2021-10-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
German |
... Causa finita! |
Karla Weigand |
|
|
alien visitation (1), philosophy (1)
|
2021-08-23 |
NOVEL |
German |
Matou |
|
|
|
animal fantasy (1), secret history (1), cats (1), longevity (1), philosophy (1)
|
2020-05-17 |
OMNIBUS |
English |
30 Human Science Masterpieces You Must Read Before You Die |
uncredited |
|
|
science (1), philosophy (1)
|
2020-12-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
German |
Der letzte Nobelpreis |
Ulf von Rauchhaupt |
|
|
nobel prize (1), science (1), philosophy (1)
|
2016-09-27 |
NONFICTION |
English |
Time Travel: A History |
James Gleick |
|
|
philosophy (1), Time (1), time travel (1), physics (1)
|
2015-03-24 |
NONFICTION |
English |
The Wisdom of Merlin: 7 Magical Words for a Meaningful Life |
T. A. Barron |
|
|
Merlin (1), Conduct of life (1), philosophy (1)
|
2014-12-19 |
NONFICTION |
English |
Philosophy and Terry Pratchett |
Jacob Held and James South |
|
|
criticism (1), Terry Pratchett (1), philosophy (1)
|
2012-08-00 |
NOVEL |
French |
Adam, l'enfant-monde |
Louis Thirion |
|
|
fantasy (1), philosophy (1), devil (1)
|
2010-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
A Brief History of the Failed Revolution |
Alexander Weinstein |
|
|
philosophy (1), science fiction (1)
|
2009-00-00 |
NONFICTION |
German |
There Is No Why: Religion und Gottesbild im Werk von Kurt Vonnegut anhand ausgewählter Romane |
Ute Helena Bertram Gräfin von Nimcz zu Caldaha |
|
|
vonnegut (1), kurt vonnegut (1), religion (1), god (1), secondary literature (1), science fiction (1), philosophy (1)
|
2008-09-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Anathem |
Neal Stephenson |
|
|
science fiction (1), space opera (1), generation ship (1), space war (1), philosophy (1), monastic (1), Project Orion (1), strong female characters (1), parallel universes (1), first person point of view (1), causality (1), Platonism (1)
|
2008-04-00 |
ANTHOLOGY |
English |
SF Waxes Philosophical |
Ahmed A. Khan |
|
|
SF anthology (1), philosophy (1), Michael Bishop (1), Ted Kosmatka (1)
|
2008-03-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Philosopher's Apprentice |
James Morrow |
|
|
science fiction (1), philosophy (1), conscience (1)
|
2002-08-00 |
NONFICTION |
English |
The Matrix and Philosophy: Welcome to the Desert of the Real |
William Irwin |
|
|
philosophy (1)
|
1998-11-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Story of Your Life |
Ted Chiang |
|
|
linguistics (2), physics (2), first contact (1), into-movie (1), communication (1), first person point of view (1), prognostication (1), free will (1), philosophy (1), science fiction (1)
|
1996-06-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Starborne |
Robert Silverberg |
|
|
science fiction (1), Utopia (1), telepathy (1), first contact (1), philosophy (1)
|
1993-04-00 |
COLLECTION |
French |
Contes griffus |
Jacques Sternberg |
|
|
horror (1), fantasy (1), religion (1), philosophy (1)
|
1993-10-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Parable of the Sower |
Octavia E. Butler |
|
|
science fiction (2), community (1), spirituality (1), change (1), god (1), philosophy (1), slavery (1), loss (1), death (1), first person point of view (1), strong female character (1), female protagonist (1), societal collapse (1), Southern California (1), 2020s (1), empath (1), migrants (1), black protagonist (1), climate change (1), Capitalism (1), california (1), Abuse (1), African American (1), apocalyptic (1), dystopian (1), Fundamentalism (1), post-apocalyptic (1), racism (1), women (1)
|
1992-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Small Gods |
Terry Pratchett |
|
|
humorous fantasy (1), pantheon (1), eagles (1), morality (1), Warfare (1), eidetic memory (1), desert (1), invention (1), philosophy (1), war machines (1), tortoise (1), discworld (1), Theology (1), satire (1), theocracy (1), gods (1), monks (1), turtle (1), zealotry (1), psychopath (1)
