List of science fiction novels

This page lists a broad variety of science fiction novels (and novel series)--some old, some new; some famous, some obscure; some well-written, some ill-written--and so may be considered a representative slice of the field. The books appear in alphabetical order by title (ignoring "A", "An", and "The"); series are alphabetical by author-designated name or, if there is no such, some reasonable designation.

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Contents: Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z  - External links

0-9

• 1632 by Eric Flint
• 1633 by Eric Flint and David Weber
• 1634: The Galileo Affair by Eric Flint and Andrew Dennis
• 1634: The Ram Rebellion by Eric Flint and Virginia DeMarce
• 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne
• 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke
• 2010: Odyssey Two by Arthur C. Clarke
• 2061: Odyssey Three by Arthur C. Clarke
• 3001: The Final Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke
• 334 by Thomas M. Disch

A

• Absolution Gap by Alastair Reynolds
• Accelerando by Charles Stross
• Acidity (Novelette), by Nadeem F. Paracha
• Adulthood Rites, Book Two of Xenogenesis Series by Octavia Butler
• The Age of the Pussyfoot, by Frederik Pohl
• Air by Geoff Ryman
• An Age by Brian Aldiss
• Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank
• Alastor Cluster series by Jack Vance
  • namely, Trullion: Alastor 2262, Marune: Alastor 933, and Wyst: Alastor 1716
• Aldair series by Neal Barrett
  • namely, Aldair in Albion, Aldair, Across the Misty Sea, Aldair, Master of Ships, and Aldair: The Legion of Beasts
• The Algebraist by Iain M. Banks
• Alien Tongue by Stephen Leigh, Essay by Rudy Rucker
• The American Book of the Dead by Stephen Billias
• Ancient Echoes by Robert Holdstock
• Ancient Rising by JC De La Torre
• The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton
• Anthony Villiers series by Alexei Panshin
  • namely, Star Well, The Thurb Revolution, and Masque World
• Ares Express by Ian McDonald
• Asgard series by Brian Stableford
  • namely, Asgard's Secret, Asgard's Conquerors, and Asgard's Heart
• The Atrocity Exhibition by J.G. Ballard
• Autumn Angels by Arthur Byron Cover
• Awakeners series by Sheri S. Tepper
  • namely, Northshore and Southshore

B

• Babel-17 by Samuel R. Delany
• Barefoot in the Head by Brian Aldiss
• Battle Angel Alita by Yukito Kishiro
• Battlefield Earth by L. Ron Hubbard
• Becoming Alien by Rebecca Ore
• Berserker by Fred Saberhagen
• Beyond Apollo by Barry N. Malzberg
• Bicentennial Man by Isaac Asimov
• The Bikers series by Alex R. Stuart
• Big Planet series by Jack Vance
  • namely, Big Planet and Showboat World
• The Big Time by Fritz Leiber
• A Billion Days of Earth by Doris Piserchia
• Black by Ted Dekker
• Blast Off at Woomera by Hugh Walters
• The Blind Worm by Brian Stableford
• Bloodchild and Other Stories by Octavia Butler
• The Blue Man by Kin Platt
• The Blue World by Jack Vance
• Borgel by Daniel Pinkwater
• Born With the Dead by Robert Silverberg
• Borrowed Tides by Paul Levinson
• Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
• Brasyl by Ian McDonald
• Briah cycle by Gene Wolfe, several nested sub-series:
  • The Book of the New Sun
    • namely, The Shadow of the Torturer, The Claw of the Conciliator, The Sword of the Lictor, The Citadel of the Autarch, The Urth of the New Sun
    • The Book of the Long Sun
      • namely, Nightside the Long Sun, Lake of the Long Sun, Calde of the Long Sun, and Exodus from the Long Sun
    • The Book of the Short Sun
      • namely, On Blue's Waters, In Green's Jungles, and Return to the Whorl
• Bug Jack Barron by Norman Spinrad
• The Butterfly Kid by Chester Anderson
• The Bromeliad series by Terry Pratchett
  • namely, Truckers, Diggers, and Wings

