Ed Lynskeys Favorite Science Fiction Novels
Explore Ed Lynskey's top science fiction novels with this curated list of must-read favorites. Discover thrilling fiction picks from Lynskey's beloved collection for sci-fi enthusiasts.
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Invasion of the Body Snatchers
by Jack Finney
On a quiet fall evening in the small, peaceful town of Mill Valley, California, Dr. Miles Bennell discovered an insidious, horrifying plot. Silently, subtly, almost imperceptibly, alien life-forms were taking over the bodies and minds of his neighbors, his friends, his family, the woman he loved -- the world as he knew it. First published in 1955, this classic thriller of the ultimate alien invasion and the triumph of the human spirit over an invisible enemy inspired three major motion pictures.
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Fahrenheit 451
by Ray Bradbury
Guy Montag is a fireman, his job is to burn books, which are forbidden.
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Our Friends from Frolix 8
by Philip K. Dick
For all the strange worlds borne of his vast and vivid imagination, Philip K. Dick was largely concerned with humanity’s most achingly familiar heartaches and struggles. In Our Friends From Frolix 8, he clashes private dreams against public battles in a fast-paced and provocative tale that ultimately addresses our salvation both as individuals and a whole. Nick Appleton is a menial laborer whose life is a series of endless frustrations. Willis Gram is the despotic oligarch of a planet ruled by big-brained elites. When they both fall in love with Charlotte Boyer, a feisty black marketer of revolutionary propaganda, Nick seems destined for doom. But everything takes a decidedly unpredictable turn when the revolution’s leader, Thors Provoni, returns from ten years of intergalactic hiding with a ninety-ton protoplasmic slime that is bent on creating a new world order. Winner of both the Hugo and John W. Campbell awards for best novel, widely regarded as the premiere science fiction writer of his day, and the object of cult-like adoration from his legions of fans, Philip K. Dick has come to be seen in a literary light that defies classification in much the same way as Borges and Calvino. With breathtaking insight, he utilizes vividly unfamiliar worlds to evoke the hauntingly and hilariously familiar in our society and ourselves.
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Why Do Birds
by Damon Knight
A novel that explores the power of persuasion features the deceitful acts of Ed Stone, who convinces entire nations that he has been chosen to preserve humanity in a massive vault suspended in space.
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More Shapes Than One
by Fred Chappell
A rich and varied collection of stories about seekers of truth, who find it manifests itself in wonderful, humorous, and terrible forms. "One of the South's and indeed the country's finest writers . . . a novelist and poet of great range and talent".--Los Angeles Times.
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The Doors of Death and Life
by Brenda Clough
In How Like A God, Rob Lewis gave his friend Edwin Barbarossa the Pearl of Immortality that had once belonged to Gilgamesh in exchange for a promise to keep Rob's mind-bending powers a secret. Seven years later, the space shuttle ferrying Edwin home from a stint on the new moon colony catches fire. Everyone dies except Edwin. First he's hailed as a hero, then he disappears-and it's up to Rob to find him, rescue him, and help him discover who is moving heaven and earth to take the secret of immortality for himself. Part political thriller, part family drama, part fantasy, part near-future SF, Doors of Death and Life is an exciting and thoughtful excursion into X-Files territory.
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The World of Null-A
by A. E. van Vogt
Presents the science fiction classic set in the year 2650, where the Games Machine--twenty-five thousand electronic brains--sets the course of people's lives.
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How Like a God
by B. W. Clough
When a software developer suddenly discovers that he has the ability to read the hearts and minds of everyone around him, he expects to enjoy his godlike power, but when his power reveals its darker side, he is driven from his family to the depths of despair and degradation. Reprint.