|
1991-00-00 |
NOVEL |
Norwegian (Bokmal) |
Sofies verden |
Jostein Gaarder |
|
|
philosophy (1)
|
1991-03-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Face of the Waters |
Robert Silverberg |
|
|
water (1), science fiction (1), philosophy (1), religion (1), penal colony (1), water world (1), floating islands (1), quest (1)
|
1990-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Fortress of Eternity |
Andrew Whitmore |
|
|
philosophy (1), fantasy (1), mercenary (1)
|
1989-00-00 |
NONFICTION |
German |
Die Rolle des Religiösen in den Romanen von Kurt Vonnegut |
Ute Helena Bertram Gräfin von Nimcz zu Caldaha |
|
|
science fiction (1), philosophy (1), religion (1), god (1), vonnegut (1), kurt vonnegut (1), secondary literature (1)
|
1988-00-00 |
NOVEL |
Portuguese |
O alquimista |
Paulo Coelho |
|
|
alchemy (1), philosophy (1)
|
1987-00-00 |
INTERVIEW |
Polish |
Die Leidenschaft des Philosophierens (Polish) |
|
|
|
philosophy (1)
|
1985-07-00 |
ESSAY |
English |
Introduction: How to Build a Universe That Doesn't Fall Apart Two Days Later |
Philip K. Dick |
|
|
hidden reality (1), bible (1), philosophy (1)
|
1985-10-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Vampire Lestat |
Anne Rice |
|
|
vampires (3), horror (1), story within a story (1), suicide (1), Venice (1), Rome (1), loneliness (1), alcohol (1), quest (1), theater (1), aristocrats (1), hunting (1), wolves (1), France (1), humanism (1), philosophy (1), telepathy (1), San Francisco (1), egypt (1), new orleans (1), Paris (1), first person point of view (1), unreliable narrator (1), longevity (1), homoeroticism (1), tuberculosis (1), depression (1), music (1), telekinesis (1), pyrokenesis (1), enhanced sensation (1), death (1), religion (1), Roman Empire (1), set in 1700s (1), set in 1800s (1), set in 1900s (1), smell (1), horses (1), Alexandria (1)
|
1984-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish |
Douglas Adams |
|
|
science fiction (1), humorous (1), philosophy (1), england (1), interstellar travel (1), romance (1), robots (1), dolphins (1), into-radio (1)
|
1982-00-00 |
NONFICTION |
English |
The Fate of the Earth |
Jonathan Schell |
|
|
nuclear war (1), philosophy (1)
|
1981-00-00 |
COLLECTION |
French |
Candide ou l'optimisme: La princesse de Balylone et autres contes |
Voltaire |
|
|
philosophy (1), fantasy (1)
|
1981-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Creation |
Gore Vidal |
|
|
99 Novels: The Best in English 1939-1984 (1), China (1), india (1), Greece (1), Persia (1), philosophy (1), religion (1), strong female characters (1), first person point of view (1)
|
1981-08-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Wave Without a Shore |
C. J. Cherryh |
|
|
science fiction (1), philosophy (1)
|
1979-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy |
Douglas Adams |
|
|
dolphin (1), comedy (1), philosophical quest (1), into-tv (1), cult fiction (1), from-radio (1), mega-engineering (1), england (1), interstellar travel (1), space drive (1), science fiction (1), into-movie (1), philosophy (1), Abebooks: 50 Essential SF Books (1), 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (1), into-video game (1)
|
1978-05-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Enemies of the System: A Tale of Homo Uniformis |
Brian W. Aldiss |
|
|
science fiction (1), communism (1), philosophy (1), Basil Exposition (1), degeneration (1)
|
1977-08-09 |
ESSAY |
German |
Letter (Perry Rhodan #833) |
Robert Hector |
|
|
Perry Rhodan (1), philosophy (1)
|
1976-08-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Cabinet of Oliver Naylor |
Barrington J. Bayley |
|
|
science fiction (1), space travel (1), philosophy (1)
|
1974-05-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia |
Ursula K. Le Guin |
|
|
