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| | 2. |  | The War of the Worlds (Penguin Classics)
from Penguin Classics
Price: $3.00
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I recently reread Wells's THE ISLAND OF DR. MOREAU and was struck by how dated and stilted it was. I had the opposite reaction rereading THE WAR OF THE WORLDS. It evokes a different time and place, but it nonetheless remains a riveting adventure story. It evokes the late Victorian Age (though it may... more info
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| | 5. |  | Non-Stop
from Overlook TP
Price: $2.42
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Among my favorite science fiction books are two books published this decade- The Algebraist by Iain M. Banks and The Prefect by Alastair Reynolds. Also in my shortlist are paperback novels from years when even my dad was in his youth, such as Voyage of the Space Beagle by A.E. van Vogt and Tau Zero... more info
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| | 7. | [no image] | Helliconia Summer
from Ace
Price: $52.71
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This is by far the best book in the series - not quite great, but an interesting book to read. The characters are vibrant, their motivations understandable, the plot at least somewhat plausible. As with all the Helliconia books, there are many loose ends and the author never quite made me care about... more info
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| | 8. | [no image] | Helliconia Spring
from Berkley
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It held my attention and kept me reading, but didn't convince me. The main reason is that Embruddock is simply too small to be as specialised as Aldiss insists - it's only about a hundred people at the start of the story, and yet it has guilds of tanners, metalworkers and god knows what else. In a... more info
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| | 9. |  | The Coming Race
from Broadview Press
Price: $14.21
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I'm something of a Bulwer Lytton fan, so I looked forward to this, one of his rare works in the field of speculative fiction. Oddly, though, here Bulwer tends to disregard even the science of the early 1870s in which it was written. It's the tale of a Gilded Age American mining engineer's encounter... more info
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| | 10. |  | Helliconia Winter
from Triad Granada
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This is a proper literary novel for grown-ups. The prose is beautiful, the characters memorable and nuanced, and the portrait of the cultures of Sibornal convincing and rich.
Really, it's astounding that the Helliconia trilogy is not held in higher regard. It is one of the very best things... more info
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