Books like The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One, 1929-1964
12 books with a reading profile close to The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One, 1929-1964 by Robert Silverberg. Outward-looking and escapist; a moderate read.
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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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Earth Abides
science fiction, classic literature
Isherwood Williams emerges from the California mountains to find a swift-moving plague has decimated the human population.
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3
The Stars My Destination
science fiction, classic literature
In the twenty-fifth century, humanity has mastered "jaunting," the ability to teleport instantly via mental focus.
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When the World Screamed
Also outward-looking and 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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The War of the Worlds
by H.G. Wells
Also outward-looking and 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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The Invisible Man
by H.G. Wells
science fiction, classic literature
Griffin, a brilliant but mentally unstable scientist, arrives at a quiet village wrapped in bandages and hiding behind dark spectacles.
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Starship Troopers
Also outward-looking · 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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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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The Day of the Triffids
by John Wyndham, Marcel Battin
Also outward-looking · science fiction, classic literature
Bill Masen wakes in a London hospital with his eyes bandaged, missing a spectacular celestial display that has blinded almost everyone on Earth.
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Nightfall
by Isaac Asimov
science fiction, classic literature
On the planet Kalgash, six suns provide perpetual daylight, ensuring that the concept of darkness is unknown to its inhabitants.
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The Invisible Man
by Len Jenkin, Herbert George Wells
Also outward-looking · science fiction, classic literature
In this stage adaptation of the H.G.
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