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60+ Years Reading Science Fiction

I discovered science fiction when I was 6. Sputnik had just been launched and Walt Disney did "Man in Space" on TV as part of "Disneyland".And there were comic books- "Mystery in Space" and "Tales of the Unexpected". The next year , the librarian in my elementary school gave me a copy of "The Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom Planet" to read. Then, on a visit to the local public library ( I had my own library card at 8), the children's librarian showed me a book called "Space Cadet" by some guy named Heinlein, saying I would like it and that, if I did, he had written more. I read the whole thing over a weekend, and I was hooked. I still am. Here are 135 books past and present that have sustained that addiction over the past 60+ years. Enjoy!
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984
1
George Orwell
Across the Sea of Suns (Gregory Benford)
Across the Sea of Suns
2
Gregory Benford
Alas Babylon (Frank)
Alas Babylon
3
Frank
An Alien Heat (Michael Moorcock)
An Alien Heat
4
Michael Moorcock
Approaching Oblivion (Ellison)
Approaching Oblivion
5
Ellison
Babel-17 (Samuel R. Delany)
Babel-17
6
Samuel R. Delany
The Beast That Shouted Love at the Heart of the World
The Beast That Shouted Love at the Heart of the World
7
Behold the Man (Michael Moorcock)
Behold the Man
8
Michael Moorcock
Blackout/All Clear
Blackout/All Clear
9
BUG JACK BARRON Norman Spinrad
BUG JACK BARRON Norman Spinrad
10
A Canticle for Leibowitz (Miller)
A Canticle for Leibowitz
11
Miller
A Case of Conscience
A Case of Conscience
12
Cat's Cradle (Kurt Vonnegut)
Cat's Cradle
13
Kurt Vonnegut
Childhood's End (Arthur C. Clarke)
Childhood's End
14
Arthur C. Clarke
Cities in Flight
Cities in Flight
15
Count Zero (William Gibson)
Count Zero
16
William Gibson
Cryptozoic (Brian Aldiss)
Cryptozoic
17
Brian Aldiss
Dangerous Visions (Harlan Ellison)
Dangerous Visions
18
Harlan Ellison
Dark Matter (Blake Crouch)
Dark Matter
19
Blake Crouch
The Day of the Triffids (John Wyndham)
The Day of the Triffids
20
John Wyndham
The Demolished Man (Alfred Bester)
The Demolished Man
21
Alfred Bester
The Dispossessed (Ursula K. Le Guin)
The Dispossessed
22
Ursula K. Le Guin
Doomsday Book (Willis)
Doomsday Book
23
Willis
The Doors of His Face (Zelazny)
The Doors of His Face
24
Zelazny
Downbelow Station
Downbelow Station
25
The Dream Master, Roger Zelazny (1966)
The Dream Master, Roger Zelazny (1966)
26
Dune (Frank Herbert)
Dune
27
Frank Herbert
Dying Inside (Robert Silverberg)
Dying Inside
28
Robert Silverberg
Earth Abides
Earth Abides
29
Earthblood (Rosel George Brown and Keith Laumer)
Earthblood
30
Rosel George Brown and Keith Laumer
The Einstein Intersection (Samuel R. Delany)
The Einstein Intersection
31
Samuel R. Delany
Endymion (Dan Simmons)
Endymion
32
Dan Simmons
Eon (Greg Bear)
Eon
33
Greg Bear
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
34
Ray Bradbury
The Fall of Hyperion (Dan Simmons)
The Fall of Hyperion
35
Dan Simmons
The Female Man (Joanna Russ)
The Female Man
36
Joanna Russ
Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said
Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said
37
Footfall (Larry Niven)
Footfall
38
Larry Niven
Forever Peace (Joe Haldeman)
Forever Peace
39
Joe Haldeman
The Forever War (Haldeman)
The Forever War
40
Haldeman
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