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David Pringle's Best 100 Science Fiction Novels

David Pringle is a famed Scottish editor who has written several guides to science fiction. His book Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels has been widely read and is still highly regarded today. In the book, Pringle lists his picks for the best SF novels written between 1949 and 1984 with a decided lean towards British SF.

1. (1949) NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR George Orwell	2. (1949) EARTH ABIDES George R. Stewart	3. (1950) THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES Ray Bradbury	4. (1951) THE PUPPET MASTERS Robert A. Heinlein	5. (1951) THE DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS John Wyndham
6. (1952) LIMBO Bernard Wolfe	7. (1953) THE DEMOLISHED MAN Alfred Bester	8. (1953) FAHRENHEIT 451 Ray Bradbury	9. (1953) CHILDHOOD'S END Arthur C. Clarke	10. (1953) THE PARADOX MEN Charles L. Harness
11. (1953) BRING THE JUBILEE Ward Moore	12. (1953) THE SPACE MERCHANTS Frederik Pohl C.M. Kornbluth	13. (1953) RING AROUND THE SUN Clifford D. Simak	14. (1953) MORE THAN HUMAN Theodore Sturgeon	15. (1954) MISSION OF GRAVITY Hal Clement
16. (1954) A MIRROR FOR OBSERVERS Edgar Pangborn	17. (1955) THE END OF ETERNITY Isaac Asimov	18. (1955) THE LONG TOMORROW Leigh Brackett	19. (1955) THE INHERITORS William Golding	20. (1956) THE STARS MY DESTINATION Alfred Bester
21. (1956) THE DEATH OF GRASS John Christopher	22. (1956) THE CITY AND THE STARS Arthur C. Clarke	23. (1957) THE DOOR INTO SUMMER Robert A. Heinlein	24. (1957) THE MIDWICH CUCKOOS John Wyndham	25. (1958) NON-STOP Brian Aldiss
26. (1958) A CASE OF CONSCIENCE James Blish	27. (1958) HAVE SPACE SUIT - WILL TRAVEL Robert A. Heinlein	28. (1959) TIME OUT OF JOINT Philip K. Dick	29. (1959) ALAS, BABYLON Pat Frank	30. (1959) A CANTICLE FOR LEIBOWITZ Walter M. Miller, Jr.
31. (1959) THE SIRENS OF TITAN Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.	32. (1960) ROGUE MOON Algis Budrys	33. (1960) VENUS PLUS X Theodore Sturgeon	34. (1962) HOTHOUSE Brian Aldiss	35. (1962) THE DROWNED WORLD J.G. Ballard
36. (1962) A CLOCKWORK ORANGE Anthony Burgess	37. (1962) THE MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE Philip K. Dick	38. (1962) JOURNEY BEYOND TOMORROW Robert Sheckley	39. (1963) WAY STATION Clifford D. Simak	40. (1963) CAT'S CRADLE Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
41. (1964) GREYBEARD Brian Aldiss	42. (1964) NOVA EXPRESS William S. Burroughs	43. (1964) MARTIAN TIME-SLIP Philip K. Dick	44. (1965) THE THREE STIGMATA OF PALMER ELDRITCH Philip K. Dick	45. (1965) THE WANDERER Fritz Leiber
46. (1965) NORSTRILIA Cordwainer Smith	47. (1965) DR. BLOODMONEY Philip K. Dick	48. (1965) DUNE Frank Herbert	49. (1966) THE CRYSTAL WORLD J.G. Ballard	50. (1966) MAKE ROOM! MAKE ROOM! Harry Harrison
51. (1966) FLOWERS FOR ALGERNON Daniel Keyes	52. (1966) THE DREAM MASTER Roger Zelazny	53. (1968) STAND ON ZANZIBAR John Brunner	54. (1968) NOVA Samuel R. Delany	55. (1968) DO ANDROIDS DREAM OF ELECTRIC SHEEP? Philip K. Dick
56. (1968) CAMP CONCENTRATION Thomas M. Disch	57. (1968) THE FINAL PROGRAMME Michael Moorcock	58. (1968) PAVANE Keith Roberts	59. (1969) HEROES AND VILLAINS Angela Carter	60. (1969) THE LEFT HAND OF DARKNESS Ursula K. Le Guin
61. (1969) THE PALACE OF ETERNITY Bob Shaw	62. (1969) BUG JACK BARRON Norman Spinrad	63. (1970) TAU ZERO Poul Anderson	64. (1970) DOWNWARD TO THE EARTH Robert Silverberg	65. (1970) THE YEAR OF THE QUIET SUN Wilson Tucker
66. (1972) 334 Thomas M. Disch	67. (1972) THE FIFTH HEAD OF CERBERUS Gene Wolfe	68. (1972) THE DANCERS AT THE END OF TIME Michael Moorcock	69. (1973) CRASH J.G. Ballard	70. (1973) LOOKING BACKWARD, FROM THE YEAR 2000 Mack Reynolds
71. (1973) THE EMBEDDING Ian Watson	72. (1974) WALK TO THE END OF THE WORLD Suzy McKee Charnas	73. (1974) THE CENTAURI DEVICE M. John Harrison	74. (1974) THE DISPOSSESSED Ursula K. Le Guin	75. (1974) THE INVERTED WORLD Christopher Priest
76. (1975) HIGH-RISE J.G. Ballard	77. (1975) GALAXIES Barry N. Malzberg	78. (1975) THE FEMALE MAN Joanna Russ	79. (1975) ORBITSVILLE Bob Shaw	80. (1976) THE ALTERATION Sir Kingsley William Amis
81. (1976) WOMAN ON THE EDGE OF TIME Marge Piercy	82. (1976) MAN PLUS Frederik Pohl	83. (1977) MICHAELMAS Algis Budrys	84. (1977) THE OPHIUCHI HOTLINE John Varley	85. (1978) MIRACLE VISITORS Ian Watson
86. (1979) ENGINE SUMMER John Crowley	87. (1979) ON WINGS OF SONG Thomas M. Disch	88. (1979) THE WALKING SHADOW Brian Stableford	89. (1979) JUNIPER TIME Kate Wilhelm	90. (1980) TIMESCAPE Gregory Benford
91. (1980) THE DREAMING DRAGONS Damien Broderick	92. (1980) WILD SEED Octavia E. Butler	93. (1980) RIDDLEY WALKER Russell Hoban	94. (1980) THE COMPLETE RODERICK John Sladek	95. (1980) THE BOOK OF THE NEW SUN, VOLUME 1 Gene Wolfe
96. (1981) THE UNREASONING MASK Philip Jose Farmer	97. (1981) OATH OF FEALTY Larry Niven Jerry Pournelle	98. (1982) NO ENEMY BUT TIME Michael Bishop	99. (1983) THE BIRTH OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF ANTARCTICA John Calvin Batchelor	100. (1984) NEUROMANCER William Gibson

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• Balloon Juice » Blog Archive » Open Thread
  One day I hope to finally read it. I enjoyed The Black Cloud by Fred Hoyle and Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke. Interesting list – David Pringle's Best 100 Science Fiction Novels http://www.listology.com/list/.....ion-novels ...