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1115 Science Fiction Books in This List Novels Dirk Gently's Holistic 1115 Science Fiction Books in this List Novels Dirk Gently's Holistic Douglas Adams Detective Agency Transit to Scorpio Alan Akers Frankenstein Unbound Brian Aldiss Greybeard Brian Aldiss Helliconia Winter Brian Aldiss Starswarm Brian Aldiss The Dark Light-Years Brian Aldiss Who can replace a man? Brian Aldiss The Emancipator - Book I, Ray Aldridge The Pharaoh Contract The Emancipator - Book II, Ray Aldridge The Emperor of Everything Encounter with Tiber Buzz Aldrin John Barnes Farside Cannon Roger Allen A Knight of Ghosts and Pohl Anderson Shadows Agent of the Terran Empire Pohl Anderson Beyond the Beyond Pohl Anderson Earthman's Burden Pohl Anderson Gordon Dickson Ensign Flandry Pohl Anderson Flandry of Terra Pohl Anderson Guardians of Time Pohl Anderson Hrolf Kraki's Saga Pohl Anderson Inconstant Star Pohl Anderson Mirkheim Pohl Anderson Orbit Unlimited Pohl Anderson Satan's World Pohl Anderson Shield Pohl Anderson Tau Zero Pohl Anderson The Book of Pohl Anderson Pohl Anderson The Broken Sword Pohl Anderson The Byworlder Pohl Anderson The Day of their Return Pohl Anderson The Enemy Stars Pohl Anderson The Horn of Time Pohl Anderson The Man Who Counts Pohl Anderson The Night Face Pohl Anderson The Rebel Worlds Pohl Anderson The Shield of Time Pohl Anderson The Star Fox Pohl Anderson The Trouble Twisters Pohl Anderson There Will be Time Pohl Anderson Three Worlds to Conquer Pohl Anderson Time and Stars Pohl Anderson Vault of the Ages Pohl Anderson We Claim These Stars Pohl Anderson Bearing an Hourglass Piers Anthony Bio of a Space Tyrant Vol 3: Piers Anthony Politician Bio of a Space Tyrant Vol 5: Piers Anthony Statesman Blue Adept Piers Anthony Castle Roogna Piers Anthony Cluster Piers Anthony Ghost Piers Anthony Macroscope Piers Anthony Mercycle Piers Anthony Omnivore Piers Anthony Orn Piers Anthony Out of Phaze Piers Anthony Pthor Piers Anthony Rings of Ice Piers Anthony Robot Adept Piers Anthony Split Infinity Piers Anthony The Caterpillar's Question Piers Anthony The Source of Magic Piers Anthony Thousandstar Piers Anthony Triple Detente Piers Anthony Vision of Tarot Piers Anthony Wielding a Red Sword Piers Anthony With a Tangled Skein Piers Anthony Funhouse Benjamin Appel The Voice of Cepheus Ken Appleby Unwillingly to Earth Pauline Ashwell Azimov's Mysteries Isaac Asimov Earth is Room Enough Isaac Asimov Fantastic Voyage II: Isaac Asimov Destination Brain Foundation Isaac Asimov Foundation and Empire Isaac Asimov I, Robot Isaac Asimov Nemesis Isaac Asimov Nightfall and Other Stories Isaac Asimov Nine Tomorrows Isaac Asimov Pebble in the Sky Isaac Asimov Second Foundation Isaac Asimov The Caves of Steel Isaac Asimov The Currents of Space Isaac Asimov The Early Azimov, Book Two Isaac Asimov The Gods Themselves Isaac Asimov The Martian Way Isaac Asimov Tambu Robert Aspirin Wilderness Tips Margaret Atwood The Clan of the Cave Bear Jean Auel Psykosis Wilhelmina Baird Canby's Legion Bill Baldwin Vermillion Sands J. G. Ballard Flamesong M. A. R. Barker A Million Open Doors John Barnes Mother of Storms John Barnes Orbital Resonance John Barnes Heartlight T. A. Barron Dark Sky Legion William Barton When Heaven Fell William Barton Half