C

• Cadwal Chronicles series by Jack Vance
  • namely, Araminta Station, Ecce and Old Earth, and Throy
• The Calcutta Chromosome by Amitav Ghosh
• Calling B for Butterfly by Louise Lawrence
• Camp Concentration by Thomas M. Disch
• A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr.
• A Case of Conscience by James Blish
• The Caves of Steel by Isaac Asimov
• Celestial Matters by Richard Garfinkle
• The Centauri Device by M. John Harrison
• Century Rain by Alastair Reynolds
• The Chalk Giants by Keith Roberts
• The Changeling by A. E. van Vogt
• Chanur series by C. J. Cherryh
  • namely, The Pride of Chanur, Chanur's Venture, The Kif Strike Back, Chanur's Homecoming, and Chanur's Legacy
• Chasm City by Alastair Reynolds
• Child of Fortune by Norman Spinrad
• Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke
• Children of Tomorrow by A. E. van Vogt
• Chronocules by D. G. Compton
• Cinnabar by Edward Bryant
• Cirque by Terry Carr
• City by Clifford D. Simak
• The City and the Stars by Arthur C. Clarke
• City of Bones by Martha Wells
• City of Illusion by Ursula Le Guin
• Clans of the Alphane Moon by Philip K. Dick
• A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
• Clay's Ark by Octavia Butler
• The Complete Magnus Ridolph by Jack Vance
• Coalescent by Stephen Baxter
• Code Geass by Ichirō Ōkouchi
• Congo by Michael Crichton
• Colony by Ben Bova
• The Consciousness Plague by Paul Levinson
• Count Zero by William Gibson
• Cradle by Arthur C. Clarke and Gentry Lee
• Cradle of the Sun by Brian Stableford
• Creatures of Light and Darkness by Roger Zelazny
• Cross Roads of Time by Andre Norton
• Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson
  • also The Baroque Cycle, namely Quicksilver, The Confusion, and The System of the World
• Crystal Rain by Tobias S. Buckell
• Crystal Witness by Kathy Tyers
• Cuckoo's Egg by C. J. Cherryh
• Culture series by Iain M. Banks
  • namely, Consider Phlebas, The Player of Games, Use of Weapons, The State of the Art, Excession, Inversions, Look to Windward, and Matter
• The Currents of Space by Isaac Asimov
• Cyteen by C. J. Cherryh

D

• Daedalus series by Brian Stableford
  • namely, The Florians, Critical Threshold, Wildeblood's Empire, The City of the Sun, Balance of Power, and The Paradox of the Sets
• Dancing Jack by Laurie J. Marks
• Danny Dunn series by Raymond Abrashkin and Jay Williams
  • namely Danny Dunn and the Anti-Gravity Paint, Danny Dunn on a Desert Island, Danny Dunn and the Homework Machine, Danny Dunn and the Weather Machine, Danny Dunn on the Ocean Floor, Danny Dunn and the Fossil Cave, Danny Dunn and the Heat Ray, Danny Dunn, Time Traveler, Danny Dunn and the Automatic House, Danny Dunn and the Voice From Space, Danny Dunn and the Smallifying Machine, Danny Dunn and the Swamp Monster, Danny Dunn, Invisible Boy, Danny Dunn Scientific Detective, Danny Dunn and the Universal Glue
• Dawn, Book One of the Xenogenesis Series by Octavia Butler
• Darwin's Radio by Greg Bear
• The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham
• Days of Grass by Tanith Lee
• The Deadly Sky by Doris Piserchia
• The Demolished Man by Alfred Bester
• Demon Princes series by Jack Vance
  • namely, Star King, The Killing Machine, The Palace of Love, The Face, and The Book of Dreams
• Desolation Road by Ian McDonald
• Destination Mars by Hugh Walters
• Destination: Void by Frank Herbert
• Destiny's Forge by T. M. Moore
• Dhalgren by Samuel R. Delany
• The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson
• Dies Irae series by Brian Stableford
  • namely, The Days of Glory, In the Kingdom of the Beasts, and Day of Wrath
• Dies the Fire by S. M. Stirling
• The Dimensioneers by Doris Piserchia
• The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin
• Distress by Greg Egan.
• Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
• The Domes of Pico by Hugh Walters
• Doomsday Book by Connie Willis
• The Dosadi Experiment by Frank Herbert
• Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom by Cory Doctorow
• Down to a Sunless Sea by David Graham
• Downbelow Station by C. J. Cherryh
• The Dragon Masters by Jack Vance
• The Dragon Never Sleeps by Glen Cook
• Drake Maijstral series by Walter Jon Williams
  • namely, The Crown Jewels, House of Shards, and Rock of Ages
• Dream Park by Larry Niven and Steven Barnes
• Dream Park; The Voodoo Game by Larry Niven and Steven Barnes
• Dream Science by Thomas Palmer
• Dreamsnake by Vonda N. McIntyre
• The Drowned World by J. G. Ballard
• The Dry Salvages (novella) by Caitlín R. Kiernan
• Dune by Frank Herbert
  • namely, Dune Messiah, Children of Dune, God Emperor of Dune, Heretics of Dune, Chapterhouse Dune
• Durdane series by Jack Vance
  • namely, The Anome (aka The Faceless Man), The Brave Free Men (aka The Roguskhoi), and The Asutra
• Dying Inside by Robert Silverberg

