2021-10-12 |
NOVEL |
English |
Truth of the Divine |
Lindsay Ellis |
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science fiction (1), post-traumatic stress disorder (1), empathy (1), Earth (1), alien perspective (1), aliens (1), set in 2000s (decade) (1), panic attacks (1), telekinesis (1), suicide (1), Los Angeles (1), california (1), cyborgs (1), courtroom drama (1), civil rights (1)
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2020-07-21 |
NOVEL |
English |
Axiom's End |
Lindsay Ellis |
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alternate history (1), science fiction (1), first contact (1), Earth (1), aliens (1), alien perspective (1), language (1), california (1), Cheyenne Mountain, Colorado (1), genocide (1), Fermi paradox (1), Refugees (1), set in 2000s (decade) (1)
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2020-10-06 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Ministry for the Future |
Kim Stanley Robinson |
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science fiction (1), Montana (1), ecology (1), dying (1), Saudi Arabia (1), Namibia (1), mining (1), sea level rise (1), Zurich (1), california (1), San Francisco (1), Refugees (1), surveillance (1), slavery (1), black ops (1), climate change (1), antarctica (1), switzerland (1), india (1), heat wave (1), terrorism (1), near future (1), hard sf (1), politics (1), geoengineering (1), drought (1), assassination (1), education (1), economics (1), drones (1), Los Angeles (1), flood (1), social media (1), Lucknow (1), PTSD (1), ecosabotage (1), airships (1), Hong Kong (1)
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2019-02-05 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Bookstore at the End of America |
Charlie Jane Anders |
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water (1), border dispute (1), science fiction (1), california (1), Books (1)
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2018-01-31 |
NOVEL |
English |
Wolf Pack: Invasion and Conquest |
Rob Buckman |
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california (1)
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2016-06-30 |
CHAPBOOK |
English |
Down and Out in Purgatory |
Tim Powers |
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california (1), contemporary (1), fantasy (1), revenge (1), supernatural (1), HumbleBundle (1)
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2013-10-17 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Only Ending We Have |
Kim Newman |
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california (1), Alfred Hitchcock (1), Psycho (1), motel (1), Suspense (1), actress (1), 1960 (1)
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2012-02-09 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Wolf Gift |
Anne Rice |
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werewolf (1), california (1)
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2011-09-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Real Artists |
Ken Liu |
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california (1), science fiction (1), near future (1), computers (1), satire (1), arts (1), automation (1), feminism (1)
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2011-06-15 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Uncertain Places |
Lisa Goldstein |
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secrets (1), fate (1), Faustian (1), magic (1), siblings (1), california (1), books-about-authors (1)
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2010-07-06 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Great Bay: Chronicles of the Collapse |
Dale Pendell |
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california (1)
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2009-10-20 |
NOVEL |
English |
Angel Time |
Anne Rice |
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california (1)
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2008-05-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
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Laird Barron |
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contemporary (1), death of husband (1), death of child (1), california (1), ghosts (1), guilt (1), psychotherapy (1)
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2006-09-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Disunited States of America |
Harry Turtledove |
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alternate history (1), time travel (1), coins (1), racial conflict (1), thermobaric weapons (1), biological warfare (1), alternate worlds (1), california (1), Ohio (1), Virginia (1), Young Adult (1), coming of age (1), romance (1)
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2005-09-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Goodness Gene |
Sonia Levitin |
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young-adult sf (1), Washington, DC (1), california (1), dystopia (1), genetic engineering (1)
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2004-08-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Califia's Daughters |
Laurie R. King |
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science fiction (1), california (1), amazons (1)
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2004-12-06 |
NOVEL |
English |
State of Fear |
Michael Crichton |
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technothriller (1), science fiction (1), terrorism (1), global warming (1), tsunami (1), california (1), antarctica (1)
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2004-07-31 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Synthetic Serendipity |
Vernor Vinge |
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dinosaurs (1), augmented reality (1), adult education (1), education (1), california (1), science fiction (1), wearable technology (1), teamwork (1), adolescent protagonist (1), near future (1), teachers (1), obsolete skills (1), computer games (1)
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2002-01-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Kiln People |
David Brin |
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science fiction (1), Clones (1), detective (1), mind upload (1), california (1)
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2002-08-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Hotel at Harlan's Landing |
Kage Baker |
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first person (1), first person point of view (1), california (1), time war (1), immortals (1)
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2002-01-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Years of Rice and Salt |
Kim Stanley Robinson |
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alternate history (2), india (2), China (2), science fiction (1), reincarnation (1), islam (1), Buddhism (1), plague (1), Athens (1), epidemic (1), disease (1), eunuchs (1), North America (1), gender conflict (1), california (1), scientists (1), Poetry (1), weapons (1), peace (1), France (1)
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2001-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Sister Noon |
Karen Joy Fowler |
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california (1)
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2000-03-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Burning City |
Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle |
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fantasy (1), california (1), magic (1)
