Books like The Stars My Destination
12 books with a reading profile close to The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester. Balanced in tone; a moderate read.
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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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The Demolished Man
thriller, science fiction
In twenty-fourth-century New York City, telepaths known as Peepers have eliminated premeditated murder by reading criminal intent before any blood is spilled.
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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 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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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
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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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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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
science fiction, classic literature
In this stage adaptation of the H.G.
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The Midwich Cuckoos
by John Wyndham
science fiction, classic literature
In the quiet English village of Midwich, every living creature falls into a deep, unexplained trance for one day.
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The War of the Worlds
by H.G. Wells
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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