Truly Great Single-Afternoon Sci-Fi Reads

Discover the best single-afternoon sci-fi reads! Dive into captivating short sci-fi books perfect for a quick escape. Ideal for busy readers craving great stories in one sitting.

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Red Planet

by Robert Anson Heinlein

Jim Marlow and his strange-looking Martian friend Willis were allowed to travel only so far. But one day Willis unwittingly tuned into a treacherous plot …
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The Essential Ellison

by Harlan Ellison

"But something was stirring, something was wakening in that nexus of energy. And in The Cleveland News of June 7th, little more than a week …
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The Big Time

by Fritz Leiber

Have you ever worried about your memory, because it doesn't seem to recall exactly the same past from one day to the next? If you …
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The Fifth Head of Cerberus

by Gene Wolfe

First published in 1972, this SF masterpiece has been out of print for most of a decade. Now, this "subtle, ingenious, and poetic book" (Ursula …
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Venus Plus X

by Theodore Sturgeon

The Ledom have made a world without war, without fear -- a world in which each individual is free to love, to create, to explore. …
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To Your Scattered Bodies Go

by Philip José Farmer

Richard Francis Burton attempts to fight his way out of the Riverworld in which he finds himself trapped after death.