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Calories (story) " Calories " is a science fiction short story by American writer L. Sprague de Camp, part of his Viagens Interplanetarias series. It was first published under the title "Getaway on Krishna" in the magazine Ten Story Fantasy in the issue for Spring 1951. It first appeared in book form under the present title in the collection ...
Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels, An English-Language Selection, 1949–1984 is a nonfiction book by David Pringle, published by Xanadu in 1985 [1] [2] with a foreword by Michael Moorcock. Primarily, the book comprises 100 short essays on the selected works, covered in order of publication, without any ranking.
The novel entered The New York Times Best Seller list for Hardcover Fiction at number one [11] and achieved the rare distinction for a novel of being reviewed in Nature. [12] Anathem won the Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel in 2009 [13] and collected nominations for the Hugo, Arthur C. Clarke, and John W. Campbell Memorial Awards the ...
Thuvia, Maid of Mars, The Chessmen of Mars, The Master Mind of Mars, A Fighting Man of Mars, Swords of Mars, Synthetic Men of Mars, Llana of Gathol and John Carter of Mars. Battle Angel Alita by Yukito Kishiro. Battlefield Earth by L. Ron Hubbard. The Beast Master by Andre Norton. Becoming Alien by Rebecca Ore.
Hyperion. The Hyperion Cantos is a series of science fiction novels by Dan Simmons. The title was originally used for the collection of the first pair of books in the series, Hyperion and The Fall of Hyperion, [ 1][ 2] and later came to refer to the overall storyline, including Endymion, The Rise of Endymion, and a number of short stories. [ 3 ...
Cities in Flight is a four-volume series of science fiction novels and short stories by American writer James Blish, originally published between 1950 and 1962, which were first known collectively as the "Okie" novels. The series features entire cities that are able to fly through space using an anti-gravity device, the spindizzy.
Hyperion is a 1989 science fiction novel by American author Dan Simmons. The first book of his Hyperion Cantos series, it won the Hugo Award for best novel. [ 1] The plot of the novel features multiple time-lines and characters. It follows a similar structure to The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer.
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to science fiction: Science fiction – a genre of fiction dealing with the impact of imagined innovations in science or technology, often in a futuristic setting. [ 1][ 2][ 3] Exploring the consequences of such innovations is the traditional purpose of science fiction ...