Most of these editions are the ones I read, so some of them are in english and some in german. There is no ranking.
Essential science fiction reading Public
Created by Paranoid Fish
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The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
4 stars
Comment by Kim Stanley Robinson, on The Guardian's website: The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K Le Guin …
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Der dunkle Schirm by Philip K. Dick
A Scanner Darkly is a science fiction novel by American writer Philip K. Dick, published in 1977. The semi-autobiographical story …
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Die Mars-Chroniken by Ray Bradbury
This is a collection of science fiction short stories, cleverly cobbled together to form a coherent and very readable novel …
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A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
A Clockwork Orange is a dystopian satirical black comedy novel by English writer Anthony Burgess, published in 1962. It is …
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Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (Diogenes-Taschenbuch ; 20862)
5 stars
In einer zukünftigen Welt absoluter Konformität wird das Buch als letzter Zeuge individuellen Denkens mit allen Mitteln amtlicherseits bekämpft.
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Die Zeitmachine by H. G. Wells
The Time Traveller, a dreamer obsessed with traveling through time, builds himself a time machine and, much to his surprise, …
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In December, 1999, a multinational team journeys out to the stars, to the most awesome encounter in human history. Who …
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Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein
A human raised on Mars, Valentine Michael Smith has just arrived on planet Earth. Among his people for the first …
Paranoid Fish says: I always had the impression Heinlein was conservative or even far right, but here he strikes a different tone. Published in 1961, this book is of course a product of its time, but I still find it very worth reading.
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Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke
Written in 1973, a massive 50 kilometre long alien cylinder begins to pass through the solar system provoking a hurried …
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Der Schöpfungscode by James P. Hogan
Etwa eine Million Jahre vor unserer Zeit passierte ein automatisches Robotschiff einer fremden Zivilisation eine Sonne, die unerwarteterweise zur Nova …
Paranoid Fish says: Original title "Code of the Lifemaker"
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This is How You Lose the Time War by Max Gladstone, Amal El-Mohtar
4 stars
Two time-traveling agents from warring futures, working their way through the past, begin to exchange letters—and fall in love in …
Paranoid Fish says: One of the few newer books in my list. I think it's very special and brings something new to the genre, though I cannot say what is or put my finger on it.
