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The English Teacher's Short List: 25 Favorite SF Books

Our maverick English Teacher and genre enthusiast lists 25 of his favorite books in the Science Fiction genre. The list is purely personal, and it's compiler makes no claim that it is authoritative or a "best of..." list. He just likes the books.
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Best of R.A. Lafferty (R.A. Lafferty)
Best of R.A. Lafferty
1
R.A. Lafferty
Blackout/All Clear (Connie Willis)
Blackout/All Clear
2
Connie Willis
A Canticle for Leibowitz (Walter M. Miller, Jr.)
A Canticle for Leibowitz
3
Walter M. Miller, Jr.
Childhood's End (Arthur C. Clarke)
Childhood's End
4
Arthur C. Clarke
Dangerous Visions (Harlan Ellison)
Dangerous Visions
5
Harlan Ellison
The Dispossessed (Ursula K. Le Guin)
The Dispossessed
6
Ursula K. Le Guin
Doomsday Book (Connie Willis)
Doomsday Book
7
Connie Willis
Dune (Frank Herbert)
Dune
8
Frank Herbert
Dying Inside (Robert Silverberg)
Dying Inside
9
Robert Silverberg
Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said (Philip K. Dick)
Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said
10
Philip K. Dick
The Hyperion Cantos (Dan Simmons)
The Hyperion Cantos
11
Dan Simmons
I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream (Harlan Ellison)
I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream
12
Harlan Ellison
The Left Hand of Darkness (Ursula K Le Guin)
The Left Hand of Darkness
13
Ursula K Le Guin
The Long Tomorrow (Leigh Brackett)
The Long Tomorrow
14
Leigh Brackett
The Man in the High Castle (Philip K. Dick)
The Man in the High Castle
15
Philip K. Dick
Mona Lisa Overdrive (William Gibson)
Mona Lisa Overdrive
16
William Gibson
The Mote in God's Eye (Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle)
The Mote in God's Eye
17
Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle
Neuromancer (William Gibson)
Neuromancer
18
William Gibson
Nova (Samuel R. Delany)
Nova
19
Samuel R. Delany
The Sheep Look Up (John Brunner)
The Sheep Look Up
20
John Brunner
Stand on Zanzibar (John Brunner)
Stand on Zanzibar
21
John Brunner
Stranger in a Strange Land (Robert A. Heinlein)
Stranger in a Strange Land
22
Robert A. Heinlein
This Immortal (A.K.A. ...And Call Me Conrad)
This Immortal (A.K.A. ...And Call Me Conrad)
23
Timescape (Gregory Benford)
Timescape
24
Gregory Benford
The War of the Worlds (H.G. Wells)
The War of the Worlds
25
H.G. Wells
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