18 books like State of Fear
Vingt mille lieues sous les mers
A nineteenth-century science fiction tale of an electric submarine, its eccentric captain, and undersea world, which anticipated many of the scientific achievements of the twentieth century.
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Edison's conquest of Mars
The original sequel to HG Wells War of the Worlds as written by the science editor of the Hearst newspaper group. Mentioned multiple times by rocket pioneer Robert Hutchings Goddard in his diaries as one of the sources of inspiration for him. The 2005 paperback edition from Apogee Books includes an extensive history of the work by Robert Godwin, noted space historian and space curator of the…
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Angel's Inferno
A 1950s amnesiac and hard-boiled detective sets out for revenge in this blend of mystery, supernatural horror, and metaphysical fiction.
Private investigator Harry Angel is in a jam. Handcuffed in his apartment along with the cops and a corpse, he stands accused of violently murdering three people. The good news is he knows who did it. But in order to exonerate himself, Harry must first make his…
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City on Fire
New York Times Bestseller!From the #1 internationally bestselling author of the Cartel Trilogy (The Power of the Dog, The Cartel, and The Border), The Force, and Broken comes the first novel in an epic new trilogy.“Superb. City on Fire is exhilarating.” – Stephen King"Epic, ambitious, majestic, City on Fire is The Godfather for our generation.” – Adrian McKinty, New York…
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City in Ruins
Instant New York Times Bestseller!“The final shattering installment in a gangland trilogy to equal The Godfather. If you like Scarface and Goodfellas, this is where it’s at.” — Stephen King“City in Ruins is Don Winslow showing the rest of us how it’s done. Winslow has saved the best for last.” — James Patterson“The Godfather for our generation.” — Adrian McKintyFrom New York Times bestselling…
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After That Night
WATCH WILL TRENT ON ABC! New York Times Bestseller GBI investigator Will Trent and medical examiner Sara Linton are back in this electrifying medical thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Karin Slaughter.“Enter the world of Karin Slaughter. Just be forewarned, there’s no going back.” —Lisa GardnerAfter that night, everything changed . . .Fifteen years ago, Sara Linton’s life changed…
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22 Seconds
SFPD Sergeant Lindsay Boxer has guns on her mind and only twenty-two seconds until she loses her badge—or her life—in this thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author James Patterson. There’s buzz of a last-ditch shipment of drugs and weapons crossing the Mexican border ahead of new restrictive gun laws. Before Lindsay can act, her top informant tips her to a case that hits disturbingly…
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The Lost World
The Lost World is a 1995 techno-thriller novel written by Michael Crichton, and the sequel to his 1990 novel Jurassic Park. It is his tenth novel under his own name and his twentieth overall, and it was published by Knopf. A paperback edition (ISBN 0-345-40288-X) followed in 1996. In 1997, both novels were re-published as a single book titled Michael Crichton's Jurassic World, which is unrelated…
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The Hunt for Red October
Somewhere under the Atlantic, a Soviet sub commander has just made a fateful decision...the Red October is heading west.The Americans want her.The Russians want her back.And the most incredible chase in history is on...The Hunt for Red October is the runaway bestseller that launched Tom Clancy's phenomenal career. A military thriller so accurate and convincing that the author was rumored to have…
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Generation robot
"Generation Robot covers a century of science fiction, fact and, speculation--from the 1950 publication of Isaac Asimov's seminal robot masterpiece, I, Robot, to the 2050 Singularity when artificial and human intelligence are predicted to merge. Beginning with a childhood informed by pop-culture robots in movies, in comic books, and on TV in the 1960s to adulthood where the possibilities of…
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Armageddon 2419 AD
In Armageddon - 2419 A.D., Buck, a victim of accidental suspended animation, awakens five hundred years later to discover America groaning under the tyranny of the villainous Han, ruling from the safety of their armored machine-cities. Falling in love with one of America's new warrior-women, Wilma Deering, Rogers soon become a central figure in using newly-developed scientific weapons -…
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Star Hunter
On the unexplored jungle world of Jumala, former pilot turned safari guide Ras Hume schemes to collect the reward for finding a missing heir to a fortune. A busboy from local dive bar is brainwashed into believing he is the missing heir, but he soon begins to doubt his own memories.
This standalone story was originally published in 1961 as part of a double title paperback by Ace Books along with…
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Columbus of Space
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…
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Black Canaan
Black Canaan by Robert E. Howard is a carefully prepared Good Old Pages Publishing digital edition of classic literary fiction. The book is presented for clear ebook reading, with metadata and structure designed for discoverability in a modern digital catalogue. Readers will find a work shaped by character, setting, conflict, style, and the lasting pleasures of storytelling, making it a useful…
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The People of the Crater
"Send the Black Throne to dust; conquer the Black Ones, and bring the Daughter from the Caves of Darkness." These were the tasks Garin must perform to fulfill the prophecy of the Ancient Ones . . . and establish his own destiny in this hidden land!Andre Norton's first work, originally published in 1947 under the pseudonym "Andrew North."
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The moon metal
A novel by Serviss dealing with a fictional monetary crisis due to discoveries of overwhelming deposits of all the world's precious metals.
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Tarnsman of Gor
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, he…
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The Silo Series Collection
For the first time ever, The Silo Saga Omnibus brings together all of the work in Hugh Howey's ground-breaking, best-selling, acclaimed series, including the individual novels Wool, Shift, and Dust, as well as original essays by the author, and a bonus chapbook of short fiction, Sil0 Stories.
The remnants of humanity live underground in a vast silo. In this subterranean world, rules matter.…
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