Essential Science Fiction Novels

	A	B	C	D	E	F
1	Here are the essential 50 Sci Fi authors and their 116 key works, as proposed by John C. Wright. Here the items are listed chronologically
2		Author
3	Year	Given name	Surname	Title	Other names

4	1818	Mary	Shelley	FRANKENSTEIN
5	1865	Jules	Verne	FROM EARTH TO MOON
6	1870	Jules	Verne	TWENTY THOUSAND LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA
7	1884	Edwin	Abbott	FLATLAND	A Square	Pen name
8	1895	G.	Wells	THE TIME MACHINE
9	1896	G.	Wells	THE ISLAND OF DR MOREAU
10	1897	G.	Wells	THE WAR OF THE WORLDS
11	1901	G.	Wells	THE FIRST MEN IN THE MOON
12	1904	Jules	Verne	MASTER OF THE WORLD
13	1909	M.	Forster	The Machine Stops
14	1912	Edgar Rice	Burroughs	A PRINCESS OF MARS
15	1913	Edgar Rice	Burroughs	GODS OF MARS
16	1913	Edgar Rice	Burroughs	WARLORD OF MARS
17	1918	A	Merritt	THE MOON POOL
18	1920	David	Lindsay	VOYAGE TO ARCTURUS
19	1920	A	Merritt	THE METAL MONSTER
20	1928	P.	Lovecraft	The Call of Cthulhu
21	1928	E. Doc	Smith	SKYLARK OF SPACE
22	1930	Olaf	Stapledon	LAST AND FIRST MEN
23	1931	P.	Lovecraft	A Whisperer in Darkness
24	1931	Jack	Williamson	The Moon Era
25	1932	Aldous	Huxley	A BRAVE NEW WORLD
26	1934	Stanley G.	Weinbaum	A Martian Odyssey
27	1934	Jack	Williamson	LEGION OF SPACE
28	1936	P.	Lovecraft	Shadow Out of Time
29	1937	Olaf	Stapledon	STARMAKER
30	1938	C. S.	Lewis	OUT FROM THE SILENT PLANET
31	1939	Poul	Anderson	The Queen of Air and Darkness - 1939
32	1939	A. E.	van Vogt	The Black Destroyer
33	1940	Jorge Luis	Borges	Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius
34	1940	Robert	Heinlein	Requiem
35	1943	C. S.	Lewis	PERELENDRA
36	1945	C. S.	Lewis	THAT HIDEOUS STRENGTH
37	1945	A. E.	van Vogt	WORLD OF NULL-A
38	1946	A. E.	van Vogt	SLAN
39	1947	Robert	Heinlein	Green Hills of Earth
40	1947	Jack	Williamson	With Folded Hands
41	1948	A. E.	van Vogt	PLAYERS OF NULL-A
42	1949	George	Orwell	NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR
43	1950	Ray	Bradbury	THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES
44	1950	Robert	Heinlein	The Man Who Sold the Moon
45	1950	Cordwainer	Smith	Scanners Live in Vain
46	1950	E. Doc	Smith	THE GALACTIC PATROL
47	1950	Jack	Vance	THE DYING EARTH
48	1951	Isaac	Asimov	FOUNDATION
49	1951	E. Doc	Smith	THE GRAY LENSMAN
50	1951	A. E.	van Vogt	THE WEAPON SHOPS OF ISHER
51	1952	Isaac	Asimov	FOUNDATION AND EMPIRE
52	1952	Alfred	Bester	THE DEMOLISHED MAN
53	1952	Clifford	Simak	CITY
54	1952	Jack	Williamson	LEGION OF TIME
55	1953	Isaac	Asimov	SECOND FOUNDATION
56	1953	Isaac	Asimov	CAVES OF STEEL
57	1953	Ray	Bradbury	FAHRENHEIT 451
58	1953	Arthur C	Clarke	CHILDHOODS END
59	1953	Hal	Clement	MISSION OF GRAVITY
60	1953	Robert	Heinlein	STARMAN JONES
61	1953	E. Doc	Smith	SECOND STAGE LENSMAN
62	1954	Poul	Anderson	BRAINWAVE
63	1954	Tom	Godwin	The Cold Equations
64	1954	E. Doc	Smith	CHILDREN OF THE LENS
65	1956	Poul	Anderson	The Man Who Counts
66	1956	Isaac	Asimov	THE NAKED SUN
67	1956	Alfred	Bester	THE STARS MY DESTINATION
68	1956	Arthur C	Clarke	Against the Fall of Night	CITY AND THE STARS
69	1956	Fritz	Leiber	THE BIG TIME
70	1956	Jack	Vance	THE LANGUAGES OF PAO
71	1957	Robert	Heinlein	CITIZEN OF THE GALAXY
72	1958	Robert	Heinlein	HAVE SPACE SUIT WILL TRAVEL
73	1959	Robert	Heinlein	STARSHIP TROOPERS
74	1959	Daniel	Keyes	Flowers for Algernon
75	1959	Walter M.	Miller	A CANTICLE FOR LEIBOWITZ
76	1961	Robert	Heinlein	STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND
77	1961	Cordwainer	Smith	Alpha Ralpha Boulevard
78	1962	Ray	Bradbury	SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES
79	1962	Philip K	Dick	THE MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE
80	1962	Jack	Vance	The Dragon Masters
81	1963	Robert	Heinlein	ORPHANS OF THE SKY
82	1963	Clifford	Simak	WAY STATION
83	1964	Cordwainer	Smith	The Dead Lady of Clown Town
84	1965	Harlan	Ellison	Repent Harlequin Said the Ticktockman
85	1965	Philip Jose	Farmer	WORLD OF TIERS
86	1965	Frank	Herbert	DUNE
87	1965	E. Doc	Smith	SKYLARK DUQUESNE
88	1966	Jack	Vance	The Last Castle
89	1967	Michael	Moorcock	THE JEWEL IN THE SKULL
90	1967	Roger	Zelazny	LORD OF LIGHT
91	1968	John	Brunner	STAND ON ZANZIBAR
92	1968	Arthur C	Clarke	2001 A SPACE ODYSSEY
93	1968	Robert	Silverberg	Nightwings
94	1969	Ray	Bradbury	I SING THE BODY ELECTRIC
95	1969	Ursula K	LeGuin	LEFT HAND OF DARKNESS
96	1969	Jack	Vance	EMPHYRIO
97	1970	Poul	Anderson	TAU ZERO
98	1970	Larry	Niven	RINGWORLD
99	1970	Roger	Zelazny	NINE PRINCES IN AMBER
100	1971	Philip Jose	Farmer	RIVERWORLD