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I have compiled a list
of recommended readings around a set of themes we are using in
the course. This list of books is by no means a definitive list
of any kind. What I have tried to do is to give some historical
perspective to books in the genre that I believe are good representatives
of the quality literature. Many of the titles are considered
classics by many critics, some titles are simply my own personal
favorites. Many of the titles could easily fit into one or more
of the theme categories I've created.
Reference Sources on
Science Fiction Literature:
This list includes many
resource guides on science fiction literature over the last three
decades. This is by no means a definative list but gives you
an indication of how far the genre has come in terms of literary
criticsm.
- Donald M. Hassler, Clyde
Wilcox eds., 1997. Political Science Fiction. University
of South Carolina Press.
Brooks Landon. 1997. Science Fiction After 1900: From the
Steam Man to the Stars. Twayne Publishers.
John Clute. 1995. Science Fiction: The Illustrated Encyclopedia.
Dorling Kindersley Press.
David Pringle. 1995. The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction.
2nd edition. Carrol & Graf.
John Clute. 1995. Look at the Evidence: Essays and Reviews.
Liverpool University Press.
John Clute and Peter Nichols, 1994. Encyclopedia of Science
Fiction. St. Martin's Press.
Marleen S. Barr, Marge Piercy eds., Lost in Space: Probing
Feminist Science Fiction and Beyond. Univ. of North Carolina
Press.
Scott Bukatman. 1993. Terminal Identity: The Virtual Subject
in Postmodern Science Fiction. Duke University Press.
Thomas Shippey, George Slusser eds., 1992. Fiction 2000: Cyberpunk
and Future of Narrative. University of Georgia Press.
John Clute. 1988. Strokes: Essays and Reviews 1966-1986.
Serconia Press.
David Pringle. 1985. Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels.
Carroll & Graf.
- Eric Rabkin, Martin Greenberg
and Joseph Olander. 1983. No Place Else: Explorations in Utopian
and Dystopian Fiction. Southern Illinois University. Press.
Mark Rose and Gary K. Wolfe. 1981. Close Encounters: Anatomy
of Science Fiction. Harvard University Press.
Gary K. Wolf. 1979. The Known and Unknown: The Iconography
of Science Fiction. Kent State University Press.
Harold Berger. 1976. Science Fiction and the New Dark Age.
Bowling Green University Press.
Mark Hillegas. 1967. The Future as Nightmare: H.G. Wells and
the Anti-Utopians. Oxford Univeristy Press.
Kingsley Amis. 1960. New Maps of Hell. Harcourt Brace.
- Post-Holocaust Science
Fiction Novels:
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- Mary Shelley. 1826. The
Last Man
Richard Jeffries. 1885. After London
Aldous Huxley. 1932. Brave New World
Edwin Balmer and Philip Wylie. 1933. When Worlds Collide
George Orwell. 1949. Nineteen Eighty-Four
Judith Merril. 1950. Shadow on the Hearth
Wilson Tucker. 1952. The Long Loud Silence
Ray Bradbury. 1953. Fahrenheit 451
Leigh Brackett. 1955. The Long Tomorrow
John Wyndham. 1955. Re-Birth
Brian Aldiss. 1958. Non-Stop
Mordecai Roshwald. 1959. Level 7
Pat Frank. 1959. Alas Babylon
Nevil Shute. 1959. On the Beach
Arthur M. Miller. 1960. A Canticle for Leibowitz
Daniel Galouye. 1961. Dark Universe
J.G. Ballard. 1962. The Drowned World
John Christopher. 1962. No Blade of Grass.
J.G. Ballard. 1964. The Burning World
Edgar Pangborn. 1964. Davy
Brian Aldiss. 1964. Greybeard
J.G. Ballard. 1965. The Crystal World
Philip K. Dick. 1965. Dr. Bloodmoney
Thomas Disch. 1965. The Genocides
Philip K. Dick. 1968. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Roger Zelazny. 1969. Damnation Alley
John M. Harrison. 1971. The Committed Men
Suzy McKee Charnas. 1974. Walk to the End of the World
Kate Wilhelm. 1976. Where Late the Sweet Birds Sing
Russell Hoban. 1980. Riddley Walker
Michael Swanwick. 1984. In the Drift
David Brin. 1985. The Postman
James Morrow. 1986. This is the Way the World Ends
George Turner 1988. The Drowning Towers
Joan Slonczewski. 1989. The Wall Around Eden
Elizabeth Hand. 1990. Winterlong
Christopher Priest. 1990. The Quiet Woman
Walter M. Miller. 1997. St Leibowitz and the Wild Horse Woman
- Ian MacLeod. 1997.
