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Top authors writing 20th century sci-fi
Ward Wagher
13 ratings 4.46 ·
action-adventure · military · adult · violent-conflict · book · fiction · time-travel · 20th-century · alternate-history · historical · ww2 · sci-fi
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William Peter Grasso
57 ratings 4.32 ·
alternate-history · historical · historical-fiction · book · violent-conflict · military · adult · war · fiction · action-adventure · ww2 · sci-fi · male-mc · 20th-century · politics · political-intrigue · espionage
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Colin Gee
18 ratings 4.22 ·
alternate-history · book · violent-conflict · sci-fi · adult · war · military · fiction · historical · 20th-century · historical-fiction · ww2 · technothriller · action-adventure
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Robert Merle
59 ratings 4.17 ·
fiction · adult · book · 20th-century · literary · classics · war · dystopia · sci-fi · violent-conflict · action-adventure · audiobook · drama · post-apocalyptic · contemporary · historical · historical-fiction · animals · suspense · psychological
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Grant Naylor
66 ratings 4.12 ·
sci-fi · space · adult · humor · action-adventure · comedy · fiction · male-author · audiobook · 20th-century · space-opera · satire · book · contemporary · dystopia · robots · aliens · classics · literary · space-travel
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Steven Owen Godersky
50 ratings 4.12 ·
audiobook · historical · sci-fi · 20th-century · adult · classics · anthologies · fiction · literary · action-adventure · dystopia · space · male-author · satire · futuristic · exploration
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Maurice Michael
19 ratings 4.11 ·
adult · classics · journey · sci-fi · 20th-century · action-adventure · literary · book · fiction · literary-fiction · historical
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Joseph McElroy
16 ratings 4.06 ·
fiction · adult · literary-fiction · postmodernism · sci-fi · 20th-century · book · philosophy · anthologies · classics · urban · literary · contemporary · cyberpunk · philosophical · historical
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Steven Caldwell
7 ratings 4.00 ·- Dangerous Frontiers: The Fight for Survival on Distant Worlds by Steven Caldwell
- Fantastic Planet by Steven Caldwell
- Space Patrol: The Official Guide to the Galactic Security Force by Steven Caldwell
- Settlers in space: The fight for survival on distant worlds by Steven Caldwell
- Aliens In Space: An Illustrated Guide to the Inhabited Galaxy by Steven Caldwell
book · fiction · space-opera · sci-fi · adult · 20th-century · historical · aliens · children · space
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Leah A. Zeldes
16 ratings 4.00 ·
anthologies · adult · fiction · 20th-century · sci-fi · historical · action-adventure · humor · time-travel · contemporary · dark-fantasy · industrial-era · paranormal · alternate-history · 21st-century · survival · law-enforcement · historical-fiction · horror · fantasy
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Byron Tetrick
28 ratings 4.00 ·
adult · fiction · anthologies · historical · witches-wizards · sci-fi · 20th-century · action-adventure · audiobook · alternate-history · sword-sorcery · law-enforcement · historical-fiction · horror · earth · dystopia · victorian · robots · female-author · futuristic
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Karel Čapek
162 ratings 3.98 ·
fiction · adult · literary · classics · sci-fi · 20th-century · historical · satire · book · drama · literary-fiction · anthologies · humor · action-adventure · philosophy · dystopia · war · male-author · audiobook · violent-conflict
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Andrei Platonov
38 ratings 3.97 ·
classics · literary · fiction · literary-fiction · adult · 20th-century · historical · politics · communism · sci-fi · historical-fiction · book · dystopia · anthologies · magical-realism · action-adventure · university · fantasy · war · journey
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Monique Wittig
20 ratings 3.95 ·
adult · female-author · fiction · lgbtq · romantic-love · feminism · 20th-century · book · wlw · sci-fi · literary-fiction · action-adventure · literary · classics · female-mc · politics · retellings · historical · philosophy · contemporary
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Thomas Pynchon
285 ratings 3.87 ·
fiction · adult · postmodernism · literary-fiction · historical-fiction · satire · humor · 20th-century · literary · classics · audiobook · sci-fi · contemporary · book · male-author · comedy · philosophy · war · action-adventure · violent-conflict
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Michael Dobson
20 ratings 3.85 ·
historical · alternate-history · 20th-century · violent-conflict · book · sci-fi · ww2 · historical-fiction · war · adult · military · fiction · political-intrigue · espionage
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Anna Kavan
57 ratings 3.84 ·
adult · fiction · 20th-century · historical · sci-fi · anthologies · literary-fiction · female-author · book · literary · classics · madness · mental-illness · horror · psychological · magical-realism · contemporary · apocalyptic · spirituality · university
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William Sloane
22 ratings 3.77 ·
horror · historical · fiction · mystery · adult · sci-fi · cosmic-horror · spooky · pulp · gothic · book · 20th-century · literary · classics · industrial-era · expert · dark · maine · male-author · usa
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John Joseph McGuire
13 ratings 3.77 ·
fiction · adult · sci-fi · audiobook · classics · historical · action-adventure · literary · 20th-century · book · colonization · anthologies · western · aliens · humor · space · industrial-era · post-apocalyptic · space-opera
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Phillip R. Burger
38 ratings 3.76 ·
fiction · pulp · historical · audiobook · action-adventure · literary · classics · 20th-century · book · sci-fi · literary-fiction · steampunk · sword-planet · adult · outlaws · animals · exploration · prehistoric · single-planet · aliens
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George E. Simpson
12 ratings 3.75 ·
fiction · adult · book · suspense · mystery · 20th-century · ww2 · sci-fi · historical · action-adventure · supernatural · war · military · time-travel · horror · historical-fiction · violent-conflict · alternate-history
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MacDonald Harris
7 ratings 3.71 ·
sci-fi · book · historical · fiction · action-adventure · adult · historical-fiction · 20th-century · literary-fiction · time-travel · philosophy · retellings · classics · literary
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Jay D. Blakeney
3 ratings 3.67 ·
20th-century · adult · historical · sci-fi · book · fiction · post-apocalyptic · space-opera · action-adventure · time-travel
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John Picha
7 ratings 3.57 ·
fiction · dieselpunk · sci-fi · adult · pulp · historical · 20th-century · steampunk · industrial-era · anthologies · action-adventure · noir · super-powered · contemporary · book · dystopia · robots · space · crime · mystery
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Katharine Burdekin
18 ratings 3.56 ·
feminism · 20th-century · book · sci-fi · literary-fiction · adult · fiction · lgbtq · utopia · action-adventure · literary · classics · post-apocalyptic · female-author · historical · historical-fiction · horror · ww2 · apocalyptic · politics
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Mark Phillips
10 ratings 3.40 ·
book · law-enforcement · sci-fi · adult · fiction · action-adventure · mystery · historical · 20th-century · paranormal · pulp · audiobook · police-procedural · noir · comedy · humor
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Arthur Leo Zagat
3 ratings 2.67 ·
action-adventure · fiction · adult · sci-fi · pulp · 20th-century · book · post-apocalyptic · historical · aliens · anthologies · invasion · space-opera · dystopia · violent-conflict · historical-fiction
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