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A meticulously illustrated naturalist's field guide to the most iconic creatures of classic science fiction. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Barlowe's Guide to Extraterrestrials.
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- 01
All Tomorrows
Kosemen, C. M.
A dizzying, grotesque, and strangely beautiful chronicle of humanity's evolutionary mutations across a billion years of deep time.
- 02
After man
Dougal Dixon · 1981
A stunning, speculative field guide that invites readers to marvel at the exotic creatures of tomorrow.
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Man after Man
Dougal Dixon · 1990
A deeply unsettling, illustrated field guide to the grotesque and fascinating deep-time future of human evolution.
- 04
War dogs
Greg Bear
A gritty, boots-on-the-ground plunge into a brutal interplanetary war where humanity might just be a pawn.
- 05
The cartoon guide to physics
Larry Gonick · 1991
A playful, highly visual journey that transforms complex scientific laws into clear, accessible understanding.
- 06
Expendable
James Alan Gardner
A tense, cynical space adventure where a supposedly utopian society's unwanted misfits are sent to face terrible deaths on hostile frontiers.
- 07
Codex Seraphinianus
Outlet
A surreal, beautiful visual encyclopedia of an unknown world written in an unreadable language.
- 08
The Voyage of the Sable Keech
Neal L. Asher
An exploratory plunge into the ongoing mysteries of life on a distant, alien world.
- 09
Martians, Go Home!
Fredric Brown
A playful, lighthearted parody that pokes fun at classic science fiction tropes.
- 10
Communion
Whitley Strieber · 1987
A candid, unsettling descent into the unknown, chronicling deeply personal encounters with the inexplicable.
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Above Top Secret
Timothy Good
A deeply documented, methodical plunge into the mysteries of unexplained phenomena and the shadows of institutional secrecy.
- 12
Cities in Flight
James Blish
A sweeping, melancholic journey across deep time and space, exploring the ultimate destiny of humanity as it drifts among the stars.
