18 books like The Gods Themselves

What to read after The Gods Themselves — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

Life, the Universe and Everything Douglas Adams · 1982 · ★ 4.2 · 222p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Life, the Universe and Everything is the third book in the five-volume Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy science fiction "trilogy" by British writer Douglas Adams. The title refers to the Answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything. ---------- Also contained in: [Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy in Four Parts][1] Hitchhiker's Trilogy [More Than Complete Hitchhiker's… Shares: Interplanetary voyages, Science Fiction

Starman Jones Robert A. Heinlein · 1953 · ★ 3.9 · 312p · ≈ 10h · Moderate When his stepmother's remarriage drives him from home, Max and a hobo fake their way into the Space Stewards, Cooks, and Purser's Clerks brotherhood to get an opportunity for space travel in an age when only the wealthy are privileged. Shares: Interplanetary voyages, Science Fiction

Rendezvous with Rama Arthur C. Clarke · 1973 · ★ 4.1 · 254p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Written in 1973, a massive 50 kilometre long alien cylinder begins to pass through the solar system provoking a hurried effort to intercept it. The closest available ship rushes to rendezvous so as to have a quick study before it gets too close to the sun. Able to enter via an airlock on one end of the ship, the crew explores the huge world found inside, a world full of wonder and mystery. As… Shares: Interplanetary voyages, Science Fiction

Up Jim River Michael Flynn · 2010 · ★ 4.3 · 407p · ≈ 13h · Moderate Hugo Award finalist and Robert A. Heinlein Award-winning SF writer Michael Flynn returns to space opera with Up Jim River. There is a river on Dangchao Waypoint, a small world out beyond Die Bold. It is a longish river as such things go, with a multitude of bayous and rapids and waterfalls, and it runs through many a strange and hostile country. Going up it, you can lose everything. Going up it,… Shares: Interplanetary voyages, Science Fiction

Star road Matthew J. Costello · 2014 · ★ 2.0 · 328p · ≈ 10h · Moderate "Ivan Delgato, a former leader of a rebel group called the Runners, is released from jail on the condition that he carry out a secret mission for the World Council. His assignment is simple: stay under cover, but do absolutely anything necessary to reach the planet Omega IX and offer the renegade Runners clemency if they surrender-- which may be complicated since Ivan's brutally violent brother… Shares: Interplanetary voyages, Science Fiction

The ships of Earth Orson Scott Card · 1994 · ★ 3.6 · 384p · ≈ 12h · Moderate The Oversoul's chosen people flee the city of Basilica (destroyed in their wake by General Moozh) and travel across the desert wastes, eventually to settle in the hidden valley where long ago the exiles from Earth who founded the colony of Harmony left their starships--and the machines that can make them fly again. HC: Tor. Shares: Interplanetary voyages, Science Fiction

The Caves of Steel Isaac Asimov · 1953 · ★ 4.2 · 276p · ≈ 9h · Moderate In the future you will walk down the crowded streets of New York City not knowing if the bodies brushing past you are humans or androids. With tensions already mounting between humans and robots, the murder of a Spacer must be handled in a politically-correct fashion so Detective Elijah Baley is assigned a robot partner. Baley and R. Daneel Olivaw become like Sir Arthur Conan Doyle s Sherlock… Shares: Interplanetary voyages, Science Fiction

The Husband Dean Koontz · 2006 · ★ 3.9 · 415p · ≈ 13h · Moderate Mitch Rafferty has just sixty hours to save his wife.A suspense novel – and love story – from one of the most acclaimed and popular authors of modern times.What would you do for love? Would you die? Would you kill?Landscape gardener Mitchell Rafferty was busy planting beds of impatiens for one of his clients when his phone rang. It was a voice he didn't know. 'We have your wife. You can get her… Shares: Spanish language, Spanish language materials

Podkayne of Mars Robert A. Heinlein · 1960 · ★ 3.2 · 160p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Written for the juvenile mid-20th century sci-fi market, the story focuses on relationships between family members, friends, and enemies. Podkayne, a human girl born on Mars, has the opportunity to travel to Terra with her Uncle and her younger brother. She learns about good and evil, trust and betrayal, and, of course, about herself. Shares: Interplanetary voyages, Science Fiction

