Science fiction books from United States of America
Recommended science fiction books (81)
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If you are into science fiction here are some science fiction books from United States of America for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge.
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Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
The show crept into town late one dark October night to the eerie whine of a calliope. In the terrifying days that followed, everything changed... Two boys stumbled onto the first of the secrets - the nightmare merry-go-round that produced the grisly turnabout of human beings. But not until they actually became part of the dance of death did they discover the final mystery of all...
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Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
Ender Wiggin has an opportunity to atone for his earlier failures through a second alien race discovered by Portuguese colonists on the planet Lusitania.
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Starter Villain by John Scalzi EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
Now a New York Times bestseller! Inheriting your uncle's supervillain business is more complicated than you might think. Particularly when you discover who's running the place. Charlie's life is going nowhere fast. A divorced substitute teacher living with his cat in a house his siblings want to sell, all he wants is to open a pub downtown, if only the bank will approve his loan. Then his long-lost uncle Jake dies and leaves his supervillain business (complete with island volcano lair) to Charlie. But becoming a supervillain isn't all giant laser death rays and lava pits. Jake had enemies, and... continue
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Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
The phenomenal fifth book in the Hunger Games series! When you've been set up to lose everything you love, what is there left to fight for? As the day dawns on the fiftieth annual Hunger Games, fear grips the districts of Panem. This year, in honor of the Quarter Quell, twice as many tributes will be taken from their homes. Back in District 12, Haymitch Abernathy is trying not to think too hard about his chances. All he cares about is making it through the day and being with the girl he loves. When Haymitch's name is called, he can feel all his dreams break. He's torn from his family and his l... continue
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Tanar of Pellucidar by Edgar Rice Burroughs EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
The third installment in the Pelludicar series from the legendary creator of Tarzan.
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The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakeswill revisit the world of Panem sixty-four years before the events of The Hunger Games, starting on the morning of the reaping of the Tenth Hunger Games.
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The Demolished Man by Alfred Bester EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
In 2301, a psychopathic business magnate comes up with the ultimate plan to eliminate his competition and destroy the order of society.
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The Dispossessed : A Novel by Ursula K. Le Guin EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
Centuries ago, the moon Anarres was settled by utopian anarchists who left the Earthlike planet Urras in search of a better world, a new beginning. Now a brilliant physicist, Shevek, determines to reunite the two civilizations that have been separated by hatred since long before he was born. The Dispossessed is a penetrating examination of society and humanity -- and one man's brave undertaking to question the unquestionable and ignite the fires of change.
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The Falling Woman by Pat Murphy EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
Elizabeth Butler, an archaelogist, discovers the Secrets of Mayan Magic and learns that their gods may return to Earth
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The Fifth Season by N. K. Jemisin EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
A New York Times Notable Book of 2015 Shortlisted for the Hugo, World Fantasy, Nebula, Kitschies, Audie and Locus Awards The inaugural Wired.com book club pick THIS IS THE WAY THE WORLD ENDS . . . FOR THE LAST TIME. IT STARTS WITH THE GREAT RED RIFT across the heart of the world's sole continent, spewing ash that blots out the sun. IT STARTS WITH DEATH, with a murdered son and a missing daughter. IT STARTS WITH BETRAYAL, and long dormant wounds rising up to fester. This is the Stillness, a land long familiar with catastrophe, where the power of the earth is wielded as a weapon. And where there... continue