Books like The Demolished Man
12 books with a reading profile close to The Demolished Man by Alfred Bester. Growth-minded and escapist; a moderate read.
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The Stars My Destination
thriller, science fiction
In the twenty-fifth century, humanity has mastered "jaunting," the ability to teleport instantly via mental focus.
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The Minority Report
thriller, science fiction
John Anderton, the architect of the Precrime system, manages a future where three mutants called precogs visualize murders before they happen.
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When the World Screamed
Also escapist · science fiction, classic literature
Professor Challenger posits that the Earth is a living organism, a colossal echinoderm with a sensitive cortex protected by the planetary crust.
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Rocannon’s World
science fiction, classic literature
Rocannon, an ethnologist for the League of All Worlds, becomes stranded on a primitive planet when a rebel faction destroys his survey ship.
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The Gone World
Also escapist · thriller, science fiction
NCIS investigator Shannon Moss travels through prospective future timelines to solve the 1997 murder of a Navy SEAL’s family and locate a missing teenage girl.
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The War of the Worlds
by H.G. Wells
Also escapist · science fiction, classic literature
The narrative follows an unnamed protagonist in Surrey as massive metallic cylinders land across the English countryside.
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Upgrade
by Blake Crouch
Also escapist · thriller, science fiction
Logan Ramsay is a genetic enforcement agent working in a future where gene editing is strictly illegal following a global famine caused by a failed experiment.
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Starship Troopers
science fiction, classic literature
Juan Rico enlists in the Mobile Infantry to earn his right to vote in a global society where full citizenship requires a term of federal service.
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The Shining Girls
Also escapist · thriller, science fiction
In 1930s Chicago, a drifter named Harper Curtis discovers the House, a portal that allows him to travel across decades.
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Earth is Room Enough
by Isaac Asimov
science fiction, classic literature
This collection of fifteen short stories and two poems focuses on the idea that humanity does not need to colonize the stars to find conflict or wonder.
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