David G. Hartwell, Age of Wonders
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David G. Hartwell's book, subtitled "Exploring the World of Science Fiction", concerns the appeal and culture of SF as much as its literature and history.
Ranked: No
Titles Cited: 179
Publication: Tor, 1996
Compile Notes
This page lists titles from Appendix II, "The Best 105 Books Since the Invention of the Field in the Twenties", combined with titles listed on page 192 as being of particularly literary note. Additional titles are listed here -->.
Ranked: No
Titles Cited: 179
Publication: Tor, 1996
Compile Notes
This page lists titles from Appendix II, "The Best 105 Books Since the Invention of the Field in the Twenties", combined with titles listed on page 192 as being of particularly literary note. Additional titles are listed here -->.
- Brian W. Aldiss, Hothouse (Faber and Faber, 1962)
- Brian W. Aldiss, Starswarm (Signet, 1964)
- Poul Anderson, The Boat of a Million Years (Tor, 1989)
- Isaac Asimov, The Caves of Steel (Doubleday, 1954)
- Isaac Asimov, The Foundation Trilogy (series, 1951-1953)
- J. G. Ballard, The Atrocity Exhibition (Jonathan Cape, 1970)
- J. G. Ballard, The Best of J.G. Ballard (Futura, 1977)
- J. G. Ballard, The Crystal World (Jonathan Cape, 1966)
- Greg Bear, Eon (Bluejay, 1985)
- Gregory Benford, Timescape (Simon and Schuster, 1980)
- Alfred Bester, The Demolished Man (Shasta, 1953)
- Alfred Bester, The Stars My Destination (NAL/Signet, 1957)
- Michael Bishop, Ancient of Days (Arbor House, 1985)
- Michael Bishop, No Enemy But Time (Timescape, 1982)
- James Blish, A Case of Conscience (Ballantine, 1958)
- James Blish, Cities in Flight (Avon, 1970)
- Leigh Brackett, The Long Tomorrow (Doubleday, 1955)
- Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451 (Ballantine, 1953)
- Ray Bradbury, The Martian Chronicles (Doubleday, 1950)
- David Brin, Startide Rising (Bantam, 1983)
- Fredric Brown & Robert Bloch, ed., The Best of Fredric Brown (Nelson Doubleday/SFBC, 1977)
- John Brunner, Stand on Zanzibar (Doubleday, 1968)
- Edward Bryant, Particle Theory (Pocket Timescape, 1981)
- Algis Budrys, Rogue Moon (Fawcett Gold Medal, 1960)
- Anthony Burgess, A Clockwork Orange (Heinemann , 1962)
- John W. Campbell, Jr., Who Goes There? (Shasta, 1948)
- Orson Scott Card, Ender's Game (Tor, 1985)
- C. J. Cherryh, Cyteen (Warner, 1988)
- Arthur C. Clarke, Childhood's End (Ballantine, 1953)
- Arthur C. Clarke, The City and the Stars (Harcourt Brace, 1956)
- D. G. Compton, The Unsleeping Eye (DAW, 1974)
- John Crowley, Great Work of Time (Bantam Spectra, 1991)
- Avram Davidson, edited by Michael Kurland, The Best of Avram Davidson (Doubleday, 1979)
- L. Sprague de Camp, Lest Darkness Fall (Henry Holt , 1941)
- Samuel R. Delany, Dhalgren (Bantam, 1975)
- Samuel R. Delany, Nova (Doubleday, 1968)
- Philip K. Dick, The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick, Vols I-V (Underwood Miller, 1987)
- Philip K. Dick, The Man in the High Castle (Putnam, 1962)
- Thomas M. Disch, 334 (MacGibbon & Kee, 1972)
- Thomas M. Disch, Camp Concentration (Rupert Hart-Davis, 1968)
- Harlan Ellison, ed by Terry Dowling with Richard Delap and Gil Lamont, The Essential Ellison: A 35-Year Retrospective (The Nemo Press, 1987)
- Philip José Farmer, To Your Scattered Bodies Go (Putnam, 1971)
- William Gibson, Neuromancer (Ace Special, 1984)
- Joe Haldeman, The Forever War (St. Martin's, 1974)
- Robert A. Heinlein, The Past Through Tomorrow (Putnam, 1967)
- Robert A. Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land (Putnam, 1961)
- Frank Herbert, Dune (Chilton, 1965)
- Frank Herbert, Under Pressure (Ballantine, 1974)
- Gwyneth Jones, Divine Endurance (Allen & Unwin, 1984)
- Gwyneth Jones, White Queen (Gollancz , 1991)
- Daniel Keyes, Flowers for Algernon (Harcourt, Brace and World, 1966)
- Damon Knight, The Best of Damon Knight (Nelson Doubleday/SFBC, 1976)
- C. M. Kornbluth, edited by Timothy P. Szczesuil, His Share of Glory: The Complete Short Science Fiction of C.M. Kornbluth (NESFA Press, 1997)
- Henry Kuttner, The Best of Henry Kuttner (Nelson Doubleday/SFBC, 1975)
