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Classic SF Everyone Should Read

Our Maverick (and retired) English Teacher and SF Geek looks over his bookshelves(and previous lists) and comes up with 130 essential texts, plus 4 reference works that every SF aficionado should be familiar with. He has not included work usually marketed as Juvenile or YA, feeling that these books require a separate list. As always, this list is not in any way authoritative or definitive.
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984 (George Orwell)
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Alas Babylon (Frank)
Alas Babylon (Frank)
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Ancillary Justice (Ann Leckie)
Ancillary Justice (Ann Leckie)
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And Chaos Died (Joanna Russ)
And Chaos Died (Joanna Russ)
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The Andromeda Strain (Michael Crichton)
The Andromeda Strain (Michael Crichton)
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Babel-17 (Samuel R Delany)
Babel-17 (Samuel R Delany)
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The Beast That Shouted Love at the Heart of the World
The Beast That Shouted Love at the Heart of the World
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Behold the Man (Michael Moorcock)
Behold the Man (Michael Moorcock)
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Blackout/All Clear (Connie Willis)
Blackout/All Clear (Connie Willis)
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Blood Music (Greg Bear)
Blood Music (Greg Bear)
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Brain Wave (Poul Anderson)
Brain Wave (Poul Anderson)
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Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
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Bring the Jubilee (Ward Moore)
Bring the Jubilee (Ward Moore)
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Bug Jack Barron (Norman Spinrad)
Bug Jack Barron (Norman Spinrad)
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Calculating God
Calculating God
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A Canticle for Leibowitz (Walter M. Miller, Jr.)
A Canticle for Leibowitz (Walter M. Miller, Jr.)
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A Case of Conscience (James Blish)
A Case of Conscience (James Blish)
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Cat's Cradle (Kurt Vonnegut)
Cat's Cradle (Kurt Vonnegut)
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Childhood's End (Arthur C. Clarke)
Childhood's End (Arthur C. Clarke)
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Cities in Flight (James Blish)
Cities in Flight (James Blish)
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The City and the City (China Mieville)
The City and the City (China Mieville)
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Cryptozoic! (Brian Aldiss)
Cryptozoic! (Brian Aldiss)
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Dangerous Visions (Harlan Ellison)
Dangerous Visions (Harlan Ellison)
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The Day of the Triffids
The Day of the Triffids
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The Demolished Man
The Demolished Man
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The Difference Engine (Bruce Sterling & William Gibson)
The Difference Engine (Bruce Sterling & William Gibson)
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The Dispossessed (Ursula K Le Guin)
The Dispossessed (Ursula K Le Guin)
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Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
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Doomsday Book (Willis)
Doomsday Book (Willis)
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The Doors of His Face (Zelazny)
The Doors of His Face (Zelazny)
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Dune (Frank Herbert)
Dune (Frank Herbert)
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Dying Inside (Robert Silverberg)
Dying Inside (Robert Silverberg)
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The Einstein Intersection (Samuel R. Delany)
The Einstein Intersection (Samuel R. Delany)
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The Essential Ellison: A 35-Year Retrospective (Harlan Ellison)
The Essential Ellison: A 35-Year Retrospective (Harlan Ellison)
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Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
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The First Men in the Moon
The First Men in the Moon
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Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said (Philip K. Dick)
Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said (Philip K. Dick)
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Flowers for Algernon
Flowers for Algernon
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The Forever War (Joe Haldeman)
The Forever War (Joe Haldeman)
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The Foundation Series
The Foundation Series
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