last unicorn !ho leaves the protection of the enchanted forest to search for her o!n kind and !ho is


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The /hronicles Of Thomas /ovenant The Gnbeliever by tephen R. )onaldson

*n this +rst trilogy reclusive guilt-ridden !riter Thomas /ovenant +nds himself transported to a magical realm !here he is hailed as a

hero !ho !ields po!erful magic A and !here he +nds his leprosy miraculously cured. Gltimately he must defeat the malevolent Lord

"oul to save the Land A and his o!n sanity.

The Dorkosigan aga by Lois $c$aster 2u


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The $ote *n od's ,ye by Larry 6iven and Jerry #ournelle

The accidental killing of a group of emissaries to ,arth threatens man's survival.

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The !ord Of Truth eries by Terry oodkind

0oung Richard /ypher gradually embraces his destiny as the eeker of Truth and sets out to stop the evil that others !ould unleash.

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The Road by /ormac $c/arthy

*n a novel set in an inde+nite futuristic post-apocalyptic !orld a father and his young son make their !ay through the ruins of a

devastated %merican landscape struggling to survive and preserve the last remnants of their o!n humanity.

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Jonathan trange $r. 6orrell by usanna /larke

*n nineteenth century ,ngland all is going !ell for rich reclusive $r 6orrell !ho has regained some of the po!er of ,ngland's

magicians from the past until a rival magician Jonathan trange appears and becomes $r 6orrell's pupil.

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* %m Legend by Richard $atheson

% lone human survivor in a !orld that is overrun by vampires Robert 6eville leads a desperate life in !hich he must barricade himself

in his home every night and hunt do!n the starving undead by day.

The Rift!ar aga by Raymond ,. "eist

,vil entities have opened a rift in the fabric of space-time plunging the !orld of $edkemia into peril. %s the battle bet!een Order and

/haos threatens to engulf everything reluctant !i;ard #ug is the only hope of a thousand !orlds.

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The !ord of hannara Trilogy by Terry 2rooks

Over the course of three novels several generations of the Ohmsford family +nd themselves retrieving magical artifacts in the

desperate hope to +ght evil.

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The /onan The 2arbarian eries by Robert ,. &o!ard and $ark chult;

&o!ard's original set of interlinked stories featuring his muscle-bound !arrior represents a classic kind of s!ord-and-sorcery fantasy

adventure in all its pulpy richly imaginative glory.

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The "arseer Trilogy by Robin &obb

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%n !ily assassin plies his trade !hile his uncle the #rince confronts attackers !ho are turning people into emotionless ;ombie-like

1"orged ones.1

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The Time Traveler's Wife by %udrey 6i=enegger

#assionately in love /lare and &enry vo! to hold onto each other and their marriage as they struggle !ith the e=ects of /hrono-

)isplacement )isorder a condition that casts &enry involuntarily into the !orld of time travel.

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The Way Of 5ings by 2randon anderson

*ntroduces the !orld of Roshar through the e(periences of a !ar-!eary royal compelled by visions a high-born youth condemned to

military slavery and a !oman !ho is desperate to save her impoverished house.

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Journey To The /enter Of The ,arth by Jules Derne

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"ollo!s #rofessor Lidenbrock his nephe! %(el and their guide &ans as they venture deep into a volcanic crater in *celand on a


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The story of an engineer !ho creates a device to raise a girl capable of thinking for herself reveals !hat happens !hen a young girl of

the poor underclass obtains the device.Literary %!ard Winner

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Rende;vous With Rama by %rthur /. /larke

)uring the FFnd century a space probe's investigation of a mysterious cylindrical asteroid brings man into contact !ith an e(tra-

galactic civili;ation.

The 5ushiel's Legacy eries by JacHueline /arey

old into indentured servitude at the e(otic 6ight /ourt as a child #hedre faces a diNcult choice bet!een honor and duty as she

deals !ith a !orld of glittering lu(ury conspiracy sacri+ce and betrayal. T!o subseHuent trilogies chronicle the adventures of her

adopted son and her distant descendant.

The )ispossessed %n %mbiguous Gtopia by Grsula 5. Le uin

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Gn!illing to accept that his anarchist !orld must be separated from the rest of the civili;ed universe hevek a brilliant physicist

risks his life by traveling to the utopian mother planet of Grras.

