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jsherry's "200 Essential Fantasy and Science Fiction Novels/Series"

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This is a list I pulled from somewhere on the internet a while back and it contains a list of 206 fantasy and science fiction series that are worth consuming. In the instances that only the first book of a series is included, please assume this to mean that the entire series is on the list.

1/9/07: I found the Master Lists and the creator. Jay Tomio and
http://www.fantasybookspot.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=471
http://www.fantasybookspot.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1183

  1. 1.
    The Gormenghast Novels
    by Mervyn Peake

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  3. 3.
    Viriconium
    by M. John Harrison

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  4. 5.
    Tales of the Dying Earth
    by Jack Vance

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  5. 6.
    To Your Scattered Bodies Go (Riverworld Saga, Book 1)
    by Philip Jose Farmer

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  6. 7.
    Dune (Dune Chronicles, Book 1)
    by Frank Herbert

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  7. 9.
    The Emperor of Dreams (Fantasy Masterworks)
    by Clark Ashton Smith

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  8. 12.
    The Left Hand of Darkness (Remembering Tomorrow)
    by Ursula K. Le Guin

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  9. 15.
    Hyperion
    by Dan Simmons

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  10. 16.
    Lord of Light
    by Roger Zelazny

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  11. 17.
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    The night life of the gods
    by Thorne Smith

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  12. 18.
    The Course of the Heart
    by M. John Harrison

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  13. 20.
    Gloriana
    by Michael Moorcock

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  14. 21.
    A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 1)
    by George R.R. Martin

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  15. 22.
    The Land of Laughs: A Novel
    by Jonathan Carroll

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  16. 23.
    The Anubis Gates
    by Tim Powers

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  17. 24.
    Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell: A Novel
    by Susanna Clarke

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  18. 25.
    Riddle-Master
    by Patricia A. McKillip

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  19. 26.
    The Night's Dawn Trilogy
    by Peter F. Hamilton

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  20. 27.
    Perdido Street Station
    by China Mieville

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  21. 28.
    The Compleat Enchanter (Millennium Fantasy Masterworks S.)
    by L.Sprague De Camp

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  22. 29.
    Watchmen
    by Alan Moore

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    Lyonesse
    by Jack Vance

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    5th Head of Cerberus
    by Wolfe

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  25. 32.
    The Color of Magic
    by Terry Pratchett

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  26. 33.
    Secret Life
    by Jeff Vandermeer

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  27. 34.
    Preludes and Nocturnes (The Sandman, Vol. 1)
    by Neil Gaiman

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    Solomon Kane: Skulls in the Stars
    by Robert E. Howard

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  29. 36.
    The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
    by Douglas Adams

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  30. 38.
    Elric of Melnibone (Elric)
    by Michael Moorcock

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  31. 39.
    The Last Coin
    by James P. Blaylock

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  32. 40.
    Quicksilver (The Baroque Cycle, Vol. 1)
    by Neal Stephenson

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  33. 41.
    The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance
    by E. R. Eddison

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  34. 42.
    Mother London
    by Michael Moorcock

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  35. 43.
    Voice Of The Fire
    by Alan Moore

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  36. 44.
    Neuromancer
    by William Gibson

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  37. 45.
    Assassin's Apprentice (The Farseer Trilogy, Book 1)
    by Robin Hobb

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  38. 46.
    The Earthsea Quartet (Roc)
    by Ursula K.Le Guin

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  39. 47.
    Rendezvous with Rama
    by Arthur C. Clarke

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  40. 49.
    Fevre Dream
    by George R.R. Martin

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  41. 50.
    The Paper Grail
    by James P. Blaylock

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  42. 51.
    Red World of Polaris: The Adventures of Captain Volmar
    by Clark Ashton Smith

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  43. 52.
    The King of Elfland's Daughter (Del Rey Impact)
    by Lord Dunsany

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  44. 53.
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    On Stranger Tides
    by Tim Powers

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  45. 54.
    Otherwise: Three Novels
    by John Crowley

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  47. 57.
    The Man in the High Castle
    by Philip K. Dick

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  49. 59.
    The Fourth Circle
    by Zoran ÂŽivkovic

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  50. 60.
    Requiem
    by Graham Joyce

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  52. 63.
    Neverwhere
    by Neil Gaiman

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  53. 65.
    Once and Future King, The
    by T. H. White

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  54. 66.
    Watership Down
    by Richard Adams

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  55. 67.
    Last Call
    by Tim Powers

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  56. 68.
    Ender's Game (Ender, Book 1)
    by Orson Scott Card

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  57. 69.
    Warrior's Apprentice
    by Lois McMaster Bujold

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  58. 70.
    Little, Big
    by John Crowley

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  59. 71.
    Fahrenheit 451
    by Ray Bradbury

