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10 Science Fiction Novels
The Time Machine (Penguin Classics)The Time Machine (Penguin Classics) by H.G. Wells
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This is where it all started, and it's yet to be beaten.
The Day of the TriffidsThe Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham
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The best what-would-I-do-in-that-situation story ever written.
Fahrenheit 451Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
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Prescient and thought-provoking, it keeps those pages turning.
The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch (S.F. Masterworks)The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch (S.F. Masterworks) by Philip K. Dick
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Saturated in hallucinogenic schizoid paranoia and truly brilliant.
Behold The Man (S.F. Masterworks)Behold The Man (S.F. Masterworks) by Michael Moorcock
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More than an atheist satire, a sensitively constructed human drama.
I Am Legend (S.F. Masterworks)I Am Legend (S.F. Masterworks) by Richard Matheson
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On the horror side of sf; a compelling, emotive apocalyptic tragedy.
NeuromancerNeuromancer by William Gibson
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Enter the Matrix, the original cyberpunk.
Only ForwardOnly Forward by Michael Marshall Smith
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An adrenaline-fuelled, genre-smashing trip.
Oryx and CrakeOryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
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Horrific in places, hilarious in others, the most intelligent of topical sf satires.
Chasm City (Gollancz S.F.)Chasm City (Gollancz S.F.) by Alastair Reynolds
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A new phase in space opera.