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My favourite science fiction books
A Listmania! list by Harun Mushod (UK)

1. The Status Civilization (Penguin science fiction) by Robert Sheckley

The list author says:
	"Also Immortality Inc., Mindswap, Dimension of Miracles and all his short stories are excellent and very funny. At his best, a sort of SF Flann O'Brien. Books mostly out of print, I think."

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2. Beyond Lies The Wub: Volume One Of The Collected Stories: The Collected Short Stories 1 (Collected Short Stories of Philip K. Dick) by Philip K. Dick

The list author says:
	"First volume of Dick's collected short stories. I generally prefer these to the novels, although the latter are supposed to be his speciality."

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3. Foundation (The Foundation Series) by Isaac Asimov

The list author says:
	"The space opera story of the collapse of one empire and the birth and growth of another. The first three books are extremely well plotted. Not read the rest of the series."

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4. Tik-Tok (Gollancz S.F.) by John Sladek

The list author says:
	"The story of a robot who malfunctions and becomes murderous. Not read this for twenty years, but I still remember how Tik Tok helps his friend in a wheelchair down the stairs. Black comedy."

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5. The Gap Series (1) - The Real Story by Stephen Donaldson

The list author says:
	"Densely plotted, very clever and (so far) cynical space opera. The first of five, which I haven't finished reading yet."

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6. Wild Seed (Gollancz SF collectors' edition) by Octavia Butler

The list author says:
	"The story of two immortal people, one 4000 years old, the other 3 centuries. An excellent exploration of the attitudes you might take to life if you were immortal. Also a love/hate story."

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7. Behold The Man (S.F. Masterworks) by Michael Moorcock

The list author says:
	"You go back in time to find Jesus, but he's as a drooling idiot. So, of course, you take his place because you're not quite sane. Excellent story."

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8. Dune by Frank Herbert

The list author says:
	"Epic story of the desert planet Arrakis, its only produce, the spice melange which is vital for space travel, and Paul Arrakis who becomes a semi deity on the planet. Dune Messiah also excellent."

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9. The Stainless Steel Rat by Harry Harrison

The list author says:
	"The first adventures of criminal and con man (usually) Jim diGriz. Good fun."

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10. The Leaky Establishment by David Langford

The list author says:
	"One of the very few books this fanzine editor and SF critic has written (almost 20 years ago), about the activities of a badly guarded nuclear research establishment. Very funny."

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11. Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos) by Dan Simmons

The list author says:
	"Part of a series, but I've only read this book because I liked it's "Canterbury Tales" structure of tales. The first one was particularly haunting."

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12. The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy by Douglas Adams

The list author says:
	"Very funny, epxecially Marvin the Paranoid Android. Led me to Robert Sheckley whom Adams compared to himself "but funnier" (Sheckley supposedly returned the compliment "but richer")."

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13. Pavane (S.F. MASTERWORKS) by Keith Roberts

The list author says:
	"Interesting alternative history set in the 1960s - four centuries after the Spanish Armada beat the English. The country is dominated by a luddite and oppressive Catholic Church."