Locus
Poll:
Best Science Fiction Novel (before 1990)
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Poll results are from Locus
41.2 (Issue 451: August 1998): 33-4. |
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| Rank | Author | Title |
| 1 | Frank Herbert | Dune |
| 2 | Robert A. Heinlein | The Moon is a Harsh Mistress |
| 3 | Ursula K. Le Guin | The Left Hand of Darkness |
| 4 | Isaac Asimov | The Foundation Trilogy |
| 5 | Robert A. Heinlein | Stranger in a Strange Land |
| 6 | Alfred Bester | The Stars My Destination |
| 7 | Walter M. Miller, Jr. | A Canticle for Leibowitz |
| 8 | Arthur C. Clarke | Childhood's End |
| 9 | Orson Scott Card | Ender's Game |
| 10 | Dan Simmons | Hyperion |
| 11 | Frederik Pohl | Gateway |
| 12 | Joe Haldeman | The Forever War |
| 13 | Theodore Sturgeon | More Than Human |
| 14 | Roger Zelazny | Lord of Light |
| 15 | William Gibson | Neuromancer |
| 16 | David Brin | Startide Rising |
| 17 | H.G. Wells | The Time Machine |
| 18 | Philip K. Dick | The Man in the High Castle |
| 19 | Ursula K. Le Guin | The Dispossessed |
| 20 | John Brunner | Stand on Zanzibar |
| 21 | George Orwell | Nineteen Eighty-Four |
| 22 | Alfred Bester | The Demolished Man |
| 23 | Ray Bradbury | The Martian Chronicles |
| 24 | Robert A. Heinlein | Starship Troopers |
| 25 | C.J. Cherryh | Downbelow Station |
| 26 | Larry Niven | Ringworld |
| 27 | Arthur C. Clarke | 2001: A Space Odyssey |
| 28 | H.G. Wells | The War of the Worlds |
| 29 | Ray Bradbury | Fahrenheit 451 |
| 30 | Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle | The Mote in God's Eye |
| 31 | Clifford D. Simak | Way Station |
| 32 | Olaf Stapledon | Star Maker |
| 33 | Robert Silverberg | Dying Inside |
| 34 | Arthur C. Clarke | The City and the Stars |
| 35 | Samuel R. Delany | Dhalgren |
| 36 | Arthur C. Clarke | Rendezvous With Rama |
| 37 | Hal Clement | Mission of Gravity |
| 38 | C.J. Cherryh | Cyteen |
| 39 | Clifford D. Simak | City |
| 40 | Daniel Keyes | Flowers for Algernon |
| 41 | Robert A. Heinlein | Double Star |
| George R. Stewart | Earth Abides | |
| 43 | Philip K. Dick | Ubik |
| Robert A. Heinlein | The Door Into Summer | |
| Olaf Stapledon | Last and First Men | |
| 46 | Cordwainer Smith | Norstrilla |
| James H. Schnitz | The Witches of Karres | |
| 48 | Robert A. Heinlein | Have Space Ship, Will Travel |
| Robert A. Heinlein | Time Enough For Love | |
| Mary Shelley | Frankenstein | |
| 51 | Isaac Asimov | The Gods Themselves |
| 52 | Philip José Farmer | The Riverworld Series |
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SciFi
Guide
© 2002 Agatha Taormina
Last Revised:
June 13, 2006