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Index: 100 Great Science Fiction Books

8/12/2015

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Books 1-20      Books 21-40     Books 41-60     Books 61-80     Books 81-100

100 Great Science Fiction Books

334  by Thomas M. Disch
1984 by George Orwell

A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller, Jr.
A Case of Conscience by James Blish
Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank
A Mirror for Observers by Edgar Pangborn
After London: Wild England by Richard Jeffries

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Babel-17 by Samuel R. Delaney
Beggars in Spain by Nancy Kress
Berserker by Fred Saberhagen

Blood Music by Greg Bear
Bone Dance by Emma Bull
Brain Wave by Poul Anderson

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Bring the Jubilee by Ward Moore

Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut
Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke

Dreamsnake by Vonda M. McIntyre
Downward To The Earth by Robert Silverberg

Dune by Frank Herbert
Earth Abides by George R. Stewart 
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
Engine Summer by John Crowley
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes

Fourth Mansions by R.A. Lafferty
First and Last Men by Olaph Stapledon
For Love of Mother Not by Alan Dean Foster
Foundation by Isaac Asimov
Galaxies by Barry M. Malzberg

Grass by Sheri S. Tepper
Hell's Pavement by Damon Knight
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Hot Head by Simon Ings
Hyperion & Fall of Hyperion by Dan Simmons

Juniper Time by Kate Wilhem
In Conquest Born by C.S. Friedman

Logan's Run by William F. Nolan and Clayton Johnson
Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny

Man Plus by Frederick Pohl
Make Room! Make Room! by Harry Harrison
Mefisto in Onyx by Harlan Ellison
Mission of Gravity by Hal Clement
More Than Human by Theodore Sturgeon

Mutant by Henry Kuttner
Neuromancer by William Gibson
No Blade of Grass by John Christopher
Non-Stop by Brian Aldiss
Nostrilia by Cordwainer Smith
Oath of Fealty by Larry Nolan and Jerry Pournelle

Orbitsville by Bob Shaw
Paris in the Twentieth Century by Jules Verne

Pavane by Keith Roberts
Permutation City by Greg Egan
Ralph 124C 41+ by Hugo Gernsback

Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson
Riddley Walker by Russell Hoban
Roadside Picnic by Arkday & Boris Stugatsky
R.U.R. by Karel Capek
Slow River by Nicola Griffeth

Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
Solaris by Stanislaus Lem
Time Pressure by Spider Robinson
The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton
The Bite of Monsters by Dennis O'Neil

The Cards of Grief by Jane Yolen

The Centauri Device by M. John Harrison
The Dancers at the End of Time by Michael Moorcock
The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham
The Demolished Man by Alfred Bester

The Disappearance by Philip Wylie
The Doomsday Book by Connie Willis
The Door into Summer by Robert Heinlein
The Drowned World by J.G. Ballard
The Drowning Towers by George Turner

The Female Man by Joanna Russ
The Embedding by Ian Watson

The Fifth Head of Cerberus by Gene Wolfe
The Forever War by Joe Haldeman

The House in November by Keith Laumer
The Inverted World by Christopher Priest

The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula Le Guin
The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick
The Many-Coloured Lands by Julian May
The Opuichi Hotline by John Varley

The Paradox Men by Charles L. Harness
The Sheep Look Up by John Brunner

The Wanderer by Fritz Leiber
The Unreasoning Mask by Philip Jose Farmer

Up The Walls of the World by James Tiptree Jr.
The Voyage of the Space Beagle by A.E. Van Vogt

The Year of the Quiet Sun by Wilson Tucker
Way Station by Clifford D. Simak

We by Yevgeny Zamyatin

What Entropy Means to Me by George Alec Effinger
When the Sleeper Wakes by H.G. Wells
Wild Seed by Octavia Butler

