Science Fiction Books

Science Fiction Books Writers:  Adams, Richard (143) Adams, Robert (219) Anthony, Mark (132) Anthony, Piers (165) Barker, Clive (112) Baum, L. Frank (415) Bradbury, Ray (171) Burroughs, Edgar Rice (390) Card, Orson Scott (110) Clarke, Arthur C. (119) David, Peter (629) Doyle, Arthur Conan (556) Foster, Alan Dean (117) Friedman, Michael (142) Gibson, William (125) Greenberg, Martin H. (127) Hamilton, Laurell (113) Howard, Robert (219) Jacques, Brian (126) Johnstone, William W. (155) King, Stephen (420) Lackey, Mercedes (122) Lewis, C.S. (464) MacDonald, George (457) Martin, Thomas (251) McCaffrey, Anne (232) Miller, Frank (133) Moore, Alan (105) Moore, James A. (173) Orwell, George (140) Pullman, Philip (105) Salvatore, R.A. (138) Sherman, Josepha (100) Silverberg, Robert (162) Takahashi, Rumiko (137) Tolkien, J.R.R. (394) Turtledove, Harry (115) Verne, Jules (433) Vonnegut, Kurt (107) Weber, David (177) Weis, Margaret (115) Wells, H.G. (539) Williams, Michael (711).

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Philip K. Dick's 5-in-1

Philip K. Dick (1928-1982) had a huge influence on the Science Fiction field. You just have to look at the huge numbers of Hollywood blockbusters made from his work to see how packed full of ideas and mind-bending plotlines they are. "Blade Runner", "Total Recall", "Minority Report" and "Paycheck" all originated as short stories or novels from his hand and their harsh, dystopian futures are unmistakably his.

This collection brings together five of his most acclaimed novels into one thick volume. Along with perhaps his most famous work, "Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?" which became "Blade Runner", four other quality pieces of long fiction are included, spanning a large portion of his career.

The first two novels, "The Three Stigmata Of Palmer Eldritch" and "Martian Time-Slip" are also the earliest of the volumes collected here, both being written in 1964. In "The Three Stigmata", the industrialist Palmer Eldritch returns from an alien world with a new drug. "Martian Time-Slip" combines two ideas: Autism and Mars. "Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep" has bounty hunter Rick Deckard hunting a party of eight androids that have escaped from Mars and are posing as humans.  The last two is "Ubik" and "A Scanner Darkly"

This collection is a fine introduction to the incredible world of Philip K. Dick. So for anyone with any interest in Science Fiction owes it to themselves to read the man´s work, for the influence he had in the genre cannot be underestimated.  Visit philipdick.com to read his bio.

Great Sci-Fi Novels of all time

Some science fiction novels fill us with ideas. Some we admire as works of art. And some do it all. At their best, these novels help us understand the social pressures for and consequences of innovation.

• The Island of Dr. Moreau (H. G. Wells, 1896) - This timeless fable of biological manipulation explores scientific power in the hands of an imperialist unbound by community or ethical standards.
• Limbo (Bernard Wolfe, 1953) - What happens to people and to society when the rich, both wounded and hale, can choose to remake their bodies?
• The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress (Robert A. Heinlein, 1966) -  Extraterrestrial colonies sound like a fine idea until you begin to ask who goes, who stays, and who controls the relationships with the home world.
• Stand on Zanzibar (John Brunner, 1968) - In an overcrowded world, what does personal space mean, and how does its diminution change our mores and our demands on technology?
• The Left Hand of Darkness (Ursula K. LeGuin, 1969) - We are shaped by the natural and cultural environment we inhabit. How much of that environment is natural, and how much do we make ourselves?
• The Futurological Congress (Stanislaw Lem, 1971) - The future grows from our imagination, but our imagination is constrained by our expectations, our language, and by invisible technologies.
• Man Plus (Frederik Pohl, 1976) - If you lose a leg, are you still yourself? And if you gain wings? And what if you remake yourself perfectly for an inhuman environment?
• Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang (Kate Wilhelm, 1976) - In a world of exhausted fertility, will the technologies of reproduction bind us together, change us all forever, or separate us from our offspring?
• China Mountain Zhang (Maureen F. McHugh, 1992) - In a backwater America, outsiders dominate through the strength of their technologies. This novel questions whether American values of individualism can survive.
• Calculating God (Robert J. Sawyer, 2000) -If we are not alone, what does the Other make of us? And if the Other is more powerful yet seems to want to help us, what do we make of the Other?

Sci-Fi Book Award

Hugo and Nebula Award winning science fiction novelist, Robert J. Sawyer, has been named as a writing judge for the L. Ron Hubbard´s Writers of The Future Contest, it was announced today by Author Services, Inc., the literary agency and administrator of the Contest.

Now in its 21st year, the Writers of the Future Contest awards annual cash prizes totaling $30,000 for writers and illustrators of never-before-published works of science fiction and fantasy. It includes annual publication of the year´s winning stories in the anthology titled "L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future" (Galaxy Press).

Sawyer, a Canadian-born Toronto resident, is the only holder of top science fiction awards in five different countries (United States, Japan, Spain, France, and Canada). His novel, "Hominids," was named the 2003 Hugo Award winner. In 1995, Sawyer´s "The Terminal Experiment" received the prestigious Nebula Award, given by the Science Fiction Writers of America, as best novel of the year. In addition, Sawyer serves as a frequent guest commentator for various shows on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

As a fledgling writer, Robert entered the contest three times. Although he never won, he has his own unique story on how the contest helped launch his career. "I received a rather long letter from Algis Budrys, the editor of "L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future" in response to one of my submissions, where he recommended several points that I correct in my story," notes Robert. "I made these edits, changed it from a short story to a novel and wound up with my first novel sale - it was called ´Golden Fleece´ (1990). It unfortunately disqualified me for the Contest as I was now a published novelist, but it did leave me with a personal conviction of the value of the Contest."

Robert joins a distinguished panel of judge´s that includes notable science fiction and fantasy authors Kevin J. Anderson, Doug Beason, Gregory Benford, Algis Budrys, Orson Scott Card, Brian Herbert, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, Eric Kotani, Anne McCaffrey, Larry Niven, Frederik Pohl, Jerry Pournelle, Tim Powers, Robert Silverberg, K.D. Wentworth and Jack Willliamson.

The Writers of the Future Contest was established by L. Ron Hubbard in 1983 to discover and provide talented new and aspiring writers of science fiction and fantasy a chance to have their work seen and acknowledged. Publishers Weekly proclaimed of Writers of the Future in its review of the just released Volume XX, "The human element remains at all times paramount in the 15 SF stories gathered in the 20th edition of ´L. Ron Hubbard´s Writers of the Future´ series, at this point the most enduring forum to showcase new talent in the genre."

Over the past 20 years nearly 300 novels -- Including a number of New York Times´ bestsellers -- and over 2,500 short stories have been published by Writers of the Future Contest winners in the field of speculative fiction, as well as in other major genres. The influential writing competition is now used in U.S. university writing programs including: Brigham Young University, the University of Texas, Portland State University and Towson University in Baltimore, Maryland.