Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels
Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels, An English-Language Selection, 1949–1984 is a nonfiction book by David Pringle, published by Xanadu in 1985[1][2] with a foreword by Michael Moorcock. Primarily, the book comprises 100 short essays on the selected works, covered in order of publication, without any ranking. It is considered an important critical summary of the science fiction field.
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Nineteen Eighty-Four
George Orwell · 1948 · 36 lists
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Earth Abides
George Rippey Stewart · 1949 · 1 list
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The Martian Chronicles
Ray Bradbury · 1950 · 3 lists
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The Puppet Masters
Robert A. Heinlein · 1951 · 2 lists
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The Day of the Triffids
John Wyndham · 1951 · 5 lists
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Limbo
Bernard Wolfe · 1952 · 1 list
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The Demolished Man
Alfred Bester · 1951 · 2 lists
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Fahrenheit 451
Ray Bradbury · 1953 · 9 lists
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Childhood's End
Arthur C. Clarke · 1952 · 1 list
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The Paradox Men
Charles L. Harness · 1953 · 1 list
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Bring the Jubilee
Ward Moore · 1953 · 1 list
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The Space Merchants
Frederik Pohl · 1953 · 1 list
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Ring Around The Sun
Clifford D. Simak · 1953 · 1 list
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More Than Human
Theodore Sturgeon · 1953 · 2 lists
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Mission of Gravity
Hal Clement · 1953 · 1 list
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A Mirror For Observers
Edgar Pangborn · 1954 · 1 list
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The End of Eternity
Isaac Asimov · 1955 · 1 list
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The Long Tomorrow
Leigh Brackett · 1955 · 1 list
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The Inheritors
William Golding · 1955 · 1 list
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The Stars My Destination
Alfred Bester · 1956 · 1 list
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The Death Of Grass
John Christopher · 1956 · 1 list
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The City and the Stars
Arthur C. Clarke · 1956 · 1 list
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The Door Into Summer
Robert A. Heinlein · 1957 · 2 lists
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The Midwich Cuckoos
John Wyndham · 1957 · 2 lists
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Non Stop
Brian Aldiss · 1958 · 1 list
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A Case of Conscience
James Blish · 1958 · 2 lists
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Have Space Suit—Will Travel
Robert A. Heinlein · 2018 · 1 list
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Time Out of Joint
Philip K. Dick · 1959 · 1 list
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Alas, Babylon
Pat Frank · 1959 · 1 list
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A Canticle for Leibowitz
Walter M. Miller Jr. · 1959 · 2 lists
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The Sirens of Titan
Kurt Vonnegut · 1959 · 2 lists
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Rogue Moon
Algis Budrys · 1960 · 1 list
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Venus Plus X
Theodore Sturgeon · 1960 · 1 list
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Hothouse
Brian Aldiss · 1962 · 1 list
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The Drowned World
J.G. Ballard · 1962 · 2 lists
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A Clockwork Orange
Anthony Burgess · 1962 · 17 lists
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The Man in the High Castle
Philip K. Dick · 1962 · 4 lists
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Journey Beyond Tomorrow
Robert Sheckley · 1987 · 1 list
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Here Gather the Stars
Clifford D. Simak · 1963 · 2 lists
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Cat’s Cradle
Kurt Vonnegut · 1963 · 6 lists
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Greybeard
Brian Aldiss · 1964 · 1 list
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Nova Express
William Burroughs · 1964 · 3 lists
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Martian Time Slip
Philip K. Dick · 1964 · 1 list
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The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch
Philip K. Dick · 1965 · 1 list
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The Wanderer
Fritz Leiber · 1820 · 2 lists
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Norstrilia
Cordwainer Smith · 1975 · 1 list
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Dr. Bloodmoney
Philip K. Dick · 1970 · 1 list
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Dune
Frank Herbert · 1965 · 14 lists
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The Crystal World
J.G. Ballard · 1966 · 1 list
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Make Room! Make Room!
Harry Harrison · 1966 · 1 list
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Flowers for Algernon
Daniel Keyes · 1966 · 3 lists
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The Dream Master
Roger Zelazny · 1966 · 1 list
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Stand on Zanzibar
John Brunner · 1968 · 2 lists
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Nova
Samuel R. Delany · 1968 · 1 list
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Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Philip K. Dick · 1968 · 4 lists
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Camp Concentration
Thomas M. Disch · 1968 · 1 list
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The Final Programme
Michael Moorcock · 1968 · 1 list
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Pavane
Keith Roberts · 1968 · 1 list
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Heroes And Villains
Angela Carter · 2011 · 1 list
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The Left Hand of Darkness
Ursula K. Le Guin · 1969 · 9 lists
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The Palace Of Eternity
Bob Shaw · 1970 · 1 list
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Bug Jack Barron
Norman Spinrad · 1969 · 1 list
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Tau Zero
Poul Anderson · 1970 · 1 list
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Downward To The Earth
Robert Silverberg · 1970 · 1 list
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The Year of the Quiet Sun
Wilson Tucker · 1970 · 1 list
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334
Thomas M. Disch · 1972 · 1 list
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The Fifth Head of Cerberus
Gene Wolfe · 1972 · 1 list
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The Dancers at the End of Time
Michael Moorcock · 1972 · 1 list
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Crash
J.G. Ballard · 1973 · 4 lists
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Looking Backward, From The Year 2000
Mack Reynolds · 1976 · 1 list
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The Embedding
Ian Watson · 1973 · 1 list
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Walk To The End Of The World
Suzy McKee Charnas · 1974 · 1 list
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The Centauri Device
M. John Harrison · 1974 · 1 list
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The Dispossessed
Ursula K. Le Guin · 1974 · 5 lists
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The Inverted World
Christopher Priest · 1974 · 1 list
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High Rise
J.G. Ballard · 1975 · 2 lists
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Galaxies
Barry N. Malzberg · 1975 · 1 list
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The Female Man
Joanna Russ · 1975 · 1 list
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Orbitsville
Bob Shaw · 1975 · 1 list
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The Alteration
Kingsley Amis · 1976 · 1 list
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Woman on the Edge of Time
Marge Piercy · 1976 · 1 list
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Man Plus
Frederik Pohl · 1976 · 2 lists
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Michaelmas
Algis Budrys · 1977 · 1 list
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The Ophiuchi Hotline
John Varley · 1977 · 1 list
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Miracle Visitors
Ian Watson · 1978 · 1 list
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Engine Summer
John Crowley · 1979 · 1 list
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On Wings Of Song
Thomas M. Disch · 1979 · 1 list
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The Walking Shadow
Brian Stableford · 1989 · 1 list
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Juniper Time
Kate Wilhelm · 1979 · 1 list
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Timescape
Gregory Benford · 1980 · 2 lists
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The Dreaming Dragons
Damien Broderick · 1980 · 1 list
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Wild Seed
Octavia E. Butler · 1980 · 1 list
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Riddley Walker
Russell Hoban · 1980 · 2 lists
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The Complete Roderick
John Sladek · 2004 · 1 list
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The Book of the New Sun
Gene Wolfe · 1983 · 6 lists
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The Unreasoning Mask
Philip Jose Farmer · 1981 · 1 list
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Oath Of Fealty
Larry Niven · 1981 · 1 list
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No Enemy But Time
Michael Bishop · 1982 · 2 lists
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Neuromancer
William Gibson · 1984 · 10 lists