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THEPLANETS.ORG 'S 100 Greatest Science Fiction Books of All Time - Page 2

A "100 best" list from theplanets.org that invites lots of discussion and debate, if not outright argument . For example, where are "The Man in the High Castle" and "The Stars My Destination"? Still, the list has serious thought behind it, and the capsule descriptions give some reasons for inclusion.
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Cat's Cradle (Kurt Vonnegut)
Cat's Cradle
41
Kurt Vonnegut
Recursion (Blake Crouch)
Recursion
42
Blake Crouch
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress (Robert A. Heinlein)
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
43
Robert A. Heinlein
Childhood's End (Arthur C. Clarke)
Childhood's End
44
Arthur C. Clarke
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (Nowlan)
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
45
Nowlan
The Midnight Library (Matt Haig)
The Midnight Library
46
Matt Haig
Action Comics #1
Action Comics #1
47
Watchmen (Alan Moore)
Watchmen
48
Alan Moore
Cryptonomicon (Neal Stephenson)
Cryptonomicon
49
Neal Stephenson
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
50
Cormac McCarthy
The Riftwar Saga
The Riftwar Saga
51
The Time Traveler's Wife (Audrey Niffenegger)
The Time Traveler's Wife
52
Audrey Niffenegger
Old Man's War (John Scalzi)
Old Man's War
53
John Scalzi
Project Hail Mary (Andy Weir)
Project Hail Mary
54
Andy Weir
The Dispossessed (Ursula K. Le Guin)
The Dispossessed
55
Ursula K. Le Guin
The Thrawn Trilogy (Timothy Zahn)
The Thrawn Trilogy
56
Timothy Zahn
The Illustrated Man (Ray Bradbury)
The Illustrated Man
57
Ray Bradbury
A Fire Upon the Deep (Vernor Vinge)
A Fire Upon the Deep
58
Vernor Vinge
Caves of Steel (Isaac Asimov)
Caves of Steel
59
Isaac Asimov
The Mars Trilogy (Kim Stanley Robinson)
The Mars Trilogy
60
Kim Stanley Robinson
Doomsday Book (Willis)
Doomsday Book
61
Willis
Perdido Street Station (China Miéville)
Perdido Street Station
62
China Miéville
The Space Trilogy
The Space Trilogy
63
Roadside Picnic (Arkady & Boris Strugatsky)
Roadside Picnic
64
Arkady & Boris Strugatsky
The Female Man (Joanna Russ)
The Female Man
65
Joanna Russ
Woman on the Edge of Time (Marge Piercy)
Woman on the Edge of Time
66
Marge Piercy
Downbelow Station
Downbelow Station
67
Ready Player One (Ernest Cline)
Ready Player One
68
Ernest Cline
Klara and the Sun (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Klara and the Sun
69
Kazuo Ishiguro
Ammonite (Nicola Griffith)
Ammonite
70
Nicola Griffith
The Best of All Possible Worlds (Karen Lord)
The Best of All Possible Worlds
71
Karen Lord
The Blazing World (Margaret Cavendish)
The Blazing World
72
Margaret Cavendish
The City and the City (China Mieville)
The City and the City
73
China Mieville
Darwin's Radio (Greg Bear)
Darwin's Radio
74
Greg Bear
Dhalgren (Samuel R Delany)
Dhalgren
75
Samuel R Delany
The Fifth Science (Exurb1a)
The Fifth Science
76
Exurb1a
A Princess of Mars (Edgar Rice Burroughs)
A Princess of Mars
77
Edgar Rice Burroughs
The Fold (Peter Clines)
The Fold
78
Peter Clines
The Gone World (Tom Sweterlitsch)
The Gone World
79
Tom Sweterlitsch
How to Live Safely in a Science Fiction Universe (Yu)
How to Live Safely in a Science Fiction Universe
80
Yu
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