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SF, Fantasy & Horror I
The Book Of Skulls (S.F. Masterworks)The Book Of Skulls (S.F. Masterworks) by Robert Silverberg
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Somewhere between fantasy and SF...
Five Great Novels: The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch, Martian Time-Slip, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, UBIK, A Scanner DarklyFive Great Novels: The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch, Martian Time-Slip, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, UBIK, A Scanner Darkly by Philip K. Dick
Great omnibus edition of some key PKD-novels, pity 'The Man in the High Castle' wasn't included...
The Time Machine (Penguin Classics)The Time Machine (Penguin Classics) by H.G. Wells
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A key SF-work
We (Penguin Twentieth Century Classics)We (Penguin Twentieth Century Classics) by Yevgeny Zamyatin
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A key SF-work that preceded both 'Brave New World' & '1984'
Brave New WorldBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
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A key SF-work
Nineteen Eighty-FourNineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
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A key SF-work
Frankenstein: Or, the Modern Prometheus (Penguin Classics)Frankenstein: Or, the Modern Prometheus (Penguin Classics) by Mary Shelley
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A key horror text and arguably the first SF-novel (see Brian Aldiss)
Dracula (Penguin Classics)Dracula (Penguin Classics) by Bram Stoker
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A key horror text and still a great read (twas my Halloween reading last year!)
The Gormenghast TrilogyThe Gormenghast Trilogy by Mervyn Peake
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Peake's classic gothic-fantasy trilogy....
The Plot Against AmericaThe Plot Against America by Philip Roth
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Philip Roth ventures into the territory of 'The Man in the High Castle' & 'Pavane'
The Third Policeman (Paladin Books)The Third Policeman (Paladin Books) by Flann O'Brien
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The world of the fantastic is found here...
Burning ChromeBurning Chrome by William Gibson
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The best primer into Gibson- who I'm more of an admirer of than contast reader....
I Am Legend (S.F. Masterworks)I Am Legend (S.F. Masterworks) by Richard Matheson
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Matheson's classic blend of apocalypse and vampires, probably more horror than SF, or more SF than horror?
Slaughterhouse 5, or The Children's Crusade - A Duty-dance with DeathSlaughterhouse 5, or The Children's Crusade - A Duty-dance with Death by Kurt Vonnegut
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Dresden, time travel, alien abduction. So it goes...get's better with every reading-
Kindred (Bluestreak)Kindred (Bluestreak) by Octavia E. Butler
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A relative of Slaughterhouse-5 and a wonderful approach to the bleak issue of slavery in the US...
The Call of Cthulhu: And Other Weird Stories (Penguin Modern Classics)The Call of Cthulhu: And Other Weird Stories (Penguin Modern Classics) by H P Lovecraft
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A blend of horror, SF and the fantastic and a key writer with a nice primer collection of short-stories...
The Martian Chronicles (Flamingo Modern Classic)The Martian Chronicles (Flamingo Modern Classic) by Ray Bradbury
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The Bradbury book I enjoyed the most- inter-related short-stories....
The Drowned World (S.F. Masterworks)The Drowned World (S.F. Masterworks) by J.G. Ballard
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Ignoring 'The Wind from Nowhere', Ballard's debut and environmental-apocalypse....
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Book 4): Adult EditionHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Book 4): Adult Edition by J.K. Rowling
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The Harry Potter novel I have enjoyed the most...
The Lathe Of Heaven (S.F. Masterworks)The Lathe Of Heaven (S.F. Masterworks) by Ursula Le Guin
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A blend of SF and the fantastic from a key SF-writer....
2001: A Space Odyssey2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke
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Another standard SF-text and quite handy if you want to figure out Stanley Kubrick's great looking, yet ponderous film of the same name....
The Dark Tower: Gunslinger Bk. 1The Dark Tower: Gunslinger Bk. 1 by Stephen King
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Stephen King's remodelled/expanded fantasy series....
The BridgeThe Bridge by Iain Banks
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Banks' own fave & one that sits between his IB abd IMB works...
American GodsAmerican Gods by Neil Gaiman
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Great novel from the man behind 'The Sandman' series...
The Day of the Triffids (Penguin Modern Classics)The Day of the Triffids (Penguin Modern Classics) by John Wyndham
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A key SF text. A key horror text....