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Great Science-Fiction & Fantasy Works

  Science-fiction & fantasy literature: a critical list with discussions.

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“Her eyes went to the books, which, like the other rumored objects, were accurately present.”

– Days of Grass,
Tanith Lee

What Sorts of Books Are Listed Here

The chief function of this site is to list good science-fiction and fantasy authors, and the good science-fiction and fantasy books that those authors have written. All those authors and all those books are gathered up in numerous meticulous lists easily accessible from virtually any page of this site.

But here and there, between this and that, various other books have been mentioned (and links to them provided). Such occasional mentions and links are scattered pretty widely about this site, and a return visitor seeking a dimly remembered particular mention might have a tough time finding it again. I have thus, for convenience, gathered all the odds and ends up and repeated them on this one page.

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The List

Science-Fiction and Fantasy Criticism and Commentary

All of these books are mentioned in the Apologia for this site.

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Books in the Borderland

All of these books, which are not speculative fiction but read much like it, are mentioned on the obiter dicta page of this site.

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Science-Fiction and Fantasy Art

All of these books are mentioned on the SF&F Art page of this site.

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