Science Fiction

Here is a list of my current "Best SF Books" - There are 12 in the list at the moment.

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I've used low quality scans of the covers to keep the page download size to a minimum.

Cover

Title

Author

Published

ISBN Code

Notes

Eon Eon Greg Bear Legend (1985) ISBN 0-09-954710-4 To my mind one of the greatest SF stories of all time.
Eternity Eternity Greg Bear VGSF (1989) ISBN 0-575-04613-9 Sequel to Eon - brilliant!
Way Station Way Station Clifford D. Simak Methuen (1964) ISBN 0-413-36900-5 One of my all-time favourite stories
Forever War The Forever War Joe Haldeman Orbit (1994) ISBN 0-8600-7882-5 Great story written by a Vietnam veteran
Ringworld Ringworld Larry Niven DelRay (1970) ISBN 0-345-33392-6 Based on a fantastic concept for it's time 'Known Space' novel
Orbitsville Orbitsville Bob Shaw Orbit (1975) ISBN 0-7088-4917-2 On an even greater scale than 'Ringworld'
Startide Rising Startide Rising David Brin Bantam (1982) ISBN 0-553-17170-4 Second in series involving 'client' races being 'uplifted'
Timescape Timescape Gregory Benford Sphere (1980) ISBN 0-7221-1630-6 Tachyons and and faster than light - backwards in time - communication
Demolished Man The Demolished Man Alfred Bester Penguin (1953) ISBN 0-14-010121-7 As it says on the cover 'Classic Science Fiction' with crime and telepathy
Dawn Dawn Octavia Butler Gollancz (1987) ISBN 0-575-04268-0 Very imaginative tale of alien contact
Winds of Gath 'The Winds of Gath' The Dumarest Saga E.C.Tubb Arrow (1968) ISBN 0-09-907610-1 Adventure all the way - first of 26 books as Dumarest searches for the fabled planet Earth
Star King 'Star King' The Demon Princes Novels Jack Vance Grafton (1964) ISBN 0-586-07307-8 First of five books were Kirth Gersen hunts down the killers of his family

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