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60+ Years Reading Science Fiction - Page 2

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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The Forge of God (Greg Bear)
The Forge of God
41
Greg Bear
The Foundation Trilogy
The Foundation Trilogy
42
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
43
Mary Shelley
Furious Gulf (Gregory Benford)
Furious Gulf
44
Gregory Benford
Galactic Derelict (Andre Norton)
Galactic Derelict
45
Andre Norton
Great Sky River (Gregory Benford)
Great Sky River
46
Gregory Benford
The Green Rain (Paul Tabori)
The Green Rain
47
Paul Tabori
Have Space Suit - Will Travel, Robert A. Heinlein (1958)
Have Space Suit - Will Travel, Robert A. Heinlein (1958)
48
Her Smoke Rose Up Forever (Tiptree)
Her Smoke Rose Up Forever
49
Tiptree
The High Crusade (Poul Anderson)
The High Crusade
50
Poul Anderson
Hyperion (Dan Simmons)
Hyperion
51
Dan Simmons
I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream (Harlan Ellison)
I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream
52
Harlan Ellison
The Illustrated Man (Ray Bradbury)
The Illustrated Man
53
Ray Bradbury
In the Ocean of Night (Benford)
In the Ocean of Night
54
Benford
The Invisible Man (H.G. Wells)
The Invisible Man
55
H.G. Wells
ISLE OF THE DEAD Roger Zelazny
ISLE OF THE DEAD Roger Zelazny
56
The Jagged Orbit (Brunner)
The Jagged Orbit
57
Brunner
The Lathe of Heaven (Ursula K. Le Guin)
The Lathe of Heaven
58
Ursula K. Le Guin
Last and First Men (Olaf Stapledon)
Last and First Men
59
Olaf Stapledon
The Left Hand of Darkness (Ursula K. Le Guin)
The Left Hand of Darkness
60
Ursula K. Le Guin
Lest Darkness Fall
Lest Darkness Fall
61
The Listeners (James Gunn)
The Listeners
62
James Gunn
The Long Tomorrow (Leigh Brackett)
The Long Tomorrow
63
Leigh Brackett
Lord of Light (Roger Zelazny)
Lord of Light
64
Roger Zelazny
Lucifer's Hammer (Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle)
Lucifer's Hammer
65
Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
MacRoscope (Piers Anthony)
MacRoscope
66
Piers Anthony
The Man in the High Castle (Philip K. Dick)
The Man in the High Castle
67
Philip K. Dick
The Man Who Folded Himself (David Gerrold)
The Man Who Folded Himself
68
David Gerrold
The Martian Chronicles (Bradbury)
The Martian Chronicles
69
Bradbury
Methuselah's Children
Methuselah's Children
70
Midwich Cuckoo's (John Wyndham)
Midwich Cuckoo's
71
John Wyndham
Mona Lisa Overdrive (William Gibson)
Mona Lisa Overdrive
72
William Gibson
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress (Robert A. Heinlein)
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
73
Robert A. Heinlein
More Than Human
More Than Human
74
The Mote in God's Eye (Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle)
The Mote in God's Eye
75
Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
The Mushroom Planet Series (Eleanor Cameron)
The Mushroom Planet Series
76
Eleanor Cameron
The Mysterious Island (Jules Verne)
The Mysterious Island
77
Jules Verne
Neuromancer (William Gibson)
Neuromancer
78
William Gibson
Nine Hundred Grandmothers (Lafferty)
Nine Hundred Grandmothers
79
Lafferty
No Blade of Grass (John Christopher)
No Blade of Grass
80
John Christopher
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