Past Human T. J. Bass Raft Stephen Baxter Timelike Infinity Stephen Baxter Empire of Two Worlds Barrington Bayley A Fine and Private Place Peter Beagle I See By My Outfit Peter Beagle Anvil of Stars Greg Bear Eon Greg Bear Hardfought / Cascade Point Greg Bear Timothy Zahn The Forge of God Greg Bear COSM Gregory Benford Great Sky River Gregory Benford Heart of the Comet Gregory Benford David Brin Sailing Bright Eternity Gregory Benford Tides of Light Gregory Benford Atlantida Pierre Benoit And Having Writ... Donald Bensen Space Flight Arthur Berman Final Assault Stephen Berry The World Menders Lloyd Biggle The Infinite Battle David Bischoff And Strange At Ecbatan The Michael Bishop James Tiptree Trees / The Color of Neanderthal Eyes A Case of Conscience James Blish A Torrent of Faces James Blish Norman Knight Cities in Flight James Blish The Seedling Stars James Blish The Star Dwellers James Blish The Alien Within Johanna Bolton The Lani People Jesse Bone Mars Ben Bova Orion Among the Stars Ben Bova To Save the Sun Ben Bova A. J. Austin Voyageers II: The Alien Ben Bova Within Voyagers III: Star Brothers Ben Bova Forbidden Sanctuary Richard Bowker Alpha Centauri or Die! / Leigh Brackett McDonald Wallis Legend of Lost Earth The Ginger Star (1) Leigh Brackett The Hounds of Skaith (2) Leigh Brackett The Long Tomorrow Leigh Brackett The Long Tomorrow Leigh Brackett The Reavers of Skaith (3) Leigh Brackett The Starmen of Llyrdis Leigh Brackett A Medicine for Melancholy Ray Bradbury Dandelion Wine Ray Bradbury Fahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbury I Sing the Body Electric! Ray Bradbury R is for Rocket Ray Bradbury S is for Space Ray Bradbury Something Wicked This Way Ray Bradbury Comes The Illustrated Man Ray Bradbury The Machines of Joy Ray Bradbury The Martian Chronicles Ray Bradbury The October Country Ray Bradbury Tomorrow Midnight Ray Bradbury Night's Daughter Marion Bradley Sharra's Exile Marion Bradley Sword of Chaos Marion Bradley The Bloody Sun Marion Bradley The Forbidden Tower Marion Bradley The House Between the Marion Bradley Worlds The Spell Sword Marion Bradley The Spell Sword Marion Bradley The Sword of Aldones Marion Bradley The World Wreckers Marion Bradley Two to Conquer Marion Bradley Hawk of May Gillian Bradshaw Brightness Reef David Brin The Uplift War David Brin The Sword of Shannara Terry Brooks Silver Tower Dale Brown Age of Miracles John Brunner Born Under Mars John Brunner From This Day Forward John Brunner Now Then! John Brunner Players at the Game of John Brunner People Quicksand John Brunner Stand on Zanzibar John Brunner The Avengers of Carrig John Brunner The Dreaming Earth John Brunner The Jagged Orbit John Brunner The Jagged Orbit John Brunner The Sheep Look Up John Brunner The Squares of the City John Brunner The Stardroppers John Brunner The Whole Man John Brunner Times Without Number / John Brunner David Grinnell Destiny's Orbit Total Eclipse John Brunner Cinnabar Edward Bryant The Amsirs and the Iron Algis Budrys Thorn Who? Algis Budrys Falling Free Lois Bujold Shards of Honor Lois Bujold On the Symb-Socket Circuit Kenneth Bulmer Treasure of the Black Falcon John Burroughs Slow Freight F. M. Busby Dawn Octavia Butler Survivor Octavia Butler Something About Eve James Cabell Earth Angels Susan Cahill The