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How to Be Well-Read in a Science Fictional Universe - Page 4

Our retired lit teacher and genre enthusiast comes up with 144 books that make a highly subjective, personal, and idiosyncratic core reading list in SF. He has excluded Fantasy because he believes that it should be considered a separate literary genre and therefore should have its own list. Feel free to disagree with some or all of the books listed here; the idea was to create a starting point for debate and discussion.
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Star Maker (Olaf Stapledon)
Star Maker
Olaf Stapledon
122
The Stars My Destination (Alfred Bester)
The Stars My Destination
Alfred Bester
123
Startide Rising (David Brin)
Startide Rising
David Brin
124
Strange Doings (Lafferty)
Strange Doings
Lafferty
125
Stranger in a Strange Land (Robert a Heinlein)
Stranger in a Strange Land
Robert a Heinlein
126
The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen (Rudolph Erich Raspe)
The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Rudolph Erich Raspe
127
Synners (Pat Cadigan)
Synners
Pat Cadigan
128
Tales of Hoffmann (E. T. A. Hoffmann)
Tales of Hoffmann
E. T. A. Hoffmann
129
The Tempest (Signet Shakespeare)
The Tempest
Signet Shakespeare
130
This Immortal (Roger Zelazny)
This Immortal
Roger Zelazny
131
The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch
The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch
132
The Three-Body Problem (Liu Cixin)
The Three-Body Problem
Liu Cixin
133
The Time Machine (H.G. Wells)
The Time Machine
H.G. Wells
134
A Time of Changes (Robert Silverberg)
A Time of Changes
Robert Silverberg
135
Timescape (Gregory Benford)
Timescape
Gregory Benford
136
To Say Nothing of the Dog (Connie Willis)
To Say Nothing of the Dog
Connie Willis
137
To Your Scattered Bodies Go (Philip José Farmer)
To Your Scattered Bodies Go
Philip José Farmer
138
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Jules Verne)
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
Jules Verne
139
Utopia (Thomas More)
Utopia
Thomas More
140
The War of the Worlds (H. G. Wells)
The War of the Worlds
H. G. Wells
141
Way Station (Clifford D. Simak)
Way Station
Clifford D. Simak
142
We (Yevgeny Zamyatin)
We
Yevgeny Zamyatin
143
Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang
Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang
144
The Yiddish Policemen's Union
The Yiddish Policemen's Union
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