The Most Important Science Fiction Books of All Time
By Raymond Lockley
Science fiction as a genre of English literature tends to be
relegated to niche status. And yet, sci-fi has influenced
significant swathes of popular culture, and some
lists
of the best selling books of all time list sci-fi books and
authors (such as
J. R. R. Tolkien)
who are readily embraced by SF fans
and carried in SF bookstores.
The list below is not a list of my favorite books, but rather
a list of the books which seem to me to be the most important
or influential (as literature itself, or within or without
the field). It is fairly difficult to rank such a breadth
of works by importance or influence, so I have copped out
and listed them by publication date...
In addition to those, here are a few others works which
are not always considered sci-fi, but which are very
important as sci-fi influences:
To index of lists
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