science fiction (2), ambiguous utopia (1), 3-award-winner (1), Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1), SF: The 100 Best Novels 1949-1984 (1), hard sf (1), love (1), celibacy (1), LGBTQ+ (1), alternating chapter structure (1), music (1), art (1), leather (1), food (1), into-radio (1), drought (1), anarchism (1), Utopia (1), mathematics (1), ansible (1), artificial language (1), physicists (1), university (1), double planet (1), interplanetary travel (1), interstellar travel (1), Tau Ceti (1), philosophy (1), Albert Einstein (1), childbirth (1), trains (1), architecture (1), education (1), artificial languages (1), famine (1), Time (1), revolution (1), desert (1), 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (1)
|
1974-05-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
|
Isaac Asimov |
|
|
science fiction (1), robots (1), philosophy (1), artificial intelligence (1), animal robot (1), data analysis (1), big data (1)
|
1973-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Gorgias |
Peder Carlsson |
|
|
space opera (1), science fiction (1), humour (1), parody (1), philosophy (1), new wave (1)
|
1973-10-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas |
Ursula K. Le Guin |
|
|
dystopia (2), social criticism (1), psychology (1), philosophy (1), scapegoat (1), first person point of view (1), Utopia (1), happiness (1), science fiction (1), horror (1)
|
1971-10-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Lathe of Heaven |
Ursula K. Le Guin |
|
|
science fiction (1), into-tv (1), into-play (1), psychology (1), invention (1), first contact (1), racism (1), war with aliens (1), overpopulation (1), perception of reality (1), ecological decline (1), alternate history (1), nuclear war (1), philosophy (1), aliens (1), dreams (1), epidemic (1), climate change (1), Aldebaran (1)
|
1970-00-00 |
COLLECTION |
French |
|
Jacques Sternberg |
|
|
science fiction (1), philosophy (1)
|
1969-03-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Left Hand of Darkness |
Ursula K. Le Guin |
|
|
science fiction (2), cold (1), Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1), 3-award-winner (1), The 5-Parsec Shelf (1), SF: The 100 Best Novels 1949-1984 (1), alien point of view (1), first person (1), gender bending (1), first contact (1), interstellar travel (1), social criticism (1), politics (1), multiple points of view (1), Abebooks: 50 Essential SF Books (1), ice planet (1), philosophy (1), sociology (1), alternating chapter structure (1), androgyny (1)
|
1969-03-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Luger Is a 9mm Automatic Handgun with a Parabellum Action |
Jerrold Mundis |
|
|
philosophy (1), talking dog (1), first person point of view (1), contemporary (1), sacrifice (1), luger (1), German Shepherd (1)
|
1968-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
Bulgarian |
|
|
|
|
first contact (1), Utopia (1), philosophy (1)
|
1967-02-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Counter-Clock World |
Philip K. Dick |
|
|
time in reverse (1), science fiction (1), only humans (1), resurrection (1), police (1), love (1), philosophy (1), religion (1), Time (1), racial tension (1), near future (1), prophet (1)
|
1967-01-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Fiddler's Green |
Richard McKenna |
|
|
fruit (1), hypnosis (1), engineer (1), gambling (1), cannibalism (1), murder (1), Indian Ocean (1), thirst (1), perception of reality (1), interdimensional travel (1), science fiction (1), philosophy (1), betrayal (1), shipwreck (1), first person point of view (1)
|
1966-03-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
For a Breath I Tarry |
Roger Zelazny |
|
|
Faustian bargain (1), temptation (1), sculpture (1), art (1), library (1), loss (1), cloning (1), artificial intelligence (1), science fiction (1), postapocalyptic (1), robots (1), philosophy (1)
|
1963-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Cat's Cradle |
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. |
|
|