The Great Wheel
- Charles Sheffield. 1998.
Aftermath
- Charles Sheffield. 1999.
Starfire
Alternate World/History
Novels:
- Jack Williamson, 1938.
The Legions of Time
Sprague De Camp, 1939. Lest Darkness Fall
Ward Moore. 1953. Bring Home Jubilee
Issac Asimov. 1955. The End of Eternity
Keith Roberts. 1968. Pavanne
Norman Spinrad, 1972. The Iron Dream
Philip K. Dick, 1974. Flow My Tears the Policeman Said
Kingsley Amis. 1976. The Alteration
James P. Hogan. 1985. The Proteus Operation
Michael Bishop. 1987. The Secret Ascension: Alas, Philip
K. Dick is Dead
Jack Womack, 1988. Terraplane
Terry Bisson. 1988. Fire on the Mountain
Harry Turtledove. Guns of the South
William Gibson and Bruce Sterling. 1990. The Difference
Engine
Harry Turtledove. 1997. How Few Remain
Harry Turtledove. 1998. The American Front
- John Barnes. 1999.
Finity
- Connie Willis. 1999.
To Say Nothing of the Dog
- Christopher Priest. 2002.
The Separation
- Kim Stanley Robinson
2002. The Years of Rice and Salt
Feminist Novels
and Collections:
- Charlotte Perkins Gilman.
1915. Herland
Katherine Burdekin. 1937. Swastika Night
Joanna Russ, 1968. Picnic and Paradise
Joanna Russ, 1970. And Chaos Died
James Tiptree. 1973. Ten Thousand Light Years from Home
Suzy McKee Charnas. 1974. Walk to the End of the World
James Tiptree. 1975. Warm Worlds and Otherwise
Joanna Russ, 1975. Female Man
Pamela Sargent ed., 1975. Women of Wonder
Pamela Sargent. ed., 1976. More Women of Wonder
Vonda McIntyre. 1977. Superluminal
Pamela Sargent. ed., 1978. The New Women of Wonder
Octavia Butler. 1979. Kindred
Octavia Butler. 1980. Wild Seed
Margaret Atwood. 1985. A Handmaid's Tale
Marge Piercy, 1985 Woman at the End of Time
Joan Slonczewski. 1986. A Door into Ocean
Rachel Pollack. 1988. Unquenchable Fire
Sherri Tepper. 1988. The Gate to Women's Country
Joan Slonczewski. 1989. The Wall Around Eden
James Tiptree. 1990. Her Smoke Rose Up Forever
Candas Jane Dorsey. 1990. Machine, Sex and Other Stories
Nicola Griffith. 1993. Ammonite
Rachel Pollack. 1996. Godmother Night
Nicola Griffith, 1996. Slow River
Candace Jane Dorsey. 1997. Black Wine
Karen Joy Fowler. 1998. Black Glass: Short Fiction
- Octavia Butler. 1999.
A Parable of Talents
- Suzy McKee Charnas. 1999.
The Conqueror's Child
Dystopian War Novels:
- H.G. Wells, 1898,
The War of the Worlds
Jack Williamson. 1938. The Legion of Time
Bernard Wolfe. 1952. Limbo
Robert Heinlein. 1959. Starship Troopers
Gordon Dickson. 1960. The Genetic General
Norman Spinrad. 1967. The Men in the Jungle
David Drake. 1979. Hammer's Slammers
Elizabeth Ann Scarborough 1988. Healer's War
Lucius Shepard. 1987. Life During Wartime
Howard Waldrop. 1994. Them Bones
George Turner. 1994. Genetic Soldier
Joe Haldeman. 1997. Forever Peace
- Susan Matthews. 1997.
An Exchange of Hostages
- Susan Matthews. 1998.
A Prisoner of Conscience
Patricia Anthony, 1998. Flanders
- Susan Mathhews. 1999.
