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The English Teacher Looks at Great SF: A Core List - Page 3

Our maverick English Teacher and genre enthusiast TRIES to come up with 200 core texts in SF. He has attempted to acknowledge historical importance and to represent both different eras and different sub-genres. He does not present this as being in any way definitive; he had to leave out many great works in order to keep to 200 titles. He also acknowledges that this list probably says more about him than it does about SF, but there it is.
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Great Sky River (Gregory Benford)
Great Sky River
81
Gregory Benford
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World (Haruki Murakami)
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
82
Haruki Murakami
Have Space Suit - Will Travel, Robert A. Heinlein (1958)
Have Space Suit - Will Travel, Robert A. Heinlein (1958)
83
Helliconia (Brian Aldiss)
Helliconia
84
Brian Aldiss
The Hemingway Hoax (Haldeman)
The Hemingway Hoax
85
Haldeman
Her Smoke Rose Up Forever by James Tiptree Jr.
Her Smoke Rose Up Forever by James Tiptree Jr.
86
The High Crusade
The High Crusade
87
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Series (Douglas Adams)
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Series
88
Douglas Adams
Hothouse, Brian W. Aldiss (1962)
Hothouse, Brian W. Aldiss (1962)
89
The Hyperion Cantos (Dan Simmons)
The Hyperion Cantos
90
Dan Simmons
I Am Legend (Richard Matheson)
I Am Legend
91
Richard Matheson
I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream (Harlan Ellison)
I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream
92
Harlan Ellison
I, Robot (Isaac Asimov)
I, Robot
93
Isaac Asimov
Ice (Anna Kavan)
Ice
94
Anna Kavan
In the Ocean of Night (Benford)
In the Ocean of Night
95
Benford
Inverted World (Christopher Priest)
Inverted World
96
Christopher Priest
The Invisible Man (HG Wells)
The Invisible Man
97
HG Wells
The Island of Doctor Moreau (Penguin Classics)
The Island of Doctor Moreau
98
Penguin Classics
The Jagged Orbit (John Brunner)
The Jagged Orbit
99
John Brunner
Jurrasic Park (Michael Crichton)
Jurrasic Park
100
Michael Crichton
The Kraken Wakes
The Kraken Wakes
101
The Lathe of Heaven (Ursula K. Le Guin)
The Lathe of Heaven
102
Ursula K. Le Guin
The Lathe of Heaven (Ursula K. Le Guin)
The Lathe of Heaven
103
Ursula K. Le Guin
Last and First Men (Olaf Stapledon)
Last and First Men
104
Olaf Stapledon
The Left Hand of Darkness (Ursula K. Le Guin)
The Left Hand of Darkness
105
Ursula K. Le Guin
Lest Darkness Fall
Lest Darkness Fall
106
The Listeners (James Gunn)
The Listeners
107
James Gunn
The Long Tomorrow (Leigh Brackett)
The Long Tomorrow
108
Leigh Brackett
Lord of Light (Roger Zelazny)
Lord of Light
109
Roger Zelazny
The Lost World
The Lost World
110
Lucifer's Hammer (Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle)
Lucifer's Hammer
111
Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
MacRoscope (Piers Anthony)
MacRoscope
112
Piers Anthony
Make Room! Make Room!
Make Room! Make Room!
113
The Man in the High Castle (Philip K. Dick)
The Man in the High Castle
114
Philip K. Dick
The Man Who Folded Himself (David Gerrold)
The Man Who Folded Himself
115
David Gerrold
The Maracot Deep (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Maracot Deep
116
Arthur Conan Doyle
The Martian Chronicles (Ray Bradbury)
The Martian Chronicles
117
Ray Bradbury
The Master of the World (Jules Verne)
The Master of the World
118
Jules Verne
Methuselah's Children
Methuselah's Children
119
The Midwich Cuckoos
The Midwich Cuckoos
120
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