Books like A Time Of Changes (1972)
30 science fiction books to read after A Time Of Changes (1972), by Silverberg, Robert, the closest match first.
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1. The Centauri Device
by M. John Harrison
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Do you know what they used to call cyberpunk in the 70s? "Hippie space opera", according to the New Worlds Magazine. At least that's what they called Harrison's third space...
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2. The Heat-death Of The Universe
by Pamela Zoline
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Inner space, that touchstone idea of the British New Wave, was not about the psychology of the characters so much as it was contrasting the vastness of the human imagination...
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3. Bug Jack Barron
by Norman Spinrad
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One of the great taboos that the new wave broke was political engagement. This was an era when everyone engaged in politics, from Vietnam protests to feminist campaigns to Stonewall,...
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4. Barefoot In The Head
by Brian Aldiss
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It's hard to know which Brian Aldiss novel to pick out for a list like this. Should it be Greybeard with its aging population living on a sterilised Earth? Or...
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5. And Chaos Died
by Joanna Russ
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Inner space is about the ways that the mind encompasses the world, shapes the world and is shaped by it. The protagonist of Joanna Russ's second novel, And Chaos Died,...
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6. The Cornelius Quartet
by Moorcock, Michael
- On the same lists
The new wave can, all too easily, be presented as humourless, worthy stuff, but it was often exuberant, funny and full of vivid ideas. The best exemplars of this are...
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7. Camp Concentration
by Thomas M. Disch
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One of the developments in scientific thinking during the 1960s that new wave writers caught on to was changing ideas about the power of the mind. Much new wave fiction...
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8. England Swings Sf
by Judith Merril
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This was the anthology that effectively introduced America to the British New Wave. Merril had been living in Britain for a year, and was struck by the energy and enthusiasm...
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9. The Hieros Gamos Of Sam And An Smith
by Josephine Saxton
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"Hieros gamos" means holy marriage, and this is the story of an intense emotional bond that develops between the two characters at the heart of this extraordinary fable. The story...
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10. The Lathe Of Heaven
by Guin, Ursula K. Le
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Le Guin's novel is thought-provoking and explores culture, gender, and psychology on an alien world where gender is a choice.
For new wave writers the world is never a fixed, absolute, unchangeing place, but is, rather, ever changing and ever changeable depending upon how it is perceived, and those perceptions...
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11. Dayworld
by Farmer, Philip Jose
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Philip Jose Farmer's career was revitalised by his engagement with the new wave. The taboo-defying fiction that he had already written in works like The Lovers (1952) suddenly became relevant,...
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12. The Müller-focker Effect
by John Sladek
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Although there were distinct differences between the new wave in Britain and in America, there were American writers, like Thomas M. Disch and Pamela Zoline, who were far more closely...
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13. Collision Course
by Barrington J. Bayley
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Although he would enjoy something of a cult status among some British fans, Bayley is probably one of the forgotten figures of the British New Wave, largely because of his...
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14. Warm Worlds And Otherwise
by James Tiptree Jr.
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James Tiptree appeared as if from nowhere in the late 1960s with a series of beautifully realised stories that yet revealed a dark imagination, particularly when it comes to matters...
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15. The Dream Master
by Zelazny, Roger
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Expanded from the Nebula Award winning novella, "He Who Shapes", this is a story about using dreams to both escape and change the world. Charles Render is the inventor of...
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16. Beyond Apollo -
by Barry N. Malzberg
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How do you turn a technology-heavy subject like the expansion of the manned space programme beyond Apollo, into an unreliable new wave text? By turning it into a novel within...
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17. Lord Valentine's Castle
by Silverberg, Robert
- Same author
First novel in the 'Majipoor' series, comprising a total of 11 novels and novellas. Majipoor is, one might argue, direct offspring of Vance's Big Planet (#3 in this list); a...
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18. Dangerous Visions
by Harlan Ellison
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Throughout its history, many of the finest and most important works of science fiction have been short stories. Magazines and anthologies have been the lifeblood of the genre for at...
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19. Ubik
by Dick, Philip K.
- On the same lists
What is a best science fiction list without the inclusion of one of the greatest science fiction writers ever? Yes, I'm talking about Philip K. Dick, a man ignored in...
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20. Majipoor Series
by Silverberg, Robert
- Same author
At the core of all the best science fiction series is good story telling in one form or the other. I mean, who wants to read only about novel ideas...
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21. Majipoor Chronicles
by Silverberg, Robert
- Same author
Majipoor Chronicles is a Robert Silverberg collection of stories from the giant planet Majipoor, a companion to Lord Valentine's Castle.
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22. Valentine Pontifex
by Silverberg, Robert
- Same author
Valentine Pontifex is the third novel of Robert Silverberg's Lord Valentine cycle, in which an old ruler must hold Majipoor together against civil war.
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23. Gate Of Time
by Silverberg, Robert
- Same author
When I imagine Two Hawks, I visualize him as a Cherokee Indiana Jones (the Raiders/Temple/Last Crusade Indy, not that Crystal Skull tripe, thank you very much.) At other times, I...
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24. Hawksbill Station
by Silverberg, Robert
- Same author
Prison's overflowing, costing taxpayers too much money and occasioning bleeding-heart liberals to bemoan the terrible state of the penal system? Here's the solution: get rid of the blighters; without killing...
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25. Dying Inside
by Silverberg, Robert
- Same author
Despite his credentials championing hard, rational science fiction, John W. Campbell was a fervent believer in psi powers. Perhaps because of that, whenever telepathy appeared in science fiction, as in...
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26. Across a Billion Years
by Silverberg, Robert
- Same author
The book is about an archeology student who searches the galaxy for an ancient and almost godlike alien race. Dyson spheres feature in the story.
The book is about an archeology student who searches the galaxy for an ancient and almost godlike alien race. Dyson spheres feature in the story.
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27. Inverted World
by Priest, Christopher
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He had reached the age of 650 miles. With its very first words, Inverted World tells us we are in a very different world. In fact, this is one of...
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28. The Atrocity Exhibition
by J. G. Ballard
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Whenever you put a list of books together, you'll always get disagreements. But this could well be the most controversial choice of all, because J.G. Ballard's The Atrocity Exhibition has...
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29. Dhalgren
by Delany, Samuel R.
- On the same lists
NOTE: THIS IS #26 on the TOP 100 LIST. The first 1-25 entries are found on THE TOP 25 BEST SCIENCE FICTION LIST. Dhalgren is one of the peculiarities of...
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30. Pavane
by Keith Roberts
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Pavane is a sequence of linked stories set in the 1960s in a world in which the Spanish Armada had succeeded, Catholicism had defeated Protestantism, and the Church ruled Britain...
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