A Baker's Dozen of the Best SciFi

A Listmania! list by Methanoid (UK)
 
Coyote: The Coyote Series: Book One
1.  Coyote: The Coyote Series: Book One by Allen M. Steele
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  "Extra-solar colonisation. Steele is much like Heinlein but more adult."
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Red Mars (Mars Trilogy)
2.  Red Mars (Mars Trilogy) by Kim Stanley Robinson
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  "Slow to start but has to the best Mars book out there"
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The Chrysalids (Penguin Modern Classics)
3.  The Chrysalids (Penguin Modern Classics) by John Wyndham
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  "A Wyndham often overlooked in favour of Triffids. Superb post-apocalyptic fiction"
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Starship Troopers
4.  Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein
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  "The first militaristic SciFi but still the best"
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Sten (Sten Series)
5.  Sten (Sten Series) by Chris Bunch
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  "Space opera at its finest. Nothing new here but great pulp SciFi"
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Midshipman's Hope (Seafort Saga)
6.  Midshipman's Hope (Seafort Saga) by David Feintuch
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  "Described as Hornblower in space. Excellent first story but loses the plot a little in later novels"
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Second Variety: Volume Two Of The Collected Stories (Collected Short Stories of Philip K. Dick)
7.  Second Variety: Volume Two Of The Collected Stories (Collected Short Stories of Philip K. Dick) by Philip K. Dick
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  "Arguably the best SF writer ever. Dick's short stories never fail to enthrall"
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The Great Dune Trilogy: Dune, Dune Messiah, Children of Dune (Gollancz S.F.)
8.  The Great Dune Trilogy: Dune, Dune Messiah, Children of Dune (Gollancz S.F.) by Frank Herbert
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  "I never tire of Dune. The most immersive Universe you can find. "Ya Hya Chouhada!""
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Mars
9.  Mars by Ben Bova
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  "One of Bova's Grand Tour novels. All are compulsive reading and link characters to make a believable future."
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The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy
10.  The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy by Douglas Adams
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  "The defining SF comedy. Brilliant in book, radio, TV or film form."
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Voyage
11.  Voyage by Stephen Baxter
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  "A what-if following on after the Apollo landings. Hard, technical but very enjoyable."
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The Stainless Steel Rat (Sphere science fiction)
12.  The Stainless Steel Rat (Sphere science fiction) by Harry Harrison
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  "Slippery Jim Di Griz is the Rat - criminal of the future. Also a great adaptation in 2000AD (British comic)"
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Hawksbill Times Two
13.  Hawksbill Times Two by Robert Silverberg
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  "A defining time-travel story. This edition gives you both the short and novel versions."
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