Woman on the Edge of Time by Marge Piercy



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    Barry M. Malzberg
    Beggars In Spain
    Berserker
    Blood Music
    Bob Shaw
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    Bone Dance
    Brain Plague
    Brain Wave
    Brave New World
    Brian Aldiss
    Bring The Jubilee
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    Cat's Cradle
    Chalicothere
    Charles L. Harness
    Childhood's End
    Chip Delaney
    Christopher Priest
    Clifford D. Simak
    Competent Man
    Cordwainer Smith
    C.S. Friedman
    Cyberpunk
    Damon Knight
    Daniel Keyes
    Dan Simmons
    Dennis O'Neil
    Douglas Adams
    Downward To The Earth
    Dream Snake
    Dune
    Dystopia
    Earth Abides
    Edgar Pangborn
    Emma Bull
    Ender's Game
    Engine Summer
    Euthanasia
    Eutopia
    Fahrenheit 451
    Fall Of Hyperion
    Far Future
    First And Last Men
    Flowers For Algernon
    For Love Of Mother Not
    Foundation
    Foundation Writer
    Fourth Mansions
    Frank Herbert
    Frederick Pohl
    Fred Saberhagen
    Fritz Leiber
    Galaxies
    Genetic Engineering
    Gene Wolfe
    George Alec Effinger
    George Clayton Johnson
    George Orwell
    George R. Stewart
    George Turner
    Grass
    Greg Bear
    Greg Egan
    Hal Clement
    Harlan Ellison
    Harry Harrison
    Heinlein
    Hell's Pavement
    Henry Kuttner
    H.G. Wells
    Hinduism
    Hot Head
    Hugo Gernsback
    Hyperion
    Ian Watson
    Ice 9
    In Conquest Born
    Isaac Asimov
    Islam
    James Blish
    James Tiptree Jr.
    Jane Yolen
    Jerry Pournelle
    J.G. Ballard
    Joanna Russ
    Joan Slonczewski
    Joe Haldeman
    John Brunner
    John Christopher
    John Crowley
    Johnn Crowley
    John Varley
    John Wyndam
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    Jules Verne
    Julian May
    Juniper Time
    Karel Capek
    Kate Wilhem
    Keith Laumer
    Keith Roberts
    Kim Stanley Robinson
    Kurt Vonnegut
    L.A. Lafferty
    Larry Nivan
    Leonard Nimoy
    Linguistics
    Logan's Run
    Lord Of Light
    Lycidas
    Madeleine L'Engle
    Make Room! Make Room!
    Man Plus
    Marge Piecry
    Mars
    Mefisto In Onyx
    Michael Crichton
    Michael Moorcock
    Milton
    Mission Of Gravity
    M. John Harrison
    More Than Human
    Mutant
    Mythology
    Nancy Kress
    Nanotechnology
    Neal Stephenson
    Neuromancer
    Nicola Griffith
    No Blade Of Grass
    Non-Stop
    Nostrilia
    Oath Of Fealty
    Octavia Butler
    Olpah Stapledon
    Orbitsville
    Orson Scott Card
    Pat Frank
    Pavane
    Permutation City
    Philip Wylie
    Phillip Jose Farmer
    Phillip K. Dick
    Play
    Pliocene
    Poul Anderson
    Ralph 124C 41+
    Ray Bradbury
    Red Mars
    Richard Jefferies
    Riddley Walker
    Roadside Picnic
    Robert Heinlein
    Robert Silverberg
    Robots
    Roger Zelazny
    R.U.R.
    Russell Hoban
    Russian
    Samuel R. Delaney
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    Shakespeare
    Shape Shifters
    Sheri S. Tepper
    Sietch
    Simon Ings
    Slow River
    Snow Crash
    Solaris
    Space Travel
    Spice
    Spider Robinson
    Spock
    Stanislas Lem
    Stephen Gaskell
    Stephen King
    Telepathy
    Thanatos
    The Andromeda Strain
    The Bite Of Monsters
    The Cards Of Grief
    The Centauri Device
    The Dancers At The End Of Time
    The Day Of The Triffids
    The Demolished Man
    The Disappearance
    The Doomsday Book
    The Door Into Summer
    The Drowned World
    The Drowning Towers
    The Ebedding
    The Female Man
    The Fiften Head Of Cerberus
    The Forever War
    The House In November
    The Inverted World
    The Left Hand Of Darkness
    The Man In The High Castle
    The Many-Coloured Lands
    Theodore Sturgeon
    The Opiuchi Hotline
    The Paradox Men
    The Prestige
    The Sheep Look Up
    The Unreasoning Mask
    The Voyage Of The Space Beagle
    The Wanderer
    The Year Of The Quiet Sun
    Thomas Merton
    Thomas Pinchon
    Time Pressure
    Time Travel
    Up The Walls Of The World
    Ursula LeGuin
    Utopia
    Vonda M. McIntyre
    Wales
    Walter M. Miller
    Ward Moore
    Way Station
    We
    What Entropy Means To Me
    When The Sleeper Wakes
    Wild Seed
    William F. Nolan
    William Gibson
    Wilson Tucker
    Woman On The Edge Of Time
    Yevgeny Zamyatin

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