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2000-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Kingdom of Melting Glances |
Katherine Vaz |
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Portuguese (1), Doors (1), sun (1), Birthmark (1), birds (1), california (1), fantasy (1), juvenile fantasy (1)
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1993-10-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Parable of the Sower |
Octavia E. Butler |
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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)
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1990-09-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Pacific Edge |
Kim Stanley Robinson |
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near future (1), politics (1), Utopia (1), ecotopia (1), california (1), softball (1), winged flight (1)
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1988-02-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Gold Coast |
Kim Stanley Robinson |
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near future (1), dystopia (1), sabotage (1), california (1), military–industrial complex (1), science fiction (1)
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1988-10-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Queen of the Damned |
Anne Rice |
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vampires (2), into-movie (1), horror (1), first person point of view (1), mummies (1), rape (1), smell (1), homoeroticism (1), Saint Louis (1), murder (1), dreams (1), afterlife (1), longevity (1), out-of-body experience (1), new orleans (1), Miami (1), Chicago (1), New York City (1), pyrokinesis (1), telepathy (1), music (1), Florida (1), california (1), london (1), Pompeii (1), Rome (1), Athens (1), San Francisco (1), flying (1), Clairvoyance (1), telekinesis (1), genealogy (1), ghosts (1), tapestry (1), twins (1), reincarnation (1), genocide (1), witches (1), cannibalism (1), Greece (1)
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1987-08-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Land of Dreams |
James P. Blaylock |
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california (1)
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1987-09-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Forge of God |
Greg Bear |
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first contact (1), space opera (1), nanotechnology (1), mars (1), war with machines (1), science fiction (1), loss (1), politicians (1), Washington, DC (1), set in 1990s (1), space war (1), Pacific Ocean (1), von Neumann probes (1), nuclear weapons (1), tsunami (1), earthquake (1), San Francisco (1), Seattle (1), robots (1), Geology (1), geologists (1), mind control (1), Fermi paradox (1), terraforming (1), alien invasion (1), aliens (1), end of the world (1), Earth (1), plate tectonics (1), neutronium (1), antimatter (1), Australia (1), california (1)
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1987-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Time Capsule |
Mitch Berman |
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sewage treatment (1), music (1), depopulation (1), nuclear winter (1), california (1), Utah (1), Ohio (1), Pennsylvania (1), New Jersey (1), New York City (1), United States (1), postapocalyptic (1), science fiction (1), sex (1), mining (1), ghosts (1)
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1986-12-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Silent Tower |
Barbara Hambly |
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fantasy (2), alternate universe (1), transported main character (1), female protagonist (1), integrated magic (1), witches (1), wizards (1), politics (1), folklore (1), portal-gates (1), parallel world (1), programmer (1), california (1)
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1984-01-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Ridge Running |
Kim Stanley Robinson |
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california (1), hiking (1), brain damage (1), near future (1), neural regeneration (1), science fiction (1)
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1984-10-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Infinity Concerto |
Greg Bear |
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fantasy (1), music (1), magic (1), california (1)
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1984-08-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Peace War |
Vernor Vinge |
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science fiction (1), time capsule (1), california (1)
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1984-03-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Wild Shore |
Kim Stanley Robinson |
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homesteading (1), neutron bomb (1), california (1), near future (1), post apocalypse (1), coming of age (1), science fiction (1)
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1983-06-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Millennium |
John Varley |
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time travel (1), into-movie (1), paradox (1), prosthetics (1), physicist (1), suicide (1), sex (1), androids (1), pollution (1), california (1), airplanes (1), New York City (1), far future (1), disease (1), first person point of view (1), contemporary (1), tobacco (1), time viewer (1), extinction (1)
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1983-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Phantoms |
Dean R. Koontz |
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horror (1), into-movie (1), ancient enemy (1), amoeboid monster (1), Peckhamian mimicry (1), dinosaurs (1), california (1), child molestation (1), quarantine (1)
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1980-07-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Timescape |
Gregory Benford |
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time travel (1), SF: The 100 Best Novels 1949-1984 (1), science fiction (1), scientists (1), academia (1), ecological collapse (1), tachyons (1), california (1), england (1), epidemic (1)
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1978-11-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Stand |
Stephen King |
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post apocalypse (3), horror (3), into-tv (2), post-apocalyptic (1), Abebooks: 50 Essential SF Books (1), science fiction (1), dark fantasy (1), pandemic (1), california (1), Las Vegas (1), demon (1), antichrist (1), Colorado (1), epic (1), quest (1)
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1977-01-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
A Scanner Darkly |
Philip K. Dick |
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science fiction (2), drugs (2), california (2), into-movie (1), addiction (1), espionage (1), police (1), rehabilitation (1), drug abuse (1), drug addiction (1), drug use (1), illegal drugs (1), undercover operations (1)
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1977-01-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Lucifer's Hammer |
Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle |
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post-apocalyptic (1), loss (1), california (1), cannibalism (1), flood (1), nuclear war (1), earthquake (1), tsunami (1), survival (1), interplanetary travel (1), science fiction (1), climate change (1), comet (1), comet impact (1), volcano (1), nuclear power (1)
