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24 alternatives to Thought Flights

Robert Musil's newly translated essays and short stories.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Thought Flights launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Making Ideas Happen▲75

   Overcoming the obstacles between vision and reality

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Future Visions▲66

   Original science fiction inspired by Microsoft

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Black Swan▲80

   The impact of the highly improbable

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Dark Matter of the Mind▲67

   The Culturally Articulated Unconscious

   2017 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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   Envisioning Information▲87

   A remarkable range of examples of visual thinkinking

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   The Flight of the Silvers▲63

   A world of time travel and disruption.

   2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Meaningful▲69

   The story of ideas that fly

   2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Pym: A Novel▲54

   Mat Johnson = James Baldwin +Kurt Vonnegut + Jules Verne

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Whatever You Think, Think the Opposite▲72

   Turning logic and common sense on its head

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Black Hole Focus▲70

    freaking awesome self improvement/motivational book

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Morning Short: "In The Home Stretch" By Robert Frost▲53

    An amazing narrative poem about the relativity of time

    2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Iconoclast▲60

    A neuroscientist reveals how to think differently

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    LoveSexTravelMusik▲55

    Stories for the EasyJet generation

    2015 · amazon.co.uk · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Skyfaring: A Journey with a Pilot ▲53

    A pilot explores (and explains) the phenomenon of flight

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Flow▲87

    The psychology of optimal experience

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    PaperFlies▲65

    Book flights based on themes

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    Outline: A Novel▲55

    One-sided conversations on a plane about life

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Hamlet on the Holodeck▲67

    The future of narrative in cyberspace

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Imaginary Cities▲70

    Mapping cities of sound, melancholia and the afterlife

    2016 · influxpress.com · its alternatives →

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    Mayday! Deep Space▲103

    New take on interactive fiction from author of Robopocalypse

    2015 · maydayapps.com · its alternatives →

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    The Passionate State of Mind▲54

    An insightful collection of aphorisms

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Thinkertoys▲76

    A handbook of creative thinking techniques

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Oryx and Crake▲108

    Brilliant & rich dystopian vision of the near future

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Mindware: Tools for Smart Thinking▲77

    Solve problems by thinking more effectively

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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