Earth Is Room Enough--On-Planet SF

Borrowing its title from a collection of short stories by Isaac Asimov, this list admits NO starships and hence NO galactic empires, NO invading aliens, NO hyperspace links, stargates, worm holes, simultaneity, and all that flows from the premise that there might be NO WAY AROUND THE SPEED OF LIGHT.
1

by
3.99 avg rating — 1,733,139 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
2

by
4.13 avg rating — 1,879,371 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
3

by
4.19 avg rating — 4,169,790 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
4

by
4.09 avg rating — 417,783 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
5

by
3.85 avg rating — 1,460,032 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
6

by
3.97 avg rating — 2,199,956 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
7

by
4.21 avg rating — 327,104 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
8

by
3.94 avg rating — 230,206 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
9

by
3.73 avg rating — 113,095 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
10

by
4.29 avg rating — 24 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
11

by
3.92 avg rating — 302,593 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
12

by
4.19 avg rating — 609,116 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
13

by
3.90 avg rating — 306,844 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
14

by
3.86 avg rating — 185,352 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
15

by
3.96 avg rating — 41,460 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
16

by
3.98 avg rating — 104,280 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
16

by
3.98 avg rating — 836,574 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
18

by
3.93 avg rating — 63,953 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
19

by
3.90 avg rating — 64,716 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
20

by
4.02 avg rating — 24,916 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
21

by
3.94 avg rating — 20,878 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
22

by
4.01 avg rating — 253,997 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
23

by
3.74 avg rating — 8,490 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
24

by
3.71 avg rating — 74,434 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
25

by
4.05 avg rating — 9,522 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
26

by
3.89 avg rating — 34,470 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
27

by
4.03 avg rating — 56,731 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
28

by
3.68 avg rating — 45,400 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
29

by
4.16 avg rating — 382,452 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
30

by
3.89 avg rating — 238,983 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
30

by
3.94 avg rating — 16,027 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
32

by
4.06 avg rating — 119,535 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
33

by
4.33 avg rating — 7,911,189 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
34

by
4.13 avg rating — 13,742 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
35

by
3.63 avg rating — 2,839 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
36

by
4.02 avg rating — 51,294 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
37

by
4.01 avg rating — 41,576 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
38

by
3.87 avg rating — 77,077 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
39

by
3.98 avg rating — 30,800 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
40

by
3.84 avg rating — 5,355 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
41

by
3.45 avg rating — 21,349 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
42

by
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 42,793 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
43

by
3.93 avg rating — 7,249 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
44

by
3.70 avg rating — 6,326 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
45

by
3.73 avg rating — 2,611 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
46

by
4.21 avg rating — 137,098 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
47

by
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 678,992 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
48

by
4.12 avg rating — 51,069 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
48

by
3.90 avg rating — 7,234 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
50

by
3.67 avg rating — 5,329 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
51

by
4.01 avg rating — 2,470 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
52

by
3.73 avg rating — 2,561 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
53

by
3.95 avg rating — 28,376 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
54

by
3.95 avg rating — 8,695 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
55

by
4.07 avg rating — 19,566 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
56

by
4.13 avg rating — 127,004 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
56

by
3.95 avg rating — 17,500 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
58

by
3.75 avg rating — 13,159 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
59

by
3.82 avg rating — 19,953 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
59

by
3.85 avg rating — 3,916 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
61

by
3.71 avg rating — 4,856 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
61

by
4.06 avg rating — 156 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
63

by
4.11 avg rating — 38,424 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
64

by
3.76 avg rating — 22,987 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
64

by
4.16 avg rating — 87,859 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
64

by
4.02 avg rating — 169,063 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
67

by
3.66 avg rating — 5,066 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
67

by
3.86 avg rating — 24,599 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
69

by
4.02 avg rating — 267,266 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
70

by
4.01 avg rating — 239,741 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
71

by
3.79 avg rating — 11,863 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
71

by
3.91 avg rating — 286,691 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
73

by
4.08 avg rating — 183 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
74

by
3.94 avg rating — 1,756 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
75

by
3.84 avg rating — 28,743 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
76

by
4.01 avg rating — 102,100 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
77

