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The Retired English Teacher Reflects: Literary Science Fiction - Page 2

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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How to Live Safely in a Science Fiction Universe (Yu)
How to Live Safely in a Science Fiction Universe (Yu)
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The Hyperion Cantos (Dan Simmons)
The Hyperion Cantos (Dan Simmons)
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Ice (Anna Kavan)
Ice (Anna Kavan)
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Inverted World (Christopher Priest)
Inverted World (Christopher Priest)
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Kindred (Octavia Butler)
Kindred (Octavia Butler)
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Last and First Men (W. Olaf Stapledon)
Last and First Men (W. Olaf Stapledon)
47
The Left Hand of Darkness
The Left Hand of Darkness
48
Life After Life (Kate Atkinson)
Life After Life (Kate Atkinson)
49
The Listeners (James Gunn)
The Listeners (James Gunn)
50
A Long Way to a Small Angry Planet (Becky Chambers)
A Long Way to a Small Angry Planet (Becky Chambers)
51
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
52
Lord of Light (Zelazny)
Lord of Light (Zelazny)
53
A Man Lies Dreaming (Lavie Tidhar)
A Man Lies Dreaming (Lavie Tidhar)
54
The Martian Chronicles (Bradbury)
The Martian Chronicles (Bradbury)
55
More Than Human
More Than Human
56
Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
57
Odd John (Olaf Stapledon)
Odd John (Olaf Stapledon)
58
Orlando
Orlando
59
Oryx and Crake (Margaret Atwood)
Oryx and Crake (Margaret Atwood)
60
Pattern Recognition (William Gibson)
Pattern Recognition (William Gibson)
61
The Peripheral (William Gibson)
The Peripheral (William Gibson)
62
The Plague (Albert Camus)
The Plague (Albert Camus)
63
The Plot Against America (Philip Roth)
The Plot Against America (Philip Roth)
64
The Pure Product (Kessel)
The Pure Product (Kessel)
65
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
66
Roadside Picnic (Boris and Arkady Sturgatsky)
Roadside Picnic (Boris and Arkady Sturgatsky)
67
Sea of Tranquility (Emily St.John Mandel)
Sea of Tranquility (Emily St.John Mandel)
68
The Shape of Things to Come (Wells)
The Shape of Things to Come (Wells)
69
The Sheep Look Up (John Brunner)
The Sheep Look Up (John Brunner)
70
Shikasta (Doris Lessing)
Shikasta (Doris Lessing)
71
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut Jr.)
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut Jr.)
72
Snow Crash (Neal Stephenson)
Snow Crash (Neal Stephenson)
73
Solaris (Stanislaw Lem)
Solaris (Stanislaw Lem)
74
Son of Man (Robert Silverberg)
Son of Man (Robert Silverberg)
75
Stand on Zanzibar (Brunner)
Stand on Zanzibar (Brunner)
76
Star Maker (Olaf Stapledon)
Star Maker (Olaf Stapledon)
77
The Stars My Destination (Alfred Bester)
The Stars My Destination (Alfred Bester)
78
Station Eleven (Emily St. John Mandel)
Station Eleven (Emily St. John Mandel)
79
Strange Bodies (Marcel Theroux)
Strange Bodies (Marcel Theroux)
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The Testaments (Margaret Atwood)
The Testaments (Margaret Atwood)
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