SF: The 100 Best Novels 1949-1984 (1), ice (1), into-play (1), into-music (1), into-movie (1), religion (1), philosophy (1), science fiction (1), neologisms (1), scientists (1), Caribbean (1), New York State (1), invention (1), Poetry (1), music (1), tornadoes (1), 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (1), Les 100 principaux titres de la science-fiction (1)
|
1961-10-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
While the Gods Laugh |
Michael Moorcock |
|
|
fantasy (1), quest (1), gods (1), philosophy (1), underground (1)
|
1958-10-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Triumph of Time |
James Blish |
|
|
science fiction (1), New York City (1), ansible (1), physics (1), philosophy (1), astronomer (1), alien life (1), games (1), nuclear warfare (1), interstellar war (1), flying city (1), Greater Magellanic Cloud (1), computers (1), intergalactic travel (1), interstellar travel (1), antigravity (1), antimatter (1), sleep learning (1), cepheid variables (1), center of the universe (1), End of the Universe (1)
|
1957-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Black Cloud |
Fred Hoyle |
|
|
first contact (2), climate change (2), science fiction (2), england (2), philosophy (1), computers (1), astronomers (1), interstellar travel (1), music (1), higher intelligence (1), nebula (1), radio astronomy (1), genius (1), politicians (1), politics (1), Alien Communication (1), alien intelligence (1), astronomy (1), astromomers (1), astronomer (1), scientists (1), scientist (1), UK (1), hard sf (1), cosmic disaster (1)
|
1956-11-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Last Question |
Isaac Asimov |
|
|
artificial intelligence (1), computers (1), science fiction (1), hard sf (1), heat death of the universe (1), reboot (1), into-play (1), into-radio (1), last human (1), loss (1), interstellar travel (1), overpopulation (1), immortality (1), End of the Universe (1), Entropy (1), hyperspace (1), set in 2060s (1), distant future (1), Solar power (1), Earth (1), longevity (1), interplanetary travel (1), intergalactic travel (1), philosophy (1), colonization (1), big data (1)
|
1956-03-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The World Jones Made |
Philip K. Dick |
|
|
science fiction (1), dystopia (1), post-apocalyptic (1), relativism (1), mutants (1), genetic engineering (1), Earth (1), venus (1), precognition (1), predestination (1), philosophy (1), determinism (1), first contact (1), aliens (1), xenophobia (1), assassination (1)
|
1953-03-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
... And the Truth Shall Make You Free |
Clifford D. Simak |
|
|
computer (1), mutants (1), exploration (1), distant future (1), aliens (1), spiders (1), dogs (1), philosophy (1), science fiction (1), meaning of life (1)
|
1951-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Undesired Princess |
L. Sprague de Camp |
|
|
philosophy (1), fantasy (1), NESFA Core Reading List (1)
|
1947-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
French |
Huis clos |
Jean-Paul Sartre |
|
|
Hell (1), philosophy (1)
|
1947-00-00 |
NOVEL |
French |
Les mouches |
Jean-Paul Sartre |
|
|
greek mythology (1), philosophy (1)
|
1946-06-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Paradise |
Clifford D. Simak |
|
|
science fiction (1), mutants (1), philosophy (1), robots (1), dogs (1), Jupiter (1)
|
1944-07-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Huddling Place |
Clifford D. Simak |
|
|
surgery (1), philosophy (1), Martians (1), science fiction (1), mars (1), Earth (1), agoraphobia (1), interplanetary travel (1), NESFA Core Reading List (1)
|
1941-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
Spanish |
La biblioteca de Babel |
Jorge Luis Borges |
|
|
library (2), fantasy (1), universal library (1), philosophy (1), religion (1), NESFA Core Reading List (1)
|
1941-04-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Reason |
Isaac Asimov |
|
|
robots (2), science fiction (2), religion (2), into-tv (1), microwaves (1), philosophy (1), power station (1), solar energy (1)