E

• Earth Abides by George R. Stewart
• Earthborn by Orson Scott Card
• Earth Child by Doris Piserchia
• Earth Logic by Laurie J. Marks
• Earth in Twilight by Doris Piserchia
• Earthseed by Pamela Sargent
• Eclipsia by Robert P. Francis & Joleen Bartles
• Einstein's Dreams by Alan Lightman
• Elemental series by Laurie J. Marks
  • namely, Fire Logic, Earth Logic, Water Logic
• Emortality series by Brian Stableford
  • namely, The Cassandra Complex, Inherit the Earth, Architects of Emortality, Fountains of Youth, Dark Ararat, and The Omega Expedition
• Emperors of the Twilight by S. Andrew Swann
• Empire by Orson Scott Card
• Emphyrio by Jack Vance
• Empire of the Atom by A. E. van Vogt
• Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
  • also Speaker for the Dead, Xenocide, Children of the Mind, Ender's Shadow, Shadow Puppets, Shadow of the Hegemon, and Shadow of the Giant
• Escape 2 Earth by Lawrence Johnson
• Exit Funtopia by Mick Farren
• Expedition Venus by Hugh Walters
• The Eye of the Heron by Ursula K. Le Guin
• The Eyes series by Stuart Gordon

F

• Faded Sun series by C. J. Cherryh
  • namely, Kesrith, Shon'jir, and Kutath
• Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
• A Fall of Moondust by Arthur C. Clarke
• Farewell Horizontal by K. W. Jeter
• Fearful Symmetries by S. Andrew Swann
• Feersum Endjinn by Iain M. Banks
• The Female Man by Joanna Russ
• Fire Logic by Laurie J. Marks
• The Fifth Head of Cerberus by Gene Wolfe
• The Fifth Sacred Thing by Starhawk
• Firebird by Kathy Tyers
  • also Fusion Fire and Crown of Fire
• Fledgling by Octavia Butler
• Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said by Philip K. Dick
• Flowers for Algernon (novel version) by Daniel Keyes
• The Fluger by Doris Piserchia
• Forests of the Night by S. Andrew Swann
• The Forever War by Joe Haldeman
  • also Forever Free, Forever Peace
• Foundation by Isaac Asimov
  • also Foundation and Empire, Second Foundation, Foundation's Edge, Foundation and Earth, Prelude to Foundation (prequel), and Forward the Foundation (prequel)
• Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
• Free Live Free by Gene Wolfe

G

• Galactic Derelict by Andre Norton
• Galactic Effectuator by Jack Vance
• Garden of Rama by Arthur C. Clarke
• Gateway by Frederik Pohl
• Gladiator-At-Law by C. M. Kornbluth and Frederik Pohl
• Gridlinked by Neal Asher
• The Gods Themselves by Isaac Asimov
• The Gods of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs
• Gods of Riverworld by Philip José Farmer
• The Golden Age by John C. Wright
• Grass by Sheri S. Tepper
• The Gray Prince by Jack Vance
• The Gripping Hand by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle. Released as The Moat Around Murcheson's Eye in the United Kingdom.

