Lists of Bests: Phobos Entertainment's "100 Science Fiction Books You Just Have to Read" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/44 Take my word for it; all science fiction books are not created equal. All right, don’t take my word for it. You’ll figure it out when you plow through packed bookstore shelves. You’ll realize soon enough that not every writer pens a tale worth reading. So just how does one find stellar SF? For starters, why don’t you try out these 100 narrative works. Each one should be part of every SF reader’s—not to mention every SF writer’s—repertoire. Many of these novels are award winners, and most have inspired profound trends in science fiction. List picked by Keith Olexa for Phobos. Thu, 31 May 2012 11:18:14 GMT en-us 0 50 100 50 0 Childhood's End http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7591 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7591"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ktGOkgYdL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Arthur C. Clarke</div> The Foundation Trilogy http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/95449 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/95449"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41YR6SW9WCL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Isaac Asimov</div> Dune (Dune Chronicles, Book 1) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/12832 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/12832"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41JFf0Qr1bL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Frank Herbert</div> The Man in the High Castle http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18853 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18853"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/417ZHFljHML._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Philip K. Dick</div> Starship Troopers http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/12879 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/12879"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Jgq-6hDML._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert A. Heinlein</div> Valis http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18776 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18776"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51o2YOLWM9L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Philip K. Dick</div> Frankenstein (Enriched Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/39622 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/39622"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41uV0rigouL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mary Shelley</div> Gateway (Heechee Saga) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7587 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7587"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0345346904.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Frederik Pohl</div> Space Merchants (Sf Masterworks) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/431597 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/431597"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/517SBGAcg2L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Frederik Pohl</div> Earth Abides http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/150447 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/150447"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51-fhlPUz4L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by George R. Stewart</div> Cuckoo's Egg Pb http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/21740 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/21740"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41XWE4B7AAL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by C. J. Cherryh</div> Star Surgeon http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/64406 <div id="position">12</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by James White</div> The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18816 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18816"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51jFmNVxy1L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Philip K. Dick</div> Radix http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/395422 <div id="position">14</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by A.A. Attanasio</div> 2001: A Space Odyssey http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/86794 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/86794"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41PARK98T6L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Arthur C. Clarke</div> Ringworld http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7547 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7547"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Qxj4mQF8L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Larry Niven</div> A Case of Conscience (Del Rey Impact) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/8003 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/8003"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51XWLWPOufL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by James Blish</div> Last and First Men http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3365082 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3365082"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/01eIf4jD5IL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Olaf Stapledon</div> The Day of the Triffids (20th Century Rediscoveries) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/25547 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/25547"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51n33kb9lyL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Wyndham</div> Way Station http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/275666 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/275666"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/5138NH56DGL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Clifford D. Simak</div> More Than Human http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9069 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9069"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51XEHFTNSPL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Theodore Sturgeon</div> Gray Lensman (The Lensman Series, Book 4) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/535172 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/535172"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51DWZSJFCQL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Edward E. Smith</div> The Gods Themselves http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2487625 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2487625"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1857989341.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Isaac Asimov</div> The Left Hand of Darkness http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3015312 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3015312"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/11vzTtm0wRL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ursula K. Le Guin</div> Behold the Man http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/363440 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/363440"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1585677647.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael Moorcock</div> Star Maker (Early Classics of Science Fiction) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/82366 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/82366"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ECVEkr8YL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Olaf Stapledon</div> H. G. Wells The War of the Worlds http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1398002 <div id="position">27</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by H. G. Wells</div> 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea (Scholastic Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1517790 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1517790"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0439227151.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1064624495_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jules Verne</div> The Heritage of Hastur (A Darkover Novel) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2536071 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2536071"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/419RAJTHXRL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Marion Zimmer Bradley</div> The Time Machine http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/25285 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/25285"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51LtmkqvafL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by H. G. Wells</div> Stars My Destination (Sf Masterworks 05) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/717995 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/717995"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51H88DV15NL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alfred Bester</div> Slan: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/49545 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/49545"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51lzWV6jNsL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by A. E. Van Vogt</div> Neuromancer http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/12857 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/12857"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41roan01%2BWL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William Gibson</div> Ender's Game (The Ender Saga) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1963547 <div id="position">34</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1963547"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1904233023.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V43675600_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Orson Scott Card</div> In Conquest Born (Daw Book Collectors) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/21889 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/21889"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/519RWTGCM2L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by C.S. Friedman</div> Lord of Light http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/258583 <div id="position">36</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/258583"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41MBJEAFFXL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Roger Zelazny</div> Eon http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/718613 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/718613"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0575073160.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V44823967_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Greg Bear</div> Dragonflight (Mccaffrey, Anne. Dragonriders of Pern.) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/307625 <div id="position">38</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/307625"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0345419367.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056437059_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Anne Mccaffrey</div> Journey to the Center of the Earth http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2815248 <div id="position">39</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2815248"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51MA5miJphL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jules Verne</div> Stranger in a Strange Land http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2337784 <div id="position">40</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2337784"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0340837950.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert A. Heinlein</div> Cosm. http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2409681 <div id="position">41</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2409681"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51W16VQVG5L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Gregory Benford</div> The Voyage of The Space Beagle http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/535223 <div id="position">42</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by A.e.van vogt</div> Blood Music (Ibooks Science Fiction Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/63581 <div id="position">43</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/63581"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1596871067.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Greg Bear</div> Beggars in Spain http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/428783 <div id="position">44</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/428783"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51H4JQPXF1L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Nancy Kress</div> Omnivore (Of Man and Manta) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/32868 <div id="position">45</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/32868"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51E8D5P6XML._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Piers Anthony</div> I, Robot (The Isaac Asimov Collection) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/227351 <div id="position">46</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/227351"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0385423047.01-A22B67WB1LPSBJ._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Isaac Asimov</div> Mission of Gravity http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1646754 <div id="position">47</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1646754"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0575077085.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Hal Clement</div> To Your Scattered Bodies Go (Riverworld Saga, Book 1) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7871 <div id="position">48</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7871"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0345419677.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056437060_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Philip Jose Farmer</div> Brave New World http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1283 <div id="position">49</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1283"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41JP2Y4awLL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Aldous Huxley</div> The Man Who Folded Himself http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/63305 <div id="position">50</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/63305"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51LgmqA3pYL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Gerrold</div>