io9's 20 Science Fiction Novels that Will Change Your Life

1. 1. Frankenstein (Penguin Classics) by Mary Shelley Drag me to re-order

2. 2. The Time Machine (Penguin Classics) by H.G. Wells Drag me to re-order

3. 3. At the Mountains of Madness: The Definitive Edition (Modern Library Classics) by H.P. Lovecraft Drag me to re-order

4. 4. I, Robot by Isaac Asimov Drag me to re-order

5. 5. The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin Drag me to re-order

6. 6. Kindred by Octavia Butler Drag me to re-order

7. 7. Wizard (Gaea) by John Varley Drag me to re-order

8. 8. Consider Phlebas by Iain M. Banks Drag me to re-order

9. 9. He, She and It by Marge Piercy Drag me to re-order

10. 10. Sarah Canary by Karen Joy Fowler Drag me to re-order

11. 11. A Fire Upon The Deep by Vernor Vinge Drag me to re-order

12. 12. The Bohr Maker by Linda Nagata Drag me to re-order

13. 13. The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell Drag me to re-order

14. 14. Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson Drag me to re-order

15. 15. The Mount: A Novel by Carol Emshwiller Drag me to re-order

16. 16. Perdido Street Station by China Mieville Drag me to re-order

17. 17. Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom by Cory Doctorow Drag me to re-order

18. 18. Pattern Recognition by William Gibson Drag me to re-order

19. 19. Newton's Wake: A Space Opera by Ken Macleod Drag me to re-order

20. 20. Glasshouse by Charles Stross Drag me to re-order