H

• Halo - a video-game novelization series
  • namely, Halo: The Fall of Reach by Eric Nylund, Halo: The Flood by William C. Dietz, Halo: First Strike by Eric Nylund, and Halo: Ghosts of Onyx by Eric Nylund
• The Hammer of Darkness by L. E. Modesitt
• The Hampdenshire Wonder by J. D. Beresford
• The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
• Hawken Family series by Michael Williams
  • namely, Arcady and Allamanda
• Helliconia trilogy by Brian W. Aldiss
  • comprising Helliconia Spring, Helliconia Summer, and Helliconia Winter
• He, She, and It by Marge Piercy
• The High Crusade by Poul Anderson
• Highway of Eternity by Clifford Simak
• Hitchhiker series by Douglas Adams
  • namely, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy; The Restaurant at the End of the Universe; Life, the Universe and Everything; So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish; and Mostly Harmless
• Homesmind by Pamela Sargent
• Hooded Swan series by Brian Stableford
  • namely, Halcyon Drift, Rhapsody in Black, Promised Land, The Paradise Game, The Fenris Device, and Swan Song
• The Houses of Iszm by Jack Vance
• Hyperion by Dan Simmons
  • also The Fall of Hyperion, Endymion, and The Rise of Endymion

I

• I Am Legend by Richard Matheson
• Idlewild by Nick Sagan
• Imago, Book Three of the Xenogenesis Series by Octavia Butler
• Imperial Earth by Arthur C. Clarke
• In the Courts of the Crimson Kings by S. M. Stirling
• Inquestor series by Somtow Sucharitkul
  • namely, Light on the Sound, The Throne of Madness, Utopia Hunters, and The Darkling Wind
• The Intuitionist by Colson Whitehead
• The Invention of Morel by Adolfo Bioy Casares
• I, Robot by Isaac Asimov
• Iron Council by China Miéville
• Iron Sunrise by Charles Stross
• The Island of Doctor Moreau by H. G. Wells
• Isle of the Dead by Roger Zelazny

J

• J. by William Sanders
• Jennifer Government by Max Barry
• Journey to Jupiter by Hugh Walters
• Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne
• Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton

K

• Kaleidoscope Century by John Barnes
• Kalimantan by Lucius Shepard
• Killobyte by Piers Anthony
• Kindred by Octavia Butler
• King of the Shore by Eryn Adams
• King of Morning, Queen of Day by Ian McDonald
• King Rat by China Miéville (arguably fantasy)
• Knight of Delusions by Keith Laumer
• The Kraken Wakes (aka Out of the Deeps) by John Wyndham

L

• Langdon St. Ives series by James Blaylock
  • namely, Homunculus, Lord Kelvin's Machine, and The Digging Leviathan
• The Languages of Pao by Jack Vance
• Last and First Men by Olaf Stapledon
• The Last Castle by Jack Vance
• The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin
• Learning the World by Ken MacLeod
• The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
• The Legacy of Herot by Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle and Steven Barnes
• Level 7 by Mordecai Roshwald
• Little Fuzzy by H. Beam Piper
• Light by M. John Harrison
• Looking Backward by Edward Bellamy
• Look to Windward by Iain M. Banks
• Lord Kalvan of Otherwhen by H. Beam Piper
• Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny
• Lords of the Starship by Mark S. Geston
• The Lost Fleet series by Jack Campbell
• The Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle
• The Lost World by Michael Crichton
• Lovelock by Orson Scott Card and Kathryn H. Kidd
• Lydyard series by Brian Stableford
  • namely, The Werewolves of London, The Angel of Pain, and The Carnival of Destruction

