Lucky Starr and the Pirates of the Asteroids

10 best books like Lucky Starr and the Pirates of the Asteroids (Paul French): The Currents of Space, Time for the Stars (Heinlein's Juveniles, #10), The Earthsea Quartet, Nightfall, Imperial Earth, The Winds of Change and Other Stories, The Early Asimov: Book Two, The Wind From the Sun, Earth Is Room Enough, Reach for Tomorrow

The Currents of Space

Author	Isaac Asimov
ISBN	0553293419

High above the planet Florinia, the Squires of Sark live in unimaginable wealth and comfort. Down in the eternal spring of the planet, however, the native Florinians labor ceaselessly to produce the precious kyrt that brings prosperity to their Sarkite masters. Rebellion is unthinkable and impossible....

Time for the Stars (Heinlein's Juveniles, #10)

Author	Robert A. Heinlein
ISBN	0765314932

This is one of the classic titles originally know as the "Heinlein Juveniles," written in the 1950 and published for the young adult market. It has since been in print for 50 years in paperback, and now returns to hardcover for a new generation.
Travel to other planets is a reality, and with overpopulation...

The Earthsea Quartet

Author	Ursula K. Le Guin
ISBN	0140154272

If you're into stuff like this, you can read the full review.


RIP Ursula K. Le Guin, 1929 – 2018: The Earthsea Quartet (Earthsea Cycle, #1-4) by Ursula K. Le Guin



"To light a candle, is to cast a shadow": Ursula K. Le Guin, 1929 – 2018


Who now has the stature...

Nightfall

Author	Isaac Asimov
ISBN	0553290991

Imagine living on a planet with six suns that never experiences Darkness. Imagine never having seen the Stars. Then, one by one your suns start to set, gradually leading you into Darkness for the first time ever. Image the terror of such a Nightfall.

Scientists on the planet Kalgash discover...

Imperial Earth

Author	Arthur C. Clarke
ISBN	1416504540

Imperial Earth is the fascinating odyssey of Duncan Makenzie, traveling from Titan, a moon of Saturn, to Earth, as a diplomatic guest of the United States for the celebration of its Quincentennial in the year 2276. Titan, an independent republic, was originally colonized from Earth three generations...

The Winds of Change and Other Stories

Author	Isaac Asimov
ISBN	0345311884

Asimov at his best! A 21-story salute

About Nothing • (1975)
A Perfect Fit • (1981)
Belief • (1953)
Death of a Foy • (1980)
Fair Exchange? • (1978)
For the Birds • (1980)
Found! • (1978)
Good Taste • (1976)
How It Happened • (1979)
Ideas...

The Early Asimov: Book Two

Author	Isaac Asimov
ISBN	0345325893

A ghost sues for the legal right to haunt a house...a new world is discovered, inhabited by robots, & only by robots...& the author of the famous Reginald de Meister detective series finds he has a new rival in love: Reginald de Meister.
Contents

9 • Introduction (The Early Asimov...

The Wind From the Sun

Author	Arthur C. Clarke
ISBN	0575600527

A volume containing all 18 short stories written by Arthur C. Clarke in the 1960s. They depict a future in which technologies are beginning to dictate man's lifestyle - even to demand life for themselves.
Contents

vii • Preface (The Wind from the Sun) • (1972) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
3...

Earth Is Room Enough

Author	Isaac Asimov
ISBN	0449014010

Contents:

· The Dead Past · nv Astounding Apr ’56
· The Foundation of Science Fiction Success · pm F&SF Oct ’54
· Franchise · ss If Aug ’55
· Gimmicks Three [“The Brazen Locked Room”] · ss F&SF Nov ’56
· Kid Stuff · ss Beyond Fantasy Fiction Sep...

Reach for Tomorrow

Author	Arthur C. Clarke
ISBN	0345430719

WARNING: THIS REVIEW IS SERIOUSLY GEEKY

When I was reading Lee Smolin’s interesting new book Time Reborn a few weeks ago, I happened to run into the following passage, which I imagine must have occupied the author’s attention for all of two minutes. He is talking about gravity:Newton,...

The Seeds of Time

Author	John Wyndham
ISBN	0140013857

Varied short stories by John Wyndham, some from before WW2 and some decades later, and still fresh, 20 years since I last read them.

If Wyndham makes you think of spooky children (Midwich Cuckoos) and triffids, prepare for something different and, I think better. There is plenty of variety...