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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Paranoid Fish says: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
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4 stars
Im 22. Jahrhundert versucht ein Raumschiffkommando mit einer außerirdischen Zivilisation Kontakt aufzunehmen. Doch diese ist in einem fatalen Zustand, seit …
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1984 by George Orwell by George Orwell
4 stars
Nineteen Eighty-Four: A Novel, often referred to as 1984, is a dystopian social science fiction novel by the English novelist …
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The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin
5 stars
Shevek, a brilliant physicist, decides to take action. He will seek answers, question the unquestionable, and attempt to tear down …
Paranoid Fish says: Aka "Planet der Habenichtse" aka "Die Enteigneten" aka "Freie Geister"
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Neuromancer by William F. Gibson
3 stars
The first of William Gibson's Sprawl trilogy, Neuromancer is the classic cyberpunk novel. The winner of the Hugo, Nebula, and …
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4 stars
Set on the desert planet Arrakis, Dune is the story of the boy Paul Atreides, heir to a noble family …
Paranoid Fish says: the first two sequels are also worth reading
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The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
4 stars
The Handmaid's Tale is a dystopian novel by Canadian author Margaret Atwood, published in 1985. It is set in a …
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Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (Manesse Bibliothek, #3)
5 stars
Die Faszination des Frankenstein-Mythos ist bis heute ungebrochen. Mary Shelleys spannendes Meisterwerk lotet die Grenzen unserer Fantasie aus und erweckt …
Paranoid Fish says: In my opinion, not only one of the most important gothic novels, but also one of the first science-fiction novels.
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Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
4 stars
From her place in the store, Klara, an Artificial Friend with outstanding observational qualities, watches carefully the behavior of those …
Paranoid Fish says: Ishiguro's take on AI, seen from a robots perspective.
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Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler
4 stars
In 2025, with the world descending into madness and anarchy, one woman begins a fateful journey toward a better future.
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5 stars
Dana, a modern black woman, is celebrating her twenty-sixth birthday with her new husband when she is snatched abruptly from …
Paranoid Fish says: This is about time travelling, so it's also historical fiction. More important though, it's also about racism and feminism.
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5 stars
Ubik, written in 1966 and published in 1969, is one of Philip K. Dick's masterpieces (The Three Stigmata of Palmer …
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Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
4 stars
From the Booker Prize-winning author of The Remains of the Day and When We Were Orphans, comes an unforgettable edge-of-your-seat …
Paranoid Fish says: I wouldn't think of Ishiguro as a science fiction writer, but this dystopian novel has some of the themes which good science fiction is made of.
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Blumen für Algernon by Daniel Keyes
3 stars
Die spannende und erschütternde Geschichte des geistig zurückgebliebenen Charlie Gordon, der durch eine Operation eine überragende Intelligenz erlangt, gehört zu …
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2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke
5 stars
2001: A Space Odyssey is a 1968 science fiction novel by British writer Arthur C. Clarke. It was developed concurrently …
Paranoid Fish says: This is necessary to understand Stanley Kubrick's movie.
