18 books like The man who ended war

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The moon metal Garrett Putman Serviss · 1900 · 58p · ≈ 1h · Moderate Shares Science Fiction with this book.

The People of the Crater Andre Norton · 2009 · ★ 3.2 · 54p · ≈ 1h · Light "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." Shares Science Fiction

Star Hunter Andre Norton · 1961 · ★ 4.0 · 102p · ≈ 3h · Moderate 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… Shares Science Fiction

Armageddon 2419 AD Philip Francis Nowlan · 1962 · ★ 3.4 · 78p · ≈ 2h · Moderate Shares Science Fiction with this book.

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

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

Black Canaan Robert E. Howard · 1978 · ★ 3.6 · 31p · ≈ 1h · Moderate Shares Science Fiction with this book.

In the days of the comet H. G. Wells · 1906 · ★ 3.3 · 240p · ≈ 8h · Moderate H. G. Wells, in his 1906 In the Days of the Comet uses the vapors of a comet to trigger a deep and lasting change in humanity's perspective on themselves and the world. In the build-up to a great war, poor student William Leadford struggles against the harsh conditions the lower-class live under. He also falls in love with a middle-class girl named Nettie. But when he discovers that Nettie has… Shares Utopias, Science Fiction

Looking Backward from 2000 to 1887 Edward Bellamy · 1945 · ★ 4.0 · 222p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Shares Utopias, Science Fiction with this book.

The Coming Race Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton · 1871 · ★ 3.2 · 58p · ≈ 1h · Challenging The Coming Race, an early science-fiction work, with its superman race the Vril-ya descended from the same ancestors as the great Aryan family, from which in varied streams has flowed the dominant civilization of the world spawned a occult secret society known as the Vril Society or Luminous Lodge - its philosphy and swastika symbol profoundly influenced the Nazis. Please Note: This book has… Shares Utopias, Science Fiction

The Monikins James Fenimore Cooper · 1835 · ★ 3.1 · 361p · ≈ 12h · Challenging Described in the introduction as a manuscript sent to the author in Geneva, Switzerland, by a Viscount Householder in gratitude for the author's having saved the Viscount's beautiful wife from accidental death, this novel uses the framework of a south-polar voyage to two unknown countries, Leaphigh [markedly similar in its institutions to England] and Leaplow [singularly like the United States in… Shares Utopias

A Modern Utopia H. G. Wells · 1900 · ★ 3.4 · 344p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Imagine a life without worries. You live in a perfect environment untouched by pollution. You have a job to do and play an important role in society. The politicians are watching out for your best interest. And, you get along with your neighbors. Wells’ utopia may not only be unattainable, it may be detrimental to humanity’s progress. Decide for yourself as you read this classic quest for social… Shares Utopias, Science Fiction

News from nowhere, or, An epoch of rest, being some chapters from a utopian romance William Morris · 1890 · 258p · ≈ 8h · Challenging "Written in 1890, at the close of William Morris's most intense period of political activism, News from Nowhere is a compelling articulation of his mature views on art, work, community, family, and the nature and structure of the ideal society. A utopian narrative of a future society, it is also an immensely entertaining novel.". "This Broadview edition includes a wide variety of… Shares Utopias, Science Fiction

The Lost World Michael Crichton · 1995 · ★ 3.9 · 393p · ≈ 13h · Moderate 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… Shares Science Fiction

Player Piano Kurt Vonnegut · 1952 · ★ 3.9 · 322p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Vonnegut's first novel spins the chilling tale of engineer Paul Proteus, who must find a way to live in a world dominated by a super computer and run completely by machines. Paul's rebellion is vintage Vonnegut - wildly funny, deadly serious, and terrifyingly close to reality. Shares Utopias, Science Fiction

The Darkness That Comes Before

The Darkness That Comes Before R. Scott Bakker · 2003 · ★ 4.0 · 589p · ≈ 19h · Moderate Strikingly original in its conception, ambitious in scope, with characters engrossingly and vividly drawn, the first book in R. Scott Bakker's Prince of Nothing series creates a remarkable world from whole cloth—it's language and classes of people, its cities, religions, mysteries, taboos, and rituals—the kind of all-embracing universe that has thrilled readers of Stephen R Donaldson and George… Shares Science Fiction

Blue remembered Earth Alastair Reynolds · 2012 · ★ 4.0 · 538p · ≈ 17h · Moderate One-hundred-and-fifty years from now, the moon and Mars are settled, and colonies stretch all the way out to the edge of the solar system. But something has come to light on the Moon--secrets that could change everything--or tear this near utopia apar Shares Utopias, Science Fiction

The Night Land Volume 1 William Hope Hodgson · 1976 · ★ 3.4 · 390p · ≈ 13h · Moderate Described by H. P. Lovecraft as being "one of the most potent pieces of macabre imagination ever written", The Night Land is a classic horror fantasy novel by William Hope Hodgson published in 1912. Telling the story of a dying earth, The Night Land starts with a man from the 17th century who, mourning the death of his true love, is given a vision through the eyes his future incarnation. In that… Shares Utopias

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