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Confessions of an Aging Book Nerd: Fantastic Fiction Favorites - Page 2

Fantastic Fiction: Myth, Fairy Tale, High Fantasy, Dark Fantasy (AKA Horror), Science Fiction. I've loved this stuff since the 4th grade, when the school librarian pointed me toward The Mushroom Planet series by Eleanor Cameron and Heinlein's juveniles. I still love it all these years later. Here are some of my favorites (not all of them; and certainly not a "Best of…" list.). Some of them you may have heard of; others will be more obscure. They are, however, all worth the time spent reading them.
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Childhood's End (Arthur C. Clarke)
Childhood's End
41
Arthur C. Clarke
Dune (Herbert)
Dune
42
Herbert
The Squares of the City (John Brunner)
The Squares of the City
43
John Brunner
Stand on Zanzibar (Brunner)
Stand on Zanzibar
44
Brunner
The Jagged Orbit (Brunner)
The Jagged Orbit
45
Brunner
The Sheep Look Up (John Brunner)
The Sheep Look Up
46
John Brunner
The Shockwave Rider (John Brunner)
The Shockwave Rider
47
John Brunner
The Stone That Never Came Down (Brunner)
The Stone That Never Came Down
48
Brunner
From This Day Forward (Brunner)
From This Day Forward
49
Brunner
Four for Tomorrow (Roger Zelazny)
Four for Tomorrow
50
Roger Zelazny
The Doors of His Face, the Lamps of His Mouth (Zelazny)
The Doors of His Face, the Lamps of His Mouth
51
Zelazny
This Immortal (Roger Zelazny)
This Immortal
52
Roger Zelazny
The Dream Master (Zelazny)
The Dream Master
53
Zelazny
Lord of Light (Zelazny)
Lord of Light
54
Zelazny
Isle of the Dead (Roger Zelazny)
Isle of the Dead
55
Roger Zelazny
Jack of Shadows (Roger Zelazny)
Jack of Shadows
56
Roger Zelazny
The Last Defender of Camelot (Zelazny)
The Last Defender of Camelot
57
Zelazny
Unicorn Variations
Unicorn Variations
58
The Great Book of Amber (Roger Zelazny)
The Great Book of Amber
59
Roger Zelazny
A Night in Lonesome October (Roger Zelazny)
A Night in Lonesome October
60
Roger Zelazny
The Dying Earth (Jack Vance)
The Dying Earth
61
Jack Vance
The Left Hand of Darkness (Ursula K. Le Guin)
The Left Hand of Darkness
62
Ursula K. Le Guin
The Dispossessed (Ursula K. Le Guin)
The Dispossessed
63
Ursula K. Le Guin
The Lathe of Heaven (Ursula K. Le Guin)
The Lathe of Heaven
64
Ursula K. Le Guin
Driftglass (Samuel R. Delany)
Driftglass
65
Samuel R. Delany
The Einstein Intersection (Samuel R. Delany)
The Einstein Intersection
66
Samuel R. Delany
Nova (Delaney)
Nova
67
Delaney
The Essential Ellison: A 50 Year Retrospective (Ellison)
The Essential Ellison: A 50 Year Retrospective
68
Ellison
Dangerous Visions (Harlan Ellison)
Dangerous Visions
69
Harlan Ellison
Deathbird Stories (Ellison)
Deathbird Stories
70
Ellison
I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream (Harlan Ellison)
I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream
71
Harlan Ellison
Nine Hundred Grandmothers (Lafferty)
Nine Hundred Grandmothers
72
Lafferty
Strange Doings (Lafferty)
Strange Doings
73
Lafferty
Burning Chrome (William Gibson)
Burning Chrome
74
William Gibson
Neuromancer (William Gibson)
Neuromancer
75
William Gibson
Count Zero (William Gibson)
Count Zero
76
William Gibson
Mona Lisa Overdrive (William Gibson)
Mona Lisa Overdrive
77
William Gibson
Pattern Recognition (William Gibson)
Pattern Recognition
78
William Gibson
The Man in the High Castle (Philip K. Dick)
The Man in the High Castle
79
Philip K. Dick
Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said (Philip K. Dick)
Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said
80
Philip K. Dick
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