Science Fiction Novel and Short Story Review INDEX by Author (here)
5/5 Masterpiece
The Affirmation, Christopher Priest (1981)
Annihilation, Jeff VanderMeer (2014)
A Funeral for the Eyes of Fire, Michael Bishop (1975)
Beyond Apollo, Barry N. Malzberg (1972)
Catacomb Years, Michael Bishop (1979)
The Continuous Katherine Mortenhoe (variant title: The Unsleeping Eye), D. G. Compton (1974)
Doctor Rat, William Kotzwinkle (1976)
Dying Inside, Robert Silverberg (1972)
Electric Forest, Tanith Lee (1979)
The Genocides, Thomas M. Disch (1965)
Hawksbill Station (variant title: The Anvil of Time), Robert Silverberg (1968)
Missing Man, Katherine MacLean (1975)
Revelations, Barry N. Malzberg (1972)
Secret Rendezvous, Kobo Abe (1977, trans. 1979)
Walk to the End of the World, Suzy McKee Charnas (1974)
We Who Are About To . . ., Joanna Russ (1976)
What Entropy Means to Me, George Alec Effinger (1972)
Where Time Winds Blow, Robert Holdstock (1981)
The World Inside, Robert Silverberg (1971)
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4.75/5 Very Good/Near Masterpiece
After the Flood, P. C. Jersild (1982, trans. 1986)
An Infinite Summer, Christopher Priest (1979)
The Dream Millennium, James White (1974)
Downward to the Earth, Robert Silverberg (1970)
If All Else Fails…, Craig Strete (1980)
The Iron Dream, Norman Spinrad (1972)
Journey Beyond Tomorrow, Robert Sheckley (1962)
Killerbowl, Gary K. Wolf (1975)
Level 7, Mordecai Roshwald (1959)
The New Atlantis and Other Novellas of Science Fiction, ed. Robert Silverberg (1975)
Non-Stop (variant title: Starship), Brian Aldiss (1958)
Stolen Faces, Michael Bishop (1977)
Twilight Country, Knut Faldbakken (1974, trans. Joan Tate, 1993)
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4.5/5 Very Good
And Chaos Died, Joanna Russ (1970)
An Alien Light, Nancy Kress (1987)
A Storm of Wings, M. John Harrison (1980)
The Committed Men, M. John Harrison (1971)
Dance the Eagle To Sleep, Marge Piercy (1970)
Dreamsnake, Vonda N. McIntyre (1978)
Earthlight, Arthur C. Clarke (1955)
Farewell, Earth’s Bliss, D. G. Compton (1966)
Freezing Down, Anders Bodelsen (1969, trans. 1971)
The Gamesman, Barry N. Malzberg (1975)
Hello Summer, Goodbye (variant title: Rax), Michael G. Coney (1975)
Heroes & Villains, Angela Carter (1969)
The Hieros Gamos of Sam and An Smith, Josephine Saxton (1969)
High-Rise, J. G. Ballard (1975)
The Hospital Ship, Martin Bax (1976)
Hothouse (variant title: The Long Afternoon of Earth) (1962)
In The Enclosure, Barry N. Malzberg (1973)
In Watermelon Sugar, Richard Brautigan (1968)
Irrational Numbers, George Alec Effinger (1976)
The Long Tomorrow, Leigh Brackett (1955)
Mindbridge, Joe Haldeman (1976)
Memoirs of a Spacewoman, Naomi Mitchison (1962)
Mockingbird, Walter Tevis (1980)
Moonstar Odyssey, David Gerrold (1977)
Store of Infinity, Robert Sheckley (1960)
Synthajoy, D. G. Compton (1968)
The Man in the Maze, Robert Silverberg (1969)
The Men Inside, Barry N. Malzberg (1973)
The People of the Wind, Poul Anderson (1973)
The Planet of Exile, Ursula Le Guin (1966)
The Second Trip, Robert Silverberg (serialized: 1971)
Termush, Sven Holm (1967, trans. 1969)
Universe Day, Barry N. Malzberg (as K. M. O’Donnell) (1971)
The Very Long Slow Time Machine, Ian Watson (1979)
Why Call Them Back From Heaven?, Clifford D. Simak (1967)
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4.25/5 Very Good
The 1977 Annual World’s Best SF, ed. Arthur W. Saha and Donald A. Wollheim (1977),
All Judgement Fled, James White (1968)
Approaching Oblivion, Harlan Ellison (1974)
A Billion Days of Earth, Doris Piserchia (1976)
Billenium, J. G. Ballard (1962)
The Birth Machine, Elizabeth Baines (1983)
The Black Corridor, Michael Moorcock and Hilary Bailey (1969)
