| Rendezvous with Rama | Arthur C. Clarke |
1973 |
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| Hugo winner - novel |
| British Science Fiction Association Awards |
| Nebula winner - novel |
| John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel |
| 1975 | Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels |
| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1976 | The World of Science Fiction by Lester Del Rey |
| 1984 | The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove |
| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1987 | Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels |
| 1996 | North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans |
| 1998 | Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels |
| 2002 | Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel |
| 2003 | The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn |
| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2005 | ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List) |
| 2011 | NPR Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books |
| 2011 | Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List |
| 2011 | Forbidden Planet: The 50 Books You MUST Read |
| 2012 | AbeBooks: 50 Essential Science Fiction Books |
| 2012 | Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
| 2016 | Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction |
| 2016 | SF Masterworks |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100 |
| 2016 | Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time |
| 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |
| 2016 | How Great Science Fiction Works by Gary K. Wolfe |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200 |
| 2019 | Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time |
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| Time Enough for Love | Robert A. Heinlein |
1973 |
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| Hugo finalist - novel |
| Nebula finalist - novel |
| 1975 | Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels |
| 1987 | Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels |
| 1998 | Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels |
| 2005 | ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List) |
| 2011 | Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200 |
| 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |
| 2016 | Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time |
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| The Embedding | Ian Watson |
1973 |
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| Nebula finalist - novel |
| 1984 | The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove |
| 1985 | Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels by David Pringle |
| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1994 | The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction by David Pringle |
| 2003 | The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn |
| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
| 2016 | Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction |
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| Crash | J. G. Ballard |
1973 |
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| 1985 | Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels by David Pringle |
| 2009 | 1000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section) |
| 2016 | 75 Best New Wave Sci-Fi (1964-1983) Novels by Josh Glenn |
| 2016 | How Great Science Fiction Works by Gary K. Wolfe |
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| The Science Fiction Hall of Fame: Volume Two | Ben Bova |
1973 |
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| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1977 | "A Basic Science-Fiction Library" from The Road to Science Fiction by James Gunn |
| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
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| Breakfast of Champions | Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. |
1973 |
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| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200 |
| 2016 | Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time |
| 2020 | Library of America Science Fiction |
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| Casey Agonistes and Other Science Fiction and Fantasy Stories | Richard McKenna |
1973 |
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| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1994 | The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction by David Pringle |
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| Gravity's Rainbow | Thomas Pynchon |
1973 |
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| Nebula finalist - novel |
| 2003 | The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn |
| 2016 | 75 Best New Wave Sci-Fi (1964-1983) Novels by Josh Glenn |
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| The Best Science Fiction of the Year | Terry Carr |
1972-87 |
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| 1994 | The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction by David Pringle |
| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
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| The Dancers at the End of Time | Michael Moorcock |
1972-76 |
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| 1985 | Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels by David Pringle |
| 2016 | SF Masterworks |
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| Looking Backward, From the Year 2000 | Mack Reynolds |
1973 |
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| 1985 | Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels by David Pringle |
| 2003 | The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn |
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| The Man Who Folded Himself | David Gerrold |
1973 |
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| Hugo finalist - novel |
| Nebula finalist - novel |
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| Orbit | Damon Knight |
1966-80 |
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| 1977 | "A Basic Science-Fiction Library" from The Road to Science Fiction by James Gunn |
| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
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| The People of the Wind | Poul Anderson |
1973 |
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| Hugo finalist - novel |
| Nebula finalist - novel |
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| Protector | Larry Niven |
1973 |
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| Hugo finalist - novel |
| 2011 | Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List |
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| Sweetwater | Laurence Yep |
1973 |
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| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
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| Ten Thousand Light-Years from Home | James Tiptree, Jr. |
1973 |
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| 2003 | The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn |
| 2014 | Mistressworks by Ian Sales |
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| A Wind in the Door | Madeleine L'Engle |
1973 |
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| 2016 | Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington |
| 2016 | Goodreads Science Fiction Books by Female Authors |
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| Collision Course | Barrington J. Bayley |
1973 |
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| 2016 | 75 Best New Wave Sci-Fi (1964-1983) Novels by Josh Glenn |
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| Frankenstein Unbound | Brian W. Aldiss |
1973 |
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| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
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| Hellstrom's Hive | Frank Herbert |
1973 |
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| Herovit's World | Barry N. Malzberg |
1973 |
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| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
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| The Hollow Hills | Mary Stewart |
1973 |
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| 2021 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
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| The Invincible | Stanislaw Lem |
1973 |
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| 2003 | The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List |
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| The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus | Brian W. Aldiss |
1973 |
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| 1994 | The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction by David Pringle |
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| Race Against Time | Piers Anthony |
1973 |
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| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
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| Riverworld Series | Philip José Farmer |
1966-92 |
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| 1998 | Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels |
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| View from Another Shore | Franz Rottensteiner |
1973 |
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| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
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