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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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, …
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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. …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
