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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
To Say Nothing of the Dog	Connie Willis	Connie Willis' entertaining comedy inspired by Jerome K. Jerome's [Three Men in a Boat (to say nothing of the dog)][1]. [Robert A. Heinlein][2] mentioned the earlier work in [Have Spacesuit will …	OL14858392W
Blackout	Connie Willis	In her first novel since 2002, Nebula and Hugo award-winning author Connie Willis returns with a stunning, enormously entertaining novel of time travel, war, and the deeds--great and small--of ordina…	OL14914265W
The Demolished Man	Alfred Bester	In a world in which the police have telepathic powers, how do you get away with murder? Ben Reichs heads a huge 24th century business empire, spanning the solar system. He is also an obsessed, dri…	OL16027965W
Redshirts	John Scalzi	Ensign Andrew Dahl has just been assigned to the Universal Union Capital Ship Intrepid, flagship of the Universal Union since the year 2456. It's a prestige posting, with the chance to serve on "Away…	OL16564627W
Hominids	Robert J. Sawyer	From back cover Tor paperback February 2003: Hominids examines two unique species of people. We are one of those species; the other is the Neanderthals of a parallel world where they became…	OL17020W
Rendezvous with Rama	Arthur C. Clarke	Written in 1973, a massive 50 kilometre long alien cylinder begins to pass through the solar system provoking a hurried effort to intercept it. The closest available ship rushes to rendezvous so as t…	OL17417W
The World of Ice and Fire	George R. R. Martin,Elio Garcia,Linda Antonsson	"This is the comprehensive guide to all things Game of Thrones and beyond. From the prehistory to the coming of the First Men, through the reign of the Targaryen kings and Robert's Rebellion, this gu…	OL17463087W
The Calculating Stars	Mary Robinette Kowal	On a cold spring night in 1952, a huge meteorite fell to Earth and obliterated much of the east coast of the United States, including Washington, DC. The ensuing climate cataclysm will soon render Ea…	OL18021949W
Dreamsnake	Vonda N. McIntyre	In a world devastated by nuclear holocaust, Snake is a healer. One of an elite band dedicated to caring for sick humanity, she goes wherever her skills are needed. With her she takes the three dea…	OL1921526W
A Canticle for Leibowitz	Walter M. Miller Jr.	Highly unusual After the Holocaust novel. In the far future, 20th century texts are preserved in a monastery, as "sacred books". The monks preserve for centuries what little science there is, and …	OL2626638W
Le trône de fer	George R. R. Martin	Le royaume des Sept couronnes est sur le point de connaitre sont plus terrible hiver : par-delà le mur qui garde sa frontière nord, une armée de ténèbres se lève, menaçant de tout détruire sur son pa…	OL27694945W
The Snow Queen	Joan D. Vinge	492 pages ; 24 cm	OL2816487W
Stand on Zanzibar	John Brunner	"Originally published in 1968, Stand on Zanzibar was a breakthrough in science fiction storytelling technique, and a prophetic look at a dystopian 2010 that remains compelling today. Corporations hav…	OL3521966W
A Case of Conscience	James Blish	The citizens of the planet Lithia are some of the most ethical sentient beings Father Ramon Ruiz-Sanchez has ever encountered. True, they have no literature, no fine arts, and don't understand the co…	OL53404W
Startide Rising	David Brin	David Brin: “Startide Rising” (1983) This is a sci fi story about a Terran (Earth) crew of neo-dolphins and humans on the starship “The Streaker”. Their mission is to find information about th…	OL58710W
Stranger in a Strange Land	Robert A. Heinlein	Stranger in a Strange Land is a 1961 science fiction novel by American author Robert A. Heinlein. It tells the story of Valentine Michael Smith, a human who comes to Earth in early adulthood after be…	OL59681W
The moon is a harsh mistress	Robert A. Heinlein	It is the late 21st Century and the Moon has been colonized -- as a giant, open, prison. Every aspect of life is overseen by the Federated Nations "Lunar Authority"; until one day when a self-aware …	OL59704W
The Graveyard Book	Neil Gaiman	Bod is an unusual boy who inhabits an unusual place—he's the only living resident of a graveyard. Raised from infancy by the ghosts, werewolves, and other cemetery denizens, Bod has learned the antiq…	OL679348W
Green Mars	Kim Stanley Robinson	In the Nebula Award winning Red Mars, Kim Stanley Robinson began his critically acclaimed epic saga of the colonization of Mars, Now the Hugo Award winning Green Mars continues the thrilling and time…	OL81655W
Dune	Frank Herbert	Set on the desert planet Arrakis, Dune is the story of the boy Paul Atreides, heir to a noble family tasked with ruling an inhospitable world where the only thing of value is the "spice" melange, a d…	OL893415W