Three Hearts and Three Lions – Poul Anderson
Danish resistance fighter finds himself transported from a 1940s battlefield to the borderlands between the realms of Faeire and the lands of Arthur and Charlemagne. Swords and sorcery ensue.
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The Long Loud Silence – Wilson Tucker
A grim vision of a United States divided at the Mississippi River into two halves: one ruled by military martial law, the other a be-plagued nuclear and biological wasteland.
Greener Than You Think – Ward Moore
Thanks to the power of science, enlarged and unstoppable Bermuda grass overtakes the world as humanity bickers over the means to stop it. Highly recommended.
Roadside Picnic – Arkady & Boris Strugatsky
Red Schuhart is a stalker, meaning he sneaks into the guarded Zone of Alienation where extraterrestrials once landed, grabbing the aliens’ left-behinds and selling them on the black market.
Doomsday Morning – C.L. Moore
Former actor is offered a chance to regain his former status and prestige, on one condition: go into California, in the midst of rebellion, and run plays for the authoritarian government.
The City and The Stars – Arthur C. Clarke
For the first time in billions of years, a new human is born. More importantly, he’s the first person in billions of years with the driving curiosity to leave his utopian city.
Nerves – Lester del Rey
Accident at a nuclear power plant threatens to doom most of the United States. Written well before atomic power or nuclear plants were common features (back in 1942).
Destination: Void – Frank Herbert
Human clones are sent from Earth as test dummies to colonize a habitable planet in Tau Ceti, overcoming a number of technological and pscyhological hurdles.
Hour of the Horde – Gordon R. Dickson
Sociopathic artist is picked to be Earth’s representative in a multi-species armada trying to hold back the titular Horde, which is decimating every planet in its path.
The Ship of Ishtar – A. Merritt
Disillusioned Great War vet is sucked into a world of fantasy and intrigue, finding himself on the deck of a golden Babylonian vessel upon which an evil priest and good priestess have raged war eternally.
Battered, Tattered, Yellowed, & Creased 