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. 401.
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    The Infinity Box
    by Kate Wilhelm

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  2. 402.
    The Humanoids: A Novel
    by Jack Williamson

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  3. 403.
    The Legion of Space

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  4. 404.
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    Beachhead
    by Jack Williamson

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  5. 405.
    Terraforming Earth
    by Jack Williamson

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  6. 406.
    Lincoln's Dreams
    by Connie Willis

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  7. 407.
    Doomsday Book
    by Connie Willis

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  8. 408.
    The Chronoliths
    by Robert Charles Wilson

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  9. 409.
    Spin
    by Robert Charles Wilson

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  10. 410.
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    Shadow of the Torturer (Book of the New Sun, Vol. 1)
    by Gene Wolfe

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  11. 411.
    NIGHTSIDE THE LONG SUN
    by GENE WOLFE

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  12. 412.
    The Day of the Triffids (20th Century Rediscoveries)
    by John Wyndham

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  13. 413.
    Midwich Cuckoos
    by John Wyndham

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  14. 414.
    The Chrysalids
    by John Wyndham

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  15. 415.
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    We
    by Yevgeny Zamiatin

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  16. 416.
    Macrolife (Orbit Books)
    by George Zebrowski

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  17. 417.
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    Stranger Suns
    by George Zebrowski

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  18. 418.
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    The Killing Star
    by Charles Pellegrino

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  19. 419.
    Brute Orbits
    by George Zebrowski

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  20. 420.
    Lord of Light
    by Roger Zelazny

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  21. 421.
    This Immortal
    by Roger Zelazny

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  22. 422.
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  23. 423.
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    NINE PRINCES IN AMBER
    by ROGER ZELAZNY

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