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Star Maker Olaf Stapledon · 1937 · ★ 3.9 After reading "Last and First Men", I approached Olaf's next masterpiece, "Star Maker" ( first published in 1937), with some disbelief as to how on earth he could possibly better the span, pathos and magnanimity he had already laid out. A quick scan of the appendices yielded the impression that this book would embrace not just the tiny fragment of history that was mankind's stay in the universe,… Shares English Science fiction, Long Now Manual for Civilization, English literature, Science Fiction

In the wet Nevil Shute · 1953 · 368p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Originally published in 1953, In the Wet is Nevil Shute's speculative glance into the future of the British Empire. An elderly clergyman stationed in the Australian bush is called to the bedside of a dying derelict. In his delirium Stevie tells a story of England in 1983 through the medium of a squadron air pilot in the service of Queen Elizabeth II. Shares English Science fiction, Science Fiction

The silver metal lover Tanith Lee · 1981 · ★ 4.0 · 216p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Jane feels adrift in the upper class of her dystopian society until she meets a robot built for pleasure she suspects is more than the sum of his parts. Can a girl truly love a machine? And can the machine love her back? Shares English Science fiction, Science Fiction

Tales of space and time H. G. Wells · 1899 · ★ 3.7 · 205p · ≈ 6h · Challenging Tales of Space and Time collects together two novellas and three short stories by the great science fiction writer H. G. Wells. First published in 1899, this absorbing and stimulating read contains:The Crystal Egg (short story)The Star (short story)A Story of the Stone Age (novella)A Story of the Days To Come" (novella)The Man Who Could Work Miracles (short story) Shares English Science fiction, Science Fiction

The Poison Belt Arthur Conan Doyle · 1913 · ★ 3.9 · 83p · ≈ 2h · Moderate Being an account of another adventure of Prof. George E. Challenger, Lord John Roxton, Prof. Summerlee and Mr E. D. M alone, the discoverers of "The Lost World". Shares English Science fiction, Science Fiction

Jack Four Neal Asher · 2021 · ★ 4.2 · 400p · ≈ 13h · Moderate Jack Four is one of twenty human clones, sold to the alien prador's king for warfare. However, no clone should possess the secrets in Jack's head - and they could help him escape. The prador king has been horribly mutated by the Spatterjay virus. But the prador will use any weapon against humanity, so they've infected a human. Now this experiment has broken free to rampage through the king's… Shares English literature, Science Fiction

Bone Silence Alastair Reynolds · 2020 · ★ 4.0 · 624p · ≈ 20h · Moderate Sequel to Shadow Captain. Shares English literature, Science Fiction

War Bodies

War Bodies Neal Asher Duplicate of https://openlibrary.org/works/OL29326678W/War_Bodies Shares English literature, Science Fiction

Salvation Lost Peter F. Hamilton · 2019 · ★ 4.3 · 736p · ≈ 24h · Moderate Duplicate of https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20840033W/Salvation_Lost?edition= Shares English literature, Science Fiction

War Bodies Neal Asher · 2023 · ★ 4.0 Rebellion will be their salvation or their doom. Long ago, the Cyberat faction left Earth to co-evolve with machines. Now, led by the powerful dictator Castron on a distant colony world, they believe machines should replace the physical body. But these beliefs are challenged when emissaries from Earth's Polity civilization arrive, igniting rebellion. Piper was raised as a covert weapon against… Shares English literature, Science Fiction

The Human Neal L. Asher · 2020 · ★ 4.3 · 480p · ≈ 16h · Moderate A Jain warship has risen from an ancient prison, wielding lethal technology. The ship's goal is to catch its old adversary, the Client, and to destroy all who stand in its path. Humanity and the prador thought the Jain were long extinct. But their nemesis is back, and Orlandine must prepare humanity's defence. She'll need the Client's knowledge to do this - but is the enemy of your enemy a friend? Shares English literature, Science Fiction

What They Knew

What They Knew Marion Todd DI Clare Mackay starts the new year with a death It is the stroke of midnight on Hogmanay when Alison Reid admits a caller to her home. When her death is later reported, DI Clare Mackay attends the scene. The initial evidence does not rule out murder, but it's not possible to say for certain if foul play was involved. Yet when the pathologist informs Clare about a post mortem of a young woman… Shares English literature

The House Next Door

The House Next Door Darcy Coates · 2020 · 256p · ≈ 8h · Moderate I live next to a haunted house. I began to suspect something was wrong with the gothic building when its family fled in the middle of the night, the children screaming, the mother crying. They never came back to pack up their furniture. No family stays long. Animals avoid the place. Once, I thought I saw a woman’s silhouette pacing through the upstairs room… but that seems impossible; no… Shares English literature

Columbus of Space Garrett Putman Serviss · 1911 · 246p · ≈ 8h · Moderate The year was 1909 and Garrett Putnam Serviss was already a respected science writer for the Hearst newspaper group. Serviss’ reputation was such that his articles appeared in almost every major American magazine. Beginning in January of that year Frank Munsey’s All-Story magazine began the serialization of Serviss’ epic science fiction adventure A Columbus of Space. Just three months earlier the… Shares Science Fiction

The House of the Witch

The House of the Witch Clare Marchant · 2024 ‘Totally gripping and atmospheric. This hypnotic timeslip about witches is compulsive reading. Breathtaking and beautifully written… Will stay with the reader long after the last page.’ Bestselling author of The Witch’s Tree, Elena CollinsNow: When Adrianna arrives at the small, run-down cottage, near the sea in rural Norfolk, she can’t help but breathe a sigh of relief. Here she can forget her… Shares English literature

The Pursuit of William Abbey

The Pursuit of William Abbey Claire North · 2019 · ★ 3.8 · 432p · ≈ 14h · Moderate A hauntingly powerful novel about how the choices we make can stay with us forever, by the award-winning author of The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August and 84K."Gripping, bloody, and haunting." —Kirkus Reviews South Africa in the 1880s. A young and naive English doctor by the name of William Abbey witnesses the lynching of a local boy by the white colonists. As the child dies, his mother… Shares English literature

The Last Mrs. Summers

The Last Mrs. Summers Rhys Bowen · 2020 · 389p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Lady Georgiana Rannoch is just back from her honeymoon with dashing Darcy O’Mara when a friend in need pulls her into a twisted Gothic tale of betrayal, deception and, most definitely, murder. . . .I am a bit at loose ends at the moment. My cook, Queenie, is making my new role as mistress of Eynsleigh something akin to constant torture as Darcy is off on another one of his top secret jaunts. And… Shares English literature

Tarnsman of Gor John Norman · 1966 · ★ 3.5 · 188p · ≈ 6h · Moderate The first novel in the long-running sword-and-planet series set on a Counter-Earth, where warriors rise above the chaos of bondage and brutality. Tarl Cabot has always believed himself to be a citizen of Earth. He has no inkling that his destiny is far greater than the small planet he has inhabited for the first twenty-odd years of his life. One frosty winter night in the New England woods,… Shares Science Fiction

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