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Science Fiction and Fantasy (Part 5 of 'The Guardian's 1000 Novels Everyone Should Read')

"It is sometimes assumed that science fiction, fantasy and horror must mean spaceships, elves and vampires - Yet these three genres have a tradition as venerable as the novel itself. Fiction works through metamorphosis: in every era authors explore the concerns of their times by mapping them on to invented worlds, whether they be political dystopias, fabulous kingdoms or supernatural dimensions. Ballard's visions of "inner space", Orwell, Huxley and Atwood's totalitarian nightmares, Kafka's uneasy bureaucracies, Gibson's cutting-edge cool - all are examples of a literature at the forefront of the collective imagination. Every truly original writer must, by definition, create a new world. Here is a whole galaxy of worlds to explore." (Guardian)
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
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Non-Stop (Brian Aldiss)
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Foundation (Isaac Asimov)
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The Blind Assassin (Margaret Atwood)
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Millennium People
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The Wasp Factory (Iain Banks)
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Consider Phlebas
Consider Phlebas
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Weaveworld (Clive Barker)
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Clive Barker
Darkmans (Nicola Barker)
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The Time Ships
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Darwin's Radio (Greg Bear)
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Vathek (William Beckford)
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The Stars My Destination (Alfred Bester)
The Stars My Destination
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Alfred Bester
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
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Ray Bradbury
Lost Souls (Poppy Z. Brite)
Lost Souls
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Poppy Z. Brite
Wieland
Wieland
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Rogue Moon (Algis Budrys)
Rogue Moon
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Algis Budrys
The Master and Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov)
The Master and Margarita
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Mikhail Bulgakov
The Coming Race
The Coming Race
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A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
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Anthony Burgess
The End of the World News
The End of the World News
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A Princess of Mars (Edgar Rice Burroughs)
A Princess of Mars
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Edgar Rice Burroughs
Naked Lunch (William S. Burroughs)
Naked Lunch
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William S. Burroughs
Kindred (Octavia Butler)
Kindred
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Octavia Butler
Erewhon (Samuel Butler)
Erewhon
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Samuel Butler
The Baron in the Trees (Italo Calvino)
The Baron in the Trees
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Italo Calvino
The Influence
The Influence
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
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Lewis Carroll
Through the Looking Glass (Lewis Carroll)
Through the Looking Glass
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Lewis Carroll
Nights at the Circus (Angela Carter)
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Angela Carter
The Passion of New Eve (Angela Carter)
The Passion of New Eve
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Angela Carter
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Michael Chabon)
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
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Michael Chabon
The Man Who Was Thursday (G.K. Chesterton)
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G.K. Chesterton
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Childhood's End
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Arthur C. Clarke
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Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell
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Susanna Clarke
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