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Best Science Fiction Reads of 1980s...

The erudite readers of Goodreads voted on their favorite SF novels published in the 1980s. The list is in order of number of votes, with #1 earning the most.
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Ender's Game (Orson Scott Card)
Ender's Game
1
Orson Scott Card
Hyperion (Dan Simmons)
Hyperion
2
Dan Simmons
Neuromancer (William Gibson)
Neuromancer
3
William Gibson
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
4
Margaret Atwood
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (Douglas Adams)
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
5
Douglas Adams
Contact (Carl Sagan)
Contact
6
Carl Sagan
Life, the Universe and Everything (Douglas Adams)
Life, the Universe and Everything
7
Douglas Adams
Speaker for the Dead (Orson Scott Card)
Speaker for the Dead
8
Orson Scott Card
Shadow of the Torturer (Gene Wolfe)
Shadow of the Torturer
9
Gene Wolfe
2010: Odyssey Two
2010: Odyssey Two
10
The Postman (David Brin)
The Postman
11
David Brin
Startide Rising
Startide Rising
12
The Anubis Gates
The Anubis Gates
13
The Robots of Dawn
The Robots of Dawn
14
Foundation and Earth
Foundation and Earth
15
Foundation's Edge (Isaac Asimov)
Foundation's Edge
16
Isaac Asimov
Mona Lisa Overdrive (William Gibson)
Mona Lisa Overdrive
17
William Gibson
The Uplift War
The Uplift War
18
The Many-Coloured Land (Julian May)
The Many-Coloured Land
19
Julian May
Thalassa (The Songs of Distant Earth)
Thalassa (The Songs of Distant Earth)
20
Robots and Empire (Isaac Asimov)
Robots and Empire
21
Isaac Asimov
The Integral Trees (Larry Niven)
The Integral Trees
22
Larry Niven
Count Zero (William Gibson)
Count Zero
23
William Gibson
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish (Douglas Adams)
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
24
Douglas Adams
The Claw of the Conciliator
The Claw of the Conciliator
25
The Ringworld Engineers (Larry Niven)
The Ringworld Engineers
26
Larry Niven
Lord Valentine's Castle
Lord Valentine's Castle
27
Firestarter (Stephen King)
Firestarter
28
Stephen King
Mockingbird (Walter Tevis)
Mockingbird
29
Walter Tevis
The Number of the Beast
The Number of the Beast
30
Dawn (Octavia Butler)
Dawn
31
Octavia Butler
When Gravity Fails (George Alec Effinger)
When Gravity Fails
32
George Alec Effinger
Footfall (Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle)
Footfall
33
Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle
The Snow Queen
The Snow Queen
34
Downbelow Station
Downbelow Station
35
Friday (Robert Heinlein)
Friday
36
Robert Heinlein
The Crystal Singer (Anne McCaffrey)
The Crystal Singer
37
Anne McCaffrey
Alessan (Lord) (Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern)
Alessan (Lord) (Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern)
38
Millennium (John Varley)
Millennium
39
John Varley
The Running Man (Richard Bachman)
The Running Man
40
Richard Bachman
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