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Scratch One by Michael Crichton writing as John Lange (1967)

Sun, 17 May 2026 11:30:00 +0100

Scratch One by Michael Crichton writing as John Lange (1967)

Author: Michael Crichton writing as John Lange
First Published: September 1, 1967
Hard Case Crime Novels
Score: 7/10

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A pulp-fiction thrill ride through a deadly case of mistaken identity

Playboy Roger Carr is handsome, wealthy, and connected. As an occasional lawyer, he’s the right man to send to the French Riviera to secure a villa for an important client. It’s the perfect assignment, complete with fast cars and fast women, until strange things begin to happen and Roger realizes that someone is trying to kill him.

Solaris by Stanislaw Lem (1961)

Mon, 19 Jan 2026 22:00:00 +0000

Solaris by Stanislaw Lem (1961)

Author: Stanislaw Lem
First Published: January 1, 1961
Score: 8/10

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The moving story of contact with alien intelligence serves as a canvas for discussion of our mind’s limitations and the nature of human cognition. A love story for some readers, a philosophical treatise for others; Lem’s inspiring masterpiece defies unambiguous interpretations.

The Left Hand of Darkness (Hainish Cycle #4) by Ursula K. Le Guin (1969)

Wed, 31 Dec 2025 08:00:00 +0000

The Left Hand of Darkness (Hainish Cycle #4) by Ursula K. Le Guin (1969)

Author: Ursula K. Le Guin
First Published: January 1, 1969
Series: Hainish Cycle Book 4
Score: 8/10

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A lone human ambassador is sent to Winter, an alien world without sexual prejudice, where the inhabitants can change their gender whenever they choose. His goal is to facilitate Winter’s inclusion in a growing intergalactic civilization. But to do so he must bridge the gulf between his own views and those of the strange, intriguing culture he encounters…

Odds On by Michael Crichton writing as John Lange (1966)

Sat, 20 Dec 2025 10:00:00 +0000

Odds On by Michael Crichton writing as John Lange (1966)

Author: Michael Crichton writing as John Lange
First Published: January 1, 1966
Hard Case Crime Novels
Score: 7/10

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Steven Jencks has planned the perfect crime. Working with two skilled associates, he will hit the Reina, a super-luxury hotel off the coast of Spain, and then walk away with the haul of a lifetime. As the ultimate pro, Jencks has even run his plan through a complex computer simulation to account for every possible variable …

City of Illusions (Hainish Cycle #3) by Ursula K. Le Guin (1967)

Sun, 22 Jun 2025 16:00:00 +0100

City of Illusions (Hainish Cycle #3) by Ursula K. Le Guin (1967)

Author: Ursula K. Le Guin
First Published: January 1, 1967
Series: Hainish Cycle Book 3
Score: 7/10

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He was a fully grown man, alone in dense forest, with no trail to show where he had come from and no memory to tell who — or what — he was. His eyes were not the eyes of a human. The forest people took him in and raised him almost as a child, teaching him to speak, training him in forest lore, giving him all the knowledge they had. But they could not solve the riddle of his past, and at last he had to set out on a perilous quest to Es Toch, the City of the Shining, the Liars of Earth, the Enemy of Mankind. There he would find his true self … and a universe of danger.

A Case of Need by Michael Crichton writing as Jeffery Hudson (1968)

Tue, 17 Jun 2025 22:00:00 +0100

A Case of Need by Michael Crichton writing as Jeffery Hudson (1968)

Author: Michael Crichton writing as Jeffery Hudson
First Published: January 1, 1968
Score: 7/10

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A Case of Need is Michael Crichton’s award-winning debut novel, written shortly after he completed his medical internship. Set against the ever-building pressure and pace of a large Boston medical center, the tensions flare-and explode-when a surgical operation tragically ends in death, raising countless questions. Was it accidental malpractice? A violation of the Hippocratic oath? Or cold-blooded murder?

