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The Retired English Teacher Reflects: Literary Science Fiction

Our retired English Teacher spent a large part of his career arguing the literary merits of category AKA genre fiction. Here is a non-comprehensive list of 90 examples which clearly elevate Science Fiction to high literary art; so much so that many are shelved in the "Fiction and Literature " sections of bookstores rather than in "Science Fiction and Fantasy". Apparently we still live in a literary world where prevailing wisdom says, "It's too good; it CAN'T be Science Fiction."
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1984 (Orwell)
1984 (Orwell)
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And Chaos Died (Joanna Russ)
And Chaos Died (Joanna Russ)
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Babel-17 (Samuel R. Delaney)
Babel-17 (Samuel R. Delaney)
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Bears Discover Fire (Terry Bisson)
Bears Discover Fire (Terry Bisson)
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Behold the Man (Moorcock)
Behold the Man (Moorcock)
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Blackout/All Clear (Connie Willis)
Blackout/All Clear (Connie Willis)
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The Bone Clocks (David Mitchell)
The Bone Clocks (David Mitchell)
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Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
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Buffalo Gals Won't You Come Out Tonight? (Ursula K Leguin)
Buffalo Gals Won't You Come Out Tonight? (Ursula K Leguin)
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Burning Chrome (William Gibson)
Burning Chrome (William Gibson)
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Calculating God (Robert J. Sawyer)
Calculating God (Robert J. Sawyer)
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The Calcutta Chromosome (Amitav Ghosh)
The Calcutta Chromosome (Amitav Ghosh)
13
A Canticle for Leibowitz (Miller)
A Canticle for Leibowitz (Miller)
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Cat's Cradle (Vonnegut)
Cat's Cradle (Vonnegut)
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Childhood's End (Clarke)
Childhood's End (Clarke)
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The Children of Men
The Children of Men
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Children of Time (Adrian Tchaikovsky)
Children of Time (Adrian Tchaikovsky)
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The City and the City
The City and the City
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Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell)
Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell)
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Cosmicomics (Italo Calvino)
Cosmicomics (Italo Calvino)
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Davy (Edgar Pangborn)
Davy (Edgar Pangborn)
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The Demolished Man (Alfred Bester)
The Demolished Man (Alfred Bester)
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Dhalgren (Samuel R Delany)
Dhalgren (Samuel R Delany)
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The Dispossessed
The Dispossessed
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Doomsday Book (Willis)
Doomsday Book (Willis)
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The Drowned World (J.G. Ballard)
The Drowned World (J.G. Ballard)
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Dying Inside (Silverberg)
Dying Inside (Silverberg)
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Earth Abides, George R. Stewart (1949)
Earth Abides, George R. Stewart (1949)
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The Einstein Intersection (Samuel R. Delany)
The Einstein Intersection (Samuel R. Delany)
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The Essential Ellison: A 35-Year Retrospective (Harlan Ellison)
The Essential Ellison: A 35-Year Retrospective (Harlan Ellison)
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The Female Man (Joanna Russ)
The Female Man (Joanna Russ)
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The Fifth Season (N. K. Jemisin)
The Fifth Season (N. K. Jemisin)
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Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said (Philip K. Dick)
Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said (Philip K. Dick)
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Frankenstein (Shelley)
Frankenstein (Shelley)
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The Glass Bead Game (Hermann Hesse)
The Glass Bead Game (Hermann Hesse)
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Golden Days (Carolyn See)
Golden Days (Carolyn See)
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Good Morning Midnight (Lily Brooks-Dalton)
Good Morning Midnight (Lily Brooks-Dalton)
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The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
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Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
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Her Smoke Rose Up Forever (Tiptree)
Her Smoke Rose Up Forever (Tiptree)
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