- R. A. Lafferty, Nine Hundred Grandmothers (Ace Special, 1970)
- Ursula K. Le Guin, The Dispossessed (Harper & Row, 1974)
- Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness (Ace Special, 1969)
- Fritz Leiber, The Leiber Chronicles (Dark Harvest, 1990)
- Stanislaw Lem, Solaris (Walker, 1970; Poland 1961)
- C. S. Lewis, Out of the Silent Planet (The Bodley Head, 1938)
- H. P. Lovecraft, At the Mountains of Madness (Astounding, 1936)
- Barry N. Malzberg, Beyond Apollo (Random House, 1972)
- Vonda N. McIntyre, Dreamsnake (Houghton Mifflin, 1978)
- Walter M. Miller, Jr., A Canticle for Leibowitz (Lippincott, 1959)
- Michael Moorcock, The Cornelius Chronicles (Avon, 1977)
- C. L. Moore, edited by Lester del Rey, The Best of C.L. Moore (Nelson Doubleday/SFBC, 1975)
- Ward Moore, Bring the Jubilee ( Farrar, Straus and Young, 1953)
- Larry Niven, All the Myriad Ways (Ballantine, 1971)
- Larry Niven, Neutron Star (Ballantine, 1968)
- Edgar Pangborn, Davy (St. Martin's, 1964)
- Edgar Pangborn, A Mirror for Observers (Doubleday, 1954)
- Alexei Panshin, Rite of Passage (Ace Special, 1968)
- Frederik Pohl, Gateway (St. Martin's, 1977)
- Frederik Pohl & C. M. Kornbluth, The Space Merchants (Ballantine, 1953)
- Keith Roberts, The Passing of the Dragons (Berkley, 1977)
- Keith Roberts, Pavane (Rupert Hart-Davis, 1968)
- Joanna Russ, Alyx (Gregg Press, 1976)
- Joanna Russ, The Female Man (Bantam, 1975)
- Geoff Ryman, The Child Garden (Unwin Hyman, 1989)
- Hilbert Schenck, At the Eye of the Ocean (Timescape, 1981)
- Robert Sheckley, The Collected Short Fiction of Robert Sheckley, Books One - Five (series, 1991)
- Robert Sheckley, Dimension of Miracles (Dell, 1968)
- Robert Silverberg, The Collected Stories of Robert Silverberg: Volumes One-Six (series, 1992-1997)
- Robert Silverberg, Dying Inside (Scribner's, 1972)
- Clifford D. Simak, City (Gnome Press, 1952)
- Clifford D. Simak, Way Station (Doubleday, 1963)
- John Sladek, The Best of John Sladek (Pocket, 1981)
- Cordwainer Smith, edited by James A. Mann, The Rediscovery of Man: The Complete Short Science Fiction of Cordwainer Smith (NESFA Press, 1993)
- Norman Spinrad, The Void Captain's Tale (Timescape, 1983)
- Olaf Stapledon, Odd John (Methuen, 1935)
- Olaf Stapledon, Star Maker (Methuen, 1937)
- Bruce Sterling, Schismatrix (Arbor House, 1985)
- Arkady & Boris Strugatsky, Roadside Picnic (Avrora, 1972)
- Theodore Sturgeon, The Complete Stories of Theodore Sturgeon, Volumes I - XIII (series, 1994-2010)
- Theodore Sturgeon, More Than Human (Farrar, Straus & Young/Ballantine, 1953)
- William Tenn, Of All Possible Worlds (Ballantine , 1955)
- Walter S. Tevis, The Man Who Fell to Earth (Fawcett Gold Medal, 1963)
- James Tiptree, Jr., Her Smoke Rose Up Forever (Arkham House, 1990)
- A. E. van Vogt, Slan (Arkham House, 1946)
- A. E. van Vogt, The World of Null-A (Simon & Schuster, 1948)
- Jack Vance, The Best of Jack Vance (Pocket, 1976)
- Jack Vance, The Dying Earth (Hillman, 1950)
- John Varley, The Persistence of Vision (The Dial Press/James Wade, 1978)
- Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., Player Piano (Scribner's, 1952)
- Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., The Sirens of Titan (Dell, 1959)
- Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., Slaughterhouse-Five (Delacorte, 1969)
- Stanley G. Weinbaum, A Martian Odyssey and Others (Fantasy Press , 1949)
- James White, The Watch Below (Ballantine, 1966)
- Kate Wilhelm, Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang (Harper & Row, 1976)
- Jack Williamson, The Humanoids (Simon & Schuster , 1949)
- Gene Wolfe, The Book of the New Sun (1980-1983)
- Gene Wolfe, The Fifth Head of Cerberus (Scribner's, 1972)
- Gene Wolfe, The Island of Doctor Death and Other Stories and Other Stories (Pocket, 1980)
- Roger Zelazny, The Doors of His Face, the Lamps of His Mouth (Doubleday, 1971)
- Roger Zelazny, The Dream Master (Ace, 1966)
- Roger Zelazny, Four for Tomorrow (Ace, 1967)
- Roger Zelazny, This Immortal (Ace, 1966)
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