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Category
Year
Author
Book Title
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Comments
Wiki page
E-book
Audiobook
More info
A.Clarke
1951
Clarke, Arthur C.
Prelude to Space
(aka "Master of Space" or "The Space Dreamers")
A.Clarke
1951
Clarke, Arthur C.
The Sands of Mars
A.Clarke
1952
Clarke, Arthur C.
Islands in the Sky
A.Clarke
1953
Clarke, Arthur C.
[Short Stories] Expedition to Earth
A.Clarke
1953
Clarke, Arthur C.
Against the Fall of Night
Original version of The City and the Stars. First published as a novella in 1948
A.Clarke
1953
Clarke, Arthur C.
Childhood's End
A.Clarke
1955
Clarke, Arthur C.
Earthlight
A.Clarke
1956
Clarke, Arthur C.
[Short Stories] Reach for Tomorrow
A.Clarke
1956
Clarke, Arthur C.
The City and the Stars
Reworked version of "Against the Fall of Night"
A.Clarke
1957
Clarke, Arthur C.
[Short Stories] Tales from the White Hart
A.Clarke
1957
Clarke, Arthur C.
The Deep Range
A.Clarke
1958
Clarke, Arthur C.
[Short Stories] The Other Side of the Sky
A.Clarke
1961
Clarke, Arthur C.
A Fall of Moondust
A.Clarke
1962
Clarke, Arthur C.
[Short Stories] Tales of Ten Worlds
A.Clarke
1963
Clarke, Arthur C.
Dolphin Island
Children's novel
A.Clarke
1967
Clarke, Arthur C.
[Short Stories] The Nine Billion Names of God (& Other Stories)
A.Clarke
1968
Clarke, Arthur C.
2001: A Space Odyssey
Space Odyssey series #1
A.Clarke
1972
Clarke, Arthur C.
[Short Stories] Of Time and Stars
A.Clarke
1972
Clarke, Arthur C.
[Short Stories] The Wind from the Sun
A.Clarke
1972
Clarke, Arthur C.
Rendezvous with Rama
Rama series #1. Hugo & Nebula Award winner
A.Clarke
1973
Clarke, Arthur C.
[Short Stories] The Best of Arthur C. Clarke
(collected stories from 1937 to 1971)
A.Clarke
1975
Clarke, Arthur C.
Imperial Earth
A.Clarke
1979
Clarke, Arthur C.
The Fountains of Paradise
Nebula Award winner
A.Clarke
1982
Clarke, Arthur C.
2010: Odyssey Two
Space Odyssey series #2
A.Clarke
1983
Clarke, Arthur C.
[Short Stories] The Sentinel (& Other Stories)
A.Clarke
1986
Clarke, Arthur C.
The Songs of Distant Earth
A.Clarke
1987
Clarke, Arthur C.
2061: Odyssey Three
Space Odyssey series #3
A.Clarke
1988
Clarke, Arthur C.
Cradle
(with Gentry Lee)
A.Clarke
1989
Clarke, Arthur C.
Rama II
(with Gentry Lee) Rama series #2
A.Clarke
1990
Clarke, Arthur C.
[Short Stories] Tales From Planet Earth
A.Clarke
1990
Clarke, Arthur C.
The Ghost from the Grand Banks
A.Clarke
1991
Clarke, Arthur C.
[Short Stories] More Than One Universe
A.Clarke
1991
Clarke, Arthur C.
The Garden of Rama
(with Gentry Lee) Rama series #3
A.Clarke
1993
Clarke, Arthur C.
Rama Revealed
(with Gentry Lee) Rama series #4
A.Clarke
1993
Clarke, Arthur C.
The Hammer of God
Adapted into two 1998 movies: Deep Impact & Armageddon
A.Clarke
1996
Clarke, Arthur C.
Richter 10
(with Mike McQuay)
A.Clarke
1997
Clarke, Arthur C.
