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Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels

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Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels, An English Language Selection, 1949 to 1984 is a nonfiction book by British critic David Pringle, published in 1985 by Xanadu with a foreword by Michael Moorcock. The book consists of one hundred short critical essays, each examining one novel Pringle selected as significant to the science fiction genre published in English between 1949 and 1984, presented in order of publication rather than ranked. It is regarded as an important critical survey and reference work on the science fiction field of its period. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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1985 1
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1. Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels (Wikipedia)
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    Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels, An English-Language Selection, 1949-1984 is a nonfiction book by David Pringle, published by Xanadu in 1985 with a foreword by Michael Moorcock.
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    Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels, An English-Language Selection, 1949-1984 is a nonfiction book by David Pringle, published by Xanadu in 1985 with a foreword by Michael Moorcock. Primarily, the book comprises 100 short essays on the selected works, covered in order of publication, without any ranking. It is considered an important critical summary of the science fiction field.
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