Science Fiction (Bookshelf)

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Robots, nudes and spaceships, …
Robots, nudes and spaceships, …
… SF is more than that.
… SF is more than that.

Science Fiction (often called sci-fi or SF) is a popular genre of fiction in which the narrative world differs from our own present or historical reality in at least one significant way. This difference may be technological, physical, historical, sociological, philosophical, metaphysical, etc, but not magical (see Fantasy).

—Excerpted from Science Fiction on Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia.


Science Fiction books from before the 20th century are listed on the page Precursors of Science Fiction. The cutoff is more by author than by date. Jules Verne (1828-1905) is usually considered the first modern SF author.

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Astounding Stories

Abbott, Edwin Abbott, 1838-1926

Links for Edwin Abbot Abbot: Wikipedia, ISFDB

Ackerman, Forrest James

Anderson, Poul William, 1926-2001

Links for Poul William Anderson: Wikipedia, ISFDB

Archer, Lee

Arnold, Edwin Lester Linden, 1857-1935

Links for Edwin Lester Linden Arnold: Wikipedia, ISFDB

Arthur, Robert, 1909-1969

Links for Robert Jay Arthur: Wikipedia, ISFDB

Astor, John Jacob, 1864-1912

Links for John Jacob Astor: Wikipedia, ISFDB

This is really the billionaire Astor who died aboard the Titanic.

B

Baily, Peter

Links for Peter Baily: ISFDB

Banta, Frank

Links for Frank Banta: ISFDB

Barr, Robert

Links for Robert Barr: ISFDB

Beck, C.C.

Links for C.C. Beck: ISFDB

Bellamy, Edward, 1850-1898

Links for Edward Bellamy: Wikipedia, ISFDB

Benoit, Pierre

Links for Pierre Benoit: Wikipedia, ISFDB

Blish, James 1921-1975

Links for James Blish: Wikipedia, ISFDB

Bloch, Robert 1917-1994

Links for Robert Bloch: Wikipedia, ISFDB

Bone, Jesse F. (Jesse Franklin), 1916-1986

Links for Jesse F. Bone: ISFDB

Bova, Ben

Brackett, Leigh Douglass, 1915-1978

Links for Leigh Brackett: Wikipedia, ISFDB

Bradley, Marion Zimmer, 1930-1999

Links for Marion Zimmer Bradley: Wikipedia, ISFDB

Breuer, Miles John

Links for Miles John Breuer: Wikipedia, ISFDB

Brown, Fredric, 1906-1972

Links for Fredric Brown: Wikipedia, ISFDB

Buckner, Bradner

Budrys, Algis, 1931-2008

Links for Algis Budrys: Wikipedia, ISFDB

Burroughs, Edgar Rice, 1875-1950

Links for Edgar Rice Burroughs: Wikipedia, ISFDB

Barsoom series

Pellucidar series

Caspak series

other SF

Butler, Ellis Parker

C

Campbell, John W. (Wood), 1910-1971

Links for John W. Campbell: Wikipedia, ISFDB

Arcot, Morey and Wade series

in series order

Čapek, Karel, 1890-1938

Links for Karel Čapek: Wikipedia, ISFDB

Capps, Carroll M., 1913-1971

Carleton, H. B.

Carr, Terry Gene, 1937-1987

Links for Terry Gene Carr: Wikipedia

Castle, Arnold

Chambers, Robert W., 1865-1933

Links for Robert W. Chambers: Wikipedia, ISFDB

Chase, Adam pseudonym of Stephen Marlowe

Clifton, Mark Irvin, 1906-1963

Clinton, E. M., 1926-

Coblentz, Stanton Arthur

Cocking, Ron

Cole, Everett B., 1910-1977

Collins, Les

Cooper, Michael D., [pseud.]

Links for Michael D. Cooper: ISFDB, official Starman series website

The Starman series

Coppel, Alfred 1921-2004

Carroll, William

Cory, John

Cox, Irving 1917-2001

Cox, James A.

Cummings, Ray, 1887-1957

Links for Ray Cummings: Wikipedia, ISFDB

D

DeKy, Thornton

Dee, Roger (Aycock, Roger D.) 1914-2004

Del Rey, Lester, 1915-1993

Links for Lester Del Rey: Wikipedia, ISFDB

Derreaux, Gaston

De Vet, Charles V. (Charles Vincent) 1911-1997

Dick, Philip K. (Philip Kindred) 1928-1982

Links for Philip K. Dick: Wikipedia, ISFDB

Doctorow, Cory

Links for Cory Doctorow: Wikipedia, ISFDB

Donovan, Francis

Dorman, Sonya 1924-2005

Douglas, Ellsworth

Douglas, Jack

Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930

Links for Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: Wikipedia, ISFDB

Dunn, Jonathan

Dye, Charles, 1927-1955

Links for Charles Dye: ISFDB

E

Edmondson, G.C., Edmondson, Garry C. 1922-1995

Egan, Jack

Ernst, Paul, 1899-1985

Evans, E. Everett (Edward Everett), 1893-1958

Links for E. Everett Evans: ISFDB

F

Fahy, Patrick

Links for Patrick Fahy: ISFDB

Fairman, Paul W.

