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25 Science Fiction Classics

Our maverick English Teacher and genre enthusiast looks at SF and comes up with 25 essential (in his opinion) texts. This is not a "best of …" list; rather, it is a compilation of some well-known(and not-so-well-known) titles that represent, he believes, the literary merits of the genre. Our compiler limited himself to only one title per author, and set 25 as the limit to keep the list focused and manageable.
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984
1
George Orwell
Ancillary Justice (Ann Leckie)
Ancillary Justice
2
Ann Leckie
A Canticle for Leibowitz (Walter M. Miller, Jr.)
A Canticle for Leibowitz
3
Walter M. Miller, Jr.
Childhood's End (Arthur C. Clarke)
Childhood's End
4
Arthur C. Clarke
The Day of the Triffids (John Wyndham)
The Day of the Triffids
5
John Wyndham
The Demolished Man (Alfred Bester)
The Demolished Man
6
Alfred Bester
The Dispossessed (Le Guin)
The Dispossessed
7
Le Guin
Foundation (Isaac Asimov)
Foundation
8
Isaac Asimov
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
9
Margaret Atwood
The Hemingway Hoax (Joe Haldeman)
The Hemingway Hoax
10
Joe Haldeman
How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe (Charles Yu)
How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe
11
Charles Yu
Hyperion (Dan Simmons)
Hyperion
12
Dan Simmons
Kindred (Octavia E. Butler)
Kindred
13
Octavia E. Butler
The Man in the High Castle (Philip K. Dick)
The Man in the High Castle
14
Philip K. Dick
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress (Robert A. Heinlein)
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
15
Robert A. Heinlein
Neuromancer (William Gibson)
Neuromancer
16
William Gibson
Nova (Samuel R. Delany)
Nova
17
Samuel R. Delany
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
18
Kurt Vonnegut
The Space Merchants (Frederik Pohl & C.M. Kornbluth)
The Space Merchants
19
Frederik Pohl & C.M. Kornbluth
Stand on Zanzibar (John Brunner)
Stand on Zanzibar
20
John Brunner
Starmaker (Olaf Stapledon)
Starmaker
21
Olaf Stapledon
This Immortal (A.K.A. ...And Call Me Conrad)
This Immortal (A.K.A. ...And Call Me Conrad)
22
The Three-Body Problem (Cixin Liu)
The Three-Body Problem
23
Cixin Liu
The War of the Worlds (H.G. Wells)
The War of the Worlds
24
H.G. Wells
Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang (Kate Wilhelm)
Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang
25
Kate Wilhelm
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