3001: The Final Odyssey
A.Clarke
1999
Clarke, Arthur C.
The Trigger
(with Michael P. Kube-McDowell)
A.Clarke
2000
Clarke, Arthur C.
The Light of Other Days
(with Stephen Baxter)
A.Clarke
2001
Clarke, Arthur C.
The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke
A.Clarke
2003
Clarke, Arthur C.
Time's Eye
(with Stephen Baxter) Time Odyssey series #1
A.Clarke
2005
Clarke, Arthur C.
Sunstorm
(with Stephen Baxter) Time Odyssey series #2
A.Clarke
2007
Clarke, Arthur C.
Firstborn
(with Stephen Baxter) Time Odyssey series #3
A.Clarke
2008
Clarke, Arthur C.
The Last Theorem
(with Frederik Pohl)
Asimov
1950
Asimov, Isaac
[Short Stories] I, Robot
'Runaround' story includes the Three Laws of Robotics
Asimov
1950
Asimov, Isaac
Pebble in the Sky
Galactic Empire series #1 (3rd in chronology)
Asimov
1951
Asimov, Isaac
Foundation
Foundation novel series #1
Asimov
1951
Asimov, Isaac
The Stars, Like Dust
Galactic Empire series #2 (1st in chronology)
Asimov
1952
Asimov, Isaac
Foundation and Empire
Foundation novel series #2
Asimov
1952
Asimov, Isaac
The Currents of Space
Galactic Empire series #3 (2nd in chronology)
Asimov
1953
Asimov, Isaac
Second Foundation
Foundation novel series #3
Asimov
1954
Asimov, Isaac
The Caves of Steel
Robot novel series #1
Asimov
1955
Asimov, Isaac
[Novelettes] The Martian Way & Other Stories
Asimov
1955
Asimov, Isaac
The End of Eternity
Asimov
1957
Asimov, Isaac
[Short Stories] Earth Is Room Enough
Asimov
1957
Asimov, Isaac
The Naked Sun
Robot novel series #2
Asimov
1959
Asimov, Isaac
[Short Stories] Nine Tomorrows
Asimov
1964
Asimov, Isaac
[Short Stories] The Rest of the Robots
Asimov
1966
Asimov, Isaac
Fantastic Voyage
Novelization of the movie
Asimov
1968
Asimov, Isaac
[Short Stories] Asimov's Mysteries
Asimov
1969
Asimov, Isaac
[Essays & Stories] Opus 100
Asimov
1969
Asimov, Isaac
[Short Stories] Nightfall & Other Stories
Asimov
1972
Asimov, Isaac
[Short Stories] The Early Asimov
Subtitled: "or, Eleven Years of Trying"
Asimov
1972
Asimov, Isaac
The Gods Themselves
Hugo & Nebula Awards
Asimov
1975
Asimov, Isaac
[Short Stories] Buy Jupiter & Other Stories
Asimov
1976
Asimov, Isaac
[Short Stories] The Bicentennial Man & Other Stories
Asimov
1982
Asimov, Isaac
Foundation's Edge
Foundation novel series #4. Hugo Award
Asimov
1983
Asimov, Isaac
[Short Stories] The Winds of Change & Other Stories
Asimov
1983
Asimov, Isaac
The Robots of Dawn
Robot novel series #3
Asimov
1985
Asimov, Isaac
Robots and Empire
Robot novel series #4
Asimov
1986
Asimov, Isaac
[Short Stories] Robot Dreams
Asimov
1986
Asimov, Isaac
Foundation and Earth
Foundation novel series #5
Asimov
1987
Asimov, Isaac
Fantastic Voyage II: Destination Brain
Rewrite (reboot) of Fantastic Voyage
Asimov
1988
Asimov, Isaac
Prelude to Foundation
Foundation novel series #7 (1st in chronology)
Asimov
1989
Asimov, Isaac
Nemesis
Asimov
1990
Asimov, Isaac
[Short Stories] Robot Visions
Asimov
1990
Asimov, Isaac
[Short Stories] Science Fiction Favorites
Audiobook read by Asimov himself
Asimov
1990
Asimov, Isaac
Nightfall