Links for Paul W. Fairman: Wikipedia, ISFDB

Ferlaine, J. Anthony

Links for J. Anthony Ferlaine: Wikipedia, ISFDB

Ferris, Benjamin

FitzPatrick, R. C.

Flagg, Francis pseud. Weiss, George Henry 1898-1946

Flint, Homer Eon, 1892-1924

Links for Homer Eon Flint: Wikipedia, ISFDB

Fontenay, Charles Louis, 1917-2007

Links for Charles Louis Fontenay: Wikipedia, ISFDB

Fritch, Charles E.

Fyfe, Horace Brown, 1918-1997

G

Gallun, Raymond Zinke

Garrett, Gordon Randall, 1927-1987

Links for Randall Garrett: Wikipedia, ISFDB

"Queens Own FBI" series

Gerken, William

Gimble, Stanley

Glad, Victoria

Goble, Lloyd Neil

Godwin, Tom, 1915-1980

Goodwin, Harold Leland, 1914-1990

Links for Harold Leland Wright Goodwin: Wikipedia, ISFDB

Gordon, Nathaniel

Graham, Roger Phillips

Greenfield, Taylor H.

Griffith, George, 1857-1906

Links for George Griffith: Wikipedia, ISFDB

Grisewood, R. Norman

Gunn, James E. 1923-

Links for James E. Gunn: Wikipedia, ISFDB

H

Hamilton, Edmond 1904-1977

Hall, Desmond Winter

Hansen, L. Taylor

Hardart, F.E.

Harmon, James Judson, 1933-

Harness, Charles Leonard, 1915-2005

Harrison, Harry, 1925-

Links for Harry Harrison: Wikipedia, ISFDB

Hasse, Henry

Hastings, Milo M. 1884-1957

Herbert, Frank Patrick 1920-1986

Hernhuter, Albert

Howard, Allan

Huekels, Jack G.

Hyne, Charles John Cutcliffe Wright, 1866-1944

Links for Charles John Cutcliffe Wright Hyne: Wikipedia, ISFDB

I

Ing, Dean, 1931-

J

Janifer, Laurence Mark, 1931-2002

Links for Laurence Mark Janifer: Wikipedia, ISFDB

"Queens Own FBI" series

Jarvis, E.K.

Jones, Neil Ronald, 1915-1994

Jones, Raymond F., 1915-1994

K

Kallis, Stephen A.

Kastle, Herbert D. 1924-1987

Keeler, Harry Stephen

Keller, David Henry

Kenyon, Ernest M.

Kipling, Rudyard 1865-1936

Links for Rudyard Kipling: Wikipedia

Knight, Damon Francis 1922-2002

Links for Damon Francis Knight: Wikipedia, ISFDB

Knight, David Carpenter 1925-1984

Kuykendall, Roger

L

Lande, Irving W.

Lane, Mary E. Bradley

Links for Mary E. Bradley Lane: ISFDB

Lang, Allen Kim 1928-

Lafferty, Raphael Aloysius 1914-2002

Laumer, John Keith, 1925 - 1993

Links for John Keith Laumer: Wikipedia, ISFDB

La Spina, Fanny Greye, 1880-1969

Leadem, Christopher

Lee, William

Leftwich, Edmund H.

Leiber, Fritz Reuter 1910-1992

Links for Fritz Leiber: Wikipedia, ISFDB

Leinster, Murray, [pseud.], (Jenkins, William Fitzgerald), 1896-1975

Links for Murray Leinster: Wikipedia, ISFDB

Lindsay, David, 1876-1945

Links for David Lindsay: Wikipedia, ISFDB

Locke, Robert Donald

Logan, William

Long, Frank Belknap, 1903-1994

Lorne, Warner Van

Lowe, Richard E.

Lowndes, Robert Augustine Ward, 1916-1998

M

Maddren, Gerry

Marks, Winston K.

Marlowe, Stephen 1928-2008

Martin, Robert J.

Martino, Joseph P. 1931-

Mason, David 1924-1974

Matthews, Brander, 1852-1929

Links for Abraham Merritt: Wikipedia, ISFDB

Mattox, Alan

Max, Frederic

Mayfield, M. I.

McClatchie, Sam

McComas, Jesse Francis 1911-1978

Meek, Sterner St. Paul, 1894-1972

Merliss, R.R.

