| 2017-11-14 |
NOVEL |
English |
Artemis |
Andy Weir |
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science fiction (1), moon (1), hard sf (1), aluminum (1), smuggling (1), first person point of view (1), Kenya (1), mining (1), sabotage (1), correspondence (1), tourism (1), economics (1), oxygen (1), chloroform (1), alcohol (1)
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| 2013-08-05 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Dance of the Mad Flies |
Fredric Mitchem |
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alcohol (1)
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| 1999-02-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Ancient Engines |
Michael Swanwick |
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alcohol (1), tavern (1), science fiction (1), longevity (1)
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| 1999-09-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Household Gods |
Judith Tarr and Harry Turtledove |
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time travel (1), strong female character (1), slavery (1), gods (1), tavern (1), smell (1), feminism (1), Austria (1), Los Angeles (1), out-of-body experience (1), rape (1), Roman Empire (1), religion (1), Physicians (1), dentists (1), epidemic (1), food (1), alcohol (1), barbarian invasion (1), sex (1), parasites (1), childbirth (1), funeral (1), prostitution (1), cruelty (1), justice (1), divorce (1), nudity (1), sculpture (1)
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| 1991-04-00 |
ESSAY |
English |
Strange Wines and Unfamiliar Spirits |
Brian Ameringen |
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history of the future (1), alcohol (1)
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| 1989-06-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Mummy |
Anne Rice |
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historical fantasy (1), horror (1), mummies (1), egypt (1), Archaeologists (1), curse (1), alcohol (1), london (1), poison (1), murder (1), enhanced intelligence (1), longevity (1), Cleopatra (1), tobacco (1), homoeroticism (1)
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| 1985-02-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Brightness Falls from the Air |
James Tiptree, Jr. |
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love (1), suspended animation (1), time distortion (1), nova (1), alcohol (1), drugs (1), art (1), genocide (1), aliens (1), interstellar war (1), interstellar travel (1), distant future (1), science fiction (1), loss (1), memory erasure (1), murder (1), sadism (1), beauty (1), telepathy (1), reproduction (1), poison (1), rapid aging (1), torture (1)
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| 1985-10-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Vampire Lestat |
Anne Rice |
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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)
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| 1984-10-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
I Suppose You Are Wondering Why We Are Here |
Ray Bradbury |
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alcohol (1), ghosts (1), fantasy (1), boredom (1)
|
| 1980-08-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Mist |
Stephen King |
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into-movie (1), horror (1), into-tv (1), into-video game (1), fantasy (1), storm (1), fog (1), Maine (1), contemporary (1), father and son (1), Supermarket (1), Alien creatures (1), violence (1), alcohol (1), Crazed mob (1), Secret military research (1), first person point of view (1)
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| 1980-08-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Wizard |
John Varley |
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mega-fauna (1), alien ecology (1), alcohol (1), strong female characters (1), aliens (1), music (1), longevity (1), sex (1), Titan (1), science fiction (1)
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| 1974-11-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Mote in God's Eye |
Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle |
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first contact (2), space opera (2), science fiction (1), military sf (1), holography (1), biologists (1), astronomers (1), genetic engineering (1), insanity (1), fatalism (1), lost colony (1), concentration camp (1), rebellion (1), art (1), museum (1), aliens (1), zoo (1), scientists (1), religion (1), interstellar travel (1), lasers (1), force fields (1), coffee (1), collapse of civilization (1), asteroids (1), life cycle (1), interstellar war (1), alcohol (1), Chocolate (1), computers (1), solar sails (1), evolution (1), cyborgs (1), archaeology (1), reproduction (1), diplomacy (1), faster than light travel (1), set in 3000s (1)
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| 1969-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Green Man |
Kingsley Amis |
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ghosts (1), Horror: 100 Best Books (1), Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels 1946-1987 (1), Fantasy: The 100 Best Books (1), england (1), alcohol (1), Theology (1), into-tv (1), tavern (1), fantasy (1), horror (1), 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (1)
|
| 1968-10-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Goblin Reservation |
Clifford D. Simak |
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party (1), hive mind (1), Wisconsin (1), artificial planet (1), art (1), Big Crunch (1), big bang (1), library (1), museum (1), dragons (1), time travel (1), science fiction (1), goblins (1), banshees (1), trolls (1), ghosts (1), hominins (1), Neanderthals (1), William Shakespeare (1), cats (1), cannibalism (1), Jurassic (1), interstellar travel (1), matter transmission (1), magic (1), body duplication (1), cyborgs (1), tavern (1), alcohol (1), brewing (1), aliens (1), Earth (1), academia (1), mechanical translation (1), fairies (1)
|
