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James Nelson's Great Science Fiction - A Personal View

100 books of Science Fiction that have expanded my thinking and moved me to new and different worlds and ideas. This is a personal list, not a 100 best survey. How many do you know, and which would you say are essential texts?
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A Canticle for Leibowitz (Walter M. Miller, Jr.)
A Canticle for Leibowitz
Walter M. Miller, Jr.
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The Left Hand of Darkness
The Left Hand of Darkness
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This Immortal (A.K.A. ...And Call Me Conrad)
This Immortal (A.K.A. ...And Call Me Conrad)
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Deathbird Stories
Deathbird Stories
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Stand on Zanzibar
Stand on Zanzibar
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THE EINSTEIN INTERSECTION Samuel R. Delany
THE EINSTEIN INTERSECTION Samuel R. Delany
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The Man in the High Castle (Philip K. Dick)
The Man in the High Castle
Philip K. Dick
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Doomsday Book
Doomsday Book
9
We (Yevgeny Zamyatin)
We
Yevgeny Zamyatin
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Starmaker (Olaf Stapledon)
Starmaker
Olaf Stapledon
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Stranger in a Strange Land
Stranger in a Strange Land
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Neuromancer
Neuromancer
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Dangerous Visions
Dangerous Visions
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The Space Merchants, Frederik Pohl and C. M. Kornbluth (1953)
The Space Merchants, Frederik Pohl and C. M. Kornbluth (1953)
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The Dispossessed
The Dispossessed
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The Forever War (Joe Haldeman)
The Forever War
Joe Haldeman
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The Female Man (Joanna Russ)
The Female Man
Joanna Russ
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Dying Inside (Robert Silverberg)
Dying Inside
Robert Silverberg
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Dune (Frank Herbert)
Dune
Frank Herbert
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The War of the Worlds
The War of the Worlds
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The Sheep Look Up (John Brunner)
The Sheep Look Up
John Brunner
22
Mona Lisa Overdrive (William Gibson)
Mona Lisa Overdrive
William Gibson
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984
George Orwell
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The Puppet Masters
The Puppet Masters
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The Stars My Destination (Alfred Bester)
The Stars My Destination
Alfred Bester
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Blackout/All Clear
Blackout/All Clear
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All Clear (Connie Willis)
All Clear
Connie Willis
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Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said
Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said
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The Long Tomorrow, Leigh Brackett (1955)
The Long Tomorrow, Leigh Brackett (1955)
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Lord of Light
Lord of Light
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Hyperion
Hyperion
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I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream, by Harlan Ellison
I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream, by Harlan Ellison
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Childhood's End (Arthur C. Clarke)
Childhood's End
Arthur C. Clarke
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Forever Peace
Forever Peace
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Fourth Mansions (R. A. Lafferty)
Fourth Mansions
R. A. Lafferty
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The Shockwave Rider
The Shockwave Rider
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Ringworld (Larry Niven)
Ringworld
Larry Niven
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Timescape
Timescape
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Behold the Man (Michael Moorcock)
Behold the Man
Michael Moorcock
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The Past Through Tomorrow
The Past Through Tomorrow
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