Anthologies and collections of classic short stories
The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Year’s Best Science Fiction, edited by Gardner Dozois
Masterpieces: The Best Science Fiction of the Twentieth Century, edited by Orson Scott Card
The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Year’s Best Science Fiction, edited by Gardner Dozois
Masterpieces: The Best Science Fiction of the Twentieth Century, edited by Orson Scott Card
The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories, edited by Tom Shippey
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One: 1929-1964, edited by Robert Silverberg
Apocalyptic
The Road - Cormac McCarthy
The Postman - David Brin
On the Beach - Nevil Shute
Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang - Kate Wilhelm (Jaq recommends)
Lilith's Brood - Octavia Butler (Jaq Recommends)
Cross-genre
A Princess of Mars - Edgar Rice Burroughs
Callahan's Crosstime Saloon - Spider Robinson
Naked in Death - J.D. Robb (Jaq Recommends)
Primary Inversions - Catherine Asaro
I am Legend - Richard Matheson
The Eyre Affair - Jasper Forde
Counterculture
A Scanner Darkly - Phillip K. Dick
Slaughterhouse-Five - Kurt Vonnegut
The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch - Phillip K. Dick
The Magic Labyrinth - Philip José Farmer
Cyber punk
Neuromancer - William Gibson
Islands in the Net - Bruce Sterling
Hard-Boiled Wonderland - Haruki Murakami
The Demolished Man - Alfred Bester
First contact
Rendezvous with Rama - Arthur C. Clarke
The War of the Worlds - H.G Wells
Contact - Carl Sagan
Day of the Triffids - John Wyndham
Feminist
The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood
The Left Hand of Darkness - Ursula K Le Guin
Woman on the Edge of Time - Marge Piercy
The Female Man - Joanna Russ
Herland - Charlotte Perkins
Graphic novels
The Watchmen - Alan Moore, Dave Gibbons , John Higgins , Len Wein
Akira - Katsuhiro Otomo
Ghost in the Shell - Masamune Shirow
Girl Genius - Phil Foglio, Kaja Foglio, Brian Snoddy
Hard sci fi
Beggars in Spain - Nancy Kress
I, Robot - Isaac Asimov
From the Earth to the Moon - Jules Verne
Solaris - Stanislaw Lem (Jaq recommends)
Horror
Frankenstein - Mary Shelley
Collected Stories - H.P Lovecraft
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War - Max Brooks
Who Goes There? - John W. Campbell
Humorous
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
Deathstalker -Simon R. Green (A Jaq favourite)
The Stainless Steel Rat - Harry Harrison (A Jaq favourite)
To Say Nothing of the Dog - Connie Willis
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies - Seth Grahame-Smith, Jane Austen
Military
Starship Troopers - Robert A. Heinlein (A Jaq favourite)
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One: 1929-1964, edited by Robert Silverberg
Apocalyptic
The Road - Cormac McCarthy
The Postman - David Brin
On the Beach - Nevil Shute
Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang - Kate Wilhelm (Jaq recommends)
Lilith's Brood - Octavia Butler (Jaq Recommends)
Cross-genre
Callahan's Crosstime Saloon - Spider Robinson
Naked in Death - J.D. Robb (Jaq Recommends)
Primary Inversions - Catherine Asaro
I am Legend - Richard Matheson
The Eyre Affair - Jasper Forde
Counterculture
A Scanner Darkly - Phillip K. Dick
Slaughterhouse-Five - Kurt Vonnegut
The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch - Phillip K. Dick
The Magic Labyrinth - Philip José Farmer
Cyber punk
Neuromancer - William Gibson
Islands in the Net - Bruce Sterling
Hard-Boiled Wonderland - Haruki Murakami
The Demolished Man - Alfred Bester
First contact
Rendezvous with Rama - Arthur C. Clarke
The War of the Worlds - H.G Wells
Contact - Carl Sagan
Day of the Triffids - John Wyndham
Feminist
The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood
The Left Hand of Darkness - Ursula K Le Guin
Woman on the Edge of Time - Marge Piercy
The Female Man - Joanna Russ
Herland - Charlotte Perkins
Graphic novels
