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Classics of Science Fiction by Year Compiled by James Wallace Harris and Anthony Bernardo | |||
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| Year | Title | Author | Score |
| 1726 | Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Johathan | 10 |
| 1818 | Frankenstein | Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft | 15 |
| 1863 | A Journey to the Center of the Earth | Verne, Jules | 11 |
| 1870 | 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea | Verne, Jules | 13 |
| 1871 | Coming Race, The | Lytton, Edward Bulwer | 7 |
| 1871 | The Battle of Dorking | Chesney, Sir George | 7 |
| 1872 | Erewhon | Butler, Samuel | 7 |
| 1880 | Across the Zodiac | Greg, Percy | 7 |
| 1886 | The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | Stevenson, Robert Louis | 8 |
| 1886 | She | Haggard, H. Rider | 8 |
| 1888 | Looking Backward | Bellamy, Edward | 10 |
| 1889 | Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, A | Clemens, Samuel Longhorne | 10 |
| 1895 | Time Machine, The | Wells, H. G. | 23 |
| 1896 | The Island of Dr. Moreau | Wells, H. G. | 7 |
| 1898 | War of the Worlds, The | Wells, H. G. | 23 |
| 1909 | Machine Stops and Other Stories, The | Forster, E. M. | 7 |
| 1911 | Hampdenshire Wonder, The | Beresford, J. D. | 11 |
| 1912 | Lost World, The | Doyle, Arthur Conan | 12 |
| 1913 | The Poison Belt | Doyle, Arthur Conan | 7 |
| 1915 | Herland | Gilman, Charlotte Perkins | 7 |
| 1917 | Princess of Mars, A | Burroughs, Edgar Rice | 14 |
| 1920 | Voyage to Arcturus, A | Lindsay, David | 10 |
| 1920 | R.U.R. | Capek, Karel | 12 |
| 1921 | Back to Methuselah | Shaw, George Bernard | 7 |
| 1922 | Girl in the Golden Atom, The | Cummings, Ray | 8 |
| 1923 | Clockwork Man, The | Odle, E. V. | 8 |
| 1924 | We | Zamiatin, Yevgeny | 14 |
| 1927 | Short Stories of H. G. Wells, The | Wells, H. G. | 12 |
| 1927 | Deluge | Wright, S. Fowler | 8 |
| 1927 | Absolute at Large, The | Capek, Karel | 8 |
| 1930 | Last and First Men | Stapledon, Olaf | 18 |
| 1930 | World Below, The | Wright, S. Fowler | 13 |
| 1931 | The Weigher of Souls | Maurois, Andre | 7 |
| 1932 | To-Morrow's Yesterday | Gloag, John | 7 |
| 1932 | Brave New World | Huxley, Aldous | 19 |
| 1935 | Odd John | Stapledon, Olaf | 11 |
| 1936 | War with the Newts | Capek, Karel | 9 |
| 1937 | Star Maker | Stapledon, Olaf | 16 |
| 1938 | Out of the Silent Planet | Lewis, C. S. | 13 |
| 1941 | Lest Darkness Fall | De Camp, L. Sprague | 13 |
| 1943 | Perelandra | Lewis, C. S. | 8 |
| 1944 | Sirius | Stapledon, Olaf | 11 |
| 1945 | Animal Farm | Orwell, George | 8 |
| 1945 | That Hideous Strength | Lewis, C. S. | 9 |
| 1946 | Best of Science Fiction, The | Conklin, Groff | 7 |
| 1946 | Skylark of Space, The | Smith, E. E. | 7 |
| 1946 | Adventures in Time and Space | Healy & McComas | 13 |
| 1946 | Slan | Van Vogt, A. E. | 16 |
| 1948 | Who Goes There? | Campbell, John W. | 9 |
| 1948 | World of Null-A, The | Van Vogt, A. E. | 18 |
| 1948 | Final Blackout | Hubbard, L. Ron | 7 |
| 1948 | The Lensman Series | Smith, E. E. | 7 |
| 1949 | Humanoids, The | Williamson, Jack | 16 |
| 1949 | Earth Abides | Stewart, George R. | 15 |
| 1949 | 1984 | Orwell, George | 20 |
| 1950 | I, Robot | Asimov, Isaac | 13 |
| 1950 | Martian Chronicles, The | Bradbury, Ray | 22 |
| 1950 | Dying Earth, The | Vance, Jack | 7 |
| 1951 | Day of the Triffids, The | Wyndham, John | 12 |
| 1951 | Foundation Trilogy, The | Asimov, Isaac | 24 |
