Terrific Science Fiction other than Dune
Explore terrific science fiction books beyond Dune! Discover mind-bending adventures, epic worlds, and visionary authors in this curated list of must-read sci-fi novels.
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Witch World
by Andre Norton
Former secret agent, Simon Tregarth, is a desperate hunted man who turns to sorcery for courage and survival
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The Cage
by S. M. Stirling
Habiku Smoothtongue corrupted everyone and everything that ever meant anything to Megan Thanesdoom--including Megan herself. But now Megan has returned, and she's not alone. Backed by barbarian warrior Shkai'ra's sword, Megan is ready to claim her rightful status in the world.
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The Number of the Beast
by Robert Anson Heinlein
When two male and two female supremely sensual, unspeakably cerebral humans find themselves under attack from aliens who want their awesome quantum breakthrough, they take to the skies -- and zoom into the cosmos on a rocket roller coaster ride of adventure and danger, ecstasy and peril.
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The Complete Ivory
by Doris Egan
Here in one omnibus edition is the complete Ivory saga-the adventures and loves of a scholarly woman who travels to the only planet in the galaxy where magic actually works ...
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Gloriana
by Michael Moorcock
As intrigue, seduction, and sorcery rock the mighty kingdom of Albion, the wise and beloved Queen Gloriana searches in vain for fulfullment as a woman
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Raising the Stones
by Sheri S. Tepper
Hobbs Land was a quiet agricultural colony, a peaceful planet where men and women worked together as equals to provide food for other worlds. Once it had been home of the alien Owlbrit, who left behind only the temples where their strange gods had lived. But then the gods awoke. Peace. War. Heroism. Hate. And love. Raising the Stones weaves disparate threads to tell a story that builds to an inescapable climax. And, in a time when so many predict humanity won't survive through the next century, author Sheri S. Tepper gives us an insightful look into what is the best in all of us.
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Mister Touch
by Malcolm Bosse
In the wake of the decimation of human life across the U.S. by virus V70--a mutant offshoot of AIDS--a multi-racial group of ravaged survivors join forces under the leadership of a blind visionary named "Mister Touch". Beset by violent gangs, vicious dogs, and shortages of food and medicine, the modern pioneer family embarks on an epic trip across America.
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The Night Watch
by Sean Stewart
A conflict between two worlds, one ruled by science, the other by magic. It is seen through the eyes of young Emily Thompson of Edmonton, Alberta, who discovers children are being offered as human sacrifice to appease magic.
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Divine Endurance
by Gwyneth Jones
Divine Endurance, an intelligent cat, accompanies Chosen Among the Beautiful, a manufactured human, as she leaves the citadel to explore the world outside
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Cyber Way
by Alan Dean Foster
Someday science will abolish magic--but not murder. Computers will catch the killers--but not this time. One cop will unearth the truth, but it's not human. From the author of "Jed the Dead."
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A Swiftly Tilting Planet
by Madeleine L'Engle
The youngest of the Murry children must travel through time and space in a battle against an evil dictator who would destroy the entire universe.
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Hunting the Corrigan's Blood
by Holly Lisle
When professional locater Cadence Drake is violently warned to stay away from a prospective job, she and her partner Badger become determined to recover a stolen hyper spaceship, and they encounter smugglers, thieves, and killers
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Black Madonna
by Carl Sargent
An immortal, computer-hacking elf has gained control of the computer systems of every megacorporation on the globe. And unless he can be destroyed, every corporation will be--along with the stability and security of the entire planet.
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Odd John & Sirius
by Olaf Stapledon
Two of the finest future histories ever written, each concerning a central question: If and when a superior being is introduced into a culture, how will either survive? Odd John is the definitive fictionalization of the mutated superman who has to decide what to do with his gifts, while Sirius concerns a dog with superhuman mentality.
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The Myriad
by R. M. Meluch
The U.S.S. Merrimack was the finest battleship class spaceship in Earth's fleet, able to stand up against the best the Palatine Empire could throw at them, even able to attack and kill swarms of the seemingly unstoppable Hive. But nothing could have prepared the captain and crew of the Merrimack to face the Myriad-three colonized worlds in the midst of a globular cluster that the Hive had somehow overlooked.
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Dorsai
by Gordon R. Dickson
Throughout the Fourteen Worlds of humanity, no race is as feared and respected as the Dorsai. The ultimate warriors, they are known for their deadly rages, unbreakable honor, and fierce independence. No man rules the Dorsai, but their mastery of the art of war has made them the most valuable mercenaries in the known universe. Donal Graeme is Dorsai, taller and harder than any ordinary man. But he is different as well, with talents that amaze even his fellow Dorsai. And once he ventures out into the stars, the future will never be the same....
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Brother to Dragons, Companion to Owls
by Jane Lindskold
The Magic That Doesn't Go Away Cutbacks have forced Sarah out of the asylum in which she was raised--and into a strange new place where the Head Wolf rules the beautiful and the doomed. But Sarah can never truly assimilate, for she possesses wild talents. Walls tell her their secrets. Safes tell her their combinations. And a favorite toy dragon whispers dire warnings about those who would exploit her for their own malevolent purposes. There's no place Sarah can hide, from her pursuers or from her past...
