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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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Flowers for Algernon (Daniel Keyes)
Flowers for Algernon
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Daniel Keyes
The Best of Damon Knight (Damon Knight)
The Best of Damon Knight
202
Damon Knight
Why Do Birds (Damon Knight)
Why Do Birds
203
Damon Knight
The Best of C. M. Kornbluth (C. M. Kornbluth)
The Best of C. M. Kornbluth
204
C. M. Kornbluth
The Space Merchants
The Space Merchants
205
The Syndic (C. M. Kornbluth)
The Syndic
206
C. M. Kornbluth
Not This August (C. M. Kornbluth)
Not This August
207
C. M. Kornbluth
Beggars in Spain (Nancy Kress)
Beggars in Spain
208
Nancy Kress
Probability Space (Nancy Kress)
Probability Space
209
Nancy Kress
Fury (Henry Kuttner)
Fury
210
Henry Kuttner
The Best of Henry Kuttner (Henry Kuttner)
The Best of Henry Kuttner
211
Henry Kuttner
The Best of C. L. Moore (C. L. Moore)
The Best of C. L. Moore
212
C. L. Moore
The Left Hand of Darkness (Ursula K. Le Guin)
The Left Hand of Darkness
213
Ursula K. Le Guin
The Dispossessed (Ursula K. Le Guin)
The Dispossessed
214
Ursula K. Le Guin
The Farthest Shore (Ursula K. Le Guin)
The Farthest Shore
215
Ursula K. Le Guin
Four Ways to Forgiveness (Ursula K. Le Guin)
Four Ways to Forgiveness
216
Ursula K. Le Guin
Conjure Wife (Fritz Leiber)
Conjure Wife
217
Fritz Leiber
The Big Time
The Big Time
218
The Wanderer
The Wanderer
219
The Cyberiad
The Cyberiad
220
Solaris (Stanislaw Lem)
Solaris
221
Stanislaw Lem
Mortal Engines (Stanislaw Lem)
Mortal Engines
222
Stanislaw Lem
Out of the Silent Planet (C.S. Lewis)
Out of the Silent Planet
223
C.S. Lewis
Perelandra (C.S. Lewis)
Perelandra
224
C.S. Lewis
That Hideous Strength (C.S. Lewis)
That Hideous Strength
225
C.S. Lewis
Stranger Things Happen (Kelly Link)
Stranger Things Happen
226
Kelly Link
Before Adam (Jack London)
Before Adam
227
Jack London
The Scarlet Plague (Jack London)
The Scarlet Plague
228
Jack London
The Star Rover
The Star Rover
229
The Shadow Over Innsmouth
The Shadow Over Innsmouth
230
"The Dunwich Horror" (H. P. Lovecraft)
"The Dunwich Horror"
231
H. P. Lovecraft
Song of Time (Ian R. MacLeod)
Song of Time
232
Ian R. MacLeod
Fairyland (Paul J. McAuley)
Fairyland
233
Paul J. McAuley
The Ship Who Sang (Anne McCaffrey)
The Ship Who Sang
234
Anne McCaffrey
The Dervish House (Ian Mcdonald)
The Dervish House
235
Ian Mcdonald
River of Gods (Ian Mcdonald)
River of Gods
236
Ian Mcdonald
Desolation Road
Desolation Road
237
The Engines of God
The Engines of God
238
Omega
Omega
239
Seeker
Seeker
240
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