Hour of Judgment
Utopian Science Fiction
Novels:
- H.G. Wells. 1905. A
Modern Utopia
H.G. Wells. 1923. Men Like Gods
H.G. Wells. 1933.The Shape of Things to Come
Arthur C. Clarke. 1953. Childhood's End
Theodore Sturgeon. 1960. Venus X Plus
Aldous Huxley. 1962. Island
James Blish and Norman Knight. 1967. A Torrent of Faces
Jack Finney. 1970. Time and Again
Mack Reynolds. 1973. Looking Backward from the Year 2000
Samuel Delany. 1976. Triton
Mack Reynolds. 1977. Equality in the Year 2000
Mack Reynolds. 1977. After Utopia
Suzy McKee Charnas. 1979. Motherlines
Frederick Pohl. 1979. JEM: The Making of a Utopia
Larry Niven and Jerry Pournell. 1981. Oath of Fealty
James P. Hogan, 1982. Voyage From Yesteryear
Kim Stanley Robinson. 1984. The Wild Shore
Kim Stanley Robinson. 1990. Pacific Edge
Brian Stableford. 1998. Inherit the Earth
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Some Recommended Proto-Cyberpunk
Fiction
- Chandler, Raymond.
(1939). The Big Sleep
Mailer, Norman. (1948). The Naked and the Dead
Wolfe, Bernard. (1952). Limbo
Bester, Alfred. 1953. The Demolished Man
Bester, Alfred. 1957. The Stars My Destination
Burgess, Anthony. (1962). A Clockwork Orange
Burroughs, William S. (1966). The Soft Machine
Herbert, Frank. (1966). Destination Void
Delany, Samuel R. (1968). Nova
Dick, Philip K. (1968). Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Spinrad, Norman. (1969). Bug Jack Barron
Pynchon, Thomas. (1973). Gravity's Rainbow
Brunner, John. (1975). Shockwave Rider
McElroy, Joseph. (1977). Plus
Sterling, Bruce. (1980). The Artificial Kid
Vinge, Vernor. (1981). True Names
Shirley, John (1980). City Come A-Walkin
Jeter, K.W. (1984). Dr. Adder
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Some Recommended Cyberpunk
Fiction
Gibson, William. (1984).
Neuromancer
Bear, Greg. (1985). Blood Music
DeLillo, Don. (1985). White Noise
Jeter, K.W. (1985) The Glass Hammer
Milan, Victor. (1985). The Cybernetic Samurai
Shirley, John. (1985). Eclipse
Sterling, Bruce.. (1985). Schismatrix
Gibson, William. (1986). Count Zero
Gibson, William. (1986). Burning Chrome
Sterling, Bruce. (1986). Mirrorshades: The Cyberpunk Anthology
Williams, Walter Jon. (1986). Hardwired
Denton, Bradley. (1986). Wrack and Roll
Effinger, George Alec. (1987). When Gravity Fails
Blumlein, Michael. 1987. The Movement of Mountains
Shirley, John (1987). Eclipse Penumbra
Swanwick, Michael. (1987). Vacuum Flowers
Gibson, William. (1988). Mona Lisa Overdrive
Acker, Kathy. (1988). Empire of the Senseless
Rucker, Rudy. (1988). Wetware
Shirley, John. (1988). A Splendid Chaos
Sterling, Bruce. (1988). Islands in the Net
Shirley, John (1989). Total Eclipse
Cadigan, Pat. (1989). Synners
Mason, Lisa. (1990). Arachne
Brin, David. (1990). Earth
Bear, Greg. (1990). Queen of Angels
Gibson, William, and Sterling, Bruce. (1991). The Difference
Engine
Shirley, John (1992). Wetbones
Stephenson, Neal. (1992). Snow Crash
Some Recommended Post-Modern Cyberpunk
- Varley, John. (1992).
Steel Beach
Noon, Jeff (1993). Vurt
Gibson, William. (1993). Virtual Light
Gibson, William. (1994) Idoru
Besher, Alexander. (1994). RIM: A Novel of Virtual Reality.