Merritt, Abraham, 1884-1943

Links for Abraham Merritt: Wikipedia, ISFDB

Moldeven, Meyer

Mohler, Will

Moore, Catherine Lucille

Moore, Ward 1903-1978

Morrison, William, pseudonym of Joseph Samachson 1906-1980

Morrow, Lowell Howard

Munro, John, 1849-1930

Links for John Munro: ISFDB

N

Neville, Kris Ottman, 1925-1980

Nolan, William F., 1928-

Links for William F. Nolan: Wikipedia, ISFDB

Noll, R. C.

Norton, Andre, 1912-2005

Links for Andre Norton: Wikipedia, ISFDB

The Time Traders

non-SF

Nourse, Alan E., 1928-1992

Links for Alan E. Nourse: Wikipedia, ISFDB

Nowlan, Philip Francis

O

O'Keefe, John

P

Pangborn, Edgar

Peterson, Don

Peterson, John Victor

Piper, H. Beam, 1904-1964

Links for H. Beam Piper: Wikipedia, ISFDB

This list constitutes the complete work of Piper. Some of them are still in copyright.

Terro-Human Future History series

in Future History chronological order

Paratime series

other SF

non-SF

Pohl, Frederik 1919-

Links for Frederik Pohl: Wikipedia, ISFDB

Porges, Arthur

Purdom, Thomas Edward 1936-

Q

R

Raphael, Rick, 1919-1994

Links for Rick Raphael: ISFDB

Reynolds, Mack, [pseud.] Reynolds, Dallas McCord 1917-1983

Links for Mack Reynolds: Wikipedia, ISFDB

Richardson, Robert Shirley 1902-1981

Rockwell, Carey, [pseud.]

Links for Carey Rockwell: ISFDB

"Tom Corbett, Space Cadet" series

in series order

Rockwood, Roy

Links for Roy Rockwood: Wikipedia, ISFDB

S

Sabia, Richard

Schmitz, James H, 1911-1981

Links for James H. Schmitz: Wikipedia, ISFDB Baen Books Free Library

Scott, Kevin

Serviss, Garrett P. (Garrett Putman), 1851-1929

Links for Garrett P. Serviss: Wikipedia, ISFDB

Sevcik, Al

Sharkey, Jack Sharkey, John Michael

Shaw, Larry

Shea, Robert, 1933-1994

Links for Robert Shea: Wikipedia, ISFDB

More recent historical fiction by Robert Shea.

The Saraecen duology:

Sheckley, Robert, 1928-2005

Links for Robert Sheckley: Wikipedia, ISFDB

Sheldon, Walt, 1917-1996

Links for Walt Sheldon: Wikipedia, ISFDB

Silverberg, Robert 1935-

Links for Robert Silverberg: Wikipedia, ISFDB

Simak, Clifford Donald, 1904-1988

Slesar, Henry

Smith, E. E. (Edward Elmer), 1890-1965

Links for E. E. Smith: Wikipedia, ISFDB

Smith, Evelyn E., 19[27|37]-2000

Smith, George H., 1922-1996

Links for George H. Smith: Wikipedia

Smith, George Oliver, 1911-1981

Links for George Oliver Smith: Wikipedia

Smith, Richard R.

Sparks, David R., 1897-1968

Starzl, Roman Frederick

Stearns, Charles A.

Stecher, L. J.

Stopher, Chas. A.

Stuart, William W.

Sutphen, Van Tassel

T

Tabakow, Lou

Tarbell, Lee

Taylor, J.A.

Teichner, Albert

Links for Albert Teichner: ISFDB

Tenneshaw, S. M.

Tevis, Walter S. 1928-1984

Thames, C.H.

Thomas, Theodore Lockhard, 1920-

Tinker, Joseph,

Train, Arthur Cheney, 1875-1945

U

Urban, Helen M.

V

Vance, Gerald

Vandenburg, G.L.

Verne, Jules, 1828-1905

Links for Jules Verne: Wikipedia, ISFDB

Vincent, Harl, 1893-1968

Vonnegut, Kurt, 1922-2007

Links for Kurt Vonnegut: Wikipedia, ISFDB

W

Wald, E.G. von

Waldeyer, Graph

Walker, Anne

Wallace, Floyd

Walton, Bryce

Wannamaker, Jim

Weinbaum, Stanley Grauman, 1902-1935

Wellman, Manly Wade, 1903-1986

Links for Manly Wade Wellman: Wikipedia, ISFDB

Wells, Basil

Wells, Hal K.

Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946

Links for H. G. Wells: Wikipedia, ISFDB

Wertenbaker, G. Peyton

Westlake, Donald Edwin 1933-2008

Wicks, Robert

Wilder, Stephen pseudonym of Stephen Marlowe

Williams, Ralph

Williamson, John Stewart 1908-2006

Wilson, Robert H.

Windser, Therese

Winterbotham, Russell Robert, 1904-1971

Wright, Sewell Peaslee

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Y

Yaco, Murray F.

Young, Robert F. 1915-1985

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