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The Retired English Teacher Reflects: Literary Science Fiction

Our retired English Teacher spent a large part of his career arguing the literary merits of category AKA genre fiction. Here is a non-comprehensive list of 90 examples which clearly elevate Science Fiction to high literary art; so much so that many are shelved in the "Fiction and Literature " sections of bookstores rather than in "Science Fiction and Fantasy". Apparently we still live in a literary world where prevailing wisdom says, "It's too good; it CAN'T be Science Fiction."
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1984 (Orwell)
1984
1
Orwell
And Chaos Died (Joanna Russ)
And Chaos Died
2
Joanna Russ
Babel-17 (Samuel R. Delaney)
Babel-17
3
Samuel R. Delaney
Bears Discover Fire (Terry Bisson)
Bears Discover Fire
4
Terry Bisson
Behold the Man (Moorcock)
Behold the Man
5
Moorcock
Blackout/All Clear (Connie Willis)
Blackout/All Clear
6
Connie Willis
The Bone Clocks (David Mitchell)
The Bone Clocks
7
David Mitchell
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
8
Aldous Huxley
Buffalo Gals Won't You Come Out Tonight? (Ursula K Leguin)
Buffalo Gals Won't You Come Out Tonight?
9
Ursula K Leguin
Burning Chrome (William Gibson)
Burning Chrome
10
William Gibson
Calculating God (Robert J. Sawyer)
Calculating God
11
Robert J. Sawyer
The Calcutta Chromosome (Amitav Ghosh)
The Calcutta Chromosome
12
Amitav Ghosh
A Canticle for Leibowitz (Miller)
A Canticle for Leibowitz
13
Miller
Cat's Cradle (Vonnegut)
Cat's Cradle
14
Vonnegut
Childhood's End (Clarke)
Childhood's End
15
Clarke
The Children of Men (P.D. James)
The Children of Men
16
P.D. James
Children of Time (Adrian Tchaikovsky)
Children of Time
17
Adrian Tchaikovsky
The City and the City (China Mieville)
The City and the City
18
China Mieville
Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell)
Cloud Atlas
19
David Mitchell
Cosmicomics (Italo Calvino)
Cosmicomics
20
Italo Calvino
Davy (Edgar Pangborn)
Davy
21
Edgar Pangborn
The Demolished Man (Alfred Bester)
The Demolished Man
22
Alfred Bester
Dhalgren (Samuel R Delany)
Dhalgren
23
Samuel R Delany
The Dispossessed (Ursula K. Le Guin)
The Dispossessed
24
Ursula K. Le Guin
Doomsday Book (Willis)
Doomsday Book
25
Willis
The Drowned World (J.G. Ballard)
The Drowned World
26
J.G. Ballard
Dying Inside (Silverberg)
Dying Inside
27
Silverberg
Earth Abides, George R. Stewart (1949)
Earth Abides, George R. Stewart (1949)
28
The Einstein Intersection (Samuel R. Delany)
The Einstein Intersection
29
Samuel R. Delany
The Essential Ellison: A 35-Year Retrospective (Harlan Ellison)
The Essential Ellison: A 35-Year Retrospective
30
Harlan Ellison
The Female Man (Joanna Russ)
The Female Man
31
Joanna Russ
The Fifth Season (N. K. Jemisin)
The Fifth Season
32
N. K. Jemisin
Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said (Philip K. Dick)
Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said
33
Philip K. Dick
Frankenstein (Shelley)
Frankenstein
34
Shelley
The Glass Bead Game (Hermann Hesse)
The Glass Bead Game
35
Hermann Hesse
Golden Days (Carolyn See)
Golden Days
36
Carolyn See
Good Morning Midnight (Lily Brooks-Dalton)
Good Morning Midnight
37
Lily Brooks-Dalton
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
38
Margaret Atwood
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World (Haruki Murakami)
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
39
Haruki Murakami
Her Smoke Rose Up Forever (Tiptree)
Her Smoke Rose Up Forever
40
Tiptree
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