Bury, Stephen. (1994). Interface
Calder, Richard. (1994). Dead Girls
Barnes, John. (1994). Mother of Storms
Egan, Greg. (1994). Permutation City
McAuley, Paul (1995). Fairyland
Noon, Jeff. (1995). Pollen
Bredke, Bruce. (1995). Headcrash
Nagata, Linda. (1995). The Bohr Maker
Stephenson, Neal. (1995). The Diamond Age
Williams, Tad. (1995). Otherland
Goonan, Kathleen Ann. (1995). Queen City Jazz
Calder, Richard. (1996). Dead Boys
Hendrix, Howard. (1996). Lightpaths
Carter, Raphael. (1996) The Fortunate Fall
Scott, Melissa. (1996). Dreaming Metal
Shirley, John. (1996). Silicon Embrace
Calder, Richard. (1997). Dead Things
Goonan, Kathleen Ann. (1997). Mississippi Blues
Sullivan, Tricia. (1997). Someone to Watch Over Me
Bear, Greg. (1997). Slant
Hendrix, Howard. (1997). Standing Wave
Egan, Greg. (1998). Diaspora
Scott, Melissa (1998). The Shapes of Their Hearts
Calder, Richard. (1998). Cythera
Nylund, Eric. (1998). Signal to Noise
Nagata, Linda (1998). Vast
Sullivan, Tricia (1998). Dreaming in Smoke
McCarthy, Will. (1998). Bloom
Cadigan, Pat (1998). Tea from an Empty Cup
Jeter, K.W. (1998) Noir
Mixon, Laura. (1998). Proxies
Nylund, Eric. (1999). A Signal Shattered
Egan, Greg. (1999) Terenesia
Noon, Jeff. (1999). Pixel Juice
Hendrix, Howard. (1999). Better Angels
Jensen, Jan Lars. (1999). Shiva 3000
Stephenson, Neil. (1999). Cryptonomicon
Gibson, William. (1999). All Tomorrows Parties
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- Slipstream Novels
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- Acker, Kathy. (1990).
Empire of the Senseless
- Aldiss, Brian. (1990).
Life in the West
- Banks, Ian. (1997). The
Bridge
- Batchelor, John Calvin.
(1983). Birth of the People's Republic of Antarctica
- Carroll, Johnathan. Land
of Laughs
- Denton, Bradley. (1991).
Buddy Holly is Alive and Well on Ganymede
- Karen Joy Fowler, (1991).
Sarah Canary
- Geary, Patricia, (1989).
Strange Toys
- Harrison, M. John. (2002).
Light
- Hoban, Russell. (1980).
Riddley Walker
- Kotzwinkle, William.
Fata Morgana
- Mieville, China. (1999).
King Rat
- Mieville, China. (2000).
Perdido Street Station
- Mieville, China. (2002).
The Scar
- Priest, Christopher.
(1996). The Prestige
- Pynchon, Tomas,(1991)
Gravity's Rainbow
- Shiner, Lewis. (1993).
Glimpses
- Spencer, William Browning.
(1995). Zod Wollop
- Whittemore, William.
(1974). Sinai Tapestry
- Wolfe, Gary. Who Cenursed
Roger Rabbit
- Womack, Jack. (1988).
Terraplane
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- Cyberpunk Reference
Scholarship
Broderick, Damien. (1995). Readings By Starlight
Clute, John, and Peter Nicholls, eds. (1993). The Encyclopedia
of Science Fiction.
Dery, Mark, ed. (1994). Flame Wars: The Discourse of Cyberculture
Elliott, Emory, ed. (1988). Columbia Literary History of the
United States
Kroker, Arthur, and David Cook. (1986). The Postmodern Scene:
Excremental Culture and Hyper-Aesthetics
McCaffery, Larry, ed. (1991). Storming the Reality Studio
McHale, Brian. (1987). Postmodernist Fiction
Porush, David A. (1985). The Soft Machine: Cybernetic Fiction
Puschmann-Nalenz, Barbara. (1992). Science Fiction and Postmodern
Fiction: A Genre Study
Slusser, George and Shippey, Tom, eds. (1992). Fiction 2000:
Cyberpunk and the Future of Narrative
Tabbi, Joseph. (1995). Postmodern Sublime: Technology and American
Writing from Mailer to Cyberpunk
Some Recommended Near
Future Novels:
- Frederick Pohl and
C.M. Kornbluth. 1953. The Space Merchants
Alfred Bester. 1953. The Demolished Man
Alfred Bester. 1957. The Stars My Destination
Philip K. Dick. 1959. Time Out of Joint
Roger Zelazny. 1966. The Dream Master
Thomas Disch. 1967. Camp Concentration
J.G. Ballard. 1972. Crash
Thomas Disch. 1972. 334
Philip K. Dick. 1974. Flow My Tears the Policeman Said
J.G. Ballard. 1975. High Rise
Thomas Disch. 1979. On the Wings of Song
John Crowley. 1981. Little Big
John Calvin Batchelor. 1983. The Birth of the People's Republic
of Antarctica
William Gibson. 1984. Neuromancer
Walter Tevis. 1984. Mockingbird
K. W. Jeter. 1985. Dr. Adder
K.W. Jeter. 1985. The Glass Hammer
K. W. Jeter. 1987. Death Arms
Bruce Sterling, 1988. Islands in the Net
David Brin. 1990. Earth
Greg Bear. Queen of Angels
Norman Spinrad. 1992. Pictures at Eleven
Nancy Kress. 1993. Beggars in Spain
Kim Stanley Robinson. 1993. Red Mars
Jack Womack, 1995 Random Acts of Senseless Violence
Jack Womack, 1997. Ambient
Greg Bear. 1997. Slant
Kim Stanley Robinson. 1998. Antarctica
Stephen Baxter. 1998. Moonseed
Greg Bear. 1999. Darwin's Radio
Norman Spinrad. 1999. Greenhouse Summer
George W. Turner. 1999. Down There in Darkness
- David Brin. 2002.
