SF novels that earned my affection

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Star Maker (S.F. MASTERWORKS)
1.  Star Maker (S.F. MASTERWORKS) by Olaf Stapledon
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  "To me, this one looks and feels like the mother of all science-fiction books. It has an almost unbearable intensity, not to mention the density of ideas"
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The Stars My Destination (S.F. Masterworks)
2.  The Stars My Destination (S.F. Masterworks) by Alfred Bester
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  "Wow! and Whew! best character in SF, among other prizes"
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The Dispossessed
3.  The Dispossessed by Ursula Le Guin
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  "No! HERE's the best character, it's Shevek! He's also my favourite SF physicist (think Einstein). And this guy's also the ultimate anarchist, and a moral pillar, and all this is made believable!"
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Left Hand Darkness
4.  Left Hand Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
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  "Subtle world-building, mythology and cold, cold, cold winter"
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Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand
5.  Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand by Carl Freedman
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  "A wonderful showcase of the possibilities of SF. And the language!"
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Babel Seventeen (Babel-17) (S.F.Masterworks S.)
6.  Babel Seventeen (Babel-17) (S.F.Masterworks S.) by Samuel R. Delany
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  "Juvenile zest, poetry and heroics on a colorful background"
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The Einstein Intersection
7.  The Einstein Intersection by Neil Gaiman
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  "A multilayered masterpiece of the left unsaid"
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Solaris
8.  Solaris by Stanislaw Lem
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  "Meet the alien! and the sheer strangeness of it all..."
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The Cyberiad: Fables for the Cybernetic Age
9.  The Cyberiad: Fables for the Cybernetic Age by Stanislaw Lem
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  "Funny and sometimes touching philosophical fairy tales (with robots)."
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The Futurological Congress (From the Memoirs of Ijon Tichy)
10.  The Futurological Congress (From the Memoirs of Ijon Tichy) by Stanislaw Lem
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  "Virtual reality as you've never seen it in your wildest trips"
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His Master's Voice
11.  His Master's Voice by Stanislaw Lem
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  "Here's my favourite SF mathematician (think von Neumann)"
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Imaginary Magnitude
12.  Imaginary Magnitude by Stanislaw Lem
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  "Food for the AI in you (and very funny too!)"
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The 5th Head of Cerberus: Three Novellas
13.  The 5th Head of Cerberus: Three Novellas by Gene Wolfe
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  "Ingenious storytelling in a beautiful prose. The many shades of meaning and feeling in this triptych are a delight"
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There are Doors
14.  There are Doors by Gene Wolfe
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  "A touching crazy transdimensional  love story"
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Emphyrio (S.F. MASTERWORKS)
15.  Emphyrio (S.F. MASTERWORKS) by Jack Vance
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  "Pure Vance magic. How does he do it? JV shares with Ursula Le Guin a stunning talent for weaving simple and beautiful prose into simple and beautiful stories"
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The Hyperion Omnibus: Hyperion, The Fall of Hyperion (Gollancz S.F.)
16.  The Hyperion Omnibus: Hyperion, The Fall of Hyperion (Gollancz S.F.) by Dan Simmons
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  "Wonderful storytelling, intelligent space opera"
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Look To Windward
17.  Look To Windward by Iain M. Banks
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  "Iain gets the blues... How can a super-being, a god, be tired of living?"
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Schild's Ladder (Gollancz S.F.)
18.  Schild's Ladder (Gollancz S.F.) by Greg Egan
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  "Hard SF with a post-human heart (and qusp!). G.E. is very good at this stuff."
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Stranger in a Strange Land
19.  Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A Heinlein
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  "The Messiah from Mars! I love Jubal, that old rascal"
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Stations of the Tide
20.  Stations of the Tide by Michael Swanwick
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  "The mood of a whole planet, and the strangest bureaucrat... An unforgettable cameo appearance of... the Earth!"
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Dune
21.  Dune by Frank Herbert
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  "As Clarke said, the world building in this book compares to that of the Lord of the Rings (enough said)"
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