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Childhood's End Written by Arthur C. Clarke
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Foundation Written by Isaac Asimov
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Dune Written by Frank Herbert
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Man in the High Castle Written by Philip K. Dick
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Starship Troopers Written by Robert A. Heinlein
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Valis Written by Philip K. Dick
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Frankenstein Written by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
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Gateway Written by Frederick Pohl
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Space Merchants Written by C.M. Kornbluth & Frederick Pohl |
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Earth Abides Written by George R. Stewart
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Cuckoo's Egg Written by C.J. Cherryh
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Star Surgeon Written by James White
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The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch Written by Philip K. Dick
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Radix Written by A.A. Attanasio
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2001: A Space Odyssey Written by Arthur C. Clarke
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Ringworld Written by Larry Niven
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A Case of Conscience Written by James Blish
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Last and First Man Written by Olaf Stapledon
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The Day of the Triffids Written by John Wyndham
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Way Station Written by Clifford Simak
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More Than Human Written by Theodore Sturgeon
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Gray Lensman Written by E. E. "Doc" Smith
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The Gods Themselves Written by Isaac Asimov
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The Left Hand of Darkness Written by Ursula K. Le Guin
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Behold the Man Written by Michael Moorcock
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Star Maker Written by Olaf Stapledon
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The War of the Worlds Written by H.G. Wells
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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Written by Jules Verne
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Heritage of Hastur Written by Marion Zimmer Bradley
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The Time Machine Written by H.G. Wells
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The Stars My Destination Written by Alfred Bester
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Slan Written by A.E. Van Vogt
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Neuromancer Written by William Gibson
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Ender's Game Written by Orson Scott Card
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In Conquest Born Written by C.S. Friedman
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Lord of Light Written by Roger Zelazny
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Eon Written by Greg Bear
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Dragonflight Written by Anne McCaffrey
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Journey to the Center of the Earth Written by Jules Verne
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Stranger in a Strange Land Written by Robert Heinlein
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Cosm Written by Gregory Benford
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The Voyage of the Space Beagle Written by A.E. Van Vogt
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Blood Music Written by Greg Bear
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Beggars in Spain Written by Nancy Kress
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Omnivore Written by Piers Anthony
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I, Robot Written by Isaac Asimov
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Mission of Gravity Written by Hal Clement
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To Your Scattered Bodies Go Written by Philip Jose Farmer
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Brave New World Written by Aldous Huxley
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The Man Who Folded Himself Written by David Gerrold
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1984 Written by George Orwell
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The Strange Case of Dr. Jeckyl And Mr. Hyde Written by Robert Louis Stevenson
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Snow Crash Written by Neal Stephenson
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Flesh Written by Philip Jose Farmer
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Cities in Flight Written by James Blish
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Shadow of the Torturer Written by Gene Wolfe
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Startide Rising Written by David Brin
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Triton Written by Samuel R. Delany
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Stand on Zanzibar Written by John Brunner
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A Clockwork Orange Written by Anthony Burgess
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Fahrenheit 451 Written by Ray Bradbury
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A Canticle For Leibowitz Written by Walter Miller
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Flowers for Algernon Written by Daniel Keyes
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No Blade of Grass Written by John Christopher
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The Postman Written by David Brin
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Dhalgren Written by Samuel Delany
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Berserker Written by Fred Saberhagen
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Flatland Written by Edwin Abbot
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Planiverse Written by A.K. Dewdney
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Dragon's Egg Written by Robert L. Forward
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Downbelow Station Written by C.J. Cherryh
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Dawn Written by Octavia E. Butler
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Puppet Masters Written by Robert Heinlein
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The Doomsday Book Written by Connie Willis
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Forever War Written by Joe Haldeman
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Deathbird Stories Written by Harlan Ellison
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Roadside Picnic Written by Boris Strugatsky & Arkady Strugatsky |
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The Snow Queen Written by Joan Vinge
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The Martian Chronicles Written by Ray Bradbury
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Drowned World Written by J.G. Ballard
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Cat's Cradle Written by Kurt Vonnegut
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Red Mars Written by Kim Stanley Robinson
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Upanishads Written by Various
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Alice in Wonderland Written by Lewis Carroll
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Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Written by Douglas Adams
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The Lathe of Heaven Written by Ursula K. Le Guin
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The Midwich Cuckoos Written by John Wyndham
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Mutant Written by Henry Kuttner
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Solaris Written by Stanislaw Lem
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Ralph 124C41+ Written by Hugo Gernsback
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I Am Legend Written by Richard Matheson
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Timescape Written by Gregory Benford
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The Demolished Man Written by Alfred Bester
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War with the Newts Written by Karl Kapek
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Mars Written by Ben Bova
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Brain Wave Written by Poul Anderson
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Hyperion Written by Dan Simmons
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The Andromeda Strain Written by Michael Crichton
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Camp Concentration Written by Thomas Disch
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A Princess of Mars Written by Edgar Rice Burroughs
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Index of the 100 science fiction books you just have to read
I think I've read 40 of those. And Hyperion needs to be MUCH closer to the top of the list... Canticle is good, but not great (I think I was expecting more). It's certainly worth reading though.
great...another list to add to my lists... ;-)
I think I've read about 20-25, some I can't remember if I read them or they have always been on "the list", Hyperion is definitley in my queue
..on another note, the same website has this list of 50 Sci Fi movies:
http://www.phobosweb.com/features/50films/top50index.html
now there I don't feel so bad, 48 out of 50 is not to bad...or is it? ;-)
I've got about 40 myself--wish I had more.
I think it's a good list. Nice balance between the pulps, hard and soft sf, and the grand masters. I'm particularly glad to see translated works (Lem!!!) on the list.
"I Am Legend" is a must read.