Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books — 100 книг — стр. 4

The Mote In God's Eye
by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle

The accidental killing of a group of emissaries to Earth threatens man's survival.

Melanie 21 ноября 2011 г., 22:29

The Sword Of Truth Series
by Terry Goodkind

Young Richard Cypher gradually embraces his destiny as the Seeker of Truth, and sets out to stop the evil that others would unleash.

Melanie 21 ноября 2011 г., 22:30

The Road
by Cormac McCarthy

In a novel set in an indefinite, futuristic, post-apocalyptic world, a father and his young son make their way through the ruins of a devastated American landscape, struggling to survive and preserve the last remnants of their own humanity.

Melanie 21 ноября 2011 г., 22:30

Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell
by Susanna Clarke

In nineteenth century England, all is going well for rich, reclusive Mr Norrell, who has regained some of the power of England's magicians from the past, until a rival magician, Jonathan Strange, appears and becomes Mr Norrell's pupil.

Melanie 21 ноября 2011 г., 22:31

I Am Legend
by Richard Matheson

A lone human survivor in a world that is overrun by vampires, Robert Neville leads a desperate life in which he must barricade himself in his home every night and hunt down the starving undead by day.

Melanie 21 ноября 2011 г., 22:32

The Riftwar Saga
by Raymond E. Feist

Evil entities have opened a rift in the fabric of space-time, plunging the world of Medkemia into peril. As the battle between Order and Chaos threatens to engulf everything, reluctant wizard Pug is the only hope of a thousand worlds.

Melanie 22 ноября 2011 г., 20:07

The Sword Of Shannara Trilogy
by Terry Brooks

Over the course of three novels, several generations of the Ohmsford family find themselves retrieving magical artifacts in the desperate hope to fight evil.

Melanie 22 ноября 2011 г., 20:09

The Conan The Barbarian Series
by Robert E. Howard and Mark Schultz

Howard's original set of interlinked stories featuring his muscle-bound warrior represents a classic kind of sword-and-sorcery fantasy adventure in all its pulpy, richly imaginative glory.

Melanie 22 ноября 2011 г., 20:12

The Farseer Trilogy
by Robin Hobb

An wily assassin plies his trade while his uncle the Prince confronts attackers who are turning people into emotionless, zombie-like "Forged ones."

Melanie 22 ноября 2011 г., 20:17

The Time Traveler's Wife
by Audrey Niffenegger

Passionately in love, Clare and Henry vow to hold onto each other and their marriage as they struggle with the effects of Chrono-Displacement Disorder, a condition that casts Henry involuntarily into the world of time travel.

Melanie 22 ноября 2011 г., 20:18

The Way Of Kings
by Brandon Sanderson

Introduces the world of Roshar through the experiences of a war-weary royal compelled by visions, a high-born youth condemned to military slavery, and a woman who is desperate to save her impoverished house.

Melanie 31 августа 2014 г., 18:12

Journey To The Center Of The Earth
by Jules Verne

Follows Professor Lidenbrock, his nephew Axel and their guide Hans as they venture deep into a volcanic crater in Iceland on a journey that leads them to the center of the earth and to incredible and horrifying discoveries.

Melanie 22 ноября 2011 г., 20:44

The Legend Of Drizzt Series
by R. A. Salvatore

Drizzt Do'Urden, a Dark Elf, finds adventure, peril and awesome magical power as he confronts the underground civilization of the evil and treacherous matriarchal race of Drow elves.

Melanie 22 ноября 2011 г., 20:48

Old Man's War
by John Scalzi

Enlisting in the Army on his 75th birthday, John Perry joins an interstellar war between Earth and alien enemies who would stake claims on the few existing inhabitable planets, unaware that the conflict involves much more than he understands.

Melanie 22 ноября 2011 г., 20:49

The Diamond Age
by Neal Stephenson

The story of an engineer who creates a device to raise a girl capable of thinking for herself reveals what happens when a young girl of the poor underclass obtains the device. Literary Award Winner

Melanie 22 ноября 2011 г., 20:51

Rendezvous With Rama
by Arthur C. Clarke

During the 22nd century, a space probe's investigation of a mysterious, cylindrical asteroid brings man into contact with an extra-galactic civilization.

Melanie 22 ноября 2011 г., 20:52

The Kushiel's Legacy Series
by Jacqueline Carey

Sold into indentured servitude at the exotic Night Court as a child, Phedre faces a difficult choice between honor and duty as she deals with a world of glittering luxury, conspiracy, sacrifice, and betrayal. Two subsequent trilogies chronicle the adventures of her adopted son and her distant descendant.

Melanie 22 ноября 2011 г., 20:55

The Dispossessed
An Ambiguous Utopia
by Ursula K. Le Guin

Unwilling to accept that his anarchist world must be separated from the rest of the civilized universe, Shevek, a brilliant physicist, risks his life by traveling to the utopian mother planet of Urras.

Melanie 22 ноября 2011 г., 20:57

Something Wicked This Way Comes
by Ray Bradbury

When the carnival comes to town, two boys unearth the terrifying and horrible secrets that lurk within Cooger & Dark's Pandemonium Shadow Show and learn the consequences of wishes, as a sinister and evil force is at work in Green Town, Ill.

Melanie 22 ноября 2011 г., 20:58

Wicked
The Life And Times Of The Wicked Witch Of The West
by Gregory Maguire

Set in an Oz where a morose Wizard battles suicidal thoughts, the story of the green-skinned Elphaba, otherwise known as the Wicked Witch of the West, profiles her as an animal-rights activist striving to avenge her dear sister's death.

Melanie 22 ноября 2011 г., 20:59