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  60. 72.
    Nineteen Eighty-Four
    by George Orwell

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  61. 73.
    City of Golden Shadow (Otherland, Volume 1)
    by Tad Williams

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  62. 75.
    Foundation (Foundation Novels (Paperback))
    by Isaac Asimov

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  63. 76.
    A Clockwork Orange
    by Anthony Burgess

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  64. 77.
    Snow Crash (Bantam Spectra Book)
    by Neal Stephenson

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  65. 78.
    The Lions of al-Rassan
    by Guy Gavriel Kay

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  66. 79.
    The Gunslinger (The Dark Tower, Book 1)
    by Stephen King

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  67. 80.
    American Gods
    by Neil Gaiman

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  68. 81.
    Brave New World
    by Aldous Huxley

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  69. 82.
    Animal Man (Animal Man, Book 1)
    by Grant Morrison

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  70. 83.
    The Last Unicorn
    by Peter S. Beagle

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  71. 84.
    A Canticle for Leibowitz (Bantam Spectra Book)
    by Walter M. Miller Jr.

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  72. 85.
    The Chronicles of Narnia
    by C.S. Lewis

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  73. 87.
    The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian (Conan of Cimmeria, Book 1)
    by Robert E. Howard

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  74. 88.
    City of Saints and Madmen
    by Jeff Vandermeer

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  75. 89.
    The Midnight Sun: The Complete Stories of Kane
    by Karl Edward Wagner

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  76. 90.
    The Devils in the Details
    by James P. Blaylock

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  77. 91.
    Cryptonomicon
    by Neal Stephenson

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  78. 92.
    The Golden Age (The Golden Age, Book 1)
    by John C. Wright

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  79. 93.
    Pattern Recognition
    by William Gibson

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  80. 94.
    The Facts of Life: A Novel
    by Graham Joyce

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  81. 95.
    Transmetropolitan Vol. 1: Back on the Street
    by Warren Ellis

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  82. 96.
    The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
    by Robert A. Heinlein

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  83. 97.
    Altered Carbon
    by Richard Morgan

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  84. 98.
    The Iron Dragon's Daughter
    by Michael Swanwick

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  85. 99.
    The Steampunk Trilogy
    by Paul, Di Filippo

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  86. 100.
    The Silmarillion
    by J.R.R. Tolkien

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  88. 102.
    A New Universal History of Infamy
    by Rhys Hughes

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  89. 103.
    The Tooth Fairy: A Novel
    by Graham Joyce

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  91. 105.
    Jack Faust
    by Michael Swanwick

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  92. 106.
    The Troika
    by Stepan Chapman

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  93. 107.
    The Neverending Story
    by Michael Ende

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  94. 108.
    The Martian Chronicles (The Grand Master Editions)
    by Ray Bradbury

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  95. 109.

  96. 110.
    The Dispossessed
    by Ursula K. Le Guin

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  97. 111.
    Heroes Die
    by Matthew Woodring Stover

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  98. 112.
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    Rats and Gargoyles
    by Mary Gentle

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  99. 113.
    The Broken Sword (Fantasy Masterworks)
    by Poul Anderson

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  100. 114.
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    The Tain
    by China Mieville

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  101. 115.
    The Mists of Avalon
    by Marion Zimmer Bradley

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  102. 116.
    Harry Potter Paperback Boxed Set (Books 1-5)
    by J. K. Rowling

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  103. 117.
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    USE OF WEAPONS (Bantam Spectra Book)
    by Iain M. Banks

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  104. 118.
    Grendel
    by John Gardner

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  105. 119.
    The Fantasy Writer's Assistant and Other Stories
    by Jeffrey Ford

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  106. 120.
    The Genizah At The House Of Shepher
    by Tamar Yellin

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  107. 121.
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    Noctuary
    by Thomas Ligotti

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  108. 122.
    Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Dover Thrift Editions)
    by Lewis Carroll

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  109. 123.
    The Great God Pan and The Hill of Dreams
    by Arthur Machen

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  110. 124.
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    A Year in the Linear City
    by Pau Di Filippo

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  111. 125.
    The Atrocity Archives
    by Charles Stross

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  112. 126.
    Dhalgren
    by Samuel R. Delany

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  113. 127.
    The Languages of Pao
    by Jack Vance

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  114. 128.

