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The English Teacher Looks at Great SF: A Core List - Page 5

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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Space Cadet (Robert A. Heinlein)
Space Cadet
161
Robert A. Heinlein
The Space Merchants (Frederik Pohl & CM Kornbluth)
The Space Merchants
162
Frederik Pohl & CM Kornbluth
The Speed of Dark
The Speed of Dark
163
The Squares of the City (John Brunner)
The Squares of the City
164
John Brunner
The Stand (Stephen King)
The Stand
165
Stephen King
Stand on Zanzibar (John Brunner)
Stand on Zanzibar
166
John Brunner
Starmaker (Olaf Stapledon)
Starmaker
167
Olaf Stapledon
The Stars My Destination (Alfred Bester)
The Stars My Destination
168
Alfred Bester
Startide Rising
Startide Rising
169
Startide Rising (David Brin)
Startide Rising
170
David Brin
Strange Doings (Lafferty)
Strange Doings
171
Lafferty
Stranger in a Strange Land (Robert A. Heinlein)
Stranger in a Strange Land
172
Robert A. Heinlein
Synners (Pat Cadigan)
Synners
173
Pat Cadigan
Tales of the White Hart (Arthur C. Clarke)
Tales of the White Hart
174
Arthur C. Clarke
Ten Thousand Light-Years From Home (James Tiptree Jr)
Ten Thousand Light-Years From Home
175
James Tiptree Jr
The Terminal Experiment
The Terminal Experiment
176
This Immortal (A.K.A. ...And Call Me Conrad)
This Immortal (A.K.A. ...And Call Me Conrad)
177
The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch
The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch
178
Time and Again (Jack Finney)
Time and Again
179
Jack Finney
The Time Machine & the War of the Worlds (HG Wells)
The Time Machine & the War of the Worlds
180
HG Wells
A Time of Changes (Robert Silverberg)
A Time of Changes
181
Robert Silverberg
The Time Ships (Stephen Baxter)
The Time Ships
182
Stephen Baxter
Timescape
Timescape
183
To Say Nothing of the Dog (Connie Willis)
To Say Nothing of the Dog
184
Connie Willis
To Your Scattered Bodies Go
To Your Scattered Bodies Go
185
The Tripods Collection (John Christopher)
The Tripods Collection
186
John Christopher
Ubik (Philip K. Dick)
Ubik
187
Philip K. Dick
Virtual Light (William Gibson)
Virtual Light
188
William Gibson
Waiting for the Galactic Bus (Parke Godwin)
Waiting for the Galactic Bus
189
Parke Godwin
Watchmen (Alan Moore)
Watchmen
190
Alan Moore
Way Station (A.K.A Here Gather the Stars)
Way Station (A.K.A Here Gather the Stars)
191
We (Yevgeny Zamyatin)
We
192
Yevgeny Zamyatin
What Mad Universe (Fredric Brown)
What Mad Universe
193
Fredric Brown
When Worlds Collide (Balmer & Wylie)
When Worlds Collide
194
Balmer & Wylie
Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang (Kate Wilhelm)
Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang
195
Kate Wilhelm
Who (Budrys)
Who
196
Budrys
Who Goes There? (John W. Campbell Jr.)
Who Goes There?
197
John W. Campbell Jr.
The Windup Girl (Paolo Bacigalupi)
The Windup Girl
198
Paolo Bacigalupi
The Word for World Is Forest (Ursula K. Le Guin)
The Word for World Is Forest
199
Ursula K. Le Guin
The World in Winter (John Christopher)
The World in Winter
200
John Christopher
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