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Reflections of a Retired Teacher - 50 Science Fiction Classics - Page 2

Not necessarily the greatest, but 48 books and 2 series that have stuck with me. Some go back over 50 years to when I first read them: others are more recent discoveries. I've limited myself to 1 book per author to allow for some verisimilitude.
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The Long Tomorrow, Leigh Brackett (1955)
The Long Tomorrow, Leigh Brackett (1955)
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The Martian Chronicles (Bradbury)
The Martian Chronicles
42
Bradbury
The Space Merchants (Frederik Pohl & CM Kornbluth)
The Space Merchants
43
Frederik Pohl & CM Kornbluth
The Stars My Destination (Alfred Bester)
The Stars My Destination
44
Alfred Bester
The Three-Body Problem (Liu Cixin)
The Three-Body Problem
45
Liu Cixin
The War of the Worlds (H. G. Wells)
The War of the Worlds
46
H. G. Wells
Timescape (Gregory Benford)
Timescape
47
Gregory Benford
Way Station (A.K.A Here Gather the Stars)
Way Station (A.K.A Here Gather the Stars)
48
We (Yevgeny Zamyatin)
We
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Yevgeny Zamyatin
Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang
Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang
50
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