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The English Teacher Looks at Great SF: A Core List - Page 4

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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Mission of Gravity (Hal Clement)
Mission of Gravity
121
Hal Clement
Mona Lisa Overdrive (William Gibson)
Mona Lisa Overdrive
122
William Gibson
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress (Robert A. Heinlein)
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
123
Robert A. Heinlein
More Than Human
More Than Human
124
The Mote in God's Eye
The Mote in God's Eye
125
The Mysterious Island (Jules Verne)
The Mysterious Island
126
Jules Verne
Neuromancer (William Gibson)
Neuromancer
127
William Gibson
Nightfall and Other Stories
Nightfall and Other Stories
128
Nine Hundred Grandmothers (Lafferty)
Nine Hundred Grandmothers
129
Lafferty
Norstrilia, Cordwainer Smith (1965)
Norstrilia, Cordwainer Smith (1965)
130
Nova (Samuel R. Delany)
Nova
131
Samuel R. Delany
October the First Is Too Late (Hoyle)
October the First Is Too Late
132
Hoyle
On the Beach
On the Beach
133
Parable of the Talents (Octavia Butler)
Parable of the Talents
134
Octavia Butler
PAST MASTER R. A. Lafferty
PAST MASTER R. A. Lafferty
135
The Past Through Tomorrow
The Past Through Tomorrow
136
Pattern Recognition (William Gibson)
Pattern Recognition
137
William Gibson
Perdido Street Station (China Mieville)
Perdido Street Station
138
China Mieville
PICNIC ON PARADISE Joanna Russ
PICNIC ON PARADISE Joanna Russ
139
The Plague (Albert Camus)
The Plague
140
Albert Camus
The Postman (David Brin)
The Postman
141
David Brin
A Princess of Mars (Edgar Rice Burroughs)
A Princess of Mars
142
Edgar Rice Burroughs
The Puppet Masters
The Puppet Masters
143
Red Mars (Kim Stanley Robinson)
Red Mars
144
Kim Stanley Robinson
Rendezvous With Rama (Arthur C Clarke)
Rendezvous With Rama
145
Arthur C Clarke
Ringworld (Larry Niven)
Ringworld
146
Larry Niven
RITE OF PASSAGE Alexei Panshin
RITE OF PASSAGE Alexei Panshin
147
Science Fiction Hall of Fame Volume 1
Science Fiction Hall of Fame Volume 1
148
The Shape of Things to Come (Wells)
The Shape of Things to Come
149
Wells
Shatterday
Shatterday
150
The Sheep Look Up (John Brunner)
The Sheep Look Up
151
John Brunner
Ship Breaker (Paolo Bacigalupi)
Ship Breaker
152
Paolo Bacigalupi
The Shockwave Rider
The Shockwave Rider
153
The Shrinking Man (Richard Matheson)
The Shrinking Man
154
Richard Matheson
The Sirens of Titan (Kurt Vonnegut)
The Sirens of Titan
155
Kurt Vonnegut
Slan (A. E. Van Vogt)
Slan
156
A. E. Van Vogt
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
157
Kurt Vonnegut
Snow Crash (Neal Stephenson)
Snow Crash
158
Neal Stephenson
Solaris (Stanislaw Lem)
Solaris
159
Stanislaw Lem
Soldier, Ask Not (Gordon R. Dickson)
Soldier, Ask Not
160
Gordon R. Dickson
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