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Sword and Planet

A subgenre of science fantasy, it focuses on swashbuckling adventures on other planets and features very little of the scientific rigor that would classify it as science fiction proper.

Sword and Planet Books

A Princess of Mars (Barsoom, #1)
The Gods of Mars (Barsoom #2)
The Warlord of Mars (Barsoom, #3)
Thuvia, Maid of Mars (Barsoom, #4)
The Chessmen of Mars (Barsoom #5)
Transit to Scorpio (Dray Prescot, #1) (Delian Cycle, #1)
The Master Mind of Mars (Barsoom #6)
Almuric
A Fighting Man of Mars (Barsoom, #7)
Swords of Mars (Barsoom, #8)
Llana of Gathol (Barsoom, #10)
John Carter of Mars (Barsoom, #11)
The Ginger Star (The Book of Skaith, #1)
Synthetic Men of Mars (Barsoom, #9)
City of the Chasch (Planet of Adventure, #1)
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Lists

The Song of Achilles by Madeline MillerReaper Man by Terry PratchettHarry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. RowlingNoX by Adrienne WilderThe Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson
SFF: Best Characters
78 books — 4 voters
Dune by Frank HerbertThe Shadow of the Torturer by Gene WolfeElder Race by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Science Fantasy
3 books — 1 voter

Dragon Prince by Melanie RawnSunrunner's Fire by Melanie RawnA Spell for Chameleon by Piers AnthonyThe Way of Kings by Brandon SandersonLittle Fuzzy by H. Beam Piper
Michael Whelan Covers
80 books — 10 voters
10 Gardner Francis Fox Planet Stories Collected & Illustrated by Gardner F. FoxNiall of the Far Travels Collected by Gardner F. FoxThe Druid Stone by Simon MajorsThe First Kothar the Barbarian MEGAPACK® by Gardner F. FoxLaid in the Future by Rod Gray
The Gardner Francis Fox Library
19 books — 3 voters

The Golden Compass by Philip PullmanStories of Your Life and Others by Ted ChiangThe Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas by Ursula K. Le Guin1984 by George OrwellA Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin
SFF: Best Themes
10 books — 3 voters
Stardust by Neil GaimanThe Last Unicorn by Peter S. BeagleThe Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine ArdenThe Golem and the Jinni by Helene WeckerThe Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela Carter
SFF: Best Prose
30 books — 5 voters


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