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omething Wicked This Way /omes by Ray 2radbury

When the carnival comes to to!n t!o boys unearth the terrifying and horrible secrets that lurk !ithin /ooger )ark's #andemonium

hado! ho! and learn the conseHuences of !ishes as a sinister and evil force is at !ork in reen To!n *ll.

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Wicked The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

by regory $aguire

et in an O; !here a morose Wi;ard battles suicidal thoughts the story of the green-skinned ,lphaba other!ise kno!n as the Wicked

Witch of the West pro+les her as an animal-rights activist striving to avenge her dear sister's death.

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The $ala;an 2ook Of The "allen series by teven ,rikson

,rickson's densely plotted series


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The /rystal /ave by $ary te!art

te!art's +rst chapter in her +ve-volume take on the %rthurian legend is told from the point of vie! of young $erlin !ho reluctantly

engineers the birth of %rthur.

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%nathem by 6eal tephenson

Ra; !ho has lived in a monastery since childhood a!ay from the violent upheavals of the outside !orld becomes one of a group of

formerly cloistered scholars !ho are appointed by a higher po!er to avert an impending disaster.

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The /ode( %lera eries by Jim 2utcher

*n the land of %lera !here people bond !ith the furies A elementals of earth air +re !ater and metal A young Tavi struggles to

cope !ith his lack of magical talent until his homeland erupts into conCict bet!een rebels and loyalists and Tavi discovers that he

holds the key to his realm's survival.

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The 2ook Of The 6e! un by ene Wolfe

*n the distant future after the sun has cooled and dimmed the disgraced torturer evarian recounts his hard-fought rise to absolute

po!er.

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The Thra!n Trilogy by Timothy ahn

"ive years after the fall of the ,mpire a dying part of the ,mpire all the more dangerous near death has


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The ,lric aga by $ichael $oorcock

,lric of $elnibone an albino prince travels in the hip Which ails Over Land and ea to the city of )ho;-5am through the hade

ate to the #ulsing /avern !here the magic s!ords tormbringer and $ournblade a!ait him.

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The *llustrated $an by Ray 2radbury

,ighteen science +ction stories deal !ith love madness and death on $ars Denus and in space.

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unshine by Robin $c5inley

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%ll hope for stopping the vampiric elite from controlling ,arth depends on human O"s ?pecial Other "orces@ and the success of their

attempt to recruit unshine the daughter of legendary sorcerer Ony( 2laise.

% "ire Gpon The )eep by Dernor Dinge

et in a far-future !here space has been portioned into 1regions of thought1 a human e(pedition to an ancient data archive

unleashes the 2light a superintelligent entity capable of destroying thousands of !orlds.

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The /aves Of teel by *saac %simov

"earing a violent confrontation bet!een ,arthmen and pacers )etective 2aley and his ne! partner a robot investigate the murder

of a paceto!n scientist

The $ars Trilogy by 5im tanley Robinson

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On a mission to provide $ars !ith an ,arth-like atmosphere John 2oone $aya Toitovna "rank /halmers and %rkady 2ogdanov meet

sti= resistance from those !ho !ill +ght to the death to prevent $ars from being changed.

Lucifer's &ammer by Larry 6iven and Jerry #ournelle

%s the great &amner-2ro!n comet dubbed Lucifer's &ammer by the press approaches ,arth various business e(ecutives politicians

criminals


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*n the sHualid othic city of 6e! /robu;on a mysterious half-human half-bird stranger comes to *saac a gifted but eccentric

scientist !ith a reHuest to help him Cy but *saac's obsessive e(periments and attempts to grant the reHuest unleash a terrifying dark

force on the entire city.

The Panth eries by #iers %nthony

*n %nthony's pun-besotted magical realm ?!hich is shaped a lot like "lorida@ every human is born !ith a uniHue magical ability !hich

they use navigate a landscape full of dragons goblins harpies centaurs and all manner of eldritch creatures.

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The pace Trilogy

by /.. Le!is

#hilologist ,d!in Ransom travels to $ars and Denus and makes a series of dramatic discoveries about ,arth's place in the solar

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