Ashleys Must-Read Science Fiction #1

Explore Ashley's top science fiction picks with Ashley's Must-Read Science Fiction #1. Discover thrilling books from her curated list of favorite sci-fi reads for endless adventure!

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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

by Douglas Adams

Adams's beloved and enduring sci-fi/comedy classic is now available in this beautiful, clothbound, elegantly presented book, filled with never-before-published material, original scripts from the BBC …
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Hothouse

by Brian Wilson Aldiss

Originally published: New York: New American Library, c1962.
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I, Robot

by Isaac Asimov

This classic science fiction masterwork by Isaac Asimov weaves stories about robots, humanity, and the deep questions of existence into a novel of shocking intelligence …
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The Handmaid's Tale

by Margaret Atwood

One of the most powerful and most widely read novels of our time in display-worthy hardcover: A gripping vision of our society radically overturned by …
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The Crystal World

by J. G. Ballard

On his way into the African jungle to visit his friends, Dr. Sanders becomes increasingly aware of the forest's bizarre petrification.
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The Demolished Man

by Alfred Bester

In 2301, a psychopathic business magnate comes up with the ultimate plan to eliminate his competition and destroy the order of society.
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Who Goes There?

by John W. Campbell, Jr.

No summary available.
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The invention of Morel

 

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Planet of the Apes

by Pierre Boulle

Published also under title: Monkey planet.
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The Martian Chronicles

by Ray Bradbury

Man, was a a distant shore, and the men spread upon it in wave... Each wave different, and each wave stronger. The Martian Chronicles Ray …
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The Sheep Look Up

by John Brunner

"In this nightmare society, air pollution is so bad that gas masks are commonplace. Infant mortality is up, and everyone seems to suffer from some …
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A Clockwork Orange

by Anthony Burgess

Donation trade.
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Erewhon

by Samuel Butler

After a series of near-mishaps, a traveler stumbles into a place utterly unknown to him -- only to be jailed: for in this odd place …
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Cosmicomics

by Italo Calvino

Enchanting stories about the evolution of the universe, with characters that are fashioned from mathematical formulae and cellular structures. “Naturally, we were all there, - …
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2001

by Arthur C. Clarke

It has been more than forty years since the publication of this classic science fiction novel that changed the way we look at the stars …
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The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch

by Philip K. Dick

In this wildly disorienting funhouse of a novel, populated by God-like--or perhaps Satanic--takeover artists and corporate psychics, Philip K. Dick explores mysteries that were once …
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To Your Scattered Bodies Go

by Philip José Farmer

Richard Francis Burton attempts to fight his way out of the Riverworld in which he finds himself trapped after death.
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Neuromancer

by William Gibson

Case, a burned-out computer whiz, is asked to steal a security code that is locked in the most heavily guarded databank in the solar system, …
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Stranger in a Strange Land

by Robert A. Heinlein

The complete, uncut version of Robert A. Heinlein’s all-time masterpiece, the brilliant novel that grew from a cult favorite to a bestseller to a science …
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Dune

by Frank Herbert

• DUNE: PART TWO • THE MAJOR MOTION PICTURE Directed by Denis Villeneuve, screenplay by Denis Villeneuve and Jon Spaihts, based on the novel Dune …
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Brave New World

 

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Two planets.

 

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The Left Hand of Darkness

by Ursula K. Le Guin

50TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION—WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY DAVID MITCHELL AND A NEW AFTERWORD BY CHARLIE JANE ANDERS Ursula K. Le Guin’s groundbreaking work of science …