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So long, and thanks for all the fish Douglas Adams · 1984 · ★ 4.0 · 174p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Preceded by: [Life, the Universe and Everything][1] So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish is the fourth book of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy "trilogy" written by Douglas Adams. Its title is the message left by the dolphins when they departed Planet Earth just before it was demolished to make way for a hyperspace bypass, as described in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Followed… Shares Prefect, Dent, Arthur Dent, Interstellar travel
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Douglas Adams · 1979 · ★ 4.2 · 289p · ≈ 9h · Moderate The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is the first of six books in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy comedy science fiction "hexalogy" by Douglas Adams. The novel is an adaptation of the first four parts of Adams's radio series of the same name. The novel was first published in London on 12 October 1979. It sold 250,000 copies in the first three months. The namesake of the novel is The… Shares Arthur Dent, Interstellar travel, Interplanetary voyages, Humorous fiction
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Mostly Harmless Douglas Adams · 1991 · ★ 3.9 · 243p · ≈ 8h · Moderate In the fifth volume of the Hitchhiker series, Random, the daughter of Arthur Dent, leaves her remote home planet on the edge of the universe to set out a cross-galactic odyssey in search of her ancestors' native planet. Shares Prefect, Dent, Arthur Dent, Interplanetary voyages
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The ship of Ishtar A. Merritt · 1924 · 309p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Shares Life on other planets, Science Fiction with this book.
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Willful Child Steven Erikson · 2014 · ★ 3.9 · 344p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Shares Interstellar travel, Interplanetary voyages, Life on other planets, Science Fiction with this book.
Chariots of the Gods
Chariots of the Gods Erich von Däniken · 1971 · 190p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Shares Interplanetary voyages, Life on other planets with this book.
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Life, the Universe and Everything Douglas Adams · 1982 · ★ 4.3 · 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… Shares Interplanetary voyages, Science Fiction
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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
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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
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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
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The Gods of Mars Edgar Rice Burroughs · 1918 · ★ 3.9 · 94p · ≈ 3h · Moderate After the long exile on Earth, John Carter finally returned to his beloved Mars. But beautiful Dejah Thoris, the woman he loved, had vanished. Now he was trapped in the legendary Eden of Mars--an Eden from which none ever escaped alive. Shares English Science fiction, Life on other planets, Science Fiction
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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, English literature, Science Fiction
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It's All Greek to Me (Time Warp Trio, 8) Jon Scieszka · 1999 · ★ 4.0 · 73p · ≈ 2h · Moderate As they are about to go on stage, Joe, Fred, and Sam are transported back to the time of Zeus and the other gods in Greek mythology, who, strangely enough, behave much as the characters in the trio's class play. Shares Humorous fiction, Humorous stories, Science Fiction
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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, Life on other planets, Science Fiction
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The Door Through Space Marion Zimmer Bradley · 1961 · ★ 3.3 · 122p · ≈ 4h · Moderate It is a peaceful reign, held by compact and not by conquest. Again and again, when rebellion threatens the Terran Peace, the natives of the rebellious world have turned against their own people and sided with the men of Terra; not from fear, but from a sense of dedication. There has never been open war. Shares Life on other planets, Science Fiction
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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, Life on other planets, Science Fiction
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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
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Star Wars - The New Jedi Order - Star by Star Troy Denning · 2001 · ★ 4.5 · 560p · ≈ 18h · Moderate The New York Times bestselling Star Wars series The New Jedi Order enthralls readers with its epic drama and thrilling adventure. Now readers will pierce the very heart of darkness, as those fascinating figures in that galaxy far, far away—Han Solo, Luke Skywalker, Leia Organa Solo, as well as their children—spring to vivid life to battle their deadliest adversaries. It is a solemn time for… Shares Life on other planets, Science Fiction

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