Books like The Langoliers
26 science fiction books to read after The Langoliers, by King, Stephen, the closest match first.
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1. Thief Of Time
by Pratchett, Terry
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Time itself is threatened— and it's up to the History Monks to save it in Terry Pratchett's bestselling Discworld® series Everybody wants more time. Which is why, on Discworld, only...
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2. 1988: Replay
by Grimwood, Ken
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At the age of 43, Jeff Winston has a heart attack in his office... and wakes up to discover that he is 18 and a college student again. It's 1963,...
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3. Bid Time Return (1976)
by Matheson, Richard
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Bid Time Return by Richard Matheson won the 1976 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel
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4. The Door Into Summer
by Heinlein, Robert A.
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1970. A.D. Daniel Boone Davis is an inventor of household robots, who's been cheated out of his patents and company by a conniving friend and girlfriend, who stop just short...
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5. The Accidental Time Machine
by Haldeman, Joe
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Imagine inventing a time machine by accident! Well, Matt does, and it's a doozie. Built-in safety: can only travel into the future. Built-in quirk: every subsequent jump will be longer...
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6. Lightning
by Dean Koontz
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The second best of Koontz's novels (the best was 'Strangers') uses time-travel as a device by Adolf Hitler to change the outcome of WW2. (It didn't end too well for...
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7. Thrice Upon A Time
by James P. Hogan
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Sending objects back in time—that is, from the 'now' to somewhere before the 'now'—is pretty much the same things as sending 'information' in general. Same goes for the future. The...
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8. A Sound Of Thunder
by Bradbury, Ray
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An example of time tourism, this novel is the source of the phrase, "butterfly effect" because a butterfly dies and the traveller's future is altered.
The future, not so far away. Neo-fascists are still battling it out with liberals. Time machines exist. Eckles, hunter extraordinaire, wants to go back in time on a safari to...
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9. The End Of Eternity
by Asimov, Isaac
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Guardians of time steer history along safe paths, ultimately stagnating humanity--an example of the common theme of time police.
'Eternity' is an organization that's kind of 'above time', is that makes any sense at all. I mean, how can you be? Still, they are, and they can go here...
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10. Millennium
by John Varley
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Another story about things gone bad in the future (the story's present). A gazillion nuclear wars, general pollutions and what-have-you, and the human gene-pool doesn't look too good by now. ...
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11. A Rebel In Time
by Harry Harrison
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Colonel McCulloch is a good old-fashioned white racist. Agent Troy Harmon, who is black, is supposed to find out what's going on when McCulloch becomes a murder suspect. McCulloch is...
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12. Hawksbill Station
by Silverberg, Robert
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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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13. The Proteus Operation
by James P. Hogan
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Unlike Hogan's 'Thrice Upon A Time' (#6), here we have people going back in time physically. The story is set in a universe in which the Axis countries (Germany, Italy,...
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14. The Chronoliths
by Robert Charles Wilson
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Scott and his buddy Hitch chance upon a huge monolith, made of an indestructible material, that suddenly appears in the Thai jungle. And it doesn't just appear quietly, but with...
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15. 11/22/63
by King, Stephen
- Same author
The best Stephen King in a decade, and even a coin toss for his best work yet. King takes a well-known historical event, the Assassination of JFK, and does something...
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16. The Stand
by King, Stephen
- Same author
A popular novel, and possibly King's best, is an end-of-the world story caused by the accidental release of a mutating influenza virus that wipes out 99% of humanity.
You either love him or hate him (and if you do hate him, it's probably because every second sentence is a ridiculous metaphor), but there's no denying that Stephen King...
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17. Behold The Man
by Moorcock, Michael
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A story that is inspired by the Gospel of John and is about a man who travels back in time with the intent of meeting Jesus.
The grandfather paradox – which states that if you go back in time and accidentally kill your grandfather you will never be born, so you cannot travel back in time...
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18. 1632
by Eric Flint
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So, this is what happened in another universe. 2000 A.D. A town called Grantville, West Virginia, isn't there anymore. Some whimsical aliens drew a circle around it, about six miles...
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19. The Tommyknockers
by King, Stephen
- Same author
A Gothic horror story with a Sci Fi bend: mystery, alien space craft, and technology that comes alive.
A Gothic horror story with a Sci Fi bend: mystery, alien space craft, and technology that comes alive.
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20. Vol. 1
by King, Stephen
- Same author
The first volume of Stephen King's 11/22/63, in which a teacher is shown a way back to 1958 and decides to stop the assassination of President Kennedy.
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21. Firestarter
by King, Stephen
- Same author
As a part of a government experiment two college students develop limited psychological powers—but their daughter has a pyrokinetic ability with unknown power.
As a part of a government experiment two college students develop limited psychological powers—but their daughter has a pyrokinetic ability with unknown power.
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22. Cell
by King, Stephen
- Same author
Cell phones create a zombie outbreak.
Cell is a 2006 apocalyptic horror novel by American author Stephen King. The story follows a New England artist struggling to reunite with his young son after a mysterious signal...
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23. Timescape (1981)
by Benford, Gregory
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A novel about ecological issues and scientific experiments that address current events at the time of writing.
In 1998 an ecological catastrophe is poisoning the oceans and the atmosphere. A group of scientists in Cambridge try to send a message back in time using tachyons, particles that...
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24. The Anubis Gates
by Powers, Tim
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An award winning novel that has time travel, historical figures, Egyptian mythology, and 19th century England.
In creating this world, Powers borrowed ideas from all over the place. Mythology, Ancient Egyptian theology, quantum theory, and classical literature“ they're all used in The Anubis Gates. It's a...
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25. Footprints Of Thunder
by James F. David
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This book was made into a movie, and a pretty good one at that, though by necessity not as complex and in-depth as the book. Crichton does have a habit...
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26. The Time Machine
by Wells, H. G.
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Follow a time traveller into an alien-like future Earth to witness the consequences of humanity's social and biological choices and evolution.
A mechanical contraption that lets you travel back in time. Classic steampunk from a classic author.
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