100 Must-read Science Fiction Novels

100 Must-read Science Fiction Novels
Author: Nick Rennison
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2009-01-01
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1408103710

"A reliable guide to what science fiction is" Christopher Priest, award-winning science fiction author "A really good introduction to the genre" SFX Magazine "Perceptive and glorious" Ian Watson, author of the screenplay for Steve Spielberg's A.I. Want to become a science fiction buff? Want to expand your reading in your favourite genre? This is a good place to start! From the publishers of the popular Good Reading Guide comes a rich selection of some of the finest SF novels ever published. With 100 of the best titles fully reviewed and a further 500 recommended, you'll quickly become an expert in the world of science fiction. The book is arranged by author and includes some thematic entries and special categories such as SF film adaptations, SF in rock music and Philip K. Dick in the mass media . It also includes a history of SF and a new definition of the genre, plus lists of award winners and book club recommendations. Foreword by Christopher Priest, the multiple award-winning SF author.

Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels

Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels
Author: David Pringle
Publisher: Gateway
Total Pages: 230
Release: 2014-06-30
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1473208076

From one of the best-known editors in modern science fiction, this lively and authoritative guide will appeal to both newcomers and connoisseurs of the genre alike. Informative and readable, David Pringle's choices focus on landmark works by the likes of Ray Bradbury, Alfred Bester and J.G. Ballard, unearth less prominent talents such as Ian Watson, Octavia Butler and Joanna Russ, and highlight breakthrough novels by William Gibson and Philip K. Dick. An essential guide to science fiction literature.

Dune (Movie Tie-In)

Dune (Movie Tie-In)
Author: Frank Herbert
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 897
Release: 2023-09-26
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0593640349

• DUNE: PART TWO • THE MAJOR MOTION PICTURE COMING NOVEMBER 3rd, 2023 Directed by Denis Villeneuve, screenplay by Denis Villeneuve and Jon Spaihts, based on the novel Dune by Frank Herbert • Starring Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Josh Brolin, Austin Butler, Florence Pugh, Dave Bautista, Christopher Walken, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Léa Seydoux, with Stellan Skarsgård, with Charlotte Rampling, and Javier Bardem Frank Herbert’s classic masterpiece—a triumph of the imagination and one of the bestselling science fiction novels of all time. Set on the desert planet Arrakis, Dune is the story of Paul Atreides−who would become known as Maud'Dib—and of a great family's ambition to bring to fruition humankind’s most ancient and unattainable dream. A stunning blend of adventure and mysticism, environmentalism and politics, Dune won the first Nebula Award, shared the Hugo Award, and formed the basis of what is undoubtedly the grandest epic in science fiction.

Fantasy

Fantasy
Author: James Cawthorn
Publisher: Running PressBook Pub
Total Pages: 216
Release: 1993-02-17
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9780881847086

A chronological list of the best fantasy provides a brief history of the genre and a description of each work's background

Modern Fantasy

Modern Fantasy
Author: David Pringle
Publisher:
Total Pages: 296
Release: 1988
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN:

Hyperion Cantos

Hyperion Cantos
Author: Dan Simmons
Publisher:
Total Pages: 942
Release: 1990
Genre: Future life
ISBN:

Eight centuries from now-- long after the Big Mistake and the death of Old Earth-- humanity is again on the brink of war. Galactic war this time.

Science Fiction

Science Fiction
Author: David Pringle
Publisher:
Total Pages: 224
Release: 1985
Genre: Best books
ISBN: 9780947761110

Golden Cities, Far

Golden Cities, Far
Author: Lin Carter
Publisher: Hachette UK
Total Pages: 238
Release: 2020-04-14
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1473221013

A rich and joyous collection of tales of myth, magic and necromancy, by authors ancient and modern - all the way from the anonymous chronicler of perhaps the oldest of written fantasies - the Sumarian Angalta Kigalshe - to Anatole France and his Merrie Tales of Jacques Tournebroche. Here you will find extracts from the Egyptian Book of Thoth, from Ariosto's Orlando Furioso from Voltaire, Alfred Noyes, and many more - a veritable feast of fantasy.