Dmitri Z.'s "Essential Science Fiction"

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These are books I consider essential to a lover of science fiction.

For series, I just list the first book in the series, but recommend the whole thing (and possibly the books in the setting it takes place in).

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  1. 1.
    Foundation
    by Isaac Asimov

  2. 2.
    Dune, 40th Anniversary Edition (Dune Chronicles, Book 1)
    by Frank Herbert

  3. 3.
    Ender's Game
    by Orson Scott Card

  4. 4.
    The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
    by Douglas Adams

  5. 5.
    The Caves of Steel (R. Daneel Olivaw, Book 1)
    by Isaac Asimov

  6. 6.
    ?
    Radix
    by A.A. Attanasio

  7. 7.
    Feersum Endjinn
    by Iain M Banks

  8. 8.
    Consider Phlebas
    by Iain M Banks

  9. 9.
    The Martian Chronicles
    by Ray Bradbury

  10. 10.
    Fahrenheit 451 (Ave Fenix)
    by Ray Bradbury

  11. 11.
    Stand on Zanzibar
    by John Brunner

  12. 12.
    Wyrms
    by Orson Scott Card

  13. 13.
    2001: A Space Odyssey
    by Arthur C. Clarke

  14. 14.
    Nova
    by Samuel R. Delany

  15. 15.
    The Einstein Intersection
    by Samuel R. Delany

  16. 16.
    Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand
    by Samuel R. Delany

  17. 17.
    The Man in the High Castle
    by Philip K. Dick

  18. 18.
    The Real Story: The Gap into Conflict
    by Stephen R. Donaldson

  19. 19.
    Neuromancer
    by William Gibson

  20. 20.
    Stranger in a Strange Land
    by Robert A. Heinlein

  21. 21.
    Starship Troopers
    by Robert A. Heinlein

  22. 22.
    Time Enough for Love
    by Robert A. Heinlein

  23. 23.
    Puppet Masters
    by Robert A. Heinlein

  24. 24.
    The Cyberiad
    by Stanislaw Lem

  25. 25.
    Solaris
    by Stanislaw Lem

  26. 26.
    A Canticle for Leibowitz
    by Walter M. Miller Jr.

  27. 27.
    Ringworld
    by Larry Niven

  28. 29.
    The Stars My Destination
    by Alfred Bester

  29. 30.
    Hyperion
    by Dan Simmons

  30. 31.
    Snow Crash (Bantam Spectra Book)
    by Neal Stephenson

  31. 33.
    Roadside Picnic (SF Collector's Edition)
    by Arkadii Strugatsky

  32. 34.
    Beetle in the Anthill (Best of Soviet Science Fiction)
    by Arkady Strugatsky

  33. 35.
    The Snail On The Slope
    by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky

  34. 36.
    From the Earth to the Moon
    by Jules Verne

  35. 37.
    ?
    20,000 Leagues Under the Sea / By Jules
    by Jules Verne

  36. 38.
    A Journey to the Center of the Earth
    by Jules Verne

  37. 39.
    True Names...and Other Dangers
    by Vernor Vinge

  38. 40.
    A Fire Upon The Deep
    by Vernor Vinge

  39. 41.
    Cat's Cradle: A Novel
    by Kurt Vonnegut

  40. 42.
    The Time Machine (Signet Classics)
    by H.G. Wells

  41. 43.
    The Invisible Man (Penguin Classics)
    by H.G. Wells

  42. 44.
    H. G. Wells' The War Of The Worlds
    by Ian Edginton

  43. 45.
    The First Men in the Moon (Penguin Classics)
    by H.G. Wells

  44. 46.
    The Day of the Triffids (20th Century Rediscoveries)
    by John Wyndham

  45. 47.
    City of Golden Shadow (Otherland, Volume 1)
    by Tad Williams

  46. 50.
    Lord of Light
    by Roger Zelazny

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Created by Dmitri Z. on Jul 12, 2006.
 

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