The SFX Book Club
Read the classics of SF and fantasy literature along with us! Now discussing Nevil Shute's On The Beach.
Read the classics of SF and fantasy literature along with us! Now discussing Nevil Shute's On The Beach
Become part of the SFX Book Club! It's open to all, and it doesn't cost anything. Here's how it works: every month we pick a classic SF, horror or fantasy book. You lot read it and post your comments , then we run a feature in which a top-class writer discusses what the book means to them, with a selection of your remarks running down the side.
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Did you miss one of our Book Club pieces? Fret not: we try to make older ones available here. Click on the links below for PDFs of some previous Book Club pieces.
1. The War Of The Worlds by HG Wells
2. The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
3. Ringworld by Larry Niven
4. A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs
5. A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M Miller
6. The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester
7. Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey
8. Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C Clarke
9. The Shadow of the Torturer by Gene Wolfe
10. The Forever War by Joe Haldeman
11. The Weirdstone of Brisingamen by Alan Garner
12. Dangerous Visions edited by Harlan Ellison
13. A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K Le Guin
14. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K Dick
15. The Player of Games by Iain Banks
16. Pavane by Keith Roberts
17. Neuromancer by William Gibson
18. Collected Ghost Stories of MR James
19. I Am Legend by Richard Matheson
20. A Game of Thrones by George RR Martin
21. Stand on Zanzibar by John Brunner
22. Planet of the Apes by Pierre Boulle
23. The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert Heinlein
24. Blood Music by Greg Bear
25. Non Stop by Brian Aldiss
26. Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift
27. Dune by Frank Herbert
28. The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula Le Guin
29. A Case of Conscience by James Blish
30. Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
31. Star Maker by Olaf Stapledon
32. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
33. The Einstein Intersection by Samuel R Delany
34. The Day Of The Triffids by John Wyndham
35. Titus Groan by Mervyn Peake
36. Vurt by Jeff Noon
37. Foundation by Isaac Asimov
38. The City And The Stars by Arthur C Clarke
39. Strata by Terry Pratchett
40. The Centauri Device by M John Harrison
41. Earth Abides by George R Stewart
42. Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
43. The Death of Grass by John Christopher
44. Starship Troopers by Robert Heinlein
45. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
46. From The Earth To The Moon by Jules Verne
47. Interview With The Vampire by Anne Rice
48. Life During Wartime by Lucius Shepard
49. Perdido Street Station by China Miéville
50. The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe by CS Lewis
51. Lord Of Light by Roger Zelazny
52. Mythago Wood by Robert Holdstock
53. To Your Scattered Bodies Go by Philip José Farmer
54. Cities In Flight by James Blish
55. The Man In The High Castle by Philip K Dick
56. The Snow Queen by Joan D Vinge
57. Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
58. Dracula by Bram Stoker.
59. Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson.
60. The Last Unicorn by Peter S Beagle
61. The Anubis Gates by Tim Powers
62. Helliconia Spring by Brian Aldiss
63. Journey to the Centre Of The Earth by Jules Verne
64. The Demolished Man by Alfred Bester
65. Wild Seed by Octavia Butler
66. Legend by David Gemmell
67. 1984 by George Orwell
68. The Time Machine by HG Wells
69. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
70. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
71. Dragon Prince by Melanie Rawn
72. Alice's Adventures In Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
73. The Stand by Stephen King
74. The Ship Who Sang by Anne McCaffrey
75. The Midwich Cuckoos by John Wyndham
76. Childhood's End by Arthur C Clarke
77. Nova by Samuel R Delany
78. The Warlock Of Firetop Mountain by Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone
79. Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
80. The Strange Case Of Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
81. Black Gods And Scarlet Dreams by CL Moore
82. The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
83. Gateway by Frederik Pohl
84. Golden Witchbreed by Mary Gentle
85. The Tripods Trilogy by John Christopher
86. The Princess Bride by William Goldman
87. The Stainless Steel Rat by Harry Harrison
88. Downbelow Station by CJ Cherrryh
89. The Kraken Wakes by John Wyndham
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