| 1977-12-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Sparklebugs, Holly and Love |
Michael G. Coney |
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decadent society (1), Earth (1), future (1), empathy (1), love (1), spaceship crash (1), alien fireflies (1), organ cryopreservation (1), first person point of view (1)
|
| 1977-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Way It Was |
Frederik Pohl |
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|
economic collapse (1), virtual reality (1), only humans (1), only Earth (1), near future (1), organ harvesting (1), betrayal (1), love (1), twist ending (1)
|
| 1975-05-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
A Knight of Ghosts and Shadows |
Poul Anderson |
|
|
secret agents (1), telepathy (1), love (1), aliens (1), interstellar war (1), war with aliens (1), science fiction (1)
|
| 1975-02-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Farthest Star |
Frederik Pohl and Jack Williamson |
|
|
mega-engineering (1), diplomacy (1), mind cloning (1), dyson sphere (1), Clones (1), aliens (1), interstellar travel (1), teleportation (1), alien artifacts (1), death (1), Nuclear pulse propulsion (1), edited organisms (1), conflict with aliens (1), love (1), extragalactic objects (1), tachyon communication (1), translators (1), flying (1), taming alien species (1), confederation of humans and alien species (1), exploration (1), modified chimp (1)
|
| 1974-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Stormy Weather |
Daniel P. Dern |
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|
female protagonist (1), alien contact (1), introversion (1), love (1), contemporary (1), psychology (1)
|
| 1974-11-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Descent of Man |
J. A. Lawrence |
|
|
evolution (1), love (1), brain stimulation (1), contemporary (1), tongue in cheek (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)
|
| 1974-07-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Engine at Heartspring's Center |
Roger Zelazny |
|
|
science fiction (2), death (1), cyborg (1), love (1), suicide (1), euthanasia (1)
|
| 1974-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
We Purchased People |
Frederik Pohl |
|
|
aliens (1), faster than light communications (1), remote control of humans (1), crime (1), love (1), irony (1), punishment (1), mind control (1)
|
| 1973-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
A Wind in the Door |
Madeleine L'Engle |
|
|
young-adult fantasy (1), female protagonist (1), humanoids (1), good and evil (1), child prodigy (1), telepathy (1), disease (1), cherubim (1), mitochondria (1), love (1), teachers (1), strong female character (1), adolescent protagonists (1), contemporary (1), family (1)
|
| 1973-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
Swedish |
|
Astrid Lindgren |
|
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juvenile fantasy (1), war (1), love (1), death (1), good and evil (1), Platonic love (1), brothers (1), afterlife (1), courage (1)
|
| 1973-06-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Neon |
Harlan Ellison |
|
|
angels (1), love (1), fantasy (1), near future (1)
|
| 1972-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Hung-wu and the Witch's Daughter |
Robert Nye |
|
|
love (1), twist ending (1), Monkey King (1), China (1), three sons (1), daughter (1), trickery (1), evil witch (1), love's labors (1), sacrifice (1)
|
| 1972-02-16 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Jody After the War |
Edward Bryant |
|
|
radiation (1), mutation (1), postapocalyptic (1), science fiction (1), love (1)
|
| 1972-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
On the Downhill Side |
Harlan Ellison |
|
|
new orleans (1), first person (1), fantasy (1), contemporary (1), love (1), afterlife (1)
|
| 1972-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Mathematical Princess |
Robert Nye |
|
|
King Cole (1), love (1), strong female character (1), opposites attract (1), princess (1), shepherd (1)
|
| 1971-09-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Drustan the Wanderer |
Anna Taylor |
|
|
Arthurian fantasy (1), illness (1), love (1)
|
| 1970-02-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Girl Who Knew What They Meant |
Theodore Sturgeon |
|
|
first person point of view (1), contemporary (1), Afghan hound (1), love (1), motel (1), vengeance (1), cynical (1)
|
| 1969-04-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
A Boy and His Dog |
Harlan Ellison |
|
|
alternate history (1), into-movie (1), hunger (1), sex (1), sterility (1), postapocalyptic (1), mutants (1), dogs (1), telepathy (1), underground cities (1), uplift (1), love (1), barbarism (1), satire (1), rape (1), Kansas (1), twist ending (1), genetic engineering (1)
|
| 1969-11-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Nine Lives |
Ursula K. Le Guin |
|
|
hard sf (1), science fiction (1), cloning (1), interstellar travel (1), mining (1), love (1), famine (1)
|
| 1969-12-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Super-Toys Last All Summer Long |
Brian W. Aldiss |
|
|
into-movie (1), family (1), love (1), synthetic life forms (1), real people (1), license to reproduce (1)
|
| 1969-05-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Man Who Learned Loving |