M

• Macroscope by Piers Anthony
• Majipoor series by Robert Silverberg
  • namely, Lord Valentine's Castle, Valentine Pontifex, Majipoor Chronicles; there are more but of debated quality
• Make Room! Make Room! by Harry Harrison
• The Malacia Tapestry by Brian W. Aldiss
• Man Plus by Frederik Pohl
• Man in a Cage by Brian Stableford
• The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick
• The Man Who Fell to Earth by Walter Tevis
• The Man Who Folded Himself by David Gerrold
• The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
• Maske: Thaery by Jack Vance
• The Master by T. H. White
• Masters of Time by A. E. van Vogt
• A Maze of Death by Philip K. Dick
• A Meeting at Corvallis by S. M. Stirling
• The Memory of Earth by Orson Scott Card
  • also The Call of Earth, The Ships of Earth, Earthfall, Earthborn
• The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate by Ted Chiang
• The Midnight Dancers by Gerard F. Conway
• Midshipman's Hope by David Feintuch
  • see the Seafort Saga for its sequels
• The Midwich Cuckoos by John Wyndham
• A Million Open Doors by John Barnes
• Mind of My Mind by Octavia Butler
• The Mind Riders by Brian Stableford
• The Mind Cage by A. E. van Vogt
• The Missing Matter by Thomas R. McDonough, essay by Wallace H. Tucker
• Mission Earth by L. Ron Hubbard
• Mission of Gravity by Hal Clement
• The Mists of Dawn by Chad Oliver[1]
• The Moat Around Murcheson's Eye by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle. This was the United Kingdom title, elsewhere it's known as The Gripping Hand
• The Modular Man by Roger MacBride Allen, Essay by Isaac Asimov
• Mona Lisa Overdrive by William Gibson
• Moon Base One by Hugh Walters
• The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein
• More Than Human by Theodore Sturgeon
• Morgaine series by C. J. Cherryh
  • namely, Gate of Ivrel, Well of Shiuan, Fires of Azeroth, and Exile's Gate
• Mostly Harmless by Douglas Adams
• The Mote in God's Eye by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
• Mr. Justice by Doris Piserchia
• Mythago Wood series by Robert Holdstock
  • namely, Mythago Wood, Lavondyss, The Bone Forest, The Hollowing, Merlin's Wood, and Gate of Ivory, Gate of Horn

N

• The Naked Sun by Isaac Asimov
• Neuromancer by William Gibson
• Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
• Neverness series by David Zindell
  • namely, Neverness, The Broken God, The Wild, and War in Heaven
• Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
• Night Lamp by Jack Vance
• Nightwings by Robert Silverberg
• Norstrilia by Cordwainer Smith
• Noughts & Crosses series by Malorie Blackman
• Nova by Samuel R. Delany
• Nova Swing by M. John Harrison
• Null-A Three by A. E. van Vogt

O

• Odd John by Olaf Stapledon
• OMA: One Man Army by Daniel J. Neumann
• Old Man's War by John Scalzi
• One Mind's Eye by Kathy Tyers
• On the Beach by Nevil Shute
• On Wings of Song by Thomas M. Disch
• Operation Columbus by Hugh Walters
• The Ophiuchi Hotline by John Varley
• Optiman by Brian Stableford
• Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood.
• Origin by Roger Hydes. Author of The Heritage Files series of novels consisting of Origin, Interim, Legacy, and Destiny's Child[2]
• Otherland series by Tad Williams
  • namely, City of Golden Shadow, River of Blue Fire, Mountain of Black Glass, and Sea of Silver Light
• Out of the Deeps (aka The Kraken Wakes) by John Wyndham

P

• Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler
• Parable of the Talents by Octavia Butler
• Pastwatch: The Redemption of Christopher Columbus by Orson Scott Card
• Patternmaster by Octavia Butler
• The Patterns of Chaos by Colin Kapp
• Pavane by Keith Roberts
• Pebble in the Sky by Isaac Asimov
• Perdido Street Station by China Miéville
• Permanence by Karl Schroeder
• Permutation City by Greg Egan
• The Pixel Eye by Paul Levinson
• A Plague of Demons by Keith Laumer
• Planet of Adventure series by Jack Vance
  • namely, City of the Chasch (aka The Chasck), Servants of the Wanek (aka Servants of the Wankh, The Wankh), The Dirdir, and The Pnume
• Planet of Exile by Ursula Le Guin
• Player Piano by Kurt Vonnegut
• The Players of Null-A also published as The Pawns of Null-A by A. E. van Vogt
• The Pleasures of a Futuroscope by Lord Dunsany
• The Plot To Save Socrates by Paul Levinson
• Ports of Call series by Jack Vance
  • namely, Ports of Call and Lurulu
• The Postman by David Brin
• Prey by Michael Crichton
• The Prestige by Christopher Priest
• The Princes of the Air by John M. Ford
• Prisoners of Power by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky
• The Protector's War by S. M. Stirling
• Pushing Ice by Alastair Reynolds

