The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time Books

The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time

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These are the best science fiction novels ever written, as ranked by the votes and lists of the crowd. Anyone can add their picks to this list of sci-fi books, making it an accurate, real-time ranking of the best in the genre by the people who live and breathe Asimov, Heinlein, Bradbury and Clarke. Vote for the books that you think best represent the greatest science fiction books ever written. If you see a book that's missing, add it. Vote for your faves. And for maximum impact, make your own list, ranked your own way, and add it to the crowd.
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  1. 1
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    Frank Herbert
  2. 2
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    Douglas Adams
  3. 3
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    George Orwell
  4. 4
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    Isaac Asimov
  5. 5
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    Orson Scott Card
  6. 6
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    H. G. Wells, Leon E. Stover, Lennart Peterson More
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    Aldous Huxley
  8. 8
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    Arthur C. Clarke
  9. 9
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    Isaac Asimov
  10. 10
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    H. G. Wells
  11. 11
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    Mary Shelley
  12. 12
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    Ray Bradbury
  13. 13
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    Robert A. Heinlein
  14. 14
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    Ray Bradbury
  15. 15
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    Philip K. Dick
  16. 16
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    Larry Niven
  17. 17
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    Arthur C. Clarke
  18. 18
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    William Gibson
  19. 19
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    Kurt Vonnegut
  20. 20
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    Robert A. Heinlein
  21. 21
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    Jules Verne
  22. 22
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    Robert A. Heinlein
  23. 23
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    H. G. Wells
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    Jules Verne, Pauline Francis
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    Daniel Keyes
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    Anthony Burgess
  27. 27
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    Michael Crichton
  28. 28
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    The Forever War

    Joe Haldeman
  29. 29
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    Madeleine L'Engle
  30. 30
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    Neal Stephenson
  31. 31
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    Walter M. Miller, Jr.
  32. 32
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    Red Mars

    Kim Stanley Robinson
  33. 33
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    H. G. Wells
  34. 34
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    Kurt Vonnegut
  35. 35
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    Jerry Pournelle, Larry Niven
  36. 36
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    Carl Sagan
  37. 37
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    Arthur C. Clarke
  38. 38
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    Philip K. Dick
  39. 39
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    The Sirens of Titan

    Kurt Vonnegut
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    Cormac McCarthy
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    Robert Louis Stevenson
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  42. 42
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    Harry Harrison
  43. 43
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    Stephen King
  44. 44
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    Dan Simmons
  45. 45
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    Stanisław Lem
  46. 46
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    H. P. Lovecraft
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  47. 47
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    Alfred Bester
  48. 48
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    Michael Crichton
  49. 49
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    Gods of Riverworld

    Philip José Farmer
    added by: bojanthebest
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    Robert A. Heinlein
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    1. Elwood Keyton
      The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time at 9/06/2012 4:30 AM
      Worthy 10 best books to readthing here.
    2. Keren Malaney
      The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time at 7/30/2012 3:30 AM
      Wonderful Greatest Sci-Fi Novelsthing here.
    3. JesusAlonso
      The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time at 2/15/2012 6:18 AM
      Players at the Game of People, by John Brummer should be included, in my honest opinion. Would love to shoot a film about that one and Stranger in a Strange Land

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