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Author: Ray Bradbury. A series of loosely connected stories about the colonization of Mars by humans fleeing a troubled Earth, and the conflict with Martian inhabitants.

Author: Larry Niven. A science fiction novel focused on a massive artificial ring, its mysterious creators, and the explorers who journey there to uncover its secrets.

Author: Philip K. Dick. The story is set in a post-apocalyptic world where Rick Deckard hunts down rogue androids and questions the nature of humanity and empathy.

Author: Robert A. Heinlein. The story details a lunar colony's revolution against rule from Earth, exploring libertarian ideals, and features a sentient supercomputer named Mike.

Author: John Wyndham. After a comet blinds the majority of the population, society collapses, and the story follows survivors who must also contend with carnivorous walking plants.

Author: Ursula K. Le Guin. Chronicling the life of Shevek, a brilliant physicist from a society where property and power are shared, as he navigates the politics of a world with starkly different values.

Author: George Orwell. The novel is a dystopian story about a totalitarian regime led by Big Brother that exerts extreme control over its citizens, eliminating privacy, freedom of thought, and truth.

Author: Ray Bradbury. A dystopian novel about a future American society where books are outlawed and 'firemen' burn any that are found. Themes include censorship and the role of media in society.

Author: Mary Shelley. This novel is about Victor Frankenstein, a scientist who creates a sapient creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment, exploring themes of ambition and the quest for knowledge.

Author: Jules Verne. A group of men set sail to investigate a sea monster, only to discover it is an advanced submarine, the Nautilus, commanded by the enigmatic Captain Nemo.

Author: Arthur C. Clarke. Overlords from another planet suddenly appear over Earth, bringing an end to war and establishing a utopia, but at a cost to human identity and culture.

Author: Stanisław Lem. The book centers around a sentient planet that can materialize human thoughts and explores the limitations of human communication and understanding.

Author: Robert A. Heinlein. It follows Valentine Michael Smith, a human raised on Mars, who struggles to understand and adapt to the social and cultural mores of Earth.

Author: Vernor Vinge. A space opera featuring multiple storylines, including a rescue mission in a galaxy with 'Zones of Thought' that dictate the evolution of civilizations and their technology.

Author: William Gibson. The book that popularized the cyberpunk genre. It follows Case, a washed-up computer hacker, in a technologically advanced, dystopian future.

Author: Philip K. Dick. This alternate history novel imagines a world in which the Axis powers won World War II and the United States has been divided between Japan and Germany.

Author: H.G. Wells. A novella that coined the concept of a 'time machine'. It explores social disparity and class struggle via a future where humanity has evolved into two distinct species.

Author: Isaac Asimov. A collection of science fiction stories about the interactions of humans, robots, and ethics within the frame of Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics.

Author: John Brunner. This novel is set in an overpopulated 21st-century Earth and deals with themes of corporate power, social fragmentation, and genetic engineering.

Author: Ursula K. Le Guin. In a galaxy of human colonies, the story explores the planet Gethen, where inhabitants can change sex, which profoundly affects society and relationships.

Author: Alfred Bester. Set in the 24th century where teleportation is commonplace, it follows Gully Foyle, who seeks revenge after being left to die in space, leading to a discovery that could change the fabric of society.

Author: Theodore Sturgeon. The book explores the idea of gestalt consciousness through a group of individuals with special abilities who come together to form a single organism.

Author: Neal Stephenson. This cyberpunk novel presents a world where a computer virus called Snow Crash is affecting users in the Metaverse, a virtual reality space, and follows Hiro Protagonist as he investigates.

Author: Jules Verne. The story follows a group of explorers who venture into a volcanic tube, discovering a prehistoric world located in the center of the Earth.

Author: Kurt Vonnegut. This anti-war book tells the story of Billy Pilgrim, who becomes 'unstuck in time' and experiences his life events out of sequence, including the bombing of Dresden.

Author: Aldous Huxley. This book presents a future society that is seemingly perfect and stable due to genetic manipulation, conditioning, and a drug called 'soma' but ultimately lacks depth in human experience.

Author: Walter M. Miller Jr. After a catastrophic nuclear war, this novel chronicles the efforts of an order of monks dedicated to preserving the remnants of man's scientific knowledge.

Author: Michael Crichton. A techno-thriller about a team of scientists investigating a deadly extraterrestrial microorganism that rapidly clots human blood, leading to a race against time to understand and contain it.

Author: H.G. Wells. An early science fiction novel about an invasion of Earth by Martians, exploring themes of British imperialism and the fears and complacency of Victorian society.

Author: Isaac Asimov. The beginning of a series detailing the collapse of a galactic empire and the efforts of a group of scientists to preserve knowledge and save humanity.

Author: H.G. Wells. A tale of Griffin, a scientist who invents a way to make himself invisible, but his inability to reverse the process drives him to madness and terror.

Author: Frederik Pohl. Explorers use alien technology found on a space station called Gateway to go on risky missions in the hope of making a significant discovery or valuable finds.

Author: Roger Zelazny. A book combining science fiction and fantasy elements, where colonists on a distant planet use technology to assume the roles of Hindu gods.

Author: Frank Herbert. This epic novel sets on the desert planet Arrakis, where the story follows Paul Atreides and tackles complex themes such as politics, religion, ecology, and the hero's journey.

Author: Joe Haldeman. A military science fiction story, commenting on Vietnam War experiences through the lens of a soldier fighting an interstellar war with time dilation effects.