Q

• Quarantine by Greg Egan
• Quest for the Future by A. E. van Vogt
• Quinzinzinzili by Régis Messac
  • Quinzinzinzili : see the french page
  • Régis Messac : see the french page

R

• Radix series by A. A. Attanasio
  • namely, Radix, In Other Worlds, Arc of the Dream, and The Last Legends of Earth
• Raising the Stones by Sheri S. Tepper
• The Realms of Tartarus by Brian Stableford
• Red by Ted Dekker
• Red Genesis by S.C. Sykes, Essay by Eugene Mallove
• Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson
  • also Green Mars, and Blue Mars
• Redemption Ark by Alastair Reynolds
• Report on Probability A by Brian W. Aldiss
• Revelation Space by Alastair Reynolds
• Ringworld by Larry Niven
  • also The Ringworld Engineers, The Ringworld Throne, Ringworld's Children
• Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke
• Roadmarks by Roger Zelazny
• Roadside Picnic by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky
• Robots of Dawn by Isaac Asimov
• Rocannon's World by Ursula Le Guin
• Roderick and Roderick at Random by John Sladek
• R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots) by Karel Čapek
• Rumors of Spring by Richard Grant
• Rynosseros by Terry Dowling

S

• Samaria series by Sharon Shinn
  • namely, Archangel, Jovah's Angel, The Alleluia Files, and Angelica
• Sandman, Sleep by Herbert Lieberman
• Santiago by Mike Resnick
• Saraband of Lost Time by Richard Grant
• A Scanner Darkly, by Philip K. Dick
• The Scar by China Miéville (arguably fantasy)
• The Scourge of God by S. M. Stirling
• Scissors Cut Paper Wrap Stone by Ian McDonald
• Search the Sky by Cyril M. Kornbluth and Frederik Pohl
• Sewer, Gas, and Electric by Matt Ruff
• The Shape of Things to Come, by H. G. Wells
• Shivering World by Kathy Tyers
• The Shockwave Rider by John Brunner
• Sideshow by Sheri S. Tepper
• Signs of Life by M. John Harrison
• The Silk Code by Paul Levinson
• The Silkie by A. E. van Vogt
• The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut
• The Sky People by S. M. Stirling
• Slan by A. E. van Vogt
• Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut
• Slaves of the Klau (aka Gold and Iron) by Jack Vance
• Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
• Solaris by Stanisław Lem
• Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
• Son of Man by Robert Silverberg
• Son of the Tree by Jack Vance
• The Song of Phiad the Gambler by Mick Farren
• The Space Merchants by Frederik Pohl and C.M. Kornbluth
• Space Opera by Jack Vance
• Space Trilogy series by C. S. Lewis
  • namely, Out of the Silent Planet, Perelandra (aka Voyage to Venus), and That Hideous Strength
• Spaceling by Doris Piserchia
• Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card
  • also Shadow of the Hegemon, Shadow Puppets, Shadow of the Giant, Shadows in Flight
• Specters of the Dawn by S. Andrew Swann
• Sphere by Michael Crichton
• Spin by Robert Charles Wilson
• The Stainless Steel Rat by Harry Harrison
  • also The Stainless Steel Rat's Revenge, The Stainless Steel Rat Saves the World, The Stainless Steel Rat Wants You, The Stainless Steel Rat for President, A Stainless Steel Rat Is Born, The Stainless Steel Rat Gets Drafted, The Stainless Steel Rat Sings the Blues, The Stainless Steel Rat Goes to Hell, The Stainless Steel Rat Joins the Circus
• Stand on Zanzibar by John Brunner
• Star of Gypsies by Robert Silverberg
• Star of the Unborn by Franz Werfel
• Star Man's Son (AKA, Daybreak 2250) by Andre Norton
• Star Rider by Doris Piserchia
• Star Smashers of the Galazy Rangers by Harry Harrison
• Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein
• The Stars, Like Dust by Isaac Asimov
• Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein
• The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester
• Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang
• The Sunrise Lands by S. M. Stirling
• Supermind by A. E. van Vogt
• Strata by Terry Pratchett
• The Syndic by C. M. Kornbluth

