The Best Books About Telepathy
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1James H. Schmitz
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2John WyndhamThe Chrysalids is a science fiction novel by John Wyndham, first published in 1955 by Michael Joseph. It is the least typical of Wyndham's major novels, but regarded by some as his best. An early manuscript was entitled Time for a Change. The novel was adapted for BBC radio by Barbara Clegg in 1982, with a further adaptation by Jane Rogers in 2012. It was also adapted for the theatre by playwright David Harrower in 1999.
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3Anne McCaffreyPegasus in Space is a science fiction novel by Anne McCaffrey, set in her "Talents Universe". It is the sequel to Pegasus in Flight and it completed a trilogy initiated in 1969. This novel serves as a bridge between the Pegasus and the Tower and Hive books, two Talents sub-series. It establishes Peter Reidinger as the first Prime and shows the origins of the Tower system of teleporters seen in The Rowan and its sequels.
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4Upton Sinclair, Jr.Mental Radio: Does it work, and how? was written by the American author Upton Sinclair and initially self-published. This book documents Sinclair's test of psychic abilities of Mary Craig Sinclair, his second wife, while she was in a state of profound depression with a heightened interest in the occult. She attempted to duplicate 290 pictures which were drawn by her brother. Sinclair claimed Mary successfully duplicated 65 of them, with 155 "partial successes" and 70 failures. The experiments were not conducted in a controlled scientific laboratory environment. The German edition included a preface written by Albert Einstein who admired the book and praised Sinclair's writing abilities. The psychical researcher Walter Franklin Prince conducted an independent analysis of the results in 1932. He believed that telepathy had been demonstrated in Sinclair's data. Prince's analysis was published as "The Sinclair Experiments for Telepathy" in Part I of Bulletin XVI of the Boston Society for Psychical Research in April, 1932 and was included in the addendum for the book. -
5Janet MorrisThe Carnelian Throne is a novel by Janet Morris. It forms part of her Silistra series of novels.
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6Janet MorrisWind from the Abyss is a book by Janet E. Morris. It is the third part of her Silistra series of science-fantasy novels.
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7Shannon HalePrincess Academy is a fantasy novel exploring themes of families, relationships and education by Shannon Hale published on June 16, 2005 by Bloomsbury. It tells the story of fourteen-year-old Miri who attends a princess academy which will determine who wins the hand of the prince. The book was named a 2006 Newbery Honor winner as well as a winner of several other awards.
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8Charlaine HarrisDefinitely Dead is the sixth book in Charlaine Harris's series The Southern Vampire Mysteries.
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9Catherine AsaroCatch the Lightning is a novel by Catherine Asaro in the Saga of the Skolian Empire, also known as Tales of the Ruby Dynasty. The novel won the 1998 Sapphire Award for Best Science Fiction Romance and the UTC Readers Choice Award for Best Science Fiction Novel.
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10Charlaine HarrisDead Until Dark is the first novel in Charlaine Harris's series The Southern Vampire Mysteries.More Dead Until Dark
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11Charlaine HarrisLiving Dead in Dallas is the second book in Charlaine Harris's series The Southern Vampire Mysteries. This second novel follows the adventures of telepathic waitress Sookie Stackhouse of Bon Temps, Louisiana, as she is employed by Dallas vampires to use her telepathy to help find their lost companion. Sookie agrees to help investigate the whereabouts of the missing vampire on one condition: any humans found to be involved must be turned over to human law enforcement rather than subjected to vampire justice. In Dallas Sookie Stackhouse has her first encounter with the anti-vampire organization "The Fellowship of the Sun," as well as meeting and learning of the existence of werewolves.
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12Peter F. HamiltonMindstar Rising is a science fiction novel by British writer Peter F. Hamilton, published in 1993. It is the first book in the Greg Mandel trilogy. The novel introduces the major characters in the series, most notably Greg and Julia Evans. The novel combines elements of classic detective novels with science fiction.
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13Frank Podmore
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14C. J. CherryhRider at the Gate is a science fiction novel written by United States science fiction and fantasy author C. J. Cherryh, and was first published by Warner Books in August 1995. It is the first of a series of two novels written by Cherryh and is set in the author's Finisterre universe. The second book in the series, Cloud's Rider was published in September 1996. The series is about the descendants of lost colonists stranded many generations ago on the hostile planet of Finisterre.
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15Christine Feehan
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16Lynda La Plante
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17Peter F. HamiltonThe Nano Flower is a novel by Peter F. Hamilton, published on 10 March 1995. It is the final book in the Greg Mandel trilogy.
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18James H. SchmitzTelzey Amberdon is the fictional character of the eponymous science fiction short story series by James H. Schmitz, taking place in his "The Federation of the Hub" fictional universe in mid-4th millennium. She is introduced as a fifteen-year-old genius, a first-year law student, living on the colonised planet Orado. By interaction with alien psychic animals on a resort planet, she discovers that she has psychic powers. Upon return to her home planet, her abilities are recognized by a mechanism at the spaceport reentry gate and she is effectively made an agent of the Psychology Service. The series features one of the few imaginings of the internet before its existence—although the system takes a half-hour to download a document of modest length. A major pattern in the stories is the development of her powers. Eventually she teams up with the redhead secret agent Trigger Argee. The series ends inconclusively; in the last story, a villain makes a duplicate of her, which is given a separate identity, rather than a derivative of Telzey's name. The Telzey stories were originally published in Analog Science Fiction and Fact between 1962 and 1972.
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19Melinda Metz
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20Joan D. Vinge
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21Nora Roberts
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22P. N. ElrodStrange Brew is an urban fantasy short story anthology, edited by P.N. Elrod. It reached the NYTimes extended bestseller list in July 2009.
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23Nick Mamatas
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24Susan Sizemore
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25Jean Rabe
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26Frank Podmore
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27Anne McCaffreyThe Tower and the Hive is the conclusion to the series of novels by Anne McCaffrey which began with The Rowan. The war against the alien Hivers is finally concluded, as humans discover a solution that does not involve wiping out the species. A similar solution is found to the main social problem of humanity's closest allies, the Mrdini. The book was published May 1, 1999, by Ace/Berkley. Kirkus concluded its review, "Cuddly family/romance/alien-contact saga with useful ideas but far too many characters distinguishable only by their silly names. Still, fans of the series will plunge right in."
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28James H. Schmitz
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29Julius Lester
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30Shaun Nichols
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31Ormond McGill
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32Janet Quin-Harkin
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33Charlaine HarrisDead to the World is the fourth book in Charlaine Harris's series The Southern Vampire Mysteries, released in 2004. In Dead to the World, Sookie aids vampires Eric and Pam in their struggle against a coven of witches seeking to take over control of their area, and takes care of Eric after the witches erase his memory. The novel was adapted as the fourth season of True Blood, the HBO series based on the novels, however with a few notable differences.
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34Christine FeehanNight Game is the third title in the Ghostwalker Series of paranormal romances by Christine Feehan. The novel appeared on several bestseller lists including those of The New York Times, Publishers Weekly and USA Today.
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35Anne McCaffreyDamia is a 1991 science fiction novel by Anne McCaffrey; it is the sequel to The Rowan, and the second book of the Tower and Hive series.
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36Christine FeehanConspiracy Game is the fourth title in the Ghostwalker Series of paranormal romance by Christine Feehan.
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37Joan D. Vinge
