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The Retired English Teacher Reflects: Literary Science Fiction - Page 2

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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How to Live Safely in a Science Fiction Universe (Yu)
How to Live Safely in a Science Fiction Universe
41
Yu
The Hyperion Cantos (Dan Simmons)
The Hyperion Cantos
42
Dan Simmons
Ice (Anna Kavan)
Ice
43
Anna Kavan
Inverted World (Christopher Priest)
Inverted World
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Christopher Priest
Kindred (Octavia Butler)
Kindred
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Octavia Butler
Last and First Men (W. Olaf Stapledon)
Last and First Men
46
W. Olaf Stapledon
The Left Hand of Darkness (Ursula K. Le Guin)
The Left Hand of Darkness
47
Ursula K. Le Guin
Life After Life (Kate Atkinson)
Life After Life
48
Kate Atkinson
The Listeners (James Gunn)
The Listeners
49
James Gunn
A Long Way to a Small Angry Planet (Becky Chambers)
A Long Way to a Small Angry Planet
50
Becky Chambers
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
51
William Golding
Lord of Light (Zelazny)
Lord of Light
52
Zelazny
A Man Lies Dreaming (Lavie Tidhar)
A Man Lies Dreaming
53
Lavie Tidhar
The Martian Chronicles (Bradbury)
The Martian Chronicles
54
Bradbury
More Than Human
More Than Human
55
Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Never Let Me Go
56
Kazuo Ishiguro
Odd John (Olaf Stapledon)
Odd John
57
Olaf Stapledon
Orlando (Virginia Woolf)
Orlando
58
Virginia Woolf
Oryx and Crake (Margaret Atwood)
Oryx and Crake
59
Margaret Atwood
Pattern Recognition (William Gibson)
Pattern Recognition
60
William Gibson
The Peripheral (William Gibson)
The Peripheral
61
William Gibson
The Plague (Albert Camus)
The Plague
62
Albert Camus
The Plot Against America (Philip Roth)
The Plot Against America
63
Philip Roth
The Pure Product (Kessel)
The Pure Product
64
Kessel
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
65
Cormac McCarthy
Roadside Picnic (Boris and Arkady Sturgatsky)
Roadside Picnic
66
Boris and Arkady Sturgatsky
Sea of Tranquility (Emily St.John Mandel)
Sea of Tranquility
67
Emily St.John Mandel
The Shape of Things to Come (Wells)
The Shape of Things to Come
68
Wells
The Sheep Look Up (John Brunner)
The Sheep Look Up
69
John Brunner
Shikasta (Doris Lessing)
Shikasta
70
Doris Lessing
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut Jr.)
Slaughterhouse-Five
71
Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Snow Crash (Neal Stephenson)
Snow Crash
72
Neal Stephenson
Solaris (Stanislaw Lem)
Solaris
73
Stanislaw Lem
Son of Man (Robert Silverberg)
Son of Man
74
Robert Silverberg
Stand on Zanzibar (Brunner)
Stand on Zanzibar
75
Brunner
Star Maker (Olaf Stapledon)
Star Maker
76
Olaf Stapledon
The Stars My Destination (Alfred Bester)
The Stars My Destination
77
Alfred Bester
Station Eleven (Emily St. John Mandel)
Station Eleven
78
Emily St. John Mandel
Strange Bodies (Marcel Theroux)
Strange Bodies
79
Marcel Theroux
The Testaments (Margaret Atwood)
The Testaments
80
Margaret Atwood
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