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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorThe Illustrated Man
Ray Bradbury · 222 pages
The Illustrated Man is a 1951 collection of eighteen science fiction short stories by American writer Ray Bradbury. A recurring theme throughout the eighteen stories is the conflict of the cold mechanics of technology and the psychology of people. It was nominated for the International Fantasy Award in 1952.
I Am Legend and Other Stories
Richard Matheson · 312 pages
Neville is essentially the last man on earth, and the loneliness of his situation is the central part of the story. Matheson is able to communicate Neville's emotional feelings vividly, making him very real. We gradually acquire the story of the deaths of Neville's wife and daughter, essentially experiencing the pain he goes through when these memories overcome him. We watch him drink himself into
Welcome to the Monkey House
Kurt Vonnegut Jr. · 308 pages
Welcome to the Monkey House is a collection of Kurt Vonnegut’s shorter works. Originally printed in publications as diverse as The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction and The Atlantic Monthly, these superb stories share Vonnegut’s audacious sense of humor and extraordinary range of creative vision. Includes the following stories: “Where I Live” “Harrison Bergeron” “Who Am I This Time?
Maps in a Mirror: The Short Fiction of Orson Scott Card
Orson Scott Card · 560 pages
THE SHORT FICTION OF ORSON SCOTT CARD brings together nearly all of Card's stories, from his first publications in 1977 to work as recent as last year. For those readers who have followed this remarkable talent since the beginning, here are all those amazing stories gathered together in one place, with some extra surprises as well. For the hundreds of thousands who are newly come to Card, here is
The Complete Short Stories
H.G. Wells · 352 pages
"Wells envisioned a sky filled with airplanes before Orville Wright ever left the ground. He described the spectacle of space travel decades before men set foot on the moon. H.G. Wells was a visionary, a man of science with an enduring literary touch." "Ursula K. Le Guin's selection of twenty-six stories showcases Wells's genius and reintroduces readers to his singular talent for making the unbeli
Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances
Neil Gaiman · 352 pages
This third collection of short fiction by Gaiman includes previously published pieces of short fiction -- stories, verse, and a Doctor Who story written for the series' fiftieth anniversary (Nothing o'clock). There is also "Black Dog," a new tale that revisits the world of his novel American Gods. The collection explores the masks we all wear and the people we are beneath them to reveal our vulner
Impossible Things
Connie Willis · 461 pages
Contains: "The Last of the Winnebagos" (1988) (Hugo and Nebula Award winner) "Even the Queen" (1992) (Hugo and Nebula Award winner) "Schwarzschild Radius" (1987) "Ado" (1988) "Spice Pogrom" (1986) "Winter's Tale" (1988) "Chance" (1986) "In the Late Cretaceous" (1991) "Time Out" (1989) "Jack" (1991) "At the Rialto" (1989) (Nebula Award winner)
Wastelands II: More Stories of the Apocalypse
Paolo Bacigalupi, Cory Doctorow, Christopher Barzak, Genevieve Valentine, D. Thomas Minton, Nancy Kress, Ramsey Shehadeh, Orson Scott Card, David Brin, Robert Silverberg, Christie Yant, Hugh Howey, Megan Arkenberg, James Van Pelt, Tananarive Due, Milo James Fowler, Toiya Kristen Finley, Mira Grant,
Looking for Jake
China Mieville · 303 pages
What William Gibson did for science fiction, China Mieville has done for fantasy, shattering old paradigms with fiercely imaginative works of startling, often shocking, intensity. Now from this brilliant young writer comes a groundbreaking collection of stories, many of them previously unavailable in the United States, and including four never-before-published tales--one set in Mieville's signatur
Tales of Heresy
Dan Abnett, Mike Lee, Anthony Reynolds, James Swallow, Gav Thorpe, Graham McNeill, Matthew Farrer · 412 pages
A collection of short stories sheds new light on characters and events from the pivotal time when Horus the Warmaster rebelled against the Emperor and civil war raged across the galaxy, nearly destroying the Imperium.
The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick 3: Second Variety
Philip K. Dick · 432 pages
Burning Chrome
William Gibson · 220 pages
Burning Chrome collects Gibson's early short fiction from the late 70's and early 80's. Contents: Preface / by Bruce Sterling -- Johnny Mnemonic -- The Gernsback continuum -- Fragments of a hologram rose -- The belonging kind / by John Shirley and William Gibson -- Hinterlands -- Red star, winter orbit / by Bruce Sterling and William Gibson -- New Rose Hotel -- The winter market -- Do
Her Smoke Rose Up Forever
James Tiptree Jr. · 508 pages
Is there any hope for us? For how many of us, me in my way, you in yours, are not our pens the weapons with which we can do something-a tiny something-about wrongs? Even if only to name them? And "name them" she did: from behind the facade of a Virginia post office box and under a pseudonym swiped from a jar of marmalade, Alice B. Sheldon wrote a group of stories that remain among the finest
Brave New Worlds
Cory Doctorow, Paolo Bacigalupi, Orson Scott Card, Ursula K. Le Guin, M. Rickert, Kate Wilhelm, Geoff Ryman, Neil Gaiman, Bryan Talbot, J.G. Ballard, Carrie Vaughn, James K. Morrow, Alex Irvine, Ray Bradbury, Harlan Ellison, Genevieve Valentine, Sarah Langan, Kim Stanley Robinson, Matt Williamson, P · 489 pages
Collects short stories on civilization invading and dictating citizens lives, from authors including Shirley Jackson, Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., and Geoff Rymann.
Alien Sex: 19 Tales by the Masters of Science Fiction and Dark Fantasy
Ellen Datlow · 287 pages
From Bernie Goutley's review: 1.) Her Furry Face by Leigh Kennedy A primate handler who is in a waning marriage falls for one of his super-intelligent orangutan students. 2.) War Bride by Rick Wilbur The world is going to end tomorrow unless you’ve been taken as a pet by one of the aliens. 3.) How’s the Night Life on Cissalda by Harlan Ellison A man sent to investigate an alien race be
The Twilight Zone: The Original Stories
Charles G. Waugh, Martin H. Greenberg · 108 pages