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. 301.
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    Options
    by Robert Sheckley

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  2. 302.
    Brother to Dragons
    by Charles Sheffield

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  3. 303.
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    The Web between the Worlds
    by Charles Sheffield

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  4. 304.
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    Summertime

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  5. 305.
    Frankenstein (Penguin Classics)
    by Mary Shelley

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  6. 306.
    The Last Man
    by W. Mary Shelley

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  7. 307.
    Green Eyes
    by Lucius Shepard

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  8. 308.
    Life During Wartime
    by Lucius Shepard

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  9. 309.
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    Scalehunter's Beautiful Daughter
    by Lucius Shepard

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  10. 310.
    The Purple Cloud (Dodo Press)
    by M. P. Shiel

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  11. 311.
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    The Yellow Dangerer

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  12. 312.
    The Lord of the Sea
    by M. P. Shiel

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  13. 313.
    Dying Inside
    by Robert Silverberg

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  14. 315.
    Nightwings
    by Robert Silverberg

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  15. 316.
    Tower of Glass
    by Robert Silverberg

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  16. 317.
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    Lord Valentine's Castle
    by Robert Silverberg

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  17. 318.
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    CITY
    by Clifford D. Simak

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  18. 319.
    Time and Again
    by Clifford D Simak

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  19. 320.
    Way Station
    by Clifford D. Simak

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  20. 321.
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    A Choice of Gods
    by Clifford D. Simak

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  21. 322.
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    Marathon Photograph and Other Stories
    by Clifford D. Simak

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  22. 323.
    Hyperion
    by Dan Simmons

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  23. 324.
    The Fall of Hyperion (Gollancz SF)
    by Dan Simmons

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  24. 325.
    Children of the Night
    by Dan Simmons

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  25. 326.
    A Door Into Ocean (Elysium Cycle)
    by Joan Slonczewski

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  26. 327.
    Norstrilia
    by Cordwainer Smith

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  27. 328.
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    The Best of Cordwainer Smith
    by Cordwainer Smith

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  28. 329.
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    The Instrumentality of Mankind
    by Cordwainer Smith

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  29. 331.
    Gray Lensman (The Lensman Series, Book 4)
    by Edward E. Smith

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  30. 332.
    Bug Jack Barron
    by Norman Spinrad

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  31. 333.
    The Iron Dream
    by Norman Spinrad

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  32. 334.
    The Void Captain's Tale
    by Norman Spinrad

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  33. 335.
    Child of Fortune
    by Norman Spinrad

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  34. 336.
    Last and First Men
    by Olaf Stapledon

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  35. 337.
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    Starmaker by Olaf Stapledon

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  36. 338.
    Odd John
    by Olaf Stapledon

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  37. 339.
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    Islands in the Net
    by Bruce Sterling

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  38. 340.
    Mirrorshades: The Cyberpunk Anthology
    by Bruce Sterling

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  39. 341.
    The Difference Engine (Spectra Special Editions)
    by William Gibson

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  40. 342.
    Earth Abides
    by George R. Stewart

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  41. 343.
    Snow Crash (Bantam Spectra Book)
    by Neal Stephenson

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  42. 345.
    Accelerando
    by Charles Stross

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  43. 346.
    More Than Human
    by Theodore Sturgeon

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  44. 347.
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    The Worlds of Theodore Sturgeon
    by Theodore Sturgeon

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  45. 348.
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    Sturgeon is Alive and Well.......a New Collection of Stories
    by Theodore Sturgeon

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  46. 349.
    Stations of the Tide
    by Michael Swanwick

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  47. 350.
    The Iron Dragon's Daughter
    by Michael Swanwick

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