The History of Science
Fiction and Fantasy and Summaries of Great Books to Read
Product
Summary
This is a detailed history of
Science
Fiction and Fantasy. Written from my perspective of having read
literally thousands of these
types of novels and stories. Many writers and their best works are
included.
Whether you are new or old to these genres you will learn about a lot
of great books which will be fun to read.
Whether you are new to Science Fiction or have been reading this genre
for years, I hope you will have as much fun reading this book as I had
writing it.
In this history I’ve tried to include the best known authors
and
their most famous and interesting works. Many of these stories are
groundbreaking. Some launched new sub genres, and some talked about
technology which is now real or being developed. I have read almost all
of the novels mentioned here.
I’ve also summarized various great novels throughout this
book.
These are stories you will enjoy reading. They might be examples of the
changing genres, or just really good yarns. There are a lot of stories
I love in the sci fi and fantasy realm and I hope you like them too.
I’ve literally read thousands of science fiction and fantasy
books over the years. Starting in the 1960s up until today. Some of the
stories I’ve read have made significant marks on my life. My
degree in engineering is also probably a result of my interests in
science and technology from growing up reading the wonder the vastness
of these stories. Here are many of the best books I’ve read
and
enjoyed.
The Dune Series
By Frank Herbert
Table
of
Contents
1.0
Introduction
2.1 Stories from Older
Times
2.2 The Epic of
Gilgamesh
2.3 The Odyssey By
Homer
2.4 Beowolf An English Epic
Poem
2.5 One Thousand and One
Nights
2.6 Dante’s Inferno By Dante
Alighieri
2.7 The Tempest-By
Shakespeare
2.8 Rip Van Winkle By Washington
Irving
3.0 19th Century
Authors
3.1 Frankenstein By Mary
Shelley
3.2 A Christmas Carol By Charles
Dickens
3.3 A Connecticut Yankee By Mark
Twain
3.4 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea By Jules
Verne
3.5 The Time Machine By H.G.
Wells
4.0 Early Science Fiction
Magazines
4.1 Hugo Gernsback-The Father of Science
Fiction
4.2 Analog Magazine- John W.
Campbell
5.0 Early 20th Century
Authors
5.1 The Cthulhu Mythos- H.P.
Lovecraft
5.2 Lest Darkness Fall By L. Sprague De
Camp
5.3 The Big Time By Fritz
Leiber
5.4 The Lord of the Rings By J. R. R.
Tolkien
5.5 Conan the Barbarian By Robert E.
Howard
5.6 The Lensman Series By E.E. Doc
Smith
5.7 Brave New World by Aldous
Huxley
5.8 The Star Maker by Olaf
Stapleton
6.0 Mid 20th Century
Authors
6.1 2001 By Arthur C.