The Watchmen - Alan Moore, Dave Gibbons , John Higgins , Len Wein
Akira - Katsuhiro Otomo
Ghost in the Shell - Masamune Shirow
Girl Genius - Phil Foglio, Kaja Foglio, Brian Snoddy
Hard sci fi
Beggars in Spain - Nancy Kress
I, Robot - Isaac Asimov
From the Earth to the Moon - Jules Verne
Solaris - Stanislaw Lem (Jaq recommends)
Horror
Frankenstein - Mary Shelley
Collected Stories - H.P Lovecraft
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War - Max Brooks
Who Goes There? - John W. Campbell
Humorous
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
Deathstalker -Simon R. Green (A Jaq favourite)
The Stainless Steel Rat - Harry Harrison (A Jaq favourite)
To Say Nothing of the Dog - Connie Willis
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies - Seth Grahame-Smith, Jane Austen
Military
Starship Troopers - Robert A. Heinlein (A Jaq favourite)
On Basilisk Station - David Weber (A Jaq favourite)
The Forever War - Joe Haldeman (A Jaq favourite)
Old Man's War - John Scalzi (A Jaq favourite)
Novelisations
Spock must Die! - James Blish
The Final Reflection - John M. Ford
Heir to the Empire - Timothy Zahn
The Last Command - Timothy Zahn
Stargate - Ashley McConnell
Near-future
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea - Jules Verne
Queen of Angels - Greg Bear
Steam punk
The Difference Engine - William Gibson and Bruce Sterling
Perdido Street Station - China Mieville
Steampunk Santa - Marc Vun Kannon
Cardanica -Dario Tonani
Soft SF
The Dispossessed - Ursula K Le Guin
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card (Ender's Game is frequently cited as a good starting point for entering the genre. Torres-Roman describes Ender’s Game as ‘one of the few science fiction titles to break out into popular culture’ [Torres-Roman, 2010, p. 234]).
Hyperion Cantos - Dan Simmonds
Never Let Me Go - Kazuo Ishiguro
Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
1984 - George Orwell
Space opera
The Skylark of Space - E.E "Doc" Smith
The Price of the Stars - Debra Doyle and James MacDonald
"Culture" series - Iain M. Banks
Hyperion, Dan Simmon - Won the Hugo and Locus (Another Jaq favourite)
Feersum Endjinn - Iain M. Banks (Jaq Recommendation)
Dune - Frank Herbert
Time travel
A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens
The Time Machine - H.G Wells
Doomsday Book - Connie Wills
A Wrinkle in Time - Madeleine L'Engle
The Forever War - Joe Haldeman (A Jaq favourite)
Old Man's War - John Scalzi (A Jaq favourite)
Novelisations
Spock must Die! - James Blish
The Final Reflection - John M. Ford
Heir to the Empire - Timothy Zahn
The Last Command - Timothy Zahn
Stargate - Ashley McConnell
Near-future
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea - Jules Verne
Queen of Angels - Greg Bear
Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury
Blood Music - Greg BearSteam punk
The Difference Engine - William Gibson and Bruce Sterling
Perdido Street Station - China Mieville
Steampunk Santa - Marc Vun Kannon
Cardanica -Dario Tonani
Soft SF
The Dispossessed - Ursula K Le Guin
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card (Ender's Game is frequently cited as a good starting point for entering the genre. Torres-Roman describes Ender’s Game as ‘one of the few science fiction titles to break out into popular culture’ [Torres-Roman, 2010, p. 234]).
Hyperion Cantos - Dan Simmonds
Never Let Me Go - Kazuo Ishiguro
Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
1984 - George Orwell
Space opera
The Skylark of Space - E.E "Doc" Smith
The Price of the Stars - Debra Doyle and James MacDonald
"Culture" series - Iain M. Banks
Hyperion, Dan Simmon - Won the Hugo and Locus (Another Jaq favourite)
Feersum Endjinn - Iain M. Banks (Jaq Recommendation)
Dune - Frank Herbert
Time travel
A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens
The Time Machine - H.G Wells
Doomsday Book - Connie Wills
A Wrinkle in Time - Madeleine L'Engle
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