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A Basic Science Fiction Library - Page 8

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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Man Plus (Frederik Pohl)
Man Plus
281
Frederik Pohl
Gateway
Gateway
282
Lucifer's Hammer (Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle)
Lucifer's Hammer
283
Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
The Colour of Magic (Terry Pratchett)
The Colour of Magic
284
Terry Pratchett
The Glamour (Christopher Priest)
The Glamour
285
Christopher Priest
Inverted World (Christopher Priest)
Inverted World
286
Christopher Priest
A Dream of Wessex (Christopher Priest)
A Dream of Wessex
287
Christopher Priest
The Islanders (Christopher Priest)
The Islanders
288
Christopher Priest
The Separation (Christopher Priest)
The Separation
289
Christopher Priest
Jack Glass (Adam Roberts)
Jack Glass
290
Adam Roberts
Bete (Adam Roberts)
Bete
291
Adam Roberts
Red Mars (Kim Stanley Robinson)
Red Mars
292
Kim Stanley Robinson
Green Mars
Green Mars
293
Blue Mars
Blue Mars
294
The Wild Shore
The Wild Shore
295
The Gold Coast (Kim Stanley Robinson)
The Gold Coast
296
Kim Stanley Robinson
Pacific Edge (Kim Stanley Robinson)
Pacific Edge
297
Kim Stanley Robinson
The Glass Inferno (Frank M. Robinson)
The Glass Inferno
298
Frank M. Robinson
The Power (Frank M. Robinson)
The Power
299
Frank M. Robinson
Stardance (Spider Robinson)
Stardance
300
Spider Robinson
Starseed (Spider and Jeanne Robinson)
Starseed
301
Spider and Jeanne Robinson
Starmind (Spider and Jeanne Robinson)
Starmind
302
Spider and Jeanne Robinson
The Female Man (Joanna Russ)
The Female Man
303
Joanna Russ
The Zanzibar Cat (Joanna Russ)
The Zanzibar Cat
304
Joanna Russ
Extra(Ordinary) People (Joanna Russ)
Extra(Ordinary) People
305
Joanna Russ
Venus of Dreams (Pamela Sargent)
Venus of Dreams
306
Pamela Sargent
The Shore of Women (Pamela Sargent)
The Shore of Women
307
Pamela Sargent
Women of Wonder: The Classic Years (Pamela Sargent)
Women of Wonder: The Classic Years
308
Pamela Sargent
Women of Wonder: The Contemporary Years (Pamela Sargent)
Women of Wonder: The Contemporary Years
309
Pamela Sargent
Hominids
Hominids
310
The Terminal Experiment
The Terminal Experiment
311
Mindscan (Robert Sawyer)
Mindscan
312
Robert Sawyer
The Healer's War
The Healer's War
313
Old Man's War (John Scalzi)
Old Man's War
314
John Scalzi
Redshirts (John Scalzi)
Redshirts
315
John Scalzi
Lock in (John Scalzi)
Lock In
316
John Scalzi
Agent to the Stars (John Scalzi)
Agent to the Stars
317
John Scalzi
Untouched by Human Hands (Robert Sheckley)
Untouched by Human Hands
318
Robert Sheckley
Is That What People Do? (Robert Sheckley)
Is That What People Do?
319
Robert Sheckley
Pilgrimage to Earth (Robert Sheckley)
Pilgrimage to Earth
320
Robert Sheckley
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