High Place Susan Cahill Cyborg Martin Caidin Exit Earth Martin Caidin Marooned Martin Caidin Prison Ship Martin Caidin The God Machine Martin Caidin Ectopia Ernest Callenbach Saturnalia Grant Callin The Lost Fleet: Beyond the Jack Campbell Frontier: Invincible The Lost Fleet: Dauntless Jack Campbell War with the Newts Karel apek Burster Michael Capobianco Earthfall Orson Scott Card Speaker for the Dead Orson Scott Card The Abyss Orson Scott Card The Ships of Earth Orson Scott Card The Worthing Saga Orson Scott Card Tolkien: A Biography Humphrey Carpenter The Land of Laughs Jonathan Carroll Black Legion of Callisto Lin Carter Flashing Swords #1 Lin Carter Flashing Swords #2 Lin Carter Jandar of Callisto Lin Carter The Barbarian of World's End Lin Carter The Enchantress of World's Lin Carter End The Immortal of World's End Lin Carter The Pirate of World's End Lin Carter The Underground World Lin Carter The Warrior of World's End Lin Carter The Wizard of Zao Lin Carter Thongor Against the Gods Lin Carter Tolkien: A Look Behind the Lin Carter Lord of the Rings Tolkien: A Look Behind the Lin Carter Lord of the Rings Under the Green Star Lin Carter Down the Stream of Stars Jeffrey Carver Neptune Crossing Jeffrey Carver Strange Attractors Jeffrey Carver The Eyes of Light and Ivan Cat Darkness A Jungle of Stars Jack Chalker And the Devil Will Drag You Jack Chalker Under Children of Flux & Anchor Jack Chalker Downtiming the Night Side Jack Chalker Empires of Flux & Anchor Jack Chalker Exiles at the Well of Souls Jack Chalker Gods of the Well of Souls Jack Chalker Lords of the Middle Dark Jack Chalker Masks of the Martyrs Jack Chalker Masters of Flux & Anchor Jack Chalker Medusa, A Tiger by the Tail Jack Chalker Midnight at the Well of Souls Jack Chalker Pirates of the Thunder Jack Chalker Quest for the Well of Souls Jack Chalker Riders of the Winds Jack Chalker Shadow of the Well of Souls Jack Chalker The Demons at Rainbow Jack Chalker Bridge The Labyrinth of Dreams Jack Chalker The Messiah Choice Jack Chalker The Run to Chaos Keep Jack Chalker The Shadow Dancers Jack Chalker Warriors of the Storm Jack Chalker The Dark Dimensions . The A. Bertram Chandler Rim Gods The Inheritors . Gateway to A. Bertram Chandler Never The Ship from Outside / A. Bertram Chandler Beyond the Galactic Rim The Way Back A. Bertram Chandler Down to Earth Louis Charbonneau Psychedelic-40 Louis Charbonneau The Sensitives Louis Charbonneau The Sentinel Stars Louis Charbonneau Shapers Robert Chase The Game of Fox and Lion Robert Chase Chanur's Legacy C. J. Cherryh Cyteen: The Betrayal C. J. Cherryh Gate of Ivrel C. J. Cherryh Heavy Time C. J. Cherryh Hellburner C. J. Cherryh The Kif Strike Back C. J. Cherryh The Kif Strike Back C. J. Cherryh Tripoint C. J. Cherryh Hawk of the Wilderness William Chester Congo Michael Chrichton The Andromeda Strain Michael Chrichton The Terminal Man Michael Chrichton Travels Michael Chrichton No Blade of Grass John Christopher The City of Gold and Lead John Christopher The Long Winter John Christopher The Pool of Fire John Christopher The Prince in Waiting John Christopher The White Mountains John Christopher 2001: A Space Odessey Arthur C. Clarke 2010: Odessey Two Arthur C. Clarke A Fall of Moondust Arthur C.
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