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In association with
Amazon.com
SB&F
Science Fiction Classics
For over 30 years, SB&F
has
published critical reviews of nonfiction titles. Now we find ourselves
venturing into the realm of science fiction. Why? Because we believe that
science fiction can inspire young readers to choose a career in science,
because science fiction can address ethical and moral questions about science
in an entertaining manner, and because science fiction helps us imagine
the future, sometimes even predicting where "real" science takes us. For
a 1998 special edition of
SB&F, we asked our reviewers to choose
a book or books that they thought best used real science for fictional
effect, made a difference in its time, or influenced their decision to
pursue a career in science. We hope you enjoy their selections of classic
sci fi!
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Asimov, Isaac.
The
Caves of Steel. NY:
Bantam Books, 1991 (originally published in 1954 by Doubleday). 224pp.
$6.99 (paper). 54-5418. ISBN 0-553-29340-0. C.I.P.
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Benford, Gregory.
Timescape.
NY:
Bantam Spectra, 1996 (originally published in 1980 by Simon & Schuster).
412pp. $6.50 (paper). 79-27298. ISBN 0-553-29709-0. C.I.P.
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Brunner,
John. Shockwave Rider. NY:
Del Rey, 1978 (originally published in 1975 by Harper & Row). 288pp.
$5.99 (paper). 74-23861. ISBN 0-345-32431-5. C.I.P.
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Chalker, Jack.
Midnight
at the Well of Souls. NY:
Del Rey, 1989 (originally published in 1977). viii+360pp. $5.99 (paper).
76-56148. ISBN 0-345-32445-5. C.I.P.
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Clancy, Tom. Executive
Orders. NY:
Putnam's, 1996. 874pp. $27.95. 96-23388. ISBN 0-399-14218-5. C.I.P.
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Clarke, Arthur
C. The Fountains of Paradise. NY:
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1979. xii+261pp. $10.00. 78-14072. ISBN 0-15-132773-4.
C.I.P.
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Clarke,
Arthur C. Rendezvous with Rama. NY:
Bantam Books, 19xx (originally published in 1973 by HBJ). 303pp. $6.50
(paper). 73-3497. ISBN 0-553-28789-3. C.I.P.
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Forward, Robert
L. Dragon's Egg. NY:
Del Rey, 1995 (originally published in 1980). 345pp. $5.99 (paper). 79-21269.
ISBN 0-345-31666-5. C.I.P.
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Gibson, William.
Neuromancer.
NY:
Ace, 1995 (originally published in 1984). 271pp. $6.99 (paper). 91-174394.
ISBN 0-441-56959-5. C.I.P.
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Huxley, Aldous.
Brave
New World. NY:
Perennial Classics, 1998 (originally published in 1932 by Doubleday, Doran
& Co.). 268pp. $10.00. 32-3525. ISBN 0-06-092987-1 C.I.P.
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LeGuin,
Ursula K. The Lathe of Heaven. NY:
Avon Books, 1997 (originally published in 1971 by Scribner). 184pp. $12.00
(paper). 77-162760. ISBN 0-380-79185-4. C.I.P.
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Martin, George
R. R. Tuf Voyaging. NY:
Simon & Schuster, 1986. 374pp. $15.95. 85-18655. ISBN 0-671-55985-0.
C.I.P.
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McConnell, James
V., and Marlys Schutjer (Eds.). Science, Sex, and Sacred Cows: Spoofs
on Science from the Worm Runner's Digest. NY:
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1971. 183pp. 75-160405. ISBN 0-15-179595-9.
C.I.P.
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Miller, Walter
M., Jr. A Canticle for Liebowitz. NY:
Bantam Books, 1997 (originally published in 1960 by Lippincott). 368pp.
$11.95 (paper). 60-5735. ISBN 0-553-37926-7. C.I.P.
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Niven,
Larry. Ringworld: A Novel. NY:
Del Rey, 1990 (originally published in 1977 by Holt, Rinehart and Winston).
342pp. $5.99. 76-45284. ISBN 0-345-33392-6. C.I.P.
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Russell, Mary Doria.
The
Sparrow. NY:
Villard Books, 1996. 408pp. $23.00; $12.00 (paper). 96-11180. ISBN 0-679-45150-1;
0-449-91255-8 (paper). C.I.P.
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