Kavring rated Parable of the Talents: 5 stars
Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler
Environmental devastation and economic chaos have turned America into a land of depravity. Taking advantage of the situation, a zealous …
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Kavring rated The Female Man: 5 stars
The Female Man by Joanna Russ (Beacon paperback ;)
In Janets Welt , auf Whileaway, sind Männer seit neun Jahrhunderten ausgestorben und niemand vermisst sie. Frauen und Töchter leben …
Kavring rated A Fire Upon The Deep: 5 stars
A Fire Upon The Deep by Vernor Vinge (Zones of Thought, #1)
Thousands of years in the future, humanity is no longer alone in a universe where a mind's potential is determined …
Kavring rated A Canticle for Leibowitz: 5 stars
A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr. (St. Leibowitz, #1)
In the far future, 20th century texts are preserved in a monastery, as "sacred books". The monks preserve for centuries …
Kavring rated The Einstein intersection: 5 stars
The Einstein intersection by Samuel R. Delany
The surface story tells of the problems a member of an alien race, Lo Lobey, has assimilating the mythology of …
Kavring rated Behold the Man: 5 stars
Kavring rated Dreamsnake: 5 stars
Dreamsnake by Vonda N. McIntyre
In a world devastated by nuclear holocaust, Snake is a healer. One of an elite band dedicated to caring for …
Babel-17 by Samuel R. Delany (The Gregg Press science fiction series)
During an interstellar war one side develops a language, Babel-17, that can be used as a weapon. Learning it turns …
Kavring rated This Immortal: 5 stars
This Immortal by Roger Zelazny
Après une explosion atomique, la plupart des terriens survivants sont partis s'installer sur les planètes de la Confédération de Véga. …
Kavring rated More Than Human: 5 stars
More Than Human by Theodore Sturgeon
More Than Human is a 1953 science fiction novel by American writer Theodore Sturgeon. It is a revision and expansion …
Kavring rated The Demolished Man: 5 stars
The Demolished Man by Alfred Bester
In a world in which the police have telepathic powers, how do you get away with murder?
Ben Reichs heads …
Kavring rated The day of the triffids: 5 stars
The day of the triffids by John Wyndham (A Modern Library 20th century rediscovery)
When Bill Masen wakes up blindfolded in hospital there is a bitter irony in his situation. Carefully removing his bandages, …
Kavring rated Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?: 5 stars
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip Dick
It was January 2021, and Rick Deckard had a license to kill. Somewhere among the hordes of humans out there, …
Kavring rated Lord of the Flies: 5 stars
Lord of the Flies by William Golding (Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century; Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century)
Lord of the Flies is a 1954 novel by Nobel Prize–winning British author William Golding. The book focuses on a …
