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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
121
Olaf Stapledon
The Stars My Destination (Alfred Bester)
The Stars My Destination
122
Alfred Bester
Startide Rising (David Brin)
Startide Rising
123
David Brin
Strange Doings (Lafferty)
Strange Doings
124
Lafferty
Stranger in a Strange Land (Robert a Heinlein)
Stranger in a Strange Land
125
Robert a Heinlein
The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen (Rudolph Erich Raspe)
The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen
126
Rudolph Erich Raspe
Synners (Pat Cadigan)
Synners
127
Pat Cadigan
Tales of Hoffmann (E. T. A. Hoffmann)
Tales of Hoffmann
128
E. T. A. Hoffmann
The Tempest (Signet Shakespeare)
The Tempest
129
Signet Shakespeare
This Immortal (Roger Zelazny)
This Immortal
130
Roger Zelazny
The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch
The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch
131
The Three-Body Problem (Liu Cixin)
The Three-Body Problem
132
Liu Cixin
The Time Machine (H.G. Wells)
The Time Machine
133
H.G. Wells
A Time of Changes (Robert Silverberg)
A Time of Changes
134
Robert Silverberg
Timescape (Gregory Benford)
Timescape
135
Gregory Benford
To Say Nothing of the Dog (Connie Willis)
To Say Nothing of the Dog
136
Connie Willis
To Your Scattered Bodies Go (Philip José Farmer)
To Your Scattered Bodies Go
137
Philip José Farmer
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Jules Verne)
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
138
Jules Verne
Utopia (Thomas More)
Utopia
139
Thomas More
The War of the Worlds (H. G. Wells)
The War of the Worlds
140
H. G. Wells
Way Station (Clifford D. Simak)
Way Station
141
Clifford D. Simak
We (Yevgeny Zamyatin)
We
142
Yevgeny Zamyatin
Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang
Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang
143
The Yiddish Policemen's Union (Michael Chabon)
The Yiddish Policemen's Union
144
Michael Chabon
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