Four and a Half Star Science Fiction Collections I Have Read
Explore top-rated four and a half star science fiction collections I've read. Discover must-read books, standout stories, and hidden gems in this curated list of sci-fi masterpieces.
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Lorelei of the Red Mist
by Leigh Brackett
Lorelei of the Red Mist: Planetary Romances is the companion volume to Martian Quest: The Early Brackett, a volume that collected the First twenty published …
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The Philip K. Dick Reader
by Philip K. Dick
Includes the stories that inspired the movies Total Recall, Screamers, Minority Report, Paycheck, and Next "More than anyone else in the field, Mr. Dick really …
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The Best of C.L. Moore
by Catherine L. Moore
Ten stories including Shambleau, Tryst in Time, No Woman Born, and Black God's Kiss display the blend of science-fiction drama and sublte emotion that influenced …
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Northwest of Earth
by Catherine Lucile Moore
75th Anniversary Edition! Among the best-written and most emotionally complex stories of the Pulp Era, the tales of intergalactic smuggler Northwest Smith still resonate strongly …
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Kirinyaga
by Mike Resnick
Hailed for his grandeur of imagination and superb worldbuilding, winner of and nominee for more than fifty awards for his outstanding work, Mike Resnick has …
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Coyote Frontier
by Allen Steele
Twenty years following the revolution that won Coyote's independence from Earth, the colony is faced with a crisis in aging technology and discovers that the …
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Toast
by Charles Stross
Short story collection containing such gems as "Antibodies," "Bear Trap," "Extracts from the Club Diary," "A Colder War," "TOAST: A con report," "A Boy and …
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Wireless
by Charles Stross
The Hugo Award-winning author of such groundbreaking and innovative novels as "Accelerando, Halting State," and "Saturn's Children" delivers a rich selection of speculative fiction in …
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More Than Human
by Theodore Sturgeon
In this genre-bending novel—among the first to have launched sci-fi into the arena of literature—one of the great imaginers of the twentieth century tells a …
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Tales of Old Earth
by Michael Swanwick
From pure fantasy to hard science fiction, this finely crafted offering by one of the greatest science fiction writers of his generation promises to stretch …
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Veniss Underground
by Jeff VanderMeer
Jeff VanderMeer's last book, City of Saints & Madmen, explored the limits of literary fantasy, garnering raves from critics, including a starred review in Publishers …