| 1967-02-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Productions of Time |
John Brunner |
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subliminal control (1), addiction (1), alcohol (1), drugs (1), theater (1), science fiction (1), time travel (1), decadence (1)
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| 1967-02-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Star Pit |
Samuel R. Delany |
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WBAI-FM (1), science fiction (1), children (1), intergalactic travel (1), alien ecology (1), interstellar travel (1), into-radio (1), alcohol (1), spaceport (1), psychopath (1), sociopath (1), psychopathy (1), sociopathy (1)
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| 1966-08-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Watchers of the Dark |
Lloyd Biggle, Jr. |
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detective (1), dance (1), matter transmission (1), computers (1), commerce (1), tobacco (1), aliens (1), interstellar travel (1), science fiction (1), murder (1), parties (1), New York City (1), alien invasion (1), alcohol (1), assassination (1), espionage (1)
|
| 1963-02-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Man Who Fell to Earth |
Walter Tevis |
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Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1), aliens (1), economics (1), science fiction (1), patents (1), alcohol (1)
|
| 1962-03-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Kings Who Die |
Poul Anderson |
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science fiction (1), asteroid belt (1), interplanetary travel (1), space war (1), San Diego (1), microfilm (1), tobacco (1), alcohol (1), interrogation (1), cyborg (1), computer (1), mental enhancement (1)
|
| 1962-10-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Triumph |
Philip Wylie |
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post apocalypse (1), United States (1), Costa Rica (1), Australia (1), survival (1), connecticut (1), science fiction (1), nuclear war (1), firestorm (1), panic (1), adultery (1), racism (1), alcohol (1), tobacco (1), loss (1), sexual revolution (1), Jews (1), drones (1), set in 1970s (1), sodium (1), cobalt (1), radiation sickness (1), radiation (1), roller skating (1), insanity (1), romance (1), USSR (1), submarines (1), underground city (1), underwater city (1)
|
| 1961-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Stranger in a Strange Land |
Robert A. Heinlein |
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new religion (1), religion (1), mars (1), foundling (1), Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1), cult fiction (1), group marriage (1), commune (1), time distortion (1), meditation (1), taxis (1), interplanetary travel (1), martyr (1), nudity (1), science fiction (1), 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (1), sleep (1), astrology (1), out-of-body experience (1), televangelists (1), euthanasia (1), diplomacy (1), telekinesis (1), snakes (1), language (1), gambling (1), cats (1), smell (1), perfume (1), sculpture (1), alcohol (1), afterlife (1), United States (1), circus (1), Earth (1), neologisms (1), water (1), teleportation (1), telepathy (1), paranormal powers (1), sex (1), Martians (1), birth control (1), Maryland (1), Pennsylvania (1), tattoos (1), waterbed (1), Physicians (1), nurses (1), Lawyers (1), journalists (1), politicians (1), eidetic memory (1), heaven (1), alien perspective (1), cannibalism (1), first contact (1), kidnapping (1), murder (1), world government (1), angels (1), zoo (1), San Francisco (1), Las Vegas (1), exhibitionism (1), homophobia (1), discussion of pornography (1), near future (1), Florida (1), suicide (1), Clairvoyance (1), genocide (1), coming of age (1), water ritual (1)
|
| 1958-09-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Be My Guest |
Damon Knight |
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science fiction (1), funeral (1), love (1), ghosts (1), possession (1), alcohol (1)
|
| 1957-01-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Moving Spirit |
Arthur C. Clarke |
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humor (1), alcohol (1), science fiction (1), courtroom drama (1), england (1), osmosis (1)
|
| 1957-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
On the Beach |
Nevil Shute |
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post-apocalyptic (1), Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1), cosy catastrophe (1), alcohol (1), fishing (1), submarine (1), euthanasia (1), self-delusion (1), romance (1), radioactivity (1), racing (1), nuclear war (1), science fiction (1), United States (1), Australia (1), end of the world (1), into-movie (1), Washington state (1), Melbourne (1)
|
| 1957-08-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Tunesmith |
Lloyd Biggle, Jr. |
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consumer's hell (1), music (1), advertising (1), dystopia (1), revival (1), murder (1), tavern (1), alcohol (1)
|
| 1954-09-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Beautiful Brew |
James E. Gunn |
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alcohol (1)
|
| 1952-11-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Altar at Midnight |
C. M. Kornbluth |
|
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Librivox (1), science fiction (1), moon (1), alcohol (1)
|
| 1943-03-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Q. U. R. |
Anthony Boucher |
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robots (1), uncanny valley (1), form follows function (1), alcohol (1), humor (1)
|
| 1941-10-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
By His Bootstraps |
Robert A. Heinlein |
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time travel (1), paradox (1), contemporary (1), time loop (1), music (1), alcohol (1), slavery (1), alien artifacts (1), NESFA Core Reading List (1), distant future (1), empathy (1)
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