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The Defining Science Fiction Books of the 1980s - Page 3

There's a reason why 2011's Ready Player One enshrines the 1980s into the plot of a fantastic science fiction novel - the 1980s is to computer nerds what the 1960s had been to Baby Boomers. The MTV decade saw the world begin its shift from analog to digital, and life moved onto the net. Ender's Game and Neuromancer loom over the decade to become science fiction novels that would be taught in school. Kid's growing up in the 1970s with Apple IIs and Atari 2600s bought IBM PC and Macintosh computers and hooked up them up with CompuServe, The Well and GENIE, beginning the earliest webs of cyberspace. The geeks had inherited the Earth and science fiction was their sacred literature. Science fiction themes dominated computer games, and computer culture, artificial reality, and the techno-sphere reshaped the genre. It was hard to describe science fiction anymore because so many new writers were showing up with so many new ideas.
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The Postman (David Brin)
The Postman (David Brin)
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Robots and Empire
Robots and Empire
83
Schismatrix (Bruce Sterling)
Schismatrix (Bruce Sterling)
84
Artificial Things (Karen Joy Fowler)
Artificial Things (Karen Joy Fowler)
85
Burning Chrome (William Gibson)
Burning Chrome (William Gibson)
86
Chanur's Homecoming (C.J. Cherryh)
Chanur's Homecoming (C.J. Cherryh)
87
Count Zero (William Gibson)
Count Zero (William Gibson)
88
A Door Into Ocean (Joan Slonczewski)
A Door Into Ocean (Joan Slonczewski)
89
The Falling Woman
The Falling Woman
90
Foundation and Earth
Foundation and Earth
91
Hardwired (W. J. Williams)
Hardwired (W. J. Williams)
92
Heart of the Comet (Gregory Benford and David Brin)
Heart of the Comet (Gregory Benford and David Brin)
93
The Hercules Text
The Hercules Text
94
Marooned in Realtime (Vernor Vinge)
Marooned in Realtime (Vernor Vinge)
95
Mirrorshades: The Cyberpunk Anthology (Bruce Sterling)
Mirrorshades: The Cyberpunk Anthology (Bruce Sterling)
96
The Ragged Astronauts (Bob Shaw)
The Ragged Astronauts (Bob Shaw)
97
Robot Dreams
Robot Dreams
98
Shards of Honor (Lois McMaster Bujold)
Shards of Honor (Lois McMaster Bujold)
99
Soldier of the Mist
Soldier of the Mist
100
The Songs of Distant Earth (Arthur C Clark)
The Songs of Distant Earth (Arthur C Clark)
101
Speaker for the Dead
Speaker for the Dead
102
This Is the Way the World Ends (James Morrow)
This Is the Way the World Ends (James Morrow)
103
The Warrior's Apprentice (Lois McMaster Bujold)
The Warrior's Apprentice (Lois McMaster Bujold)
104
Consider Phlebas
Consider Phlebas
105
Dawn (Octavia Butler)
Dawn (Octavia Butler)
106
The Essential Ellison: A 35-Year Retrospective (Harlan Ellison)
The Essential Ellison: A 35-Year Retrospective (Harlan Ellison)
107
The Forge of God
The Forge of God
108
Great Sky River (Gregory Benford)
Great Sky River (Gregory Benford)
109
The Jaguar Hunter (Lucius Shepard)
The Jaguar Hunter (Lucius Shepard)
110
Life During Wartime (Lucius Shepard)
Life During Wartime (Lucius Shepard)
111
Lincoln's Dreams, Connie Willis
Lincoln's Dreams, Connie Willis
112
A Mask for the General (Lisa Goldstein)
A Mask for the General (Lisa Goldstein)
113
Mindplayers (Pat Cadigan)
Mindplayers (Pat Cadigan)
114
Replay (Ken Grimwood)
Replay (Ken Grimwood)
115
Sphere (Michael Crichton)
Sphere (Michael Crichton)
116
True Names...And Other Dangers
True Names...And Other Dangers
117
The Uplift War
The Uplift War
118
The Urth of the New Sun
The Urth of the New Sun
119
Vacuum Flowers (Michael Swanwick)
Vacuum Flowers (Michael Swanwick)
120
When Gravity Fails (George Alec Effinger)
When Gravity Fails (George Alec Effinger)
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