  115. 129.
    My Life as Emperor
    by Su Tong

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  116. 130.
    Signs of Life
    by M. John Harrison

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  117. 131.
    Foucault's Pendulum
    by UMBERTO ECO

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  118. 132.
    The Baron in the Trees
    by Italo Calvino

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  119. 133.
    One Hundred Years of Solitude
    by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

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  120. 134.
    The Forever War
    by Joe Haldeman

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  121. 135.
    The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch
    by Philip K. Dick

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  122. 137.
    The Wasp Factory: A Novel
    by Iain Banks

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  123. 138.
    The Romance of Three Kingdoms, Vol. 1
    by Guanzhong Luo

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  124. 139.
    Appleseed
    by John Clute

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  125. 140.
    The Master and Margarita
    by Mikhail Bulgakov

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  126. 141.
    Things That Never Happen
    by M.John Harrison

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  127. 142.
    The Onion Girl
    by Charles De Lint

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  128. 143.
    Lords Of Rainbow
    by Vera Nazarian

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  129. 144.
    Perfect Circle
    by Sean Stewart

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  130. 145.
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    Wizardry and wild romance: A study of epic fantasy
    by Michael Moorcock

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  131. 147.
    Invisible Cities (A Harvest/Hbj Book)
    by Italo Calvino

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  132. 148.
    Nine Layers of Sky
    by Liz Williams

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  133. 149.
    City of Pearl
    by Karen Traviss

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  134. 150.
    Bones of the Moon
    by Jonathan Carroll

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  135. 151.
    Latro in the Mist
    by Gene Wolfe

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  136. 152.
    Weaveworld
    by Clive Barker

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  137. 153.
    Lust: Four Letters. Infinite Possibilities.
    by Geoff Ryman

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  138. 154.
    The Etched City
    by K.J. Bishop

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  139. 155.
    Chess Garden
    by Brooks Hansen

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  140. 156.
    The Black Gondolier
    by Fritz Leiber

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  141. 157.

  142. 158.
    Lud-In-The-Mist
    by Hope Mirrlees

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  143. 159.
    Tales of Old Earth
    by Michael Swanwick

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  144. 160.
    Archangel (Samaria Trilogy, Book 1)
    by Sharon Shinn

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  145. 161.
    The Complete Calvin and Hobbes
    by Bill Watterson

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  146. 162.
    The Outlaw of Torn
    by E.R.Burroughs

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  147. 163.
    Stranger in a Strange Land
    by Robert A. Heinlein

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  148. 164.
    More Tomorrow & Other Stories
    by Michael Marshall Smith

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  150. 167.
    The Divinity Student (Buzzcity Press First Editions)
    by Michael Cisco

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  151. 168.
    Move Under Ground
    by Nick Mamatas

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  152. 169.
    The Bone Doll's Twin (Tamir Trilogy, Book 1)
    by Lynn Flewelling

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  153. 170.
    Lost Pages
    by Paul Di Filippo

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  154. 171.
    Burning Your Boats: The Collected Short Stories
    by Angela Carter

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  155. 172.
    The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
    by Michael Chabon

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  156. 173.
    Jirel of Joiry
    by C. L. Moore

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  157. 174.
    The State of the Art
    by Iain M. Banks

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  158. 175.
    The World Inside
    by Robert Silverberg

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  159. 178.
    Leviathan Three
    by Forrest Aguirre

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  160. 179.
    Gun, With Occasional Music
    by Jonathan Lethem

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  161. 180.
    Nowhere Near Milkwood
    by Rhys Hughes

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  163. 182.
    Tigana
    by Guy Gavriel Kay

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  164. 183.
    King Rat
    by China Mieville

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  165. 184.
    Replay
    by Ken Grimwood

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  166. 185.
    Imajica (The Fifth Dominion, Book 1)
    by Clive Barker

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  167. 186.
    Stranger Things Happen: Stories
    by Kelly Link

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  168. 187.
    The Stars My Destination
    by Alfred Bester

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  169. 188.
    In the Palace of Repose
    by Holly Phillips

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  170. 189.
    Coraline (rpkg) (HarperClassics)
    by Neil Gaiman

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  171. 190.
    Carrion Comfort
    by Dan Simmons

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  172. 191.
    The Shivered Sky
    by Matt Dinniman

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    Punktown
    by Jeffrey Thomas

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  174. 194.
    Dying Inside
    by Robert Silverberg

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  175. 195.
    Ship of Magic (The Liveship Traders, Book 1)
    by Robin Hobb

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  176. 196.
    A Cavern of Black Ice (Sword of Shadows)
    by J. V. Jones

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  177. 198.
    Black Orchids from Aum
    by Gerard Daniel Houarner

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  178. 199.
    The Light Ages
    by Ian R. MacLeod

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  179. 200.
    The Family Trade (Merchant Princes)
    by Charles Stross

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  180. 201.
    Pashazade
    by Jon Courtenay Grimwood

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  181. 202.
    The Complete Sherlock Holmes
    by Arthur Conan Doyle

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  182. 203.
    Earth Abides
    by GEORGE R. STEWART

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  183. 204.
    Behold the Man
    by Michael Moorcock

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  184. 205.
    From Hell - New Cover Edition
    by Alan Moore

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  185. 206.
    Letters from Hades
    by Jeffrey Thomas

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