Sci-Fi Book Review Index by Rating
For the Book Review Index by Author (here)
5/5 Masterpiece
Beyond Apollo, Barry N. Malzberg (1972) 5/5
The Continuous Katherine Mortenhoe (variant title: The Unsleeping Eye, D. G. Compton (1974) 5/5
What Entropy Means to Me, Geoffrey Alec Effinger (1972) 5/5
Hawksbill Station (variant title: The Anvil of Time), Robert Silverberg (1968) 5/5
Revelations, Barry N. Malzberg (1972) 5/5
We Who Are About To . . ., Joanna Russ (1976) 5/5
The World Inside, Robert Silverberg (1971) 5/5
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4-4.75/5 Very Good
Downward to the Earth, Robert Silverberg (1970) 4.75/5
The Iron Dream, Norman Spinrad (1972) 4.75/5
Level 7, Mordecai Roshwald (1959) 4.75/5
Non-stop (variant title: Starship), Brian Aldiss (1958) 4.75/5
Beasts, John Crowley (1976) 4.5/5
And Chaos Died, Joanna Russ (1970) 4.5/5
Earthlight, Arthur C. Clarke (1955) 4.5/5
Farewell, Earth’s Bliss, D. G. Compton (1966) 4.5/5
The Hieros Gamos of Sam and An Smith, Josephine Saxton (1969) 4.5/5
High-Rise, J. G. Ballard (1975) 4.5/5
In The Enclosure, Barry N. Malzberg (1973) 4.5/5
Store of Infinity, Robert Sheckley (1960) 4.5/5
Synthajoy, D. G. Compton (1968) 4.5/5
The Man in the Maze, Robert Silverberg (1969) 4.5/5
The Missing Man, Katherine MacLean (1975) 4.5/5
The People of the Wind, Poul Anderson (1973) 4.5/5
The Planet of Exile, Ursula Le Guin (1966) 4.5/5
The Second Trip, Robert Silverberg (serialized: 1971), 4.5/5
A Billion Days of Earth, Doris Piserchia (1976) 4.25/5
Dark Universe, Daniel F. Galouye (1961) 4.25/5
The Fall of Chronopolis, Barrington J. Bayley (1974) 4.25/5
The Falling Astronauts, Barry N. Malzberg (1971) 4.25/5
Guernica Night, Barry N. Malzberg (1975) 4.25/5
The Immortals, James E. Gunn (1962) 4.25/5
The Joy Makers, James E. Gunn (1961), 4.25/5
The Silent Multitude, D. G. Compton (1966), 4.25/5
Wyst: Alastor, 1716, Jack Vance (1978) 4.25/5
The Blue World, Jack Vance (1966) 4/5
The Cosmic Rape, Theodore Sturgeon (1958) 4/5
Daughters of Earth, Judith Merril (1968) 4/5
The Eden Cycle, Raymond Z. Gallun (1974) 4/5
The Explorers, C. M. Kornbluth (1954) 4/5
The Eyes of Heisenberg, Frank Herbert (1966) 4/5
The Garments of Caean, Barrington J. Bayley (1976) 4/5
Iceworld, Hal Clement (1953) 4/5
The Man Who Japed, Philip K. Dick (1956) 4/5
Meeting At Infinity, John Brunner (1961) 4/5
Merchanter’s Luck, C. J. Cherryh (1982) 4/5
Orphans of the Sky, Robert Heinlein (1941) 4/5
The Penultimate Truth, Philip K. Dick (1964) 4/5
The People Trap, Robert Sheckley (1968) 4/5
The Pillars of Eternity, Barrington J. Bayley (1982) 4/5
The Quality of Mercy, D. G. Compton (1965) 4/5
Sargasso of Space, Andre Norton (1955) 4/5
Shield, Poul Anderson (1965) 4/5
Showboat World, Jack Vance (1975) 4/5
The Status Civilization, Robert Sheckley (1960) 4/5
The Watch Below, James White (1966) 4/5
Three Worlds to Conquer, Poul Anderson (1964) 4/5
Thorns, Robert Silverberg (1968) 4/5
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3-3.75/5 Good
Collision Course (variant title: Collision with Chronos), Barrington J. Bayley (1973) 3.75/5
Doomtime, Doris Piserchia (1981) 3.75/5
The Alien Way, Gordon R. Dickson (1965) 3.75/5
The City Machine, Louis Trimble (1972) 3.75/5
The City of the Chasch, Jack Vance (1968) 3.75/5
The Eleventh Commandment, Lester del Rey (1962, revised 1970) 3.75/5
The End of the World, ed. Donald Wollheim (1956) 3.75/5
The Long Winter, John Christopher (1962) 3.75/5
Lords of the Starship, Mark S. Geston (1967) 3.75/5
Marune: Alastor, 933, Jack Vance (1975) 3.75/5
No Time Like Tomorrow, Brian Aldiss (1959) 3.75/5
Profundis, Richard Cowper (1979) 3.75/5
Station in Space (1958) 3.75/5
The Seedling Stars, James Blish (1957) 3.75/5
The Steel Crocodile, D. G. Compton (1970) 3.75/5
They Shall Have Stars, James Blish (1956) 3.75/5
Time and Stars, Poul Anderson (1964) 3.75/5
Vault of the Ages, Poul Anderson (1952) 3.75/5
Earthworks, Brian Aldiss (1965) 3.5/5
Future City, ed. Roger Elwood (1973) 3.5/5
Ground Zero Man, Bob Shaw (1971) 3.5/5
Magellan, Colin Anderson (1970) 3.5/5
The Big Jump, Leigh Brackett (1955) 3.5/5
