Hap and Leonard: Blood & Lemonade – Joe R. Lansdale
A collection of Hap Collins’ younger days growing up in East Texas, and some of his earliest adventures with pal Leonard Pine.
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Central Station – Lavie Tidhar
A fixup novel by Isreali author Lavie Tidhar, following the inter-connected lives of those living in the shadow of a spaceport towering over a Tel Aviv.
City – Clifford Simak
Clifford Simak’s cerebral fixup novel that takes humanity out of its far-future cities, to the stars, and beyond humanity itself.
Hothouse – Brian Aldiss
Tens of thousands of years into the far flung future, the Earth has become a veritable hothouse, home to new forms of plant life that threaten humanity with extinction.
Pavane – Keith Roberts
This classic alternate history examines the England of 1968, after Queen Elizabeth was assassinated and the Spanish Armada led to the successful Catholic conquest of England.
The Ship Who Sang – Anne McCaffrey
Girl born with severe physical deformities is encased in titanium and linked up to become the “brain” of a starship. Collects various stories of her many adventures.
Fast One – Paul Cain
Independent gunsel wants to be left out of big-city political schemes. One side decides he’s a threat; when their hit fails, gunman decides to take over the local underworld.
Alpha Centauri – Or Die! – Leigh Brackett
A group of humans flees an authoritarian government to Alpha Centauri, pursued by robotic spaceships. When they arrive, there are aliens about.
The Voyage of the Space Beagle – A.E. van Vogt
An all-time classic space opera, its influences are still felt today. This episodic novel recreates Darwin’s voyage of the Beagle in space, heading into unknown regions on a mission of interstellar discovery. The ship’s crew explores new worlds and fends off strange alien cultures, all while facing internal struggles between the military and the scientists, and infighting between the scientists themselves.
