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Best SF Novels and Stories

"When I die, I'm gonna leave my body to science fiction." Steven Wright
"Sure, 90% of science fiction is crud. That's because 90% of everything is crud."
Theodore Sturgeon
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Gateway (Frederik Pohl)
Gateway
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Frederik Pohl
Solaris (Stanislaw Lem)
Solaris
2
Stanislaw Lem
Eden (Stanislaw Lem)
Eden
3
Stanislaw Lem
The Left Hand of Darkness (Ursula K. Le Guin)
The Left Hand of Darkness
4
Ursula K. Le Guin
The Snail on the Slope (Arkady & Boris Strugatsky)
The Snail on the Slope
5
Arkady & Boris Strugatsky
Inverted World (Christopher Priest)
Inverted World
6
Christopher Priest
The Sidon in the Mirror (Connie Willis)
The Sidon in the Mirror
7
Connie Willis
The Last of the Winnebagos (Connie Willis)
The Last of the Winnebagos
8
Connie Willis
Sandkings
Sandkings
9
Vaster Than Empires and More Slow (Ursula K. Le Guin)
Vaster Than Empires and More Slow
10
Ursula K. Le Guin
The Invisible Man (H.G. Wells)
The Invisible Man
11
H.G. Wells
The First Men in the Moon (H.G. Wells)
The First Men in the Moon
12
H.G. Wells
The Slynx (Tatyana Tolstaya)
The Slynx
13
Tatyana Tolstaya
A Song for Lya
A Song for Lya
14
The Colour Out of Space (H.P. Lovecraft)
The Colour Out of Space
15
H.P. Lovecraft
The Last Castle (Jack Vance)
The Last Castle
16
Jack Vance
Born With the Dead (Robert Silverberg)
Born With the Dead
17
Robert Silverberg
And I Awoke and Found Me Here on the Cold Hill's Side (James Tiptree, Jr.)
And I Awoke and Found Me Here on the Cold Hill's Side
18
James Tiptree, Jr.
The Women Men Don't See (James Tiptree Jr.)
The Women Men Don't See
19
James Tiptree Jr.
Houston, Houston, Do You Read? (James Tiptree Jr.)
Houston, Houston, Do You Read?
20
James Tiptree Jr.
Trajets Et Itinéraires De L'oubli (Serge Brussolo)
Trajets Et Itinéraires De L'oubli
21
Serge Brussolo
Light of Other Days (Bob Shaw)
Light of Other Days
22
Bob Shaw
Tau Zero (Poul Anderson)
Tau Zero
23
Poul Anderson
The Man in the High Castle (Philip K. Dick)
The Man in the High Castle
24
Philip K. Dick
Impostor (Philip K. Dick Story)
Impostor
25
Philip K. Dick Story
A Scanner Darkly
A Scanner Darkly
26
Ubik (Philip K Dick)
Ubik
27
Philip K Dick
Philip José Farmer: The Lovers
Philip José Farmer: The Lovers
28
Sketches Among the Ruins of My Mind (Philip Jose Farmer)
Sketches Among the Ruins of My Mind
29
Philip Jose Farmer
Shatterday
Shatterday
30
Cold Skin (Albert Sanchez Piñol)
Cold Skin
31
Albert Sanchez Piñol
All You Zombies (Robert A. Heinlein)
All You Zombies
32
Robert A. Heinlein
The City and the City (China Mieville)
The City and the City
33
China Mieville
Aye, and Gomorrah (Samuel Delany)
Aye, and Gomorrah
34
Samuel Delany
Non-Stop
Non-Stop
35
Hard to Be a God (Arkady & Boris Strugatsky)
Hard to Be a God
36
Arkady & Boris Strugatsky
Catch That Zeppelin (Fritz Leiber)
Catch That Zeppelin
37
Fritz Leiber
Pavane (Keith Roberts)
Pavane
38
Keith Roberts
Cat's Cradle (Kurt Vonnegut)
Cat's Cradle
39
Kurt Vonnegut
Galapagos (Kurt Vonnegut)
Galapagos
40
Kurt Vonnegut
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