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Phobos Entertainment's "100 Science Fiction Books You Just Have to Read"

Take my word for it; all science fiction books are not created equal. All right, don’t take my word for it. You’ll figure it out when you plow through packed bookstore shelves. You’ll realize soon enough that not every writer pens a tale worth reading. So just how does one find stellar SF? For starters, why don’t you try out these 100 narrative works. Each one should be part of every SF reader’s—not to mention every SF writer’s—repertoire. Many of these novels are award winners, and most have inspired profound trends in science fiction. List picked by Keith Olexa for Phobos.

(found at: http://www.hcpl.net/booklists/phobosbook.htm)

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1. Childhood's End
by Arthur C. Clarke
 
2. The Foundation Trilogy
by ISAAC ASIMOV
 
3. Dune (Dune Chronicles, Book 1)
by Frank Herbert
 
4. The Man in the High Castle
by Philip K. Dick
 
5. Starship Troopers
by Robert A. Heinlein
 
6. Valis
by Philip K. Dick
 
7. Frankenstein (Enriched Classics)
by Mary Shelley
 
8. Gateway (Heechee Saga)
by Frederik Pohl
 
9. The Space Merchants
by Frederik Pohl
 
10. Earth Abides
by George R. Stewart
 
11. Cuckoo's Egg
by C. J. Cherryh
 
12.
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Star Surgeon
by James White
 
13. The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch
by Philip K. Dick
 
14.
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Radix
by A.A. Attanasio
 
15. 2001: A Space Odyssey
by Arthur C. Clarke
 
16. Ringworld
by Larry Niven
 
17. A Case of Conscience (Del Rey Impact)
by James Blish
 
18. Last and First Men
by Olaf Stapledon
 
19. The Day of the Triffids (20th Century Rediscoveries)
by John Wyndham
 
20. Way Station
by Clifford D. Simak
 
21. More Than Human
by Theodore Sturgeon
 
22. Gray Lensman (The Lensman Series, Book 4)
by Edward E. Smith
 
23. The Gods Themselves
by Isaac Asimov
 
24. The Left Hand of Darkness
by Ursula K. Le Guin
 
25. Behold the Man
by Michael Moorcock
 
26. Star Maker (Early Classics of Science Fiction)
by Olaf Stapledon
 
27.
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H. G. Wells The War of the Worlds
by H. G. Wells
 
28. 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea (Scholastic Classics)
by Jules Verne
 
29.
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The Heritage of Hastur (Darkover)
by Marion Zimmer Bradley
 
30. The Time Machine (Tor Classics)
by H. G. Wells
 
31. The Stars My Destination
by Alfred Bester
 
32. Slan : A Novel
by A. E. Van Vogt
 
33. Neuromancer
by William Gibson
 
34. Ender's Game (The Ender Saga)
by Orson Scott Card
 
35. In Conquest Born (Daw Book Collectors)
by C. S. Friedman
 
36. Lord of Light
by Roger Zelazny
 
37. Eon
by Greg Bear
 
38. Dragonflight (Mccaffrey, Anne. Dragonriders of Pern.)
by Anne Mccaffrey
 
39. Journey to the Center of the Earth (Unabridged Classics)
by Jules Verne
 
40. Stranger in a Strange Land
by Robert A. Heinlein
 
41. Cosm.
by Gregory Benford
 
42.
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The Voyage of The Space Beagle
by A.e.van vogt
 
43. Blood Music (Ibooks Science Fiction Classics)
by Greg Bear
 
44. Beggars in Spain
by Nancy Kress
 
45. Omnivore
by Piers Anthony
 
46. I, Robot (The Isaac Asimov Collection)
by Isaac Asimov
 
47. Mission of Gravity
by Hal Clement
 
48. To Your Scattered Bodies Go (Riverworld Saga, Book 1)
by Philip Jose Farmer
 
49. Brave New World
by Aldous Huxley
 
50. The Man Who Folded Himself
by David Gerrold
 
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