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1975-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Confessions of a Crap Artist |
Philip K. Dick |
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marriage (1), suicide (1), psychic abilities (1), obsession (1), california (1), first person point of view (1), into-movie (1)
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1975-12-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
When the Waker Sleeps |
Ron Goulart |
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science fiction (1), suspended animation (1), Mexico City (1), Brazil (1), satire (1), egypt (1), connecticut (1), california (1), farce (1), vandalism (1)
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1974-08-22 |
NOVEL |
English |
Myron |
Gore Vidal |
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first person point of view (1), LGBTQ+ (1), multiple personalities (1), hollywood (1), california (1), time travel (1)
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1973-07-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Dancers of Noyo |
Margaret St. Clair |
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california (1), new age (1)
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1968-05-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Masks of Time |
Robert Silverberg |
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millennialism (1), architecture (1), time travel (1), science fiction (1), gay (1), sex (1), economics (1), prostitution (1), origin of life (1), distant future (1), nudity (1), Rome (1), california (1), Arizona (1), New York City (1), Chicago (1), Buenos Aires (1), force fields (1)
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1968-10-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Santaroga Barrier |
Frank Herbert |
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group mind (1), science fiction (1), drugs (1), psychology (1), Utopia (1), california (1), fungi (1)
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1967-05-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Dolphins of Altair |
Margaret St. Clair |
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dolphin (1), california (1)
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1965-06-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Dr. Bloodmoney or How We Got Along After the Bomb |
Philip K. Dick |
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science fiction (1), post-holocaust (1), SF: The 100 Best Novels 1949-1984 (1), postapocalyptic (1), psychiatrist (1), nuclear warfare (1), california (1), mutants (1), enhanced intelligence (1), cats (1), dogs (1), telekinesis (1), telepathy (1), body swap (1)
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1964-10-31 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
One of the Dead |
William Wood (II) |
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Merril10 (1), horror (1), california (1), haunted house (1)
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1962-04-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Dog Star |
Arthur C. Clarke |
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interplanetary travel (1), love (1), loss (1), earthquakes (1), dogs (1), astronomers (1), moon (1), california (1), San Francisco (1), science fiction (1), dreams (1), memory (1)
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1960-02-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The First Men |
Howard Fast |
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science fiction (1), child prodigy (1), enhanced intelligence (1), telepathy (1), sports (1), california (1), education (1), nudity (1), sex (1), time distortion (1), force fields (1), first person point of view (1), evolution (1)
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1958-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Mr. Bass's Planetoid |
Eleanor Cameron |
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new element (1), invention (1), panspermia (1), aliens (1), juvenile sf (1), scotland (1), california (1), rockets (1), telescopes (1), fungi (1)
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1955-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Body Snatchers |
Jack Finney |
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science fiction (2), alien invasion (2), into-movie (1), sleep (1), Sentient plants (1), panspermia (1), horror (1), Horror: Another 100 Best Books (1), body snatchers (1), fake humans (1), pod people (1), california (1), first person (1), first person point of view (1), doctor (1), medical doctor (1), small town (1), divorcee (1)
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1954-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom Planet |
Eleanor Cameron |
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juvenile sf (1), fungi (1), mushrooms (1), california (1), interplanetary travel (1), aliens (1), first contact (1), chickens (1)
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1953-05-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Lot |
Ward Moore |
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abandonment (1), evacuation (1), disaster preparedness (1), family (1), Nuclear attack (1), contemporary (1), california (1), near future (1)
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1949-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Earth Abides |
George R. Stewart |
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ecology (2), science fiction (2), pandemic (2), cosy catastrophe (2), descent to barbarism (1), post apocalypse (1), Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1), Abebooks: 50 Essential SF Books (1), SF: The 100 Best Novels 1949-1984 (1), cultural decline (1), california (1), sociology (1), anthropology (1), disaster (1), ruined earth (1), pastoral (1), education (1), doomsday novel (1), depopulation (1), ants (1), rats (1), NESFA Core Reading List (1), Escape (Radio) (1)
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1948-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Ape and Essence |
Aldous Huxley |
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post apocalypse (1), 99 Novels: The Best in English 1939-1984 (1), california (1), New Zealand (1), nuclear war (1), satanism (1), Poetry (1)
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1947-11-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Water Is for Washing |
Robert A. Heinlein |
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science fiction (1), california (1), earthquake (1), tsunami (1), tavern (1)
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1941-02-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
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Robert A. Heinlein |
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tesseract (2), science fiction (1), architecture (1), humor (1), california (1), Laurel Canyon (1), contemporary (1), only humans (1), fourth dimension (1), topology (1), earthquake (1), escape (1), mathematics (1), Los Angeles (1), NESFA Core Reading List (1)
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1933-10-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Plutonian Terror |
Jack Williamson |
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science fiction (1), california (1), Pluto (1), space travel (1), smart brain (1), end of mankind (1)
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