Kiln People
Far Future Novels:
- H.G. Wells. 1895. The
Time Machine
William Hope Hodgson. 1908. The House on the Borderland
Cecilia Holland. 1926. Floating Worlds
Olaf Stapledon. 1930. Last Men, First Men
Olaf Stapledon. 1937. Star Maker
Jack Vance. 1950. The Dying Earth
Charles Harness. 1953. The Paradox Men
Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore. 1964. Earth's Last Citadel
John Crowley. 1979. Engine Summer
Gene Wolfe. Book of the New Sun: 1980. Shadow of the Torturer
1981. The Claw of the Conciliator
1981. Sword of the Lictor
983. The Citadel of the Autarch
C. J. Cherryh. 1981. Downbelow Station
David Brin. 1983. Startide Rising
David Brin. 1987. The Uplift War
C. J. Cherryh. 1988. Cyteen
Dan Simmons. 1989. Hyperion
Dan Simmons. 1990. The Fall of Hyperion
Stephen Baxter. 1991. Raft.
Paul McAuley. 1991. Eternal Light
Stephen Baxter. 1993 Red Dust
Gene Wolfe. Book of the Long Sun:
- 1993. Nightside of
the Long Sun
- 1993. Lake of the
Long Sun
1994. Calde of the Long Sun
1996. Exodus from the Long Sun
- Ken MacLeod. 1996.
The Stone Canal
Greg Egan. 1997. Diaspora
- Ken MacLeod. 1998.
The Cassini Division
- Alaistair Reynolds. 2002.
Chasm City
- Alaistair Reynolds. 2003.
Revelation Space
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Some Recommended Hard
Science Fiction
- Hal Clement. 1953.
Mission of Gravity
Arthur C. Clarke. 1953. Childhood's End
Arthur C. Clarke. 1955. Earthlight
Fred and Geoffrey Hoyle. 1963. Fifth
Arthur C. Clarke. 1968. 2001: A Space Odyssey
Larry Niven. 1970. Ringworld
Arthur C. Clarke. 1973. Rendevous with Rama
Frank Herbert. 1975. Dune
Robert Heinlein. 1975. Beyond the Horizon
Arthur C. Clarke. 1979. Fountains of Paradise
Gregory Benford. 1980. Timescape
Larry Niven. 1980. Ringworld Engineers
Stanislaw Lem. 1986. Fiasco
Gregory Benford. 1987. Great Sky River
Paul McAuley. 1988. Four Hundred Billion Stars
John Stith. 1990. Redshift Rendevous
David Brin. 1990. Earth
John Cramer. 1990. Twistor
Paul McAuley. 1991. Eternal Light
Stephen Baxter. 1992. Raft
Stephen Baxter. 1993. Timelike Infinity
John Stith. 1993. Manhattan Transfer
Paul McAuley. 1993. Red Dust
John Cramer. 1997. Einstein's Bridge
John Stith. 1997. Reckoning Infinity
Gregory Benford. 1998. Cosm
Alexander Joblokov. 1998. Deepdrive
Joan Slonczewski. 1998. The Children Star
Stephen Baxter. 1999. Time Manifold
- Gregory Benford. 2000.
Eater
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