Jeff Morris Top List of Obscure Science Fiction
Explore Jeff Morris' top list of obscure science fiction books you've never heard of! Discover hidden gems and rare finds in sci-fi literature curated by Jeff Morris.
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The Space Merchants
by Frederik Pohl
Mitchell Courtenay, an advertising copywriter of the future is assigned to sway public support for the American colonization of Venus.
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A Canticle for Leibowitz
by Walter M. Miller
Winner of the 1961 Hugo Award for Best Novel and widely considered one of the most accomplished, powerful, and enduring classics of modern speculative fiction, Walter M. Miller, Jr.'s A Canticle for Leibowitz is a true landmark of twentieth-century literature -- a chilling and still-provocative look at a post-apocalyptic future. In a nightmarish ruined world slowly awakening to the light after sleeping in darkness, the infant rediscoveries of science are secretly nourished by cloistered monks dedicated to the study and preservation of the relics and writings of the blessed Saint Isaac Leibowitz. From here the story spans centuries of ignorance, violence, and barbarism, viewing through a sharp, satirical eye the relentless progression of a human race damned by its inherent humanness to recelebrate its grand foibles and repeat its grievous mistakes. Seriously funny, stunning, and tragic, eternally fresh, imaginative, and altogether remarkable, A Canticle for Leibowitz retains its ability to enthrall and amaze. It is now, as it always has been, a masterpiece.
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The High Crusade
by Poul Anderson
In the year of grace 1345, as Sir Roger Baron de Tourneville is gathering an army to join King Edward III in the war against France, a most astonishing event occurs: a huge silver ship descends through the sky and lands in a pasture beside the little village of Ansby in North East Lincolnshire. The Wersgorix, whose scouting ship it is, are quite expert at taking over planets, and having determined from orbit that this one was suitable, they initiate standard world-conquering procedure. But this time it's no mere primitives the Wersgorix seek to enslave - they've launched their invasion against Englishmen! In the end, only one alien is left alive - and Sir Roger's grand vision is born. He intends for the creature to fly the ship first to France to aid his King, then on to the Holy Land to vanquish the infidel!
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The Dueling Machine
by Ben Bova
The dueling machine helps keep peace throughout the universe until a terrestrial power devises a telepathic means of controlling the machine thus jeopardizing the security of all solar systems.
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King David's Spaceship
by Jerry Pournelle
With their discovery by the CoDominium Imperial Navy ending their own one-thousand-year isolation, Prince Samual's World will become a lowly administrated colony, unless the monarch can discover the secrets of space technology
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The Best of John W. Campbell
by John Wood Campbell
Eleven stories of science fiction adventure including The Last Evolution, The Invaders, Elimination, and Out of Night are prefaced by an essay on life in the future
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Lacey and His Friends
by David Drake
A cop in the 21st century, Jed Lacey has seen law and order imposed with cameras that scan every citizen, waking or sleeping, and computers that watch the images for any hint of crime. If they find it--it's Lacey's turn to go into action. A compelling combination of 1984 and Dirty Harry.
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The Best of C. M. Kornbluth
by Cyril M. Kornbluth
Each story preceded by a paragraph of commentary.
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The Cyborg and the Sorcerers
by Lawrence Watt-Evans
Slant, a cyborg warrior and survivor of Earth's destruction, lands his spaceship on a strange planet inhabited by wizards with amazing powers
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Sten
by Allan Cole
A Tale Of Revenge Vulcan was a factory planet, centuries old, Company run, ugly as sin, and unfeeling as death. Vulcan bred just two types of native -- complacent or tough...and Sten was tough. When his family died in a mysterious "accident," Sten rebelled, harassing the Company from the metal world's endless mazelike warrens. Sten would have ended up just another burnt-out Delinquent if he hadn't rescued a mysterious stranger who turned out to be his ticket off Vulcan -- and an express ride back! The STEN Adventures: Sten The Wolf Worlds The Court Of A Thousand Suns Fleet Of The Damned Revenge Of The Damned The Return Of The Emperor Vortex
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The Forever Hero
by L. E. Modesitt, Jr.
L. E. Modesitt, Jr's first major work was a trilogy of SF adventure novels published as paperback originals in the 1980s: Dawn for a Distant Earth, The Silent Warrior, and In Endless Twilight. Together they form The Forever Hero. Thousands of years in the future, Earth is a desolate ruin. The first human ship to return in millennia discovers an abandoned wasteland inhabited only by a few degenerate or mutated human outcasts. But among them is a boy of immense native intelligence and determination who is captured, taken in, and educated, and disappears--to grow up to become the force behind a plan to make Earth flower again. He is, if not immortal, at least very long-lived, and he plans to build an independent power base out in the galaxy and force the galactic empire to devote centuries and immense resources to the restoration of the ecology of Earth. A shocking novel of what could happen if the fanatical defense of the environment crossed the line into deadly terror. When environmental consultant Jack McDarvid's boss is killed in a shootout near the Capitol, McDarvid becomes enmeshed in a diabolical plot behind the scenes of the environmental movement. Other Series by L.E. Modesitt, Jr. The Saga of Recluce The Imager Portfolio The Corean Chronicles The Spellsong Cycle The Ghost Books The Ecolitan Matter The Forever Hero Timegod's World Other Books The Green Progression Hammer of Darkness The Parafaith War Adiamante Gravity Dreams The Octagonal Raven Archform: Beauty The Ethos Effect Flash The Eternity Artifact The Elysium Commission Viewpoints Critical Haze Empress of Eternity The One-Eyed Man Solar Express
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The Last Rangers
by Jake Davis
In 2035 A.D., Texas is ruled by a new generation of high-tech criminals, and it is up to the modern-day Texas Rangers to confront them and bring justice back to the state. Original.
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Last Chancers
by Gav Thorpe
This omnibus contains all three of the popular Last Chancers novels. Hardened criminal Kage and his team are given one last chance to redeem themselves--they must go on a series of desperate missions behind enemy lines, each more dangerous than the last. Last man standing goes free.