Planet of Exile (Hainish Cycle #2) by Ursula K. Le Guin (1966)

Sat, 25 Jan 2025 16:00:00 +0000

Planet of Exile (Hainish Cycle #2) by Ursula K. Le Guin (1966)

Author: Ursula K. Le Guin
First Published: January 1, 1966
Series: Hainish Cycle Book 2
Score: 7/10

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The Earth colony of Landin has been stranded on Werel for ten years. But ten of Werel’s years are over 600 terrestrial years.

The lonely & dwindling human settlement is beginning to feel the strain. Every winter –a season that lasts for 15 years– the Earthmen have neighbors: the humanoid hilfs, a nomadic people who only settle down for the cruel cold spell. The hilfs fear the Earthmen, whom they think of as witches & call the farborns.

Way Station by Clifford D. Simak (1963)

Sat, 14 Dec 2024 22:00:00 +0000

Way Station by Clifford D. Simak (1963)

Author: Clifford D. Simak
First Published: June 1, 1963
Score: 8/10

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Enoch Wallace is an ageless hermit, striding across his untended farm as he has done for over a century, still carrying the gun with which he had served in the Civil War. But what his neighbors must never know is that, inside his unchanging house, he meets with a host of unimaginable friends from the farthest stars.

Hawksbill Station by Robert Silverberg (1967)

Tue, 19 Nov 2024 22:00:00 +0000

Hawksbill Station by Robert Silverberg (1967)

Author: Robert Silverberg
First Published: January 1, 1967
Score: 8/10

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In the barren landscape of the late Cambrian period, a penal colony sits high above the ocean on the east coast of what would become the United States. The men—political prisoners—have been sent from the twenty-first century on a one-way ticket to a lifetime of exile. Their lonely existence has taken its toll . . .

Rocannon's World (Hainish Cycle #1) by Ursula K. Le Guin (1966)

Wed, 28 Aug 2024 20:00:00 +0100

Rocannon’s World (Hainish Cycle #1) by Ursula K. Le Guin (1966)

Author: Ursula K. Le Guin
First Published: January 1, 1966
Series: Hainish Cycle Book 1
Score: 7/10

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A world shared by three native humanoid races - the cavern-dwelling Gdemiar, elvish Fiia, and warrior clan, Liuar - is suddenly invaded and conquered by a fleet of ships from the stars. Earth scientist Rocannon is on that world, and he sees his friends murdered and his spaceship destroyed. Marooned among alien peoples, he leads the battle to free this new world - and finds that legends grow around him even as he fights.

The Godfather (The Godfather #1) by Mario Puzo (1969)

Sat, 24 Aug 2024 12:00:00 +0100

The Godfather (The Godfather #1) by Mario Puzo (1969)

Author: Mario Puzo
First Published: March 10, 1969
Series: The Godfather Book 1
Score: 10/10

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With its brilliant and brutal portrayal of the Corleone family, The Godfather burned its way into our national consciousness. This unforgettable saga of crime and corruption, passion and loyalty continues to stand the test of time, as the definitive novel of the Mafia underworld.

A #1 New York Times bestseller in 1969, Mario Puzo’s epic was turned into the incomparable film of the same name, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, which won the Academy Award for Best Picture. It is the original classic that has been often imitated, but never matched. A tale of family and society, law and order, obedience and rebellion, it reveals the dark passions of human nature played out against a backdrop of the American dream.

Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein (1961)

Fri, 28 Jun 2024 21:00:00 +0100

Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein (1961)

Author: Robert A. Heinlein
First Published: July 1, 1961
Score: 8/10

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Here at last is the complete, uncut version of Heinlein’s all-time masterpiece, the brilliant novel that grew from a cult favorite to a bestseller to a classic in a few short years. It is the story of Valentine Michael Smith, the man from Mars who taught humankind grokking and water-sharing. And love.

The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick (1962)

Fri, 05 Aug 2022 17:00:00 +0100

The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick (1962)

Author: Philip K. Dick
First Published: October 1962
Score: 7/10

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It’s America in 1962. Slavery is legal once again. The few Jews who still survive hide under assumed names. In San Francisco, the I Ching is as common as the Yellow Pages. All because some twenty years earlier the United States lost a war—and is now occupied by Nazi Germany and Japan.

