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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Solaris by Stanisław Lem, Stanislaw Lem
5 stars
A classic work of science fiction by renowned Polish novelist and satirist Stanislaw Lem.
When Kris Kelvin arrives at …
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Die Mars-Chroniken by Ray Bradbury
4 stars
This is a collection of science fiction short stories, cleverly cobbled together to form a coherent and very readable novel …
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The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
4 stars
Comment by Kim Stanley Robinson, on The Guardian's website: The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K Le Guin …
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Der dunkle Schirm by Philip K. Dick
3 stars
A Scanner Darkly is a science fiction novel by American writer Philip K. Dick, published in 1977. The semi-autobiographical story …
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Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (Manesse Bibliothek, #3)
3 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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A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
4 stars
A newly revised text for A Clockwork Orange’s 50th anniversary brings the work closest to its author’s intentions.
A …
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Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (Diogenes-Taschenbuch ; 20862)
4 stars
In einer zuku nftigen Welt absoluter Konformita t wird das Buch als letzter Zeuge individuellen Denkens mit allen Mitteln amtlicherseits …
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Die Foundation-Trilogie by Isaac Asimov (Foundation)
4 stars
Foundation Foundation and Empire Second Foundation
Isaac Asimov's Foundation novels are some of the great masterworks of science fiction. …
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Die Zeitmachine by H. G. Wells
The Time Traveller, a dreamer obsessed with traveling through time, builds himself a time machine and, much to his surprise, …
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Neuromancer by William F. Gibson
4 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
In December, 1999, a multinational team journeys out to the stars, to the most awesome encounter in human history. Who …
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Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein
3 stars
"A deluxe hardcover edition of the most famous science-fiction novel of all time--part of Penguin Galaxy, a collectible series of …
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Paranoid Fish says: Original title "Code of the Lifemaker"
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This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar, Max Gladstone
4 stars
Two time-traveling agents from warring futures, working their way through the past, begin to exchange letters—and fall in love in …
Paranoid Fish says: One of the few newer books in my list. I think it's very special and brings something new to the genre, though I cannot say what is or put my finger on it.