The Sirens of Titan Kurt Vonnegut · 1959 · ★ 4.2 · 317p · ≈ 10h · Moderate "His best book," Esquire wrote of Kurt Vonnegut's 1959 novel The Sirens of Titan, adding, "he dares not only to ask the ultimate question about the meaning of life, but to answer it." This novel fits into that aspect of the Vonnegut canon that might be classified as science fiction, a quality that once led Time to describe Vonnegut as "George Orwell, Dr. Caligari and Flash Gordon compounded into… Shares: Interplanetary voyages, Science Fiction

Der Geister-Agent aus dem All H. G. Ewers · 1980 »Die Wandlung, die im gleichen Augenblick vor sich ging, gespenstisch. Der Körper schien sich zu recken und zu dehnen. Die Züge des Gesichts verschwammen und nahmen wieder Form an, eine andere Form. Die Farbe der Augen, der Haut und des Haares veränderte sich blitzschnell. Ron packte seine Waffe fester. Er hatte von Leuten gehört, die die merkwürdige Fähigkeit besaßen, die äußere Erscheinung… Shares: Interplanetary voyages, Science Fiction

Die Zone des Schreckens William Voltz · 1971 »›Der Körper, in dem Sie mich sehen, ist nicht mein eigener‹, sagte die Echse. Man hat seine atomare Struktur umgewandelt.‹ Jotifer packte die Echse an der Schulter. ›Wer sind Sie?‹ schrie er. ›Ich bin Perry Rhodan‹, erwiderte die Echse.« Der Großadministrator ließ sich nicht davon abbringen, an einem der ersten Explorerflüge selbst teilzunehmen. Als er auf dem Planeten Grassplot die… Shares: Interplanetary voyages, Science Fiction

Das tödliche Paradies Kurt Mahr · 1971 „Schuß auf Schuß peitschte aus meinem Nadelstrahler. Ich konnte keinen einzigen Roboter damit vernichten. Wenigstens aber wurden sie durch die Wucht des Aufpralls der scharfgebündelten Strahlen immer wieder zurück geschleudert. Ich machte mir keine Illusion mehr, denn ich kämpfte nur noch um eine kleine Frist Leben, und ich wünschte, Goratschin hätte ganz Quinto-Center in die Luft gesprengt. Es… Shares: Interplanetary voyages, Science Fiction

Space Opera Catherynne M. Valente · 2018 · ★ 3.4 · 299p · ≈ 9h · Moderate "Mankind will not get to fight for its destiny. They must sing. A century ago, the Sentience Wars tore the galaxy apart and nearly ended the entire concept of intelligent space-faring life. In the aftermath, a curious tradition was invented by the remnants of civilization. Something to cheer up everyone who was left. Something to celebrate having escaped total annihilation by the skin of one's… Shares: Interplanetary voyages, Science Fiction

The Martian Chronicles Ray Bradbury · 1950 · ★ 4.2 · 277p · ≈ 9h · Moderate This is a collection of science fiction short stories, cleverly cobbled together to form a coherent and very readable novel about a future colonization of Mars. As the stories progress chronologically the author tells how the first humans colonized Mars, initially sharing the planet with a handful of Martians. When Earth is devastated by nuclear war the colony is left to fend for itself and the… Shares: Interplanetary voyages, Science Fiction

Nemesis Games James S. A. Corey · 2015 · ★ 4.5 · 544p · ≈ 18h · Moderate With over 10 million copies sold, The Expanse has become one of the biggest science fiction phenomenons of the decade. The fifth book in the New York Times bestselling Expanse series, Nemesis Games drives the crew of the Rocinante apart, and as they struggle to survive, the inner planets fall victim to an enemy's catastrophic plan. Now a Prime Original series.   A thousand worlds have… Shares: Interplanetary voyages, Science Fiction

The Voyage of the Space Beagle A. E. van Vogt · 1950 · ★ 4.5 · 192p · ≈ 6h · Moderate One of the great original classics of modern SF returns! An all-time classic space saga, The Voyage of the Space Beagle is one of the pinnacles of Golden Age SF, an influence on generations of stories. An episodic novel filled with surprises and provocative ideas, this is the story of a great exploration ship sent out into the unknown reaches of space on a long mission of discovery. They… Shares: Interplanetary voyages, Science Fiction

Eva Luna Isabel Allende · 1987 · ★ 4.0 · 246p · ≈ 8h · Moderate The history of a woman born poor, orphaned early, and who eventually rose to a position of unique influence. Shares: Spanish language, Spanish language materials

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