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. 201.
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    Not This August
    by C. M. Kornbluth

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  2. 202.
    Beggars in Spain
    by Nancy Kress

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  3. 203.
    Probability Space (The Probability Trilogy)
    by Nancy Kress

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  4. 204.
    The Flowers of Aulit Prison

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  5. 205.
    Fury
    by Henry Kuttner

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  6. 206.

  7. 207.
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    The best of C.L. Moore
    by Lester DelRey

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  8. 208.
    The Left Hand of Darkness
    by Ursula K. Le Guin

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  9. 209.
    The Dispossessed
    by Ursula K. Le Guin

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  10. 210.
    The Farthest Shore (The Earthsea Cycle, Book 3)
    by Ursula K. Le Guin

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  11. 211.
    Four Ways to Forgiveness: Stories
    by Ursula K. Le Guin

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  12. 212.
    CONJURE WIFE

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  13. 213.
    The Big Time
    by Fritz Leiber

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  14. 214.
    The Wanderer
    by Fritz Leiber

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  15. 215.
    The Cyberiad
    by Stanislaw Lem

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  16. 216.
    Solaris
    by Stanislaw Lem

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  17. 217.
    Mortal Engines
    by Stanislaw Lem

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  18. 218.
    Out of the Silent Planet (Space Trilogy, Book One)
    by C.S. Lewis

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  19. 219.
    Perelandra
    by C.S. Lewis

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  20. 220.
    That Hideous Strength
    by C.S. Lewis

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  21. 221.
    Stranger Things Happen: Stories
    by Kelly Link

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  22. 222.
    Before Adam (EasyRead Super Large 20pt Edition)
    by Jack London

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  23. 223.
    The Scarlet Plague (Modern Voices)
    by Jack London

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  24. 224.
    The Star-Rover
    by Jack London

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  25. 225.
    The Dunwich Horror and Others
    by H. P. Lovecraft

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  26. 226.
    Fairyland
    by Paul J. McAuley

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  27. 227.
    The Engines of God
    by Jack McDevitt

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  28. 228.
    Omega
    by Jack McDevitt

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  29. 229.
    Seeker
    by Jack McDevitt

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  30. 230.
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    DREAMSNAKE
    by Vonda Mcintyre

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  31. 231.
    The Moon and the Sun
    by Vonda N. McIntyre

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  32. 232.
    Beyond Apollo
    by Barry N. Malzberg

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  33. 233.
    Herovits World
    by Barry n malzberg

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  34. 235.
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    Galaxies
    by Barry N. Malzberg

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  35. 236.
    Sandkings
    by George R.R. Martin

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  36. 237.
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    Fevre Dream
    by George R. R. Martin

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  37. 238.
    The Armageddon Rag
    by George R.R. Martin

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  38. 239.
    The Moon Pool
    by Abraham Merritt

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  39. 240.
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    Ship of Ishtar
    by A. Merritt

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  41. 242.
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    Dwellers in the Mirage
    by Abraham Merritt

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  42. 243.
    Perdido Street Station
    by China Mieville

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  43. 244.
    A Canticle for Leibowitz
    by Walter M. Miller Jr.

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  44. 245.
    Gloriana (Fantasy Masterworks)
    by Michael Moorcock

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  45. 246.
    Bring the Jubilee (Millennium Fantasy Masterworks)
    by Ward Moore

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  46. 247.
    Market Forces
    by Richard K. Morgan

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  47. 248.
    The Falling Woman
    by Pat Murphy

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  48. 249.
    Deception Well
    by Linda Nagata

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  49. 250.
    Vast
    by Linda Nagata

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