Theodore Sturgeon |
|
|
science fiction (1), contemporary (1), counterculture (1), love (1), selling out (1), Scientific Discovery (1), social change (1)
|
| 1968-09-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
O Ye of Little Faith |
Harlan Ellison |
|
|
loss of faith (1), fortune-telling (1), love (1), mexico (1), fantasy (1), contemporary (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)
|
| 1967-10-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Palace of Love |
Jack Vance |
|
|
Poetry (1), Netherlands (1), poison (1), science fiction (1), crime (1), revenge (1), love (1), psychology (1), journalism (1)
|
| 1966-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
School for Ghosts |
Vida Derry and |
|
|
Mandarin China (1), haunted house (1), ghost girls (1), love (1)
|
| 1966-10-00 |
POEM |
English |
The Hamadryad of Ragweed |
Ed Fisher |
|
|
allergy (1), hamadryads (1), Grecian pantheon (1), Zeus (1), humor (1), love (1)
|
| 1966-08-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Keys to December |
Roger Zelazny |
|
|
terraforming (1), science fiction (1), love (1)
|
| 1963-10-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Deluge |
Zenna Henderson |
|
|
Merril09 (1), Utopia (1), telepathy (1), telekinesis (1), Clairvoyance (1), space travel (1), paranormal powers (1), science fiction (1), end of the world (1), female protagonist (1), interstellar travel (1), prophecy (1), love (1), grief (1)
|
| 1963-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Way Station |
Clifford D. Simak |
|
|
first contact (2), aliens (1), alien artifact (1), Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1), SF: The 100 Best Novels 1949-1984 (1), science fiction (1), butterflies (1), deafness (1), interstellar politics (1), US government surveillance (1), life extension (1), solitude (1), love (1), interstellar travel (1), rural (1), Wisconsin (1), Civil War veteran (1), contemporary (1), alien autopsy (1), grave desecration (1), longevity (1), muteness (1)
|
| 1962-04-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Dog Star |
Arthur C. Clarke |
|
|
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)
|
| 1962-08-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Paulie Charmed the Sleeping Woman |
Harlan Ellison |
|
|
first person point of view (1), jazz trumpet (1), love (1), resurrection (1), contemporary (1), only humans (1), ghosts (1), jazz (1)
|
| 1962-04-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
To Lift a Ship |
Kit Reed |
|
|
strong female character (1), telekinetic flight (1), contemporary (1), love (1), betrayal (1), telepathy (1)
|
| 1961-06-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Alpha Ralpha Boulevard |
Cordwainer Smith |
|
|
Merril07 (1), far future (1), prognostication (1), stylized (1), romance (1), Earth (1), Florida (1), Miami (1), world government (1), human-animal hybrids (1), dystopia (1), science fiction (1), telepathy (1), computers (1), architecture (1), uplift (1), robots (1), love (1), reform (1), economics (1), quest (1), birds (1), roads (1)
|
| 1961-02-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Of All Possible Worlds |
Rosel George Brown |
|
|
first person point of view (1), interstellar travel (1), first contact (1), alien society (1), love (1), stable society (1), minimalist society (1), habits (1), routines (1), contentment (1), oviparous (1), generational cycle (1), suicide (1), ambiguous utopia (1)
|
| 1960-06-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Step IV |
Rosel George Brown |
|
|
war between the sexes (1), ethics (1), only humans (1), interstellar travel (1), parthenogenesis (1), love (1), trust (1), female protagonist (1)
|
| 1960-04-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Lady Who Sailed the Soul |
Genevieve Linebarger and Cordwainer Smith |
|
|
Merril06 (1), journalism (1), interstellar travel (1), colonization (1), science fiction (1), far future (1), solar sails (1), love (1), time distortion (1), rejuvenation (1), animated toys (1), Earth (1)
|
| 1959-03-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Jordan |
Zenna Henderson |
|
|
science fiction (1), aliens (1), first person point of view (1), interstellar travel (1), love (1), disability (1)
|
| 1959-12-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Terra-Venusian War of 1979 |
Gerard E. Neyroud |
|
|
fantasy (1), contemporary (1), first person point of view (1), venus (1), happiness (1), love (1)
|
| 1958-09-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Be My Guest |
Damon Knight |
|
|
science fiction (1), funeral (1), love (1), ghosts (1), possession (1), alcohol (1)
|
| 1958-01-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Lenny |
Isaac Asimov |
|
|
science fiction (1), robots (1), asteroid belt (1), boron (1), mining (1), love (1)
|
| 1958-00-00 |
NOVEL |
Romanian |
O iubire din anul 41.042 |
|
|
|
science fiction (1), love (1), Futuristic romance (1)
|
| 1958-10-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Burning of the Brain |
Cordwainer Smith |
|
|
Merril04 (1), longevity (1), navigation (1), love (1), far future (1), interstellar travel (1), telepathy (1), science fiction (1)
|
| 1957-10-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Man Who Traveled in Elephants |
Robert A. Heinlein |
|
|
