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A Basic Science Fiction Library - Page 2

The first year James Gunn offered the Intensive English Institute on the Teaching of Science Fiction, a teacher from Buffalo, New York, asked him how many books a teacher should read in order to have a sound background for the teaching of science fiction: "I said, offhand, about a hundred books and gave her a list prepared by a committee of the Science Fiction Writers of America and published, together with a commentary by Alexei Panshin, in the June 15, 1970, issue of Library Journal. Since then more than 30,000 books have been published and the list is dated. Below is my own list and my own comments. Though based on the original SFWA list, my list has deletions and additions, for the period not only after, but before 1970. An earlier version of this list also was published in Library Journal, November 15, 1988."
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Anvil of Stars (Greg Bear)
Anvil of Stars
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Greg Bear
Moving Mars
Moving Mars
42
Looking Backward
Looking Backward
43
Timescape (Gregory Benford)
Timescape
44
Gregory Benford
Great Sky River (Gregory Benford)
Great Sky River
45
Gregory Benford
Tides of Light (Gregory Benford)
Tides of Light
46
Gregory Benford
Furious Gulf (Gregory Benford)
Furious Gulf
47
Gregory Benford
Sailing Bright Eternity (Gregory Benford)
Sailing Bright Eternity
48
Gregory Benford
In the Ocean of Night (Gregory Benford)
In the Ocean of Night
49
Gregory Benford
Across the Sea of Suns (Gregory Benford)
Across the Sea of Suns
50
Gregory Benford
The Demolished Man
The Demolished Man
51
The Stars My Destination (Alfred Bester)
The Stars My Destination
52
Alfred Bester
Starlight (Alfred Bester)
Starlight
53
Alfred Bester
No Enemy but Time (Michael Bishop)
No Enemy but Time
54
Michael Bishop
Ancient of Days (Michael Bishop)
Ancient of Days
55
Michael Bishop
Brittle Innings (Michael Bishop)
Brittle Innings
56
Michael Bishop
A Case of Conscience
A Case of Conscience
57
Cities in Flight (James Blish)
Cities in Flight
58
James Blish
The Seedling Stars (James Blish)
The Seedling Stars
59
James Blish
Titan (Ben Bova)
Titan
60
Ben Bova
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame Volume IIA (Ben Bova)
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame Volume IIA
61
Ben Bova
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame Volume IIB (Ben Bova)
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame Volume IIB
62
Ben Bova
The Kinsman Saga (Ben Bova)
The Kinsman Saga
63
Ben Bova
Millennium (Ben Bova)
Millennium
64
Ben Bova
The Martian Chronicles (Ray Bradbury)
The Martian Chronicles
65
Ray Bradbury
The Illustrated Man (Ray Bradbury)
The Illustrated Man
66
Ray Bradbury
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
67
Ray Bradbury
The October Country (Ray Bradbury)
The October Country
68
Ray Bradbury
Something Wicked This Way Comes (Ray Bradbury)
Something Wicked This Way Comes
69
Ray Bradbury
The Planet Savers (Marion Zimmer Bradley)
The Planet Savers
70
Marion Zimmer Bradley
Sword of Aldones (Marion Zimmer Bradley)
Sword of Aldones
71
Marion Zimmer Bradley
The Mists of Avalon (Marion Zimmer Bradley)
The Mists of Avalon
72
Marion Zimmer Bradley
Startide Rising
Startide Rising
73
The Uplift War
The Uplift War
74
Brightness Reef (David Brin)
Brightness Reef
75
David Brin
The Postman (David Brin)
The Postman
76
David Brin
Earth (David Brin)
Earth
77
David Brin
Kiln People by David Brin
Kiln People by David Brin
78
What Mad Universe (Fredric Brown)
What Mad Universe
79
Fredric Brown
Martians, Go Home (Fredrik Brown)
Martians, Go Home
80
Fredrik Brown
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