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The Defining Science Fiction Books of the 1980s

There's a reason why 2011's Ready Player One enshrines the 1980s into the plot of a fantastic science fiction novel - the 1980s is to computer nerds what the 1960s had been to Baby Boomers. The MTV decade saw the world begin its shift from analog to digital, and life moved onto the net. Ender's Game and Neuromancer loom over the decade to become science fiction novels that would be taught in school. Kid's growing up in the 1970s with Apple IIs and Atari 2600s bought IBM PC and Macintosh computers and hooked up them up with CompuServe, The Well and GENIE, beginning the earliest webs of cyberspace. The geeks had inherited the Earth and science fiction was their sacred literature. Science fiction themes dominated computer games, and computer culture, artificial reality, and the techno-sphere reshaped the genre. It was hard to describe science fiction anymore because so many new writers were showing up with so many new ideas.
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The Arbor House Treasure of Great Science Fiction Short Novels (Robert Silverberg)
The Arbor House Treasure of Great Science Fiction Short Novels (Robert Silverberg)
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Beyond the Blue Event Horizon (Frederik Pohl)
Beyond the Blue Event Horizon (Frederik Pohl)
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Dragon's Egg
Dragon's Egg
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The Gardens of Delight (Ian Watson)
The Gardens of Delight (Ian Watson)
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Lord Valentine's Castle
Lord Valentine's Castle
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Mockingbird (Walter Tevis)
Mockingbird (Walter Tevis)
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The Number of the Beast
The Number of the Beast
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The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (Douglas Adams)
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (Douglas Adams)
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Riddley Walker
Riddley Walker
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Roderick (John Sladek)
Roderick (John Sladek)
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The Shadow of the Torturer
The Shadow of the Torturer
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The Snow Queen
The Snow Queen
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Sundiver (David Brin)
Sundiver (David Brin)
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Timescape (Gregory Benford)
Timescape (Gregory Benford)
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The Visitors (Clifford D. Simak)
The Visitors (Clifford D. Simak)
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Wild Seed
Wild Seed
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Wizard (John Varley)
Wizard (John Varley)
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The Claw of the Conciliator
The Claw of the Conciliator
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The Divine Invasion
The Divine Invasion
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Downbelow Station
Downbelow Station
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Dream Park
Dream Park
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God Emperor of Dune (Frank Herbert)
God Emperor of Dune (Frank Herbert)
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Little Big
Little Big
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The Many-Colored Land
The Many-Colored Land
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Oath of Fealty (Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle)
Oath of Fealty (Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle)
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Radix (A.A. Attanasio)
Radix (A.A. Attanasio)
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Sandkings
Sandkings
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The Silver Metal Lover (Tanith Lee)
The Silver Metal Lover (Tanith Lee)
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VALIS
VALIS
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Windhaven
Windhaven
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2010
2010
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The Compass Rose (Ursula K. Le Guin)
The Compass Rose (Ursula K. Le Guin)
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Courtship Rite
Courtship Rite
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Crystal Singer
Crystal Singer
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The Floating Gods (M. John Harrison)
The Floating Gods (M. John Harrison)
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Foundation's Edge
Foundation's Edge
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Friday (Robert Heinlein)
Friday (Robert Heinlein)
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Helliconia Spring (Brian Aldiss)
Helliconia Spring (Brian Aldiss)
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No Enemy but Time
No Enemy but Time
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Psion (Joan D. Vinge)
Psion (Joan D. Vinge)
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