Clarke
6.2 The Foundation Series By Isaac
Asimov
6.3 Stranger in a Strange Land By Robert
A. Heinlein
6.4 The Gateway Series By Frederick
Pohl
6.5 Fahrenheit 451 By Ray
Bradbury
6.6 Waystation By Clifford D.
Simak
6.7 Supermind By A.E. Van Vogt
6.8 The Man in the High Castle By Phillip
K. Dick
6.9 Search the Sky By C.M.
Kornbluth
6.10 The Majipoor Series By Robert
Silverberg
6.11 The Humanoids By Jack
Williamson
6.12 The Witch World Series By Andre
Norton
6.13 Battlefield Earth By L. Ron
Hubbard
6.14 The Stars My Destination By Alfred
Bester
6.15 The City on the Edge of Forever By
Harlan Ellison
6.16 Mission of Gravity By Hal
Clement
6.17 The Last Castle By Jack
Vance
6.18 The Dune Saga By Frank
Herbert
6.19 The Saga of the Pliocene Exile by
Julian May
6.20 Tau Zero By Poul
Anderson
6.21 Cities in Flight by James
Blish
6.22 Agent of Chaos by Norman
Spinrad
7.0 Additional Trends Science Fiction and
Fantasy
7.1 The Growth of
Fantasy
7.1.1 The Dragon Riders of Pern By Anne
Mcaffrey
7.1.2 The Discworld Series By Terry
Pratchett
7.1.3 The Shannara Series Terry
Brooks
7.1.4 The Xanth Series By Piers
Anthony
7.1.5 The Wizard of Earth Sea Series By
Ursula Le Guin
7.1.6 The Chronicles of Amber By Roger
Zelazny
7.17 More Than Human By Theodore
Sturgeon
7.2 The Influence of Ebooks and
AudioBooks
7.3
Cyberpunk
7.3.1 Neuromancer by William
Gibson
8.0 Late 20th Century
Authors
8.1 The Ringworld Series By Larry
Niven
8.2 The Sword of Truth Series By Terry
Goodkind
8.3 The Culture Series By Iain
Banks
8.4 The Grand Tour Series By Ben
Bova
8.5 The Harry Potter Series By J.K.
Rowling
8.6 The Galactic Center Saga By Gregory
Benford
8.7 The Way Series By Greg
Bear
8.8 The Stainless Steel Rat Series By
Harry Harrison
8.9 The Time Ships By Stephen
Baxter
8.10 The Confederation Universe By Peter
F. Hamilton
8.11 The Forever War By Joe
Haldeman
8.12 The Riverworld Series by Phillip
Jose Farmer
8.13
The Andromeda Strain by Michael
Crichton
8.14 The Hitchhiker’s Guide to
the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
8.15 Dragon’s Egg by Robert L.
Forward
8.16 The Ender Series by Orson Scott
Card
8.17 The Real Time/Bobble Series by
Vernor Vinge
8.18 The Mar’s Trilogy By Kim
Stanley Robinson
9.0 21st Century
Authors
9.1 Old Man’s War By John
Scalzi
9.2 The Schooled in Magic Series By
Christopher Nuttall
9.3 The Frontiers Saga By Ryk
Brown
9.4 Empire of the Bones Saga By Terry
Mixon
9.5 The Lost Starship Series By Vaughn
Heppner
9.6 The Slaver Wars By Raymond L.
Weil
9.7 The Starship Mage Series By Glynn
Stewart
9.8 The Blood on the Stars Series By Jay
Allen
9.9 The Martian By Andy
Weir
9.10 The Spellmonger Series By Terry
Mancour
9.11 The Emberverse Series by S.M Stirling
9.12 The Hyperion Cantos by Dan Simmons
9.13 Dust by Elizabeth Bear
9.14 The Three Body Problem by Cixin Liu
9.15 The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal
9.16 The Fifth Season by Nora K. Jemisin
10.0 Comic
Superheroes
10.1 DC
Comics
10.2 Marvel
Comics
11.0 Juvenile Science
Fiction
11.1 Tom Swift Junior Series by Victor
Appleton Jr.
11.2 The Time Machine Series by Donald
Keith
12.0 Movie/TV Science
Fiction
12.1 Star
Wars
12.2 Star
Trek
12.3 The Aliens
Movies
12.4 The Stargate
Universe
12.5 The
X-Men
12.6
Avatar
13.0 Popular Story
Themes
13.1 Time Travel
Stories
13.1.1 The Time Machine By H.G.
Wells
13.1.2 The Man Who Folded Himself By
David Gerrold
13.1.3 There Will Be Time By Poul
Anderson
13.2 Space Travel—Just a few
good stories
13.1.4 Have Spacesuit Will Travel by
Robert Heinlein
13.2.2 Neutron Star by Larry
Niven
13.2.3 Personal Freedom Parts 1
& 2 by Martin K. Ettington
13.3 The
Paranormal
13.3.1 Witch World by Andre
Norton
13.3.2 The Psychic Soldier Series by
Martin K. Ettington
13.4 Space
Opera
13.4.1 The Foundation Trilogy by Isaac
Asimov
13.4.2 Consider Phlebas by Iain M.
Banks
13.4.3 Dune by Frank
Herbert
13.5 Dystopian & Apocalyptic
Futures
13.5.1 Lucifer’s Hammer By
Larry Niven
13.6 Alternative
History
13.6.1 The Man in the High Castle By
Phillip K. Dick
13.6.2 The Calculating Stars by Mary
Robinette Kowal
13.7 Parallel Dimensions of
Universes
13.7.1 Visiting Many Universes By Martin
K. Ettington
13.7.2 The Star Maker by Olaf
Stapleton
13.8 Aliens and
UFOs
13.8.1 Childhood’s End By
Arthur C. Clarke
13.8.2 Gateway By Frederick
Pohl
13.8 Artificial
Intelligence
13.8.1 We Are Legion by Dennis
Taylor
13.8.2 Supertoys Last All Summer Long by
Brian Aldiss
13.9.3 I Robot by Isaac
Asimov
13.9 Military Conflicts and
Wars
13.9.1 Starship Troopers By Robert
Heinlein
13.9.2 The Forever War By Joe
Haldeman
13.9.3 Ark Royal By Christopher Nuttall
13.10 Social and Religious
Ideas
13.11.1 Agent of Chaos by Norman Spinrad
13.11.2 The Last Question by Isaac Asimov
13.11 Funny Stories and
Series
13.11.1 The Stainless Steel Rat by Harry
Harrison
13.11.2 The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas
Adams
13.12 Immortals and
Immortality
13.13.1 The Boat of a Million Years by Poul
Anderson
13.13.2 Time’s Last Gift by Phillip Jose
Farmer
14.0 Future and Growing Theme
Trends
15.0 My Top Ten Recommended
Novels
16.0
Summary
17.0
Bibliography
18.0 Index
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