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The SF Book Club's "The Most Significant SF & Fantasy Books of the Last 50 Years (1953-2002)"

Put together by the Science Fiction Book Club.

(found at: http://www.sfbc.com/doc/content/sitelets/FSE_Sitelet_Theme_2.jhtml;jsessionid=L2A35KC1NTSSGCWKAQPCFFI?SID=nmsfctop50)
1. J.R.R. Tolkien Boxed Set (The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings)
by J.R.R. Tolkien
  
2.
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 Foundation Trilogy
by Isaac Asimov
  
3. Dune (Dune Chronicles, Book 1)
by Frank Herbert
  
4. Stranger in a Strange Land
by Robert A. Heinlein
  
5. A Wizard of Earthsea (The Earthsea Cycle, Book 1)
by Ursula K. Le Guin
  
6. Neuromancer
by William Gibson
  
7. Childhood's End
by Arthur C. Clarke
  
8. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
by Philip K. Dick
  
9. The Mists of Avalon
by Marion Zimmer Bradley
  
10. Fahrenheit 451
by Ray Bradbury
  
11. The Book of the New Sun (Millennium Fantasy Masterworks)
by Gene Wolfe
  
12. A Canticle for Leibowitz (Bantam Spectra Book)
by Walter M. Miller Jr.
  
13. Caves of Steel (Robot City (Paperback))
by Isaac Asimov
  
14.
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 Children of the Atom
by Wilmar H. Shiras
  
15. Cities in Flight
by James Blish
  
16. The Colour of Magic (Discworld Novels)
by Terry Pratchett
  
17. Dangerous Visions : The 35th Anniversary Edition
by Harlan Ellison
  
18.
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 Deathbird Stories (Collier nucleus fantasy & science fiction)
by Harlan Ellison
  
19. The Demolished Man
by Alfred Bester
  
20. Dhalgren
by Samuel R. Delany
  
21. Dragonflight (Dragonriders of Pern Trilogy (Paperback))
by Anne Mccaffrey
  
22. Ender's Game (Ender Quartet)
by Orson Scott Card
  
23. Lord Foul's Bane (The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever, Book 1)
by Stephen R. Donaldson
  
24. The Forever War
by Joe Haldeman
  
25. Gateway (Heechee Saga)
by Frederik Pohl
  
26. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Book 1)
by J.K. Rowling
  
27. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
by Douglas Adams
  
28. I Am Legend (ties into movie)
by Richard Matheson
  
29. Interview with the Vampire: Anniversary edition (The vampire chronicles)
by Anne Rice
  
30. The Left Hand of Darkness (Remembering Tomorrow)
by Ursula K. Le Guin
  
31. Little, Big (P.S.)
by John Crowley
  
32. Lord of Light
by Roger Zelazny
  
33. The Man in the High Castle
by Philip K. Dick
  
34. Mission of Gravity (SF Collector's Edition) (Gollancz SF Collector's Edition)
by Hal Clement
  
35. More Than Human
by Theodore Sturgeon
  
36. The Rediscovery of Man: The Complete Short Science Fiction of Cordwainer Smith
by Cordwainer Smith
  
37. On the Beach
by Nevil Shute
  
38. Rendezvous with Rama
by Arthur C. Clarke
  
39. Ringworld
by Larry Niven
  
40.
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 Rogue Moon
by Algis J. Budrys
  
41. The Silmarillion
by J.R.R. Tolkien
  
42. Slaughterhouse-Five
by KURT VONNEGUT
  
43. Snow Crash (Bantam Spectra Book)
by Neal Stephenson
  
44. Stand on Zanzibar
by John Brunner
  
45. The Stars My Destination
by Alfred Bester
  
46. Starship Troopers
by Robert A. Heinlein
  
47. Stormbringer (Elric)
by Michael Moorcock
  
48. The Sword of Shannara
by Terry Brooks
  
49. Timescape
by Gregory Benford
  
50. To Your Scattered Bodies Go (Riverworld Saga, Book 1)
by Philip Jose Farmer
  
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