Dune Messiah (Dune #2) by Frank Herbert (1969)

Fri, 22 Oct 2021 21:00:00 +0100

Dune Messiah (Dune #2) by Frank Herbert (1969)

Author: Frank Herbert
First Published: 1969
Series: Dune Book 2
Score: 8/10

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Dune Messiah continues the story of Paul Atreides, better known—and feared—as the man christened Muad’Dib. As Emperor of the known universe, he possesses more power than a single man was ever meant to wield. Worshipped as a religious icon by the fanatical Fremen, Paul faces the enmity of the political houses he displaced when he assumed the throne—and a conspiracy conducted within his own sphere of influence.

Dune (Dune #1) by Frank Herbert (1965)

Mon, 23 Aug 2021 21:00:00 +0100

Dune (Dune #1) by Frank Herbert (1965)

Author: Frank Herbert
First Published: June 1965
Series: Dune Book 1
Score: 10/10

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Set on the desert planet Arrakis, Dune is the story of the boy Paul Atreides, heir to a noble family tasked with ruling an inhospitable world where the only thing of value is the “spice” melange, a drug capable of extending life and enhancing consciousness. Coveted across the known universe, melange is a prize worth killing for….

The Andromeda Strain (Andromeda #1) by Michael Crichton (1969)

Mon, 15 Mar 2021 22:00:00 +0000

The Andromeda Strain (Andromeda #1) by Michael Crichton (1969)

Author: Michael Crichton
First Published: September 1st 1969
Series: Andromeda Book 1
Score: 7/10

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From the author of Jurassic Park, Timeline, and Sphere comes a captivating thriller about a deadly extraterrestrial microorganism, which threatens to annihilate human life.

Five prominent biophysicists have warned the United States government that sterilization procedures for returning space probes may be inadequate to guarantee uncontaminated re-entry to the atmosphere. Two years later, a probe satellite falls to the earth and lands in a desolate region of northeastern Arizona. Nearby, in the town of Piedmont, bodies lie heaped and flung across the ground, faces locked in frozen surprise. What could cause such shock and fear? The terror has begun, and there is no telling where it will end.

2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey #1) by Arthur C. Clarke (1968)

Tue, 03 Mar 2020 22:58:00 +0000

2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey #1) by Arthur C. Clarke (1968)

Author: Arthur C. Clarke
First Published: June 1968
Series: Space Odyssey Book 1
Score: 9/10

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On the Moon, an enigma is uncovered.

So great are the implications of this discovery that for the first time men are sent out deep into our solar system.

But long before their destination is reached, things begin to go horribly, inexplicably wrong…

One of the greatest-selling science fiction novels of our time, this classic book will grip you to the very end.

Blade Runner (Blade Runner #1) by Philip K. Dick (1968)

Fri, 28 Dec 2018 23:04:00 +0000

Blade Runner (Blade Runner #1) by Philip K. Dick (1968)

Author: Philip K. Dick
First Published: 1968
Series: Blade Runner Book 1
Score: 8/10

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A final, apocalyptic, world war has killed millions, driving entire species into extinction and sending the majority of mankind off-planet. Those who remain, venerate all remaining examples of life, and owning an animal of your own is both a symbol of status and a necessity. For those who can’t afford an authentic animal, companies build incredibly realistic simulacrae: horses, birds, cats, sheep . . . even humans.

Island by Aldous Huxley (1962)

Sun, 16 Sep 2018 21:07:00 +0100

Island by Aldous Huxley (1962)

Author: Aldous Huxley
First Published: 1962
Score: 6/10

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In his final novel, which he considered his most important, Aldous Huxley transports us to the remote Pacific island of Pala, where an ideal society has flourished for 120 years.

Inevitably, this island of bliss attracts the envy and enmity of the surrounding world. A conspiracy is underway to take over Pala, and events are set in motion when an agent of the conspirators, a newspaperman named Faranby, is shipwrecked there. What Faranby doesn’t expect is how his time with the people of Pala will revolutionize all his values and—to his amazement—give him hope.