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David Pringle's the Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction: Second Edition - Page 2

This is an alphabetical listing of 3500 novels, collections, and anthologies, arranged by title, with brief descriptions and star ratings (zero to four). Pringle provides the ratings, though they are influenced by the various other critics he references and quotes in the descriptions. Listed here are the 104 titles receiving four stars.
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The Lost World (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Lost World
41
Arthur Conan Doyle
The Year's Best Science Fiction: First Annual Collection (Gardner Dozois)
The Year's Best Science Fiction: First Annual Collection
42
Gardner Dozois
Again, Dangerous Visions (Ed. by Harlan Ellison)
Again, Dangerous Visions
43
Ed. by Harlan Ellison
Arslan (MJ Engh)
Arslan
44
MJ Engh
Out of the Mouth of the Dragon (Mark S. Geston)
Out of the Mouth of the Dragon
45
Mark S. Geston
Neuromancer (William Gibson)
Neuromancer
46
William Gibson
The Inheritors (William Golding)
The Inheritors
47
William Golding
Adventures in Time and Space (Raymond J. Healy and J. Francis McComas)
Adventures in Time and Space
48
Raymond J. Healy and J. Francis McComas
Have Space Suit-Will Travel
Have Space Suit-Will Travel
49
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
50
Aldous Huxley
Flowers for Algernon (Daniel Keyes)
Flowers for Algernon
51
Daniel Keyes
A Century of Science Fiction (Damon Knight)
A Century of Science Fiction
52
Damon Knight
Nine Hundred Grandmothers (Lafferty)
Nine Hundred Grandmothers
53
Lafferty
The Dispossessed (Ursula K. Le Guin)
The Dispossessed
54
Ursula K. Le Guin
The Left Hand of Darkness (Ursula K. Le Guin)
The Left Hand of Darkness
55
Ursula K. Le Guin
The Norton Book of Science Fiction (Ursula K. Le Guin and Brian Attebery)
The Norton Book of Science Fiction
56
Ursula K. Le Guin and Brian Attebery
The Wind's Twelve Quarters (Ursula K. Le Guin)
The Wind's Twelve Quarters
57
Ursula K. Le Guin
The Wanderer, Fritz Leiber (1965)
The Wanderer, Fritz Leiber (1965)
58
Solaris (Stanislaw Lem)
Solaris
59
Stanislaw Lem
Red Dust (Paul J McAuley)
Red Dust
60
Paul J McAuley
Casey Agonistes and Other Science Fiction (Richard McKenna)
Casey Agonistes and Other Science Fiction
61
Richard McKenna
A Canticle for Leibowitz (Walter M. Miller, Jr.)
A Canticle for Leibowitz
62
Walter M. Miller, Jr.
Bring the Jubilee (Ward Moore)
Bring the Jubilee
63
Ward Moore
Nineteen Eighty-Four (George Orwell)
Nineteen Eighty-Four
64
George Orwell
Coelestis (Paul Park)
Coelestis
65
Paul Park
Woman on the Edge of Time (Marge Piercy)
Woman on the Edge of Time
66
Marge Piercy
The Science Fiction of Edgar Allan Poe (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Science Fiction of Edgar Allan Poe
67
Edgar Allan Poe
The Space Merchants (Frederik Pohl & CM Kornbluth)
The Space Merchants
68
Frederik Pohl & CM Kornbluth
The Quiet Woman (Christopher Priest)
The Quiet Woman
69
Christopher Priest
Pavane (Keith Roberts)
Pavane
70
Keith Roberts
Red Mars (Kim Stanley Robinson)
Red Mars
71
Kim Stanley Robinson
The Unconquered Country (Geoff Ryman)
The Unconquered Country
72
Geoff Ryman
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
73
Mary Shelley
The Jaguar Hunter (Lucius Shepard)
The Jaguar Hunter
74
Lucius Shepard
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Vol 1 (Various)
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Vol 1
75
Various
Hyperion (Dan Simmons)
Hyperion
76
Dan Simmons
Roderick (John Sladek)
Roderick
77
John Sladek
The Best of Cordwainer Smith (Cordwainer Smith)
The Best of Cordwainer Smith
78
Cordwainer Smith
Last and First Men (Olaf Stapledon)
Last and First Men
79
Olaf Stapledon
Star Maker (Olaf Stapledon)
Star Maker
80
Olaf Stapledon
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