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Science Fiction for People Who Don't Like Science Fiction

Our maverick English teacher and genre enthusiast takes on those readers who "can't stand all that Star Wars crap" by presenting 50 works that, while nominally Science Fiction, are also so much else. Some are respected classics of the SF field; some are SF tropes recast as literary fiction or other genres, such as suspense or thriller; some are huge best sellers; some are utterly unclassifiable. All of them, however, in some way expand, alter, or redefine SF, and for that reason are all worth reading.
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Blackout (Connie Willis)
Blackout (Connie Willis)
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All Clear (Connie Willis)
All Clear (Connie Willis)
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Alas, Babylon
Alas, Babylon
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Bid Time Return
Bid Time Return
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The Body Snatchers (Jack Finney)
The Body Snatchers (Jack Finney)
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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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Camp Concentration
Camp Concentration
9
A Canticle for Leibowitz (Walter M. Miller, Jr.)
A Canticle for Leibowitz (Walter M. Miller, Jr.)
10
Cat's Cradle (Kurt Vonnegut)
Cat's Cradle (Kurt Vonnegut)
11
Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell)
Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell)
12
Corrupting Dr. Nice (John Kessel)
Corrupting Dr. Nice (John Kessel)
13
Dark Matter (Blake Crouch)
Dark Matter (Blake Crouch)
14
The Death of Grass (John Christopher)
The Death of Grass (John Christopher)
15
Deception Point (Dan Brown)
Deception Point (Dan Brown)
16
Digital Fortress by Dan Brown
Digital Fortress by Dan Brown
17
Discworld Series
Discworld Series
18
Doomsday Book (Willis)
Doomsday Book (Willis)
19
Dying Inside (Robert Silverberg)
Dying Inside (Robert Silverberg)
20
Fail-Safe
Fail-Safe
21
Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said (Philip K Dick)
Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said (Philip K Dick)
22
Flowers for Algernon (Daniel Keyes)
Flowers for Algernon (Daniel Keyes)
23
Good Morning Midnight (Lily Brooks-Dalton)
Good Morning Midnight (Lily Brooks-Dalton)
24
Good News From Outer Space (John Kessel)
Good News From Outer Space (John Kessel)
25
The Hemingway Hoax (Haldeman)
The Hemingway Hoax (Haldeman)
26
Ice (Anna Kavan)
Ice (Anna Kavan)
27
Invisible Cities
Invisible Cities
28
The Listeners (James Gunn)
The Listeners (James Gunn)
29
Little Green Men (Buckley)
Little Green Men (Buckley)
30
Lucifer's Hammer
Lucifer's Hammer
31
The Man Who Folded Himself (David Gerrold)
The Man Who Folded Himself (David Gerrold)
32
The Midwich Cuckoos
The Midwich Cuckoos
33
On the Beach (Nevil Shute)
On the Beach (Nevil Shute)
34
Pattern Recognition (William Gibson)
Pattern Recognition (William Gibson)
35
Perdido Street Station
Perdido Street Station
36
The Plague (Albert Camus)
The Plague (Albert Camus)
37
The Puppet Masters (Robert a Heinlein)
The Puppet Masters (Robert a Heinlein)
38
Recursion (Blake Crouch)
Recursion (Blake Crouch)
39
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
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The Satan Bug (MacLean)
The Satan Bug (MacLean)
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