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The Defining Science Fiction Books of the 1980s - Page 2

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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A Rose for Armageddon (Hilbert Schenck)
A Rose for Armageddon (Hilbert Schenck)
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Software (Rudy Rucker)
Software (Rudy Rucker)
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The Sword of the Lictor
The Sword of the Lictor
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The White Plague
The White Plague
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Against Infinity (Gregory Benford)
Against Infinity (Gregory Benford)
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The Anubis Gates
The Anubis Gates
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The Armageddon Rag
The Armageddon Rag
48
The Citadel of the Autarch
The Citadel of the Autarch
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Forty Thousand in Gehenna (C.J. Cherryh)
Forty Thousand in Gehenna (C.J. Cherryh)
50
Helliconia Summer (Brian Aldiss)
Helliconia Summer (Brian Aldiss)
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His Master's Voice (Stanislaw Lem)
His Master's Voice (Stanislaw Lem)
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Millennium (John Varley)
Millennium (John Varley)
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The Robots of Dawn
The Robots of Dawn
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Startide Rising (David Brin)
Startide Rising (David Brin)
55
Tea With the Black Dragon
Tea With the Black Dragon
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The Void Captain's Tale (Norman Spinrad)
The Void Captain's Tale (Norman Spinrad)
57
Emergence (David Palmer)
Emergence (David Palmer)
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The Final Encyclopedia (Gorden R. Dickson)
The Final Encyclopedia (Gorden R. Dickson)
59
Icehenge (Kim Stanley Robinson)
Icehenge (Kim Stanley Robinson)
60
The Integral Trees (Larry Niven)
The Integral Trees (Larry Niven)
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Job: A Comedy of Justice
Job: A Comedy of Justice
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Native Tongue (Suzette Haden Elgin)
Native Tongue (Suzette Haden Elgin)
63
Neuromancer (William Gibson)
Neuromancer (William Gibson)
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The Peace War (Vernor Vinge)
The Peace War (Vernor Vinge)
65
Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand (Samuel Delany)
Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand (Samuel Delany)
66
West of Eden (Harrison)
West of Eden (Harrison)
67
The Wild Shore
The Wild Shore
68
The Year's Best Science Fiction: First Annual Collection (Gardner Dozois)
The Year's Best Science Fiction: First Annual Collection (Gardner Dozois)
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Ancient of Days (Michael Bishop)
Ancient of Days (Michael Bishop)
70
Blood Music (Greg Bear)
Blood Music (Greg Bear)
71
Brightness Falls From the Air (James Tiptree, Jr.)
Brightness Falls From the Air (James Tiptree, Jr.)
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The Cat Who Walks Through Walls
The Cat Who Walks Through Walls
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Contact
Contact
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Cuckoo's Egg (C. J. Cherryh)
Cuckoo's Egg (C. J. Cherryh)
75
Ender's Game
Ender's Game
76
Eon (Greg Bear)
Eon (Greg Bear)
77
Fire Watch (Connie Willis)
Fire Watch (Connie Willis)
78
Footfall (Larry Niven)
Footfall (Larry Niven)
79
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
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Helliconia Winter (Brian Aldiss)
Helliconia Winter (Brian Aldiss)
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