T

• Terror by Satellite by Hugh Walters
• Thebes of the Hundred Gates by Robert Silverberg
• There Are Doors by Gene Wolfe
• They Shall Have Stars by James Blish
• This Immortal by Roger Zelazny
• The Three Stigmata of PAlmer Eldritch by Philip K. Dick
• Through the Heart by Richard Grant
• Tik-Tok by John Sladek
• Timeline by Michael Crichton
• Timelike Infinity by Stephen Baxter
• Time Enough for Love by Robert A. Heinlein
• The Time Machine by H. G. Wells
• The Time Traders by Andre Norton
• The Third Craft by James T. Harris
• Titan by John Varley
• Titan by Stephen Baxter
• To Challenge Chaos by Brian Stableford
• To Die in Italbar by Roger Zelazny
• To Live Forever (aka Clarges) by Jack Vance
• To the Resurrection Station by Eleanor Arnason
• To Taste The Dragon's Blood by T. M. Moore
• To Your Scattered Bodies Go by Philip José Farmer
• Tower of Glass by Robert Silverberg
• A Transatlantic Tunnel, Hurrah! by Harry Harrison
• Treason by Orson Scott Card
• Trouble on Triton by Samuel Delany
• Trouble with Lichen by John Wyndham
• The Truth Machine by James L. Halperin

U

• Ubik by Philip K. Dick
• The Universe Maker by A. E. van Vogt

V

• Valentine Pontifex by Robert Silverberg
• Valis by Philip K. Dick
• Valkyrie by William Powell Jr.
• Venus of Dreams by Pamela Sargent
• Sequels are Venus of Shadows and Children of Venus
• Views from the Oldest House by Richard Grant
• The Void Captain's Tale by Norman Spinrad
• The Vorkosigan Saga series of books by Lois McMaster Bujold
  • namely Falling Free, Shards of Honor, Barrayar, The Warrior's Apprentice, The Vor Game, Cetaganda, Ethan of Athos, Brothers in Arms, Mirror Dance, Memory, Komarr, A Civil Campaign, Diplomatic Immunity
• Voyage by Stephen Baxter
• The Voyage of the Space Beagle by A. E. van Vogt
• Voyager in Night by C. J. Cherryh
• Vulcan's Hammer by Philip K. Dick
• Vurt by Jeff Noon

W

• The War Against the Rull by A. E. van Vogt
• The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells
• War With the Newts (dystopian satire) by Karel Čapek
• Watchmen graphic novel by Alan Moore and illustrated by Dave Gibbons
• Water Logic by Laurie J. Marks
• Wave Without a Shore by C. J. Cherryh
• Waves by M. A. Foster
• Way Station by Clifford D. Simak
• We by Yevgeny Zamyatin
• The Weapon Makers by A. E. van Vogt
• The Weapon Shops of Isher by A. E. van Vogt
• What Entropy Means to Me by George Alec Effinger
• When Gravity Fails by George Alec Effinger
• Where Time Winds Blow by Robert Holdstock
• White by Ted Dekker
• Wildseed by Octavia Butler
• The Wind from Nowhere by J. G. Ballard
• Windhover Tapes series by Warren Carl Norwood
  • namely, An Image of Voices, Fize of the Gabriel Ratchets, Planet of Flowers, and Flexing the Warp
• The Wizard of Linn by A. E. van Vogt
• Woman On the Edge of Time by Marge Piercy
• The World and Thorinn by Damon Knight
• The World of Null-A by A. E. van Vogt
• The World of Ptavvs by Larry Niven
• Wyrldmaker by Terry Bisson

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