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Author
Year
Subgenre
Theme
Dune
Frank Herbert1965Space OperaPower & ecology
Neuromancer
William Gibson1984CyberpunkAI & hacking
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams1979Comedy Sci-FiAbsurdity of existence
Ender's Game
Orson Scott Card1985Military Sci-FiChild soldiers & empathy
Foundation
Isaac Asimov1951Space OperaPsychohistory & civilization
The Expanse
James S.A. Corey2011Hard Sci-FiSolar system politics
Snow Crash
Neal Stephenson1992CyberpunkVirtual reality & linguistics
The Left Hand of Darkness
Ursula K. Le Guin1969Social Sci-FiGender & diplomacy
Hyperion
Dan Simmons1989Space OperaTime & pilgrimage
2001: A Space Odyssey
Arthur C. Clarke1968Hard Sci-FiAI & evolution
The Three-Body Problem
Liu Cixin2008Hard Sci-FiFirst contact & physics
Fahrenheit 451
Ray Bradbury1953DystopianCensorship & knowledge
The Martian
Andy Weir2011Hard Sci-FiSurvival & ingenuity
Childhood's End
Arthur C. Clarke1953First ContactEvolution & alien overlords
Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut1969Anti-war Sci-FiTime & trauma
I, Robot
Isaac Asimov1950Robot FictionThree Laws of Robotics
Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir2021Hard Sci-FiFriendship & survival
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Philip K. Dick1968CyberpunkWhat is human?
Rendezvous with Rama
Arthur C. Clarke1973Hard Sci-FiAlien megastructure
The War of the Worlds
H.G. Wells1898InvasionAlien invasion & hubris

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