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James Nelson's Great Science Fiction - A Personal View - Page 2

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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Pattern Recognition (William Gibson)
Pattern Recognition
41
William Gibson
The Martian Chronicles (Ray Bradbury)
The Martian Chronicles
42
Ray Bradbury
Snow Crash (Neal Stephenson)
Snow Crash
43
Neal Stephenson
The City & the City (China Miéville)
The City & the City
44
China Miéville
To Say Nothing of the Dog (Connie Willis)
To Say Nothing of the Dog
45
Connie Willis
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (Philip K. Dick)
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
46
Philip K. Dick
Nightfall and Other Stories
Nightfall and Other Stories
47
Eon (Greg Bear)
Eon
48
Greg Bear
Her Smoke Rose Up Forever by James Tiptree Jr.
Her Smoke Rose Up Forever by James Tiptree Jr.
49
More Than Human
More Than Human
50
Hothouse, Brian W. Aldiss (1962)
Hothouse, Brian W. Aldiss (1962)
51
Who Goes There? (John W. Campbell Jr.)
Who Goes There?
52
John W. Campbell Jr.
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
53
Ray Bradbury
On the Beach
On the Beach
54
The Beast That Shouted Love at the Heart of the World
The Beast That Shouted Love at the Heart of the World
55
Startide Rising
Startide Rising
56
The Lathe of Heaven (Ursula K. Le Guin)
The Lathe of Heaven
57
Ursula K. Le Guin
Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang
Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang
58
Solaris (Stanislaw Lem)
Solaris
59
Stanislaw Lem
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
60
Mary Shelley
The Time Machine (H.G. Wells)
The Time Machine
61
H.G. Wells
The Invisible Man (H.G. Wells)
The Invisible Man
62
H.G. Wells
The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch
The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch
63
Nova (Samuel R. Delany)
Nova
64
Samuel R. Delany
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
65
Kurt Vonnegut
Science Fiction Hall of Fame Volume 1
Science Fiction Hall of Fame Volume 1
66
Red Mars (Kim Stanley Robinson)
Red Mars
67
Kim Stanley Robinson
I Am Legend (Richard Matheson)
I Am Legend
68
Richard Matheson
The Midwich Cuckoos
The Midwich Cuckoos
69
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (Jules Verne)
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
70
Jules Verne
Cat's Cradle (Kurt Vonnegut)
Cat's Cradle
71
Kurt Vonnegut
Good News From Outer Space (John Kessel)
Good News From Outer Space
72
John Kessel
BUG JACK BARRON Norman Spinrad
BUG JACK BARRON Norman Spinrad
73
Make Room! Make Room!
Make Room! Make Room!
74
Norstrilia, Cordwainer Smith (1965)
Norstrilia, Cordwainer Smith (1965)
75
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress (Robert A. Heinlein)
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
76
Robert A. Heinlein
The Mote in God's Eye
The Mote in God's Eye
77
The Sirens of Titan (Kurt Vonnegut)
The Sirens of Titan
78
Kurt Vonnegut
The Day of the Triffids (John Wyndham)
The Day of the Triffids
79
John Wyndham
Davy (Edgar Pangborn)
Davy
80
Edgar Pangborn
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