The Lifeship, Harry Harrison and Gordon R. Dickson (1976) 3.5/5
The Falling Torch, Algis Budrys (1959) 3.5/5
Pebble in the Sky, Isaac Asimov (1950) 3.5/5
Three For Tomorrow, novellas by Robert Silverberg, Roger Zelazny, and James Blish (1969) 3.5/5
The World of Null-A, A. E. Van Vogt (1948) 3.5/5
The Burning, James E. Gunn (1972) 3.25/5
A Choice of Gods, Christopher D. Simak (1971) 3.25/5
Assignment Nor’ Dyren, Sydney Van Scyoc (1973) 3.25/5
Bright New Universe, Jack Williamson (1967) 3.25/5
Conversations, Barry N. Malzberg (1975) 3.25/5
Eight Keys to Eden, Mark Clifton (1960) 3.25/5
Galactic Cluster, James Blish (1959) 3.25/5
The God Makers, Frank Herbert (1972) 3.25/5
The Enemy Stars, Poul Anderson (1958) 3.25/5
The Ice Schooner, Michael Moorcock (1969), 3.25/5
The Light that Never Was, Lloyd Biggle, Jr. (1972) 3.25/5
A Life for the Stars, James Blish (1962) 3.25/5
The Outcasts of Heaven Belt, Joan D. Vinge (1978) 3.25/5
Seed of Light, Edmund Cooper (1959) 3.25/5
Space Skimmer, David Gerrold (1972) 3.25/5
A Martian Odyssey and Other Great Science-Fiction Stories, Stanley G. Weinbaum (1962) 3/5
The Dark Side of the Earth, Alfred Bester (1964) 3/5
The Dark Light-Years, Brian Aldiss (1964) 3/5
Double Star, Robert Heinlein (1956) 3/5
Galaxies Like Grains of Sand (1960) 3/5
Journey to the Center, Brian M. Stableford (1982) 3/5
Needle in a Timestack, Robert Silverberg (1966) 3/5
One Million Tomorrows (variant title: 1 Million Tomorrows), Bob Shaw (1971) 3/5
Orbit Unlimited, Poul Anderson (1961) 3/5
Perseverance Island, Douglas Frazar (1885) 3/5
The Bright Phoenix, Harold Mead (1955) 3/5
The Mile-Long Spaceship, Kate Wilhelm (1963) 3/5
The Mixed Men (variant title: Mission to the Stars), A. E. Van Vogt (1945) 3/5
The Rebel Worlds, Poul Anderson (1969) 3/5
The Reefs of Space, Frederick Pohl and Jack Williamson (1964) 3/5
The Star Dwellers, James Blish (1961) 3/5
Time of the Great Freeze, Robert Silverberg (1964) 3/5
The Trial of Terra, Jack Williamson (1962) 3/5
The Warlord of the Air, Michael Moorcock (1971) 3/5
To Live Again, Robert Silverberg (1969) 3/5
Total Eclipse, John Brunner (1974) 3/5
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2-2.75/5 Average-Bad
A Scourge of Screamers, Daniel F. Galouye (1966) 2.75/5
Dr. Futurity, Philip K. Dick (1960) 2.75/5
Ossian’s Ride, Fred Hoyle (1959) 2.75/5
Slave Ship, Frederik Pohl (1956) 2.75/5
The Star Ways (variant title: The Peregrine) (1956) 2.75/5
Beyond This Horizon, Robert Heinlein (1942) 2.5/5
Dark Dominion, David Duncan (1955) 2.5/5
Entry to Elsewhen, John Brunner (1972) 2.5/5
Half Past Human, T. J. Bass (1971) 2.5/5
Methuselah’s Children, Robert Heinlein (1958) 2.5/5
The Horn of Time, Poul Anderson (1968) 2.5/5
The Last Starship From Earth, John Boyd (1968) 2.5/5
The Time Hoppers, Robert Silverberg (1967) 2.5/5
Traitor to the Living, Philip José Farmer (1973) 2.5/5
Eight Against Utopia (variant title: From Carthage Then I Came), Douglas R. Mason (1966) 2.25/5
The Wall Around the World (1962) 2.25/5
Beyond the Sealed World, Rena Vale (1965) 2/5
Born Under Mars, John Brunner (1967) 2/5
Bow Down To Nul (variant title: The Interpreter), Brian Aldiss (1960) 2/5
Costigan’s Needle, Jerry Sohl (1953)
Down to Earth, Louis Charbonneau (1967) 2/5
Empire of Two Worlds, Barrington J. Bayley (1972) 2/5
The Florians, Brian N. Stableford (1976) 2/5
Rolltown, Mack Reynolds (1976) 2/5
The Sea is Boiling Hot, George Bamber (1971) 2/5
Star Winds, Barrington J. Bayley (1978) 2/5
The Dueling Machine, Ben Bova (1969) 2/5
The Wrong End of Time, John Brunner (1971) 2/5
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0-1.75/ Terrible
Interstellar Empire, John Brunner (1976) 1.75/5
Star Watchman, Ben Bova (1964) 1.5/5
Beyond the Barrier, Damon Knight (1964) 1/5
The Dramaturges of Yan, John Brunner (1982) 1/5
The Missionaries, D. G. Compton (1972) 1/5
Planet of the Voles, Charles Platt (1971) 1/5
Waters of Death, Irving A. Greenfield (1967) 1/5
Master of Life and Death, Robert Silverberg (1957) .25/5
Joachim Boaz
This is a really helpful addition Joachim…
Thanks! I figured out that people generally like to search by rating instead of by author…