Popular European Science Fiction Books
Find science fiction books written by authors from Europe for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge. (140)
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EnglandDescription:
**WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE 2024** 'A slim, profound study of intimate human fears set against epic vistas' GUARDIAN 'Stunning... An uplifting book' SUNDAY TIMES Life on our planet as you've never seen it before A team of astronauts in the International Space Station collect meteorological data, conduct scientific experiments and test the limits of the human body. But mostly they observe. Together they watch their silent blue planet, circling it sixteen times, spinning past continents and cycling through seasons, taking in glaciers and deserts, the peaks of mountains and the swells of oceans.... continue
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Out of the Silent Planet by C. S. Lewis EN
IrelandDescription:
Dr Ransom, a Cambridge academic, is abducted and taken on a spaceship to Mars. His captors are plotting to plunder the planet's treasures and plan to offer Ransom as a sacrifice to the creatures who live there. Ransom discovers he has come from the Earth. This is the first novel in CS Lewis' classic sci-fi trilogy.
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Dr Ransom is called to the Venus. He is horrified to find that his old enemy, Dr Weston, has also arrived and is putting him in grave peril once more. As the mad Weston's body is taken over by the forces of evil, Ransom engages in a desperate struggle to save the innocence of Perelandra. This is the second novel in Lewis' science fiction trilogy.
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Present Tense Machine : A Novel by Gunnhild Øyehaug EN
NorwayDescription:
"A playful and transcendent novel about language, family, and parallel universes"--
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R.U.R. Rossum Universal Robots by Karel Čapek PT
Country: Europe / 
Czech Republic
Czech Republic
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A phenomenal Czech science fiction play that introduced robots to modern literature. R.U.R. - Rossum's Universal Robots explores the ethical implications behind humanity’s enslavement of a man-made race. Opening in the Roboti factory, this play poses moral and ethical questions as we watch humans create a new life form. R.U.R. are intelligent robots built with the ability to think, feel, and act as freely as humans, but they are being sold as servants. As the robots tire of their ill-treatment and begin to revolt, could humanity have created its own death sentence? First published in 1920, Kar... continue
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Ralph 124C 41+ : A Romance of the Year 2660 by Hugo Gernsback EN
Country: Europe / 
Luxembourg
Luxembourg
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Science fiction-roman.
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Rubinrot: Liebe geht durch alle Zeiten by Kerstin Gier DE
GermanyDescription:
"Manchmal ist es ein echtes Kreuz, in einer Familie zu leben, die jede Menge Geheimnisse hat. Der Überzeugung ist zumindest die 16-jährige Gwendolyn. Bis sie sich eines Tages aus heiterem Himmel in London um die letzte Jahrhundertwende wiederfindet. Und ihr klar wird, dass ausgerechnet sie das allergrößte Geheimnis ihrer Familie ist. Was ihr dagegen nicht klar ist: Dass man sich zwischen den Zeiten möglichst nicht verlieben sollte. Denn das macht die Sache erst recht kompliziert!"--Provided by publisher
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RUR by Karel Čapek EN
Country: Europe / Czech Republic
Czech Republic
Description:
We rely on your support to help us keep producing beautiful, free, and unrestricted editions of literature for the digital age. Will you support our efforts with a donation? R.U.R., or Rossum’s Universal Robots is a play written in 1920 by Karel Čapek, a Czech writer who wrote many plays and novels, many of them with science-fiction and dystopian themes. R.U.R. is perhaps the most well-known of these works in the English-speaking world because it brought the word “robot” into the language. “Robot” is derived from the Czech word meaning “worker.” The play is set in the island headquarters of th... continue
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