18 books like Thin air

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The Takeshi Kovacs Collection Richard K. Morgan · 2017 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NOW AN EXCITING SERIES FROM NETFLIX • The shell that blew a hole in his chest was only the beginning in this “tour de force of genre-bending, a brilliantly realized exercise in science fiction.”—The New York Times Book ReviewIn the twenty-fifth century, humankind has spread throughout the galaxy, monitored by the watchful eye of the U.N. While divisions in… Shares: Cyberpunk, Science Fiction, Thriller

Blade Runner K. Perkins · 2022 · ★ 3.4 LOS ANGELES, 2009. Il detective del LAPD Cal Moreaux indaga sulla morte di una scienziata che stava lavorando a un nuovo tipo di replicante, un sospetto suicidio. Determinato a scoprire la verità su un caso apparentemente di routine, scopre una cospirazione letale all’interno della Tyrell Corporation. Ambientato dieci anni prima del celeberrimo film Blade Runner di Ridley Scott e della serie… Shares: Cyberpunk, Science Fiction

Woken Furies Richard K. Morgan · 2005 · ★ 4.1 · 576p · ≈ 19h · Moderate Richard K. Morgan has received widespread praise for his astounding twenty-fifth-century novels featuring Takeshi Kovacs, and has established a growing legion of fans. Mixing classic noir sensibilities with a searing futuristic vision of an age when death is nearly meaningless, Morgan returns to his saga of betrayal, mystery, and revenge, as Takeshi Kovacs, in one fatal moment, joins forces with… Shares: Cyberpunk, Life on other planets, Science Fiction, Thriller

The Winter of Frankie Machine Don Winslow · 2006 · ★ 4.5 · 320p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Frankie Machianno, a hard-working entrepreneur, passionate lover, part-time surf bum, and full-time dad, is a widely recognized pillar of his waterfront community. He is also a retired hit man. Once better known as Frankie Machine, he was a brutally efficient killer. Now someone from his past wants him dead, and after a botched attempt on his life, Frankie sets out to find his potential killers.… Shares: Assassins, Thriller

The ship of Ishtar A. Merritt · 1924 · 309p · ≈ 10h · Challenging The American adventurer was pitched out of his own time and into a weird world of incredible and enticing marvels. Shares: Life on other planets, Science Fiction

Grey Sky Blues (An Inspector Thomas Sullivan Thriller) (Volume 3) K.C. Sivils · 2017 · 324p · ≈ 10h · Moderate xi, 308 pages ; 22 cm Shares: Cyberpunk, Science Fiction

How Quini the Squid Misplaced His Klobucar Rich Larson · 2020 A dark, fast-moving novelette, Rich Larson's "How Quini the Squid Misplaced His Klobucar," is a Tor.com original short story about a high-tech heist in future Spain, planned by a professional thief who's interested in revenge more than money. The object in question is in the hands of a dangerous crime lord.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management… Shares: Cyberpunk, Science Fiction

Invasão Capivara Girino Vey · 2024 Uma invasão de capivaras cyberpunk transforma uma noite tranquila em caos global. Armadas e adoráveis, essas criaturas assumem o controle do planeta com eficiência impiedosa. Este livro único combina suspense e uma dose saudável de fofura em uma distopia cyberpunk que irá mantê-lo na ponta de sua cadeira. Prepare-se para se curvar aos seus novos soberanos capivaras! Shares: Cyberpunk, Thriller

Stations of the Tide Michael Swanwick · 1991 · ★ 3.8 · 252p · ≈ 8h · Moderate The story of a nameless bureaucrat who is sent by the Office of Technology Transfer, charged with restricting the flow of dangerous technologies, to the planet Miranda to search for a fugitive in possession of forbidden technological knowledge. His search is complicated by his quarry's deep local knowledge and the imminence of the continent-inundating Jubilee tides, which have thrown the world… Shares: Cyberpunk, Science Fiction

Black Man Richard K. Morgan · 2007 · ★ 3.7 · 642p · ≈ 21h · Moderate Winner of the 2008 Arthur C. Clarke Award Published as Black Man in the UK and Thirteen in North America Carl Marsalis is a traitor, a bringer of death, a genetic freak and an unwelcome reminder of all that is dark in the human psyche – he in every sense of the word a Black Man. And right at the moment he’s beyond the UN’s jurisdiction, banged up in a Florida jail for financing an illegal… Shares: Cyberpunk, Science Fiction, Thriller

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

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 the… Shares: Life on other planets, Science Fiction

Mirrorshades - Una Antologia Ciberpunk Bruce Sterling · 1986 · ★ 4.4 · 239p · ≈ 7h · Moderate "The definitive cyberpunk short fiction collection." Shares: Cyberpunk, Science Fiction

Children Of The Lens (Lensman Series, No 6) Edward E. Smith · 1954 · ★ 3.0 · 255p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Children of the Lens is the sixth and concluding volume of the six classic Lensman books, long recognized as the greatest space opera ever written. Twenty years have passed since the events portrayed in Second Stage Lensman. To Kimball Kinnison and his wife Clarrissa have been born five children Kit, the eldest, and two sets of twin sisters. These are the 'Children of the Lens' the offspring of… Shares: Life on other planets, Science Fiction

The savior Tony Daniel · 2014 · ★ 4.0 · 504p · ≈ 16h · Moderate "Sequel to The Heretic, Book 10 in the nationally best-selling General series. FROM HERETIC TO SAVIOR Duisberg is one of thousands of planets plunged into darkness and chaos by the collapse of the galactic republic, but where other worlds have begun to rebuild a star-travelling culture, Duisberg remains in an uneasy balance between mud-brick civilization and bloodthirsty barbarism. The people… Shares: Life on other planets, Science Fiction

Altered Carbon Netflix Series Collection Set Richard K. Morgan · 2018 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NOW AN EXCITING SERIES FROM NETFLIX • The shell that blew a hole in his chest was only the beginning in this “tour de force of genre-bending, a brilliantly realized exercise in science fiction.”—The New York Times Book ReviewIn the twenty-fifth century, humankind has spread throughout the galaxy, monitored by the watchful eye of the U.N. While divisions in… Shares: Cyberpunk, Science Fiction, Thriller

The SF Collection Richard K. Morgan · 2013 · 2836p · ≈ 94h · Moderate This omnibus collection features five science fiction novels by Richard K. Morgan, including the Takeshi Kovacs trilogy: Altered Carbon, which won the Philip K. Dick Award and was adapted into a Netflix series in 2018, Broken Angels, and Woken Furies. It also includes two standalone novels: Market Forces and Black Man, which was published as Thirteen in the United States and won the Arthur C.… Shares: Cyberpunk, Science Fiction, Thriller

Deathworld 1 Harry Harrison · 1960 · ★ 3.9 · 158p · ≈ 5h · Moderate "Deathworld" centers on Jason dinAlt, a professional gambler who uses his somewhat erratic psionic abilities to tip the odds in his favor. He is challenged by a man named Kerk Pyrrus (who turns out to be the ambassador from the planet Pyrrus) to turn a large amount of money into an immense sum by gambling at a government-run casino. He succeeds and survives the planetary government's desperate… Shares: Life on other planets, Science Fiction

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