by
3.92 avg rating — 8,234 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
78

by
3.86 avg rating — 29,552 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
79

by
3.88 avg rating — 8,844 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
80

by
3.68 avg rating — 4,976 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
81

by
3.90 avg rating — 2,976 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
82

by
4.21 avg rating — 399 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
83

by
4.16 avg rating — 342 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
84

by
3.28 avg rating — 82 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
85

by
3.75 avg rating — 5,584 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
86

by
3.90 avg rating — 886 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
87

by
4.03 avg rating — 39,468 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
87

by
3.94 avg rating — 228 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
87

by
3.98 avg rating — 99 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
87

by
3.82 avg rating — 23,106 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
87

by
3.67 avg rating — 165 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
87

by
3.89 avg rating — 123 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
87

by
3.67 avg rating — 15 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
87

by
3.85 avg rating — 71 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
87

by
3.69 avg rating — 279 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
87

by
4.32 avg rating — 28 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
97

by
3.93 avg rating — 98 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
97

by
4.05 avg rating — 44 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
97

by
4.16 avg rating — 8,182 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
100

by
3.87 avg rating — 49,427 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
162 books · 67 voters · list created April 7th, 2010 by Thom Dunn (votes) .
20 likes · 
Lists are re-scored approximately every 5 minutes.


Thom 6022 books
298 friends
Themis-Athena (Lioness at Large) 545 books
371 friends
Hollis 2179 books
53 friends
JAMES 1711 books
50 friends
Mike (the Paladin) 4402 books
1583 friends
Susanna - Censored by GoodReads 3311 books
864 friends
Tom 983 books
80 friends
ღ Carol jinx~☆~☔ʚϊɞ 3714 books
461 friends

More voters…


Comments Showing 1-9 of 9 (9 new)

dateDown arrow    newest »

message 1: by Thom (new)

Thom Dunn SEARCHING for a way to post Airboy Comics, "The Heap" series, especially including the episode of the fight with the giant sea slug.


message 2: by Themis-Athena (Lioness at Large) (last edited Apr 07, 2010 06:25AM) (new)

Themis-Athena (Lioness at Large) Hmm. Return of Valkyrie: An Airboy Graphic Album seems to be the only "Airboy" book available in the Goodreads database (and I can't identify any ISBN nos. for the series's other volumes, at least not via Amazon). This wouldn't be what you're looking for, would it?


message 3: by Thom (new)

Thom Dunn Themis-Athena wrote: "Hmm. Return of Valkyrie: An Airboy Graphic Album seems to be the only "Airboy" book available in the Goodreads database (and I can't identify any ISBN nos. for the series's other vo..."

Wish it were. The Heap was a swamp creature which developed from the body of a fallen WWII airman. He went around rescuing humans who were in peril, but like Caspar the friendly ghost, his compassion was not returned.


message 5: by Thom (last edited Apr 07, 2010 07:54PM) (new)

Thom Dunn Susanna wrote: "Would Stranger in a Strange Land qualify?"

I guess, if you want to discount the "Martian" origins of Mike. After all, men are from Mars, right ? Especially Messiahs. Strictly speaking, Wells's Time Machine and all such would qualify, all extra-dimensional arrivistas, but I'd just as soon stick to Everyday Wonder. To the possible as we know it in the present time.


message 6: by [deleted user] (new)

Susanna wrote: "Would Stranger in a Strange Land qualify?"

My fav book or one of them in college, hope you add it on.


message 7: by Xenophon (new)

Xenophon Hendrix Neuromancer does have some scenes set on a space station and in space. Does space near Earth's orbit count as on Earth?


message 8: by Thom (new)

Thom Dunn Xenophon wrote: "Neuromancer does have some scenes set on a space station and in space. Does space near Earth's orbit count as on Earth?"

Judgement call. The idea is to limit SF to this planetary system. No interstellar. No gateways, wormholes, hyperspace jumps, etc.


message 9: by [deleted user] (new)

Great list!


back to top



Related News

One of the infamous hazards of the fantasy genre is that it can be a giant time sink. Fantasy stories tend to come in big multi-book series, so...

Anyone can add books to this list.