The Best Speculative Fiction

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Flowers For Algernon (S.F. MASTERWORKS)
1.  Flowers For Algernon (S.F. MASTERWORKS) by Daniel Keyes
The list author says:
  "Everyone should read this, in fact it should be on the GCSE English curriculum."
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Replay (FANTASY MASTERWORKS)
2.  Replay (FANTASY MASTERWORKS) by Ken Grimwood
The list author says:
  "A "What if?" masterpiece."
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Vurt
3.  Vurt by Jeff Noon
The list author says:
  "The greatest Mancunian cyperpunk novel of all time. How has this been allowed to go out of print???"
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Hyperion (GOLLANCZ S.F.)
4.  Hyperion (GOLLANCZ S.F.) by Dan Simmons
The list author says:
  "Stunning. I'm still reading the sequels, but based on what I've read so far, this is a series that can transcend the genre an become an all-time literary classic."
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Valis (S.F. MASTERWORKS)
5.  Valis (S.F. MASTERWORKS) by Philip K. Dick
The list author says:
  "PKD's extraordinary semi-autobiographical musing."
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Perdido Street Station
6.  Perdido Street Station by China Mieville
The list author says:
  "Probably the best fantasy novel of the decade and the first of Mieville's Bas-Lag series."
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The Dancers At The End of Time (S.F. MASTERWORKS)
7.  The Dancers At The End of Time (S.F. MASTERWORKS) by Michael Moorcock
The list author says:
  "Moorcock's finest hour. I'm not a big fan of his sword 'n' sorcery stuff, but this trilogy blew me away."
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The Anubis Gates (FANTASY MASTERWORKS)
8.  The Anubis Gates (FANTASY MASTERWORKS) by Tim Powers
The list author says:
  "Time-travel, Egyptology and Samuel Coleridge. Awesome."
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Stranger in a Strange Land
9.  Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein
The list author says:
  "A unique book. This extended version almost reads like a philosophy lecture at times, but is no less amazing for it and shows what seems now amazing insight for the early 60's."
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The Iron Dragon's Daughter (Fantasy Masterworks)
10.  The Iron Dragon's Daughter (Fantasy Masterworks) by Michael Swanwick
The list author says:
  "Highly unusual dark fantasy"
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Shriek: An Afterword
11.  Shriek: An Afterword by Jeff VanderMeer
The list author says:
  "Vandermeer's surely destined to be a fantasy legend if he continues like this. Shriek deserves your attention."
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Stand On Zanzibar
12.  Stand On Zanzibar by John Brunner
The list author says:
  "Brunner was a visionary, this is cyperpunk 20 years before the term was coined"
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The Player Of Games (The Culture)
13.  The Player Of Games (The Culture) by Iain M. Banks
The list author says:
  "IMB's finest hour, if you've never read him before this is a good starting point"
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British Summertime
14.  British Summertime by Paul Cornell
The list author says:
  "Paul Cornell is best known as  a TV writer having written episodes for Doctor Who, Primeval and, er, Robin Hood - but don't let that put you off, this is a brilliant, brilliant book."
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The Day of the Triffids (Penguin Modern Classics)
15.  The Day of the Triffids (Penguin Modern Classics) by John Wyndham
The list author says:
  "An unforgettable experience. Read this and see it's influence on countless other books and films of the last 50-odd years."
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Grass (S.F. MASTERWORKS)
16.  Grass (S.F. MASTERWORKS) by Sheri S. Tepper
The list author says:
  "Feminist sci-fi? You'd better believe it."
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The Book Of Skulls (S.F. MASTERWORKS)
17.  The Book Of Skulls (S.F. MASTERWORKS) by Robert Silverberg
The list author says:
  "This was my first Silverberg, but he's written reams of great stuff."
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