James Gunn's Basic Science Fiction Library

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According to Sci-fi scholar James Gunn, these are the books one should read in order to "have a solid acquaintance with the foundational and important novels of science fiction". The list is maintained at the University of Kansas Center for the Study of Science Fiction’s website:
http://www2.ku.edu/~sfcenter/sflib.htm

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  1. 151.
    Carmen Dog (Peapod Classics)
    by Carol Emshwiller

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  2. 152.
    To Your Scattered Bodies Go (Riverworld Saga, Book 1)
    by Philip Jose Farmer

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  3. 153.
    The Fabulous Riverboat (Riverworld Saga, Book 2)
    by Philip Jose Farmer

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  4. 155.
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    Venus on the Half-Shell and Others
    by Philip Jose Farmer

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  5. 156.
    Invasion of the Body Snatchers
    by Jack Finney

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  6. 157.
    The Woodrow Wilson dime
    by Jack Finney

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  7. 158.
    TIME AND AGAIN
    by Jack Finney

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  8. 159.
    American Gods: A Novel
    by Neil Gaiman

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  9. 160.
    Stardust
    by Gaiman Neil

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  10. 161.
    Neuromancer
    by William Gibson

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  11. 162.
    Count Zero
    by William Gibson

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  12. 163.
    Mona Lisa Overdrive (Bantam Spectra Book)
    by William Gibson

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  13. 164.
    Burning Chrome
    by William Gibson

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  14. 165.
    Queen City Jazz
    by Kathleen Ann Goonan

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  15. 166.
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    The Bones of Time
    by Kathleen Ann Goonan

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  16. 167.
    Crescent City Rhapsody
    by Kathleen Ann Goonan

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  17. 168.
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    In War Times
    by Kathleen Ann Goonan

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  18. 169.
    The Listeners
    by James Gunn

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  19. 170.
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    The Joy Makers
    by James Gunn

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  20. 171.
    The Immortals
    by James Gunn

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  21. 172.
    Kampus
    by James E. Gunn

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  22. 173.
    The Dreamers
    by James Gunn

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  23. 174.
    She (Oxford World's Classics)
    by H. Rider Haggard

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  24. 175.
    The Forever War
    by Joe Haldeman

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  25. 176.
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    The Hemingway Hoax
    by Joe Haldeman

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  26. 177.
    Forever Peace (Remembering Tomorrow)
    by Joe Haldeman

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  27. 178.
    Last Summer at Mars Hill
    by Elizabeth Hand

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  28. 179.
    Winterlong: A Novel
    by Elizabeth Hand

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  29. 180.
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    The Deathworld Trilogy: Three Novels
    by Harry Harrison

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  30. 181.
    Make Room! Make Room!
    by Harry Harrison

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  31. 182.
    Adventures of the Stainless Steel Rat
    by Harry Harrison

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  32. 183.
    Bill The Galactic Hero
    by Harry Harrison

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  33. 184.
    West of Eden (Eden Trilogy)
    by Harry Harrison

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  34. 185.
    Adventures in Time & Space

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  35. 186.
    The Past Through Tomorrow
    by Robert A. Heinlein

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  36. 187.
    Have Spacesuit, Will Travel
    by Robert A. Heinlein

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  37. 188.
    Stranger in a Strange Land
    by Robert A. Heinlein

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  38. 189.
    Puppet Masters
    by Robert A. Heinlein

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  39. 190.
    Glory Road
    by Robert A. Heinlein

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  40. 191.
    Dune, 40th Anniversary Edition (Dune Chronicles, Book 1)
    by Frank Herbert

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  41. 192.
    The Dragons In The Sea (Doubleday Science Fiction)
    by Frank Herbert

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  42. 193.
    The Santaroga Barrier
    by Frank Herbert

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  43. 194.
    Riddley Walker
    by Russell Hoban

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  44. 195.
    Brave New World
    by Aldous Huxley

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  45. 196.
    Flowers for Algernon
    by Daniel Keyes

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  46. 197.
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    BEST DAMON KNIGHT
    by Damon knight

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  47. 198.
    Why Do Birds
    by Damon Knight

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  48. 199.
    The Best of C.M. Kornbluth
    by C. M. Kornbluth

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  49. 200.
    The Syndic
    by C.M. Kornbluth

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