| 1951 | Illustrated Man, The | Bradbury, Ray | 9 |
| 1951 | Gray Lensman | Smith, E. E. | 10 |
| 1952 | Player Piano | Vonnegut, Kurt | 10 |
| 1952 | Astounding Science Fiction Anthology | Campbell, John W. | 7 |
| 1952 | City | Simak, Clifford | 20 |
| 1953 | Bring the Jubilee | Moore, Ward | 8 |
| 1953 | Space Merchants, The | Pohl & Kornbluth | 21 |
| 1953 | E Pluribus Unicorn | Sturgeon, Theodore | 8 |
| 1953 | Fahrenheit 451 | Bradbury, Ray | 18 |
| 1953 | More Than Human | Sturgeon, Theodore | 25 |
| 1953 | Demolished Man, The | Bester, Alfred | 25 |
| 1953 | Childhood's End | Clarke, Arthur C. | 23 |
| 1954 | Untouched by Human Hands | Sheckley, Robert | 7 |
| 1954 | Brain Wave | Anderson, Poul | 7 |
| 1954 | Caves of Steel, The | Asimov, Isaac | 12 |
| 1954 | Mirror for Observers, A | Pangborn, Edgar | 12 |
| 1954 | Mission of Gravity | Clement, Hal | 20 |
| 1955 | Of All Possible Worlds | Tenn, William | 10 |
| 1955 | Long Tomorrow, The | Brackett, Leigh | 8 |
| 1955 | Re-Birth/The Chrysalids | Wyndham, John | 7 |
| 1955 | Cities in Flight | Blish, James | 12 |
| 1956 | Death of Grass, The | Christopher, John | 8 |
| 1956 | City and the Stars, The | Clarke, Arthur C. | 19 |
| 1956 | Double Star | Heinlein, Robert A. | 11 |
| 1956 | Under Pressure | Herbert, Frank | 8 |
| 1957 | On the Beach | Shute, Nevile | 9 |
| 1957 | Midwich Cuckoos, The | Wyndham, John | 10 |
| 1957 | Stars My Destination, The | Bester, Alfred | 21 |
| 1957 | The Black Cloud | Hoyle, Fred | 8 |
| 1958 | Case of Conscience, A | Blish, James | 17 |
| 1959 | Starship Troopers | Heinlein, Robert A. | 13 |
| 1959 | Sirens of Titan, The | Vonnegut, Kurt | 13 |
| 1960 | Deathworld | Harrison, Harry | 7 |
| 1960 | Canticle for Leibowitz, A | Miller, Walter M. | 24 |
| 1960 | Rogue Moon | Budrys, Algis | 11 |
| 1961 | Big Time, The | Leiber, Fritz | 10 |
| 1961 | Stranger in a Strange Land | Heinlein, Robert A. | 19 |
| 1961 | Dark Universe | Galouye, Daniel F. | 7 |
| 1961 | Lovers, The | Farmer, Philip Jose | 9 |
| 1962 | Long Afternoon of Earth, The (Hothouse) | Aldiss, Brian | 17 |
| 1962 | Clockwork Orange, A | Burgess, Anthony | 16 |
| 1962 | Drowned World, The | Ballard, J. G. | 8 |
| 1962 | Man in the High Castle, The | Dick, Philip K. | 20 |
| 1963 | Way Station | Simak, Clifford | 16 |
| 1964 | Wanderer, The | Leiber, Fritz | 9 |
| 1964 | Davy | Pangborn, Edgar | 11 |
| 1964 | Greybeard | Aldiss, Brian | 8 |
| 1965 | Dune | Herbert, Frank | 25 |
| 1966 | Dream Master, The | Zelazny, Roger | 7 |
| 1966 | The Witches of Karres | Schmitz, James H. | 7 |
| 1966 | Make Room! Make Room! | Harrison, Harry | 7 |
| 1966 | This Immortal | Zelazny, Roger | 8 |
| 1966 | Crystal World, The | Ballard, J. G. | 10 |
| 1966 | Moon is a Harsh Mistress, The | Heinlein, Robert A. | 17 |
| 1966 | Flowers for Algernon | Keyes, Daniel | 17 |
| 1966 | Babel-17 | Delany, Samuel R. | 10 |
| 1967 | Dangerous Visions | Ellison, Harlan | 12 |
| 1967 | Einstein Intersection, The | Delany, Samuel R. | 10 |
| 1967 | Past Through Tomorrow, The | Heinlein, Robert A. | 9 |
| 1967 | Lord of Light | Zelazny, Roger | 15 |
| 1968 | Pavane | Roberts, Keith | 10 |
| 1968 | Camp Concentration | Disch, Thomas | 16 |
| 1968 | Stand on Zanzibar | Brunner, John | 24 |
| 1968 | Rite of Passage | Panshin, Alexei | 12 |
| 1968 | Nova | Delany, Samuel R. | 7 |
| 1968 | Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? | Dick, Philip K. | 14 |
| 1969 | Left Hand of Darkness, The | Le Guin, Ursula K. | 24 |
