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James Nelson's Great Science Fiction - A Personal View

100 books of Science Fiction that have expanded my thinking and moved me to new and different worlds and ideas. This is a personal list, not a 100 best survey. How many do you know, and which would you say are essential texts?
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A Canticle for Leibowitz (Walter M. Miller, Jr.)
A Canticle for Leibowitz
1
Walter M. Miller, Jr.
The Left Hand of Darkness (Ursula K. Le Guin)
The Left Hand of Darkness
2
Ursula K. Le Guin
This Immortal (A.K.A. ...And Call Me Conrad)
This Immortal (A.K.A. ...And Call Me Conrad)
3
Deathbird Stories
Deathbird Stories
4
Stand on Zanzibar
Stand on Zanzibar
5
THE EINSTEIN INTERSECTION Samuel R. Delany
THE EINSTEIN INTERSECTION Samuel R. Delany
6
The Man in the High Castle (Philip K. Dick)
The Man in the High Castle
7
Philip K. Dick
Doomsday Book
Doomsday Book
8
We (Yevgeny Zamyatin)
We
9
Yevgeny Zamyatin
Starmaker (Olaf Stapledon)
Starmaker
10
Olaf Stapledon
Stranger in a Strange Land (Robert A. Heinlein)
Stranger in a Strange Land
11
Robert A. Heinlein
Neuromancer (William Gibson)
Neuromancer
12
William Gibson
Dangerous Visions
Dangerous Visions
13
The Space Merchants, Frederik Pohl and C. M. Kornbluth (1953)
The Space Merchants, Frederik Pohl and C. M. Kornbluth (1953)
14
The Dispossessed (Ursula K. Le Guin)
The Dispossessed
15
Ursula K. Le Guin
The Forever War (Joe Haldeman)
The Forever War
16
Joe Haldeman
The Female Man (Joanna Russ)
The Female Man
17
Joanna Russ
Dying Inside (Robert Silverberg)
Dying Inside
18
Robert Silverberg
Dune (Frank Herbert)
Dune
19
Frank Herbert
The War of the Worlds (H.G. Wells)
The War of the Worlds
20
H.G. Wells
The Sheep Look Up (John Brunner)
The Sheep Look Up
21
John Brunner
Mona Lisa Overdrive (William Gibson)
Mona Lisa Overdrive
22
William Gibson
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
23
George Orwell
The Puppet Masters
The Puppet Masters
24
The Stars My Destination (Alfred Bester)
The Stars My Destination
25
Alfred Bester
Blackout/All Clear
Blackout/All Clear
26
All Clear (Connie Willis)
All Clear
27
Connie Willis
Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said
Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said
28
The Long Tomorrow, Leigh Brackett (1955)
The Long Tomorrow, Leigh Brackett (1955)
29
Lord of Light
Lord of Light
30
Hyperion (Dan Simmons)
Hyperion
31
Dan Simmons
I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream (Harlan Ellison)
I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream
32
Harlan Ellison
Childhood's End (Arthur C. Clarke)
Childhood's End
33
Arthur C. Clarke
Forever Peace
Forever Peace
34
Fourth Mansions (R. A. Lafferty)
Fourth Mansions
35
R. A. Lafferty
The Shockwave Rider
The Shockwave Rider
36
Ringworld (Larry Niven)
Ringworld
37
Larry Niven
Timescape
Timescape
38
Behold the Man (Michael Moorcock)
Behold the Man
39
Michael Moorcock
The Past Through Tomorrow
The Past Through Tomorrow
40
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