Judgment on Janus
10 best books like Judgment on Janus (Andre Norton): The Universe Against Her, The Players of Null-A, Berserker Man, Flandry of Terra, The Stars in Shroud, The Gray Prince, The Magic Goes Away Collection: The Magic Goes Away/The Magic May Return/More Magic, The Ruins of Isis, The City of the Beast or Warriors of Mars, Way of the Pilgrim
| Author | James H. Schmitz |
| ISBN | 0441845770 |
Telzey Amberdon, at age 15, had enormously developed psionic powers. She could read, as well as change, human minds! In part I, she enjoys an extraordinary telepathic rapport with a feline non-human.
Then her dreams become nightmares dominated by a weird "psionic traffic cop," and she realizes...
| Author | A.E. van Vogt |
| ISBN | 0425025594 |
-¿Algunos tics de la New Wave antes de la New Wave u otra clase de trastorno con base humorística?.-
Género. Ciencia-Ficción.
Lo que nos cuenta. Gilbert Gosseyn trata de oponerse al dictador galáctico que busca añadir la Tierra a sus dominios mientras intenta conocer más...
| Author | Fred Saberhagen |
| ISBN | 0441054072 |
I bought Berserker Man on a whim, without any idea it was part of a larger series and having never heard of Saberhagen, and I came away so enamoured with the story that I hope I can pick up some others in the series.
From the setup in the prologue to the arc of discovery for Michel, it's a beautiful and...
| Author | Poul Anderson |
| ISBN | 1596873493 |
A collection of three Flandry tales: The Game Of Glory: Captain Flandry follows a dying man's clue to the watery provincial world of Nyanza, where a rebellion against the Empire may be brewing. A Message In Secret: Flandry ventures to the remote colonial world of Altai, whose human inhabitants haven't...
| Author | Gregory Benford |
| ISBN | 0812531817 |
Capt. Ling Sanjen suffers thru a mutiny that dishonors him, an illness that nearly destroys him & a war that redeems him. A Caucasian in a post-apocalyptic world where Orientals rule, Sanjen's a social misfit. His career as a fleet captain ends when he makes the mistake of being right while everyone...
| Author | Jack Vance |
| ISBN | 1596872403 |
When Schaine Madduc returned to Koryphon after five years in space, her home planet was not as she left it. The several intelligent species that had lived so long in a sort of symbiotic harmony were at each other's throats. The humanoid Uldra were united in rebellion against the human land-holding community...
The Magic Goes Away Collection: The Magic Goes Away/The Magic May Return/More Magic
| Author | Larry Niven |
| ISBN | 0743416937 |
Larry Niven created his popular "Magic Goes Away" universe in 1967, and it has been a source of delight and inspiration ever since. By asking the simple question, What if magic were a finite resource?, Niven brought to life a mesmerizing world of wonder and loss, of hope and despair. The success of his...
| Author | Marion Zimmer Bradley |
| ISBN | 0915442604 |
Of all the worlds of the Galaxy, only the matriarchy of Isis Cinderella has returned to an ancient social order, it is on Isis that women rule, their control total and unbending, on Isis men are regarded as dangerous animals or, at best, as sexual playthings, and on Isis exists the great enigma of the known...
| Author | Michael Moorcock |
| ISBN | 0879974362 |
It was supposed to be a matter transmitter, but something went hideously wrong with its first experimental use. Instead of sending him to a room across the laboratory, it flung Michael Kane helplessly through time and space —to the red planet where savagery ruled!
Deadly menace faced the...
| Author | Gordon R. Dickson |
| ISBN | 0312866623 |
Shane, a gifted linguist, has spent his life learning the language of the old and powerful alien race that has conquered Earth. He has learned it so well that the interstellar masters, old hands at enslaving planets, regard him as a valuable servant.
But Shane has a secret. One day, in a rebellious...
The story itself was very dated and only okay. What I liked about it was the glimpse of the expected Male/Female roles in 1949 America. This shortly after WWII I see that Americans quickly reverted back to their pre-war social norm. I would have hoped that the "Rosie the Riveter" era would have lasted a...
| Author | Edgar Rice Burroughs |
| ISBN | 0345378334 |
The creature dodged back, and the blow that would have crushed its skull grazed a hairbreadth from its face. Waldo struck no second blow, and the cold sweat sprang to his forehead when he realized how nearly he had come to murdering a young girl. "I crave your pardon," he said. "I had no idea that there was...
| Author | Christopher Stasheff |
Magnus leaves Gramarye to seek own fame and fortune. On asteroid Maxima, he psychically persuades d'Armand relatives to reconcile, despite tempting blue-eyed blonde cousin Pelisse, also heir to dying uncle. Similar blonde Allouene recruits Magnus as SCENT agent like dad Rod.
On planet...
| Author | Clifford D. Simak |
| ISBN | 0786701005 |
Andrew Blake is found in a space capsule on a distant planet and is brought back to an unfamiliar Earth, where antigravity devices have replaced the wheel, and houses talk and even fly!
Yet nothing is as strange as Blake's own feelings. Tormented by eerie sensations and loss of memory, he doesn't...
| Author | S.L. Viehl |
| ISBN | 0451461231 |
Posted at Shelf Inflicted
After the disappointing Rebel Ice, I was hesitant to continue with the Stardoc series. In Rebel Ice, Dr. Cherijo Torin crash landed on the icy planet of Akkabarr, where she lost her memories but retained her medical skills. When her husband finds her, she is now Jarn,...
