Lists of Bests: David Pringle's 100 Best Science Fiction Novels http://www.listsofbests.com/list/5879 David Pringle is a master of science fiction bibliography and criticism. Some find him a bit of a Britophile, but we certainly don't see any harm in that (if true). Here is his list of the 100 best science fiction novels of all time (through about 1984, when Everything Changed anyway). It is a strange list in many ways; there are no Van Vogt books, Asimov's Foundation isn't included, but it is a good list in most aspects. Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:13:24 GMT en-us 0 50 100 50 0 TITUS GROAN - VOLUME 1 OF THE GORMENGHAST TRILOGY http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2054441 <div id="position">1</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mervyn Peake</div> Book of Ptath http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3334744 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3334744"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/11abxDGAStL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by A E Van Vogt</div> THE WELL OF THE UNOCORN http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3987810 <div id="position">3</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Darker Than You Think http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2794081 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2794081"><img src="http://g-ec2.images-amazon.com/images/I/119gFDZEzEL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jack Williamson</div> Seven Days in New Crete http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4051600 <div id="position">5</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert Graves</div> The Day of the Triffids (20th Century Rediscoveries) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/25547 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/25547"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0812967127.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1122578406_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Wyndham</div> Limbo http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/501956 <div id="position">7</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Bernard Wolfe</div> The Demolished Man http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19059 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19059"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679767819.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056465012_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alfred Bester</div> Fahrenheit 451 (Ave Fenix) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/961798 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/961798"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/9506440298.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ray Bradbury</div> Childhood's End (Del Rey Impact) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1140533 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1140533"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0345444051.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056437137_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Arthur C. Clarke</div> Paradox Men (Classics of Modern Science Fiction, Vol 7) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1276060 <div id="position">11</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Rh Value Publishing</div> Bring the Jubilee (Alternate History Masterpiece) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/873522 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/873522"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0345405021.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V57055955_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ward Moore</div> The Space Merchants http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6453 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6453"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0312749511.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V61430241_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Frederik Pohl</div> Un Anillo Alrededor del Sol / Ring Around the Sun http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/962966 <div id="position">14</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Clifford D. Simak</div> More Than Human http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9069 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9069"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375703713.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056438409_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Theodore Sturgeon</div> MISSION OF GRAVITY http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/502146 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/502146"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0515034797.01-A3UK4KY558LZMP._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by HAL CLEMENT</div> A Mirror for Observers http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1276076 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1276076"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000EWI9A2.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V58475831_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Edgar Pangborn</div> The End of Eternity http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/704934 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/704934"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000EHLLM0.01-AUW7D269MM6KW._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1139097766_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Isaac Asimov</div> LONG TOMORROW http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/339857 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/339857"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0345242890.01-A1ST6PNE0MSQRW._SCTHUMBZZZ_V46175461_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by LEIGH BRACKETT</div> The Inheritors http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1162966 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1162966"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1406501883.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Joseph Conrad</div> The Stars My Destination http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19058 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19058"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679767800.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alfred Bester</div> Death of Grass http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1276086 <div id="position">22</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Christopher</div> The City & the Stars http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/30689 <div id="position">23</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Arthur C. Clarke</div> The Door into Summer http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/991216 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/991216"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0345413997.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert A. Heinlein</div> The Midwich Cuckoos http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1276092 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1276092"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0345299116.01-A1BTHNLHW6EURH._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Wyndham</div> Non-Stop http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/75264 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/75264"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1585676837.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Brian Aldiss</div> A Case of Conscience (Del Rey Impact) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/8003 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/8003"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0345438353.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by James Blish</div> Have Spacesuit, Will Travel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1276100 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1276100"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1933322160.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert A. Heinlein</div> Time Out of Joint (Vintage) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9228 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9228"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/037571927X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1113610262_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Philip K. Dick</div> Alas, Babylon (Perennial Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/53833 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/53833"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060741872.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Pat Frank</div> A Canticle for Liebowitz http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/374825 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/374825"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000CR3Z58.01-A2BR5SAJRAPPA1._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Walter M. Miller Jr.</div> The Sirens of Titan http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10108 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10108"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0385333498.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V44915952_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kurt Vonnegut</div> Rogue Moon http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1064837 <div id="position">33</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Algis Budrys</div> Venus Plus X http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/494992 <div id="position">34</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/494992"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0375703748.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1113627047_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Theodore Sturgeon</div> Hothouse http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1276107 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1276107"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0755100603.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1084477094_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Brian W. Aldiss</div> The Drowned World http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/33274 <div id="position">36</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/33274"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1857988833.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by J.G. Ballard</div> A Clockwork Orange (Essential.penguin) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/49951 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/49951"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/014027409X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Anthony Burgess</div> The Man in the High Castle http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18853 <div id="position">38</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18853"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679740678.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V56210020_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Philip K. Dick</div> Journey Beyond Tomorrow (Gollancz Classic SF) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1220385 <div id="position">39</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert Sheckley</div> Way Station http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/275666 <div id="position">40</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/275666"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1882968271.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Clifford D. Simak</div> Cat's Cradle http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10107 <div id="position">41</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10107"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/038533348X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kurt Vonnegut</div> Greybeard http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/75265 <div id="position">42</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/75265"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0755100638.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Brian Wilson Aldiss</div> Nova Express http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/24071 <div id="position">43</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/24071"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0802133304.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William S. Burroughs</div> Martian Time-Slip http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19013 <div id="position">44</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19013"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679761675.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056464990_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Philip K. Dick</div> The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18816 <div id="position">45</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18816"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679736662.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Philip K. Dick</div> The Wanderer http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2023453 <div id="position">46</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Fritz Leiber</div> Norstrilia http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/27894 <div id="position">47</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/27894"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0915368617.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056507389_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Cordwainer Smith</div> Dr. Bloodmoney (Vintage) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9230 <div id="position">48</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9230"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375719296.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Philip K. Dick</div> Dune, 40th Anniversary Edition (Dune Chronicles, Book 1) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/962380 <div id="position">49</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/962380"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0441013597.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1122692856_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Frank Herbert</div> The Crystal World http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/8575 <div id="position">50</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/8575"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0374520968.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by J. G. Ballard</div>