|
1941-07-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Lost Street |
Carl Jacobi and Clifford D. Simak |
|
|
science fiction (1), first contact (1), apocalypse (1), United States (1), recluse (1), philosophy (1), Alternate World (1), plague (1), tobacco (1), set in 1960s (1)
|
1940-05-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
Spanish |
|
Jorge Luis Borges |
|
|
science fiction (1), parallel universe (1), first person point of view (1), linguistics (1), subjective idealism (1), philosophy (1), fantasy (1), NESFA Core Reading List (1)
|
1938-07-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
He That Hath Wings |
Edmond Hamilton |
|
|
flying human (1), fantasy (1), philosophy (1)
|
1937-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Star Maker |
Olaf Stapledon |
|
|
science fiction (1), Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1), European interwar period (1), first person point of view (1), distant future (1), mental time travel (1), mental intergalactic travel (1), aliens (1), evolution (1), social commentary (1), spirituality (1), distant past (1), astral projection (1), sentient stars (1), star-dwelling beings (1), philosophy (1), NESFA Core Reading List (1), Sentient plants (1), nebula (1)
|
1934-10-15 |
COLLECTION |
French |
Romans et contes de Voltaire I |
Voltaire |
|
|
fantasy (1), philosophy (1)
|
1934-10-15 |
COLLECTION |
French |
Romans et contes de Voltaire II |
Voltaire |
|
|
fantasy (1), philosophy (1)
|
1931-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Many Dimensions |
Charles Williams |
|
|
teleportation (1), christian fantasy (1), philosophy (1), islam (1), time travel (1), england (1)
|
1905-00-00 |
COLLECTION |
French |
Sur la pierre blanche |
Anatole France |
|
|
Internet Archive (1), philosophy (1), religion (1), future (1)
|
1895-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
Yiddish |
|
|
|
|
19th century (1), Poland (1), Jews (1), fantasy (1), first person point of view (1), story within a story (1), philosophy (1), poverty (1), living dead (1), World of Illusions (1), social commentary (1)
|
1845-07-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Imp of the Perverse |
Edgar Allan Poe |
|
|
first person point of view (1), murder (1), guilt (1), philosophy (1), insane narrator, imprisonment (1)
|
1843-12-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Christmas Banquet |
Nathaniel Hawthorne |
|
|
fantasy (1), Christmas (1), philosophy (1), story within a story (1), misery (1), banquet (1), lack of emotion (1)
|
1829-00-00 |
CHAPBOOK |
French |
|
Voltaire |
|
|
philosophy (1)
|
1804-00-00 |
NOVEL |
French |
Manuscrit trouvé à Saragosse |
Jan Potocki |
|
|
fantasy (1), Wandering Jew (1), phantasmagoria (1), philosophy (1), philosophical novel (1), picaresque (1), Horror: Another 100 Best Books (1), horror (1)
|
1768-00-00 |
NOVEL |
French |
Songes et visions philosophiques |
Louis-Sébastien Mercier |
|
|
fantasy (1), philosophy (1)
|
1767-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
French |
L'Ingénu: Histoire véritable: Tirée des manuscrits du père Quesnel |
Voltaire |
|
|
humorous (1), philosophy (1)
|
1759-01-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
French |
Candide, ou l'Optimisme |
Voltaire |
|
|
fantasy (1), philosophy (1), travel (1), comedy (1)
|
1748-09-10 |
CHAPBOOK |
French |
Zadig, ou, La Destinée: Histoire Orientale |
Voltaire |
|
|
fantasy (1), philosophy (1)
|
1747-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
French |
Memnon: Histoire Orientale |
Voltaire |
|
|
philosophy (1), fantasy (1)
|
date unknown |
SHORTFICTION |
Ancient Greek |
|
Lucian of Samosata |
|
|
Zeus (1), philosophy (1), deduction (1)
|
date unknown |
SHORTFICTION |
Ancient Greek |
|
Plato |
|
|
Atlantis (1), philosophy (1)
|
date unknown |
NOVEL |
Ancient Greek |
|
Plato |
|
|
philosophy (1), politics (1)
|
date unknown |
SHORTFICTION |
Ancient Greek |
|
Plato |
|
|
Atlantis (1), philosophy (1)
|