fantasy (1), love (1), afterlife (1)
|
| 1956-12-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Stranger Station |
Damon Knight |
|
|
science fiction (1), aliens (1), Titan (1), first contact (1), interplanetary travel (1), insanity (1), love (1), longevity (1)
|
| 1956-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Stars My Destination |
Alfred Bester |
|
|
science fiction (2), teleportation (1), vengeance (1), Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1), The 5-Parsec Shelf (1), SF: The 100 Best Novels 1949-1984 (1), space opera (1), only humans (1), prison (1), interplanetary war (1), bodily augmentation (1), telepathy (1), corporate fiefdoms (1), tattoos (1), love (1), torture (1), caves (1), shipwreck (1), synesthesia (1), Aldebaran (1)
|
| 1955-04-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Canvas Bag |
Alan E. Nourse |
|
|
contemporary (1), rootlessness (1), love (1), eternal youth (1)
|
| 1953-09-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Time Is the Traitor |
Alfred Bester |
|
|
divergence (1), business (1), satire (1), love (1), cloning (1), near future (1), only humans (1), only Earth (1), into-radio (1), science fiction (1)
|
| 1952-10-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Ararat |
Zenna Henderson |
|
|
interstellar travel (1), fruit (1), teachers (1), United States (1), teacher (1), education (1), telepathy (1), telekinesis (1), aliens (1), science fiction (1), love (1), paranormal powers (1), first person point of view (1)
|
| 1951-12-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Keyhole |
Murray Leinster |
|
|
moon base (1), friendship (1), love (1), science fiction (1), moon life (1), aliens (1), communication (1), telepathy (1), learning (1)
|
| 1951-04-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Satisfaction Guaranteed |
Isaac Asimov |
|
|
into-tv (1), love (1), android (1), science fiction (1), housework (1)
|
| 1947-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Anchor |
Jack Snow |
|
|
love (1), horror (1), ghosts (1), lake (1), moth (1)
|
| 1941-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Snow Goose |
Paul Gallico |
|
|
Essex (1), england (1), war (1), love (1), birds (1)
|
| 1939-04-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The High Places |
Frances Garfield |
|
|
fantasy (1), air travel (1), love (1), ghosts (1), 1930s (1), first person point of view (1), female protagonist (1), United States (1), dead ex-lover (1)
|
| 1938-12-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Helen O'Loy |
Lester del Rey |
|
|
science fiction (1), androids (1), love (1), NESFA Core Reading List (1)
|
| 1935-09-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
One Chance |
Ethel Helene Coen |
|
|
ship (1), love (1), horror (1), twist ending (1), quarantine (1), plague (1), new orleans (1), casket (1)
|
| 1932-06-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
People of the Dark |
Robert E. Howard |
|
|
horror (1), sword and sorcery (1), reincarnation (1), action-adventure (1), love (1), dark fantasy (1)
|
| 1928-10-20 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Rain Magic |
Erle Stanley Gardner |
|
|
africa (1), tribes (1), gold mine (1), love (1), pet ants (1)
|
| 1915-12-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Herland |
Charlotte Perkins Gilman |
|
|
Librivox (1), feminist (1), Utopia (1), lesbian (1), explorers (1), parthenogenesis (1), social commentary (1), love (1), motherhood (1), Fantasy: The 100 Best Books (1), world without men/women (1), women (1)
|
| 1906-01-13 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Gavon's Eve |
E. F. Benson |
|
|
first person point of view (1), moors (1), scotland (1), witches (1), love (1)
|
| 1901-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Purple Cloud |
M. P. Shiel |
|
|
weird (1), Librivox (1), religious faith (1), feral child (1), love (1), last man on Earth (1), postapocalyptic (1), first person point of view (1), story within a story (1), manichean (1), Arctic exploration (1), near future (1), poison (1), murder (1), horror (1), morals (1)
|
| 1891-02-08 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Bottle Imp |
Robert Louis Stevenson |
|
|
wishes (1), horror (1), hawaii (1), devil (1), greed (1), despair (1), karma (1), love (1), wish fulfillment (1), demon in a bottle (1), bargain with a denon (1), non-European cultural point of view (1)
|
| 1874-03-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Tachypomp |
Edward Page Mitchell |
|
|
technology (1), romance (1), science fiction (1), love (1), creditors (1), hole through the center of the Earth (1), mathematics (1)
|
| 1844-12-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Rappaccini's Daughter |
Nathaniel Hawthorne |
|
|
Librivox (1), Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1), fantasy (1), into-movie (1), science fiction (1), automata (1), poison (1), garden (1), italy (1), love (1), into-opera (1), into-play (1), into-radio (1), into-tv (1), [NESFA Core Reading List] (1), Gothic tale (1)
|
| 1837-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Werewolf |
Frederick Marryat |
|
|
werewolf (2), werewolves (1), fantasy (1), horror (1), love (1), family (1), first person point of view (1), Hartz Mountains (1)
|
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