with Robert Silverberg; novelization of the short story
Asimov
1992
Asimov, Isaac
Child of Time (aka The Ugly Little Boy)
with Robert Silverberg; novelization of the short story
Asimov
1993
Asimov, Isaac
Forward the Foundation
Foundation novel series #7 (2nd in chronology)
Asimov
1993
Asimov, Isaac
The Positronic Man
with Robert Silverberg
Asimov
1995
Asimov, Isaac
[Short Stories] Gold: the Final Science Fiction Collection
Other
1818
Shelley, Mary
Frankenstein
Subtitled: Or, The Modern Prometheus
Other
1864
Verne, Jules
A Journey to the Center of the Earth (aka A Journey to the Interior of the Earth)
(originally in French)
Other
1865
Verne, Jules
From the Earth to the Moon
(originally in French)
Other
1869
Verne, Jules
Round the Moon (aka Around the Moon)
(originally in French) Sequel to From the Earth to the Moon
Other
1870
Verne, Jules
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
(originally in French) Anticipates the modern submarine
Other
1877
Verne, Jules
Off on a Comet
(originally in French)
Other
1886
Verne, Jules
Robur the Conqueror
(originally in French) Sequel published in 1904: Master of the World
Other
1895
Wells, H. G.
The Time Machine
Other
1897
Wells, H. G.
The Invisible Man
Other
1898
Wells, H. G.
The War of the Worlds
Other
1901
Wells, H. G.
The First Men in the Moon
Other
1904
Wells, H. G.
The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth
Other
1904
Verne, Jules
The Master of the World
Sequel to Robut the Conqueror
Other
1912
Burroughs, Edgar Rice
A Princess of Mars
Other
1912
Doyle, Arthur Conan
The Lost World
Debut of Professor Challenger
Other
1923
Wells, H. G.
Men Like Gods
Other
1932
Huxley, Aldous
Brave New World
Other
1933
Wells, H. G.
The Shape of Things to Come
Other
1938
Lewis, C.S.
Out of the Silent Planet
CSL Space Trilogy #1
Other
1943
Lewis, C.S.
Perelandra
CSL Space Trilogy #2
Other
1945
Lewis, C.S.
That Hideous Strength
CSL Space Trilogy #3
Other
1949
Orwell, George
Nineteen Eighty-Four (aka 1984)
Other
1950
Bradbury, Ray
[Linked stories] The Martian Chronicles
Fix-up novel with loosely linked stories
Other
1951
Bradbury, Ray
[Short Stories] The Illustrated Man
Other
1951
Hamilton, Edmond
City at World's End
Other
1951
Heinlein, Robert A.
The Puppet Masters
Other
1953
Bradbury, Ray
Fahrenheit 451
Retro Hugo Award. Published during the McCarthy era
Other
1963
Boulle, Pierre
Planet of the Apes
(originally in French)
Other
1965
Herbert, Frank
Dune
Hugo & Nebula Awards. Dune saga #1
Other
1966
Keyes, Daniel
Flowers for Algernon
Nebula Award
Other
1966
Heinlein, Robert A.
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
Hugo Award
Other
1968
Dick, Philip K.
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Other
1969
Herbert, Frank
Dune Messiah
Dune saga #2
Other
1969
Crichton, Michael
The Andromeda Strain
Other
1970
Various
[Short Stories] The Science Fiction Hall of Fame Vol. 1
Other
1972
Crichton, Michael
The Terminal Man
Other
1973
Various
[Short Stories] The Science Fiction Hall of Fame Vol. 2A
Other
1973
Various
[Short Stories] The Science Fiction Hall of Fame Vol. 2B