| 1969 | Behold The Man | Moorcock, Michael | 7 |
| 1969 | Slaughterhouse Five | Vonnegut, Kurt | 13 |
| 1969 | Ubik | Dick, Philip K. | 13 |
| 1969 | Bug Jack Barron | Spinrad, Norman | 10 |
| 1970 | Science Fiction Hall of Fame | Silverberg, Robert | 9 |
| 1970 | Ringworld | Niven, Larry | 21 |
| 1970 | Solaris | Lem, Stanislaw | 14 |
| 1970 | Downward to the Earth | Silverberg, Robert | 7 |
| 1970 | Tau Zero | Anderson, Poul | 12 |
| 1971 | Chronopolis and Other Stories | Ballard, J. G. | 7 |
| 1971 | Doors of His Face, The Lamps of His Mouth, The | Zelazny, Roger | 10 |
| 1971 | To Your Scattered Bodies Go | Farmer, Philip Jose | 19 |
| 1972 | 334 | Disch, Thomas | 10 |
| 1972 | The Iron Dream | Spinrad, Norman | 7 |
| 1972 | Dying Inside | Silverberg, Robert | 17 |
| 1972 | Fifth Head of Cerberus, The | Wolfe, Gene | 9 |
| 1972 | The Listeners | Gunn, James | 7 |
| 1972 | Gods Themselves, The | Asimov, Isaac | 13 |
| 1972 | Again, Dangerous Visions | Ellison, Harlan | 8 |
| 1972 | Beyond Apollo | Malzberg, Barry N. | 12 |
| 1972 | Roadside Picnic | Strugatskii, A & B | 11 |
| 1972 | Sheep Look Up, The | Brunner, John | 8 |
| 1973 | Embedding, The | Watson, Ian | 10 |
| 1973 | Rendezvous with Rama | Clarke, Arthur C. | 19 |
| 1973 | Casey Agonistes | McKenna, Richard | 7 |
| 1974 | Dispossesed, The | Le Guin, Ursula K. | 21 |
| 1974 | Before the Golden Age | Asimov, Isaac | 10 |
| 1975 | The Wind's Twelve Quarters | Le Guin, Ursula K. | 9 |
| 1975 | Best of Frederik Pohl, The | Pohl, Frederik | 7 |
| 1975 | Dhalgren | Delany, Samuel R. | 13 |
| 1975 | Science Fiction of Jack London, The | London, Jack | 7 |
| 1975 | Deathbird Stories | Ellison, Harlan | 13 |
| 1975 | A Martian Odyssey and Other Science Fiction Tales | Weinbaum, Stanley G. | 9 |
| 1975 | Forever War, The | Haldeman, Joe | 19 |
| 1975 | Best of Henry Kuttner, The | Kuttner, Henry | 11 |
| 1975 | The Best of C. L. Moore | Moore, C. L. | 9 |
| 1975 | Norstrilia | Smith, Cordwainer | 12 |
| 1975 | Female Man, The | Russ, Joanna | 13 |
| 1976 | Best of C. M. Kornbluth, The | Kornbluth, C. M. | 10 |
| 1976 | Woman on the Edge of Time | Piercy, Marge | 7 |
| 1976 | The Science Fiction of Edgar Alla Poe | Poe, Edgar Allan | 10 |
| 1976 | Dorsai | Dickson, Gordon | 10 |
| 1976 | Man Plus | Pohl, Frederik | 12 |
| 1977 | Gateway | Pohl, Frederik | 19 |
| 1978 | Dreamsnake | McIntyre, Vonda N. | 9 |
| 1978 | Persistence of Vision, The | Varley, John | 11 |
| 1979 | The Fountains of Paradise | Clarke, Arthur C. | 7 |
| 1979 | On the Wings of Song | Disch, Thomas | 8 |
| 1979 | Engine Summer | Crowley, John | 10 |
| 1980 | Book of the New Sun, The | Wolfe, Gene | 15 |
| 1980 | Timescape | Benford, Gregory | 16 |
| 1980 | Riddley Walker | Hoban, Russell | 9 |
| 1980 | The Snow Queen | Vinge, Joan | 9 |
| 1981 | Downbelow Station | Cherryh, C. J. | 14 |
| 1982 | Helliconia Spring | Aldiss, Brian | 13 |
| 1982 | No Enemy But Time | Bishop, Michael | 12 |
| 1983 | Startide Rising | Brin, David | 13 |
| 1984 | Neuromancer | Gibson, William | 14 |
| 1985 | Blood Music | Bear, Greg | 11 |
| 1986 | Ender's Game | Card, Orson Scott | 11 |
| 1988 | Islands in the Net | Sterling, Bruce | 7 |
| 1989 | Hyperion | Simmons, Dan | 13 |
| 1990 | The Fall of Hyperion | Simmons, Dan | 9 |
| 1992 | Doomsday Book | Willis, Connie | 9 |
| 1992 | Red Mars | Robinson, Kim Stanley | 9 |
| 1992 | Fire Upon the Deep, A | Vinge, Vernor | 8 |
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