The Walls of the Universe

10 best books like The Walls of the Universe (Paul Melko): The Door Into Summer, How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe, The Terminal Man, Prey, State of Fear, Next, Micro, The Painted Bird, Shadow Captain, The Last Continent

The Door Into Summer
AuthorRobert A. Heinlein
ISBN0345413997
It is 1970, and electronics engineer Dan Davis has finally made the invention of a lifetime: a household robot with extraordinary abilities, destined to dramatically change the landscape of everyday routine. Then, with wild success just within reach, Dan's greedy partner and even greedier fiancée...
How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe
AuthorCharles Yu
ISBN0307379205
A story of a son searching for his father . . . through quantum space–time.
 
Minor Universe 31 is a vast story-space on the outskirts of fiction, where paradox fluctuates like the stock market, lonely sexbots beckon failed protagonists, and time travel is serious business. Every day, people...
The Terminal Man
AuthorMichael Crichton
ISBN0060092572
Harry Benson is prone to violent, uncontrollable seizures and is under police guard after attacking two people.

Dr. Roger McPherson, head of the prestigious Neuropsychiatric Research Unit at University Hospital in Los Angeles, is convinced he can cure Benson through a procedure called...
Prey
AuthorMichael Crichton
ISBN0061015725
In the Nevada desert, an experiment has gone horribly wrong. A cloud of nanoparticles -- micro-robots -- has escaped from the laboratory. This cloud is self-sustaining and self-reproducing. It is intelligent and learns from experience. For all practical purposes, it is alive.

It has been...
State of Fear
AuthorMichael Crichton
ISBN0061015733
In Paris, a physicist dies after performing a laboratory experiment for a beautiful visitor. In the jungles of Malaysia, a mysterious buyer purchases deadly cavitation technology, built to his specifications. In Vancouver, a small research submarine is leased for use in the waters off New Guinea....
Next
AuthorMichael Crichton
ISBN0060872985
Welcome to our genetic world.Fast, furious, and out of control.This is not the world of the future --- it's the world right now.Is a loved one missing some body parts? Are blondes becoming extinct? Is everyone at your dinner table of the same species? Humans and chimpanzees differ in only 400 genes; is...
Micro
AuthorMichael Crichton
ISBN0062094734
In the vein of Jurassic Park, this high-concept thriller follows a group of graduate students lured to Hawaii to work for a mysterious biotech company—only to find themselves cast out into the rain forest, with nothing but their scientific expertise and wits to protect them. An instant classic,...
AuthorJerzy Kosiński
Originally published in 1965, The Painted Bird established Jerzy Kosinski as a major literary figure. Called by the Los Angeles Times "one of the most imposing novels of the decade," it was eventually translated into more than thirty languages.

A harrowing story that follows the wanderings...
Shadow Captain
AuthorAlastair Reynolds
ISBN0575090634
The gripping sequel to the Locus award winning science fiction adventure, Revenger, tells a story of obsession and betrayal as two sisters hunt for the greatest treasure in the universe.

Adrana and Fura Ness have finally been reunited, but both have changed beyond recognition. Once desperate...
The Last Continent
AuthorTerry Pratchett
ISBN0552154180
'Anything you do in the past changes the future. The tiniest little actions have huge consequences. You might tread on an ant now and it might entirely prevent someone from being born in the future.'

There's nothing like the issue of evolution to get under the skin of academics. Especially when...
AuthorIsaac Asimov
ISBN0553290991
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...
The Book of Why: The New Science of Cause and Effect
AuthorJudea Pearl
A Turing Award-winning computer scientist and statistician shows how understanding causality has revolutionized science and will revolutionize artificial intelligence
"Correlation is not causation." This mantra, chanted by scientists for more than a century, has led to a virtual prohibition...
The Woman at Number 19
AuthorJ.A. Baker
ISBN1912986434
Esther lost her husband, Julian, and her children, Harriet and Dexter, in a car accident and is struggling with her grief.

Her only friend is Amy, a young lady who lives close by and visits Esther to keep her company.

Esther’s sister, Charlotte, also visits from time to time but Esther...
The Postmortal
AuthorDrew Magary
ISBN0143119826
John Farrell is about to get "The Cure."

Old age can never kill him now.

The only problem is, everything else still can...

Imagine a near future where a cure for aging is discovered and-after much political and moral debate-made available to people worldwide. Immortality,...
Under the Cold Bright Lights
AuthorGarry Disher
ISBN1925498883
The young detectives call Alan Auhl a retread, but that doesn’t faze him. He does things his own way—and gets results.

He still lives with his ex-wife, off and on, in a big house full of random boarders and hard-luck stories. And he’s still a cop, even though he retired from Homicide some...
The Boar
AuthorJoe R. Lansdale
ISBN1597800163
It's the Great Depression in East Texas, and a fifteen year-old boy has to face down a wild boar that threatens his family. But if his Dad, a tough carnie wrestler, can't stop the beast, what hope does a kid who wants to be a writer have?

Skyhorse Publishing, under our Night Shade and Talos imprints,...
Sunset and Sawdust
AuthorJoe R. Lansdale
ISBN0375719229
In the middle of a cyclone, beautiful, red-haired Sunset Jones shoots her husband Pete dead when he tries to beat and rape her. To Camp Rapture’s general consternation, Sunset’s mother-in-law arranges for her to take over from Pete as town constable. As if that weren’t hard enough to swallow...
Lost Echoes
AuthorJoe R. Lansdale
ISBN0307275442
Since a mysterious childhood illness, Harry Wilkes has experienced horrific visions. Gruesome scenes emerge to replay themselves before his eyes. Triggered by simple sounds, these visions occur anywhere a tragic event has happened. Now in college, Harry feels haunted and turns to alcohol to dull...
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