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The English Teacher Looks at Great SF: A Core List

Our maverick English Teacher and genre enthusiast TRIES to come up with 200 core texts in SF. He has attempted to acknowledge historical importance and to represent both different eras and different sub-genres. He does not present this as being in any way definitive; he had to leave out many great works in order to keep to 200 titles. He also acknowledges that this list probably says more about him than it does about SF, but there it is.
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The 10th Victim (Bob Sheckley)
The 10th Victim
1
Bob Sheckley
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
2
George Orwell
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (Jules Verne)
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
3
Jules Verne
2001: A Space Odyssey (Arthur C. Clarke)
2001: A Space Odyssey
4
Arthur C. Clarke
Again, Dangerous Visions (Harlan Ellison)
Again, Dangerous Visions
5
Harlan Ellison
Alas, Babylon
Alas, Babylon
6
All Clear (Connie Willis)
All Clear
7
Connie Willis
Ancillary Justice (Ann Leckie)
Ancillary Justice
8
Ann Leckie
Ancillary Mercy (Ann Leckie)
Ancillary Mercy
9
Ann Leckie
Ancillary Sword (Ann Leckie)
Ancillary Sword
10
Ann Leckie
And Chaos Died (Joanna Russ)
And Chaos Died
11
Joanna Russ
BABEL-17 Samuel R. Delany
BABEL-17 Samuel R. Delany
12
The Beast That Shouted Love at the Heart of the World
The Beast That Shouted Love at the Heart of the World
13
Behold the Man (Michael Moorcock)
Behold the Man
14
Michael Moorcock
The Best of Henry Kuttner (Henry Kuttner)
The Best of Henry Kuttner
15
Henry Kuttner
The Big Time
The Big Time
16
Blackout/All Clear
Blackout/All Clear
17
Blood Music (Greg Bear)
Blood Music
18
Greg Bear
The Body Snatchers (Jack Finney)
The Body Snatchers
19
Jack Finney
Brain Wave (Poul Anderson)
Brain Wave
20
Poul Anderson
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
21
Aldous Huxley
BUG JACK BARRON Norman Spinrad
BUG JACK BARRON Norman Spinrad
22
Calculating God
Calculating God
23
Camouflage (Joe Haldeman)
Camouflage
24
Joe Haldeman
Camp Concentration
Camp Concentration
25
A Canticle for Leibowitz (Walter M. Miller, Jr.)
A Canticle for Leibowitz
26
Walter M. Miller, Jr.
A Case of Conscience (James Blish)
A Case of Conscience
27
James Blish
Cat's Cradle (Kurt Vonnegut)
Cat's Cradle
28
Kurt Vonnegut
Childhood's End (Arthur C. Clarke)
Childhood's End
29
Arthur C. Clarke
Cities in Flight (James Blish)
Cities in Flight
30
James Blish
The City & the City (China Miéville)
The City & the City
31
China Miéville
Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell)
Cloud Atlas
32
David Mitchell
Contact (Carl Sagan)
Contact
33
Carl Sagan
Corrupting Dr. Nice (John Kessel)
Corrupting Dr. Nice
34
John Kessel
Cryptonomicon (Neal Stephenson)
Cryptonomicon
35
Neal Stephenson
Damnation Alley (Roger Zelazny)
Damnation Alley
36
Roger Zelazny
The Dancers at the End of Time, Michael Moorcock (1972)
The Dancers at the End of Time, Michael Moorcock (1972)
37
Dangerous Visions (Harlan Ellison)
Dangerous Visions
38
Harlan Ellison
Dark Benediction (Walter M. Miller, Jr.)
Dark Benediction
39
Walter M. Miller, Jr.
Dark Matter (Blake Crouch)
Dark Matter
40
Blake Crouch
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