The Worthing Saga
10 best books like The Worthing Saga (Orson Scott Card): This Alien Shore, Orion, The Reality Dysfunction Part 2: Expansion, The Practice Effect, Omnivore, The Winds of Change and Other Stories, Orson Scott Card's Intergalactic Medicine Show, Quest for the Well of Souls, Berserker Man, High Justice
| Author | C.S. Friedman |
| ISBN | 0886777992 |
TL;DR version: The bastard love-child of Dune and Neuromancer, but the awesome kind of bastard-child, the one that ends up forging his own destiny and writing his name in the stars.
Longer version:
I read this book as a teenager, and was deeply affected by it. Later, I read it as an adult,...
| Author | Ben Bova |
| ISBN | 0812532473 |
2.5 stars
Even though there are many interesting ideas in this book, the story itself was a bit of a chore to finish.
The story is basically that of Good versus Evil ... except that Good doesn't really know what it is doing, and Evil isn't really all that Evil at all. Even the Gods are a bit...
| Author | Peter F. Hamilton |
| ISBN | 0446605166 |
This review is for The Reality Dysfunction part 1 and 2 (The American edition I read divides this monster of a book into two books, which equal book 1 of The Night's Dawn trilogy)
So after reading the two books that comprise the Commonwealth Sagan and the Void trilogy, I can safetly say that...
I have read this book every year since it first came out in paperback. Many of those reviewing this book here have not quite cottoned to the fact that it is indeed a Fantasy book and not Science Fiction. I enjoyed this fantasy for what it was and not for what it wasn't, which is to say, Science Fiction.
As...
| Author | Piers Anthony |
| ISBN | 1594260648 |
Three scientists came to the mysterious planet Nacre to discover, to explore, to record. Utterly defenseless, they trekked through the grotesque jungle of multiform mushrooms and dense spore-clouds, hoping to unlock the secret of this strange world. The stunning climax of their mission was just...
| 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...
| Author | Edmund R. Schubert |
| ISBN | 0765320002 |
Bestselling writer Orson Scott Card founded the online magazine Intergalactic Medicine Show in 2006. It has been a big success, drawing submissions from well-known sf and fantasy writers, as well as fostering some amazing new talents. This collection contains some of the best of those stories from...
| Author | Jack L. Chalker |
| ISBN | 0743471539 |
Welcome to the Well World: a construct of an ancient defunct race known as the Markovians. The Well World acts both as the controller of and the gateway to 1560 worlds created by the Markovians at the end of their time.
Exiles at the Well of Souls left Mavra Chang captured by the Olborn and partially...
| 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...
High Justice begins Jerry Pournelle's own Future History, a universe which he shared with Larry Niven in their collaborative novel, The Mote in God's Eye. Here we see, with all the vivid detail for which Pournelle is known, the Fall of the West, and how in its death throes it gave birth to a society that...
| Author | Sean McMullen |
| ISBN | 0765344556 |
In a fortieth-century America of ancient kingdoms with opulent courts, hereditary engineering guilds, and rigid class distinction in warfare, a centuries-old balance of power is shattered by a few dozen Australian infiltrators. Against a rich backdrop of war, chivalry, conspiracy, and a diesel-powered...
Angelmass, a black hole deep in space, emits "angels," small particles that render humans calm, reasonable, and virtually incapable of lying. The Empyrean, human colonies in the far reaches of the galaxy, has discovered the angels and the power they wield. All members of Empyrean government must...
| Author | Julian May |
| ISBN | 0345355245 |
All over the world, the metapsychics are honing their skills, learning to stretch their incredible minds far beyond the ken of ordinary humans. Most are dedicated to the harmony of the human soul. But some have darker intentions...
If the metapsychics succeed in uniting Earth's minds to take...
| Author | Dan Simmons |
| ISBN | 0060506040 |
An extraordinary artist with few rivals in his chosen arena, Dan Simmons possesses a restless talent that continually presses boundaries while tantalizing the mind and touching the soul. Now he offers us a superb quintet of novellas -- five dazzling masterworks of speculative fiction, including...
| Author | Arthur C. Clarke |
| ISBN | 0743475313 |
This is the sixth book I have read by Arthur C Clarke, as part of My Big Fat Reading Project and my study of the development of science fiction. The surprise was to find it was not science fiction but a scientific novel set in early WWII.
Flying officer Alan Bishop finds himself posted on a British...
| Author | Doug Chiang |
| ISBN | 0811840417 |
Academy awardwinning artist Doug Chiang and best-selling sci-fi author Orson Scott Card join forces for an extraordinary publishing adventure: Robota. An original illustrated science fiction novel, Robota follows the fortunes of a strangely powerful amnesiac named Caps as he navigates an ancient,...
| Author | Mike Allred |
| ISBN | 1613770340 |
Dave Stevens' The Rocketeer was an instant hit the moment it hit the spinner rack in the earl 1980s. Stevens' lush and distinctive artwork and fun, action-driven story was inspired by the adventure pulp novels of the era The Rocketeer was set in. Stevens produced only two Rocketeer graphic novels - collected...
| Author | Joe Haldeman |
| ISBN | 0380704390 |
In the 21st century, immortality via the complex operation known as the Stileman Process is attainable by a few wealthy and determined individuals, but the motivations that drive humans to live forever remain shrouded in mystery until "immortals" Dallas Barr and Maria Marconi stumble across a dangerous...
| Author | William C. Dietz |
| ISBN | 0441015247 |
The national bestselling author of For More Than Glory and For Those Who Fell presents a thrilling new novel of The Legion of the Damned-dispatched on a mission that will determine humanity's future in a galaxy full of unpredictable enemies...
As interstellar war rages, the President of the...