Blind Voices, Tom Reamy (1978)
Dark December, Alfred Coppel (1960)
Dark Universe, Daniel F. Galouye (1961)
Doomsday Morning, C. L. Moore (1957),
The Fall of Chronopolis, Barrington J. Bayley (1974)
The Falling Astronauts, Barry N. Malzberg (1971)
Fireflood and Other Stories, Vonda N. McIntyre (1979)
Friends Come in Boxes, Michael G. Coney (1973)
Frostworld and Dreamfire, John Morressy (1977)
Guernica Night, Barry N. Malzberg (1975)
Heroics, George Alec Effinger (1979)
Hyacinths, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro (1983)
The Immortals, James E. Gunn (1962)
The Joy Makers, James E. Gunn (1961)
The Long Loud Silence, Wilson Tucker (1952, revised 1969)
The Machine in Shaft Ten, M. John Harrison (1975)
Mister Da V. and Other Stories, Kit Reed (1967)
The Müller-Fokker Effect, John Sladek (1970)
Nebula Award Stories Six, ed. Clifford D. Simak (1971)
Orbit 4, ed. Damon Knight (1968)
The Pastel City, M. John Harrison (1971)
The Silent Multitude, D. G. Compton (1966)
The Sound of His Horn, Sarban (1952)
Transfigurations, Michael Bishop (1979)
Venus Plus X, Theodore Sturgeon (1960)
The Voice of Time and Other Stories, J. G. Ballard (1962)
The Word for World is Forest, Ursula K. Le Guin (1972)
Wyst: Alastor, 1716, Jack Vance (1978)
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4/5 Good
And Strange at Ecbatan the Trees (variant title: Beneath the Shattered Moons), Michael Bishop (1976)
A Pail of Air, Fritz Leiber (1964)
The Best SF Stories from New Worlds, ed. Michael Moorcock (1967)
The Bleeding Man and Other Science Fiction Stories, Craig Strete (1977)
The Blue World, Jack Vance (1966)
Captain Blackman, John A. Williams (1972)
The Carnival of Immortals, Enki Bilal (1980)
Casey Agonistes and Other Science Fiction and Fantasy Stories, Richard McKenna (1973)
The Centauri Device, M. John Harrison (1974)
Citizen in Space, Robert Sheckley (1955)
City Come A-Walkin’, John Shirley (1980)
The Cosmic Rape, Theodore Sturgeon (1958)
Daughters of Earth, Judith Merril (1968)
Dawn, Octavia E. Butler (1987)
Daybreak on a Different Mountain, Colin Greenland (1984)
The Downstairs Room and Other Speculative Fiction, Kate Wilhelm (1968) 4/5
The Dream Master, Roger Zelazny (1966)
The Eden Cycle, Raymond Z. Gallun (1974)
The Explorers, C. M. Kornbluth (1954)
The Eye of the Lens, Langdon Jones (1972)
The Eyes of Heisenberg, Frank Herbert (1966)
The Garments of Caean, Barrington J. Bayley (1976)
The Grain Kings, Keith Roberts (1976)
I Am Legend, Richard Matheson (1954)
The Last Hurrah of the Golden Horde, Norman Spinrad (1970)
The Man Who Japed, Philip K. Dick (1956)
Meeting At Infinity, John Brunner (1961)
Merchanter’s Luck, C. J. Cherryh (1982)
Mind of My Mind, Octavia E. Butler (1977)
My Petition for More Space (1974)
New Dimensions 3, ed. Robert Silverberg (1973)
The Night of Kadar, Garry Kilworth (1978)
Of Men and Monsters, William Tenn (1968)
Only Lovers Left Alive, Dave Wallis (1964)
Orphans of the Sky, Robert Heinlein (1941)
The Penultimate Truth, Philip K. Dick (1964)
The People Trap, Robert Sheckley (1968)
Picnic on Paradise, Joanna Russ (1968)
The Pillars of Eternity, Barrington J. Bayley (1982)
Port Eternity, C. J. Cherryh (1982)
The Quality of Mercy, D. G. Compton (1965)
Rogue Moon, Algis Budrys (1960)
Sargasso of Space, Andre Norton (1955)
Showboat World, Jack Vance (1975)
The Ship Who Sang, Anne McCaffrey (1969)
Singularity Station, Brian N. Ball (1973)
S.O.S. From Three Worlds, Murray Leinster (1967)
The Squares of the City, John Brunner (1965)
Starswarm, Brian W. Aldiss (1964)
The Status Civilization, Robert Sheckley (1960)
Strange Relations, Philip José Farmer (1960)
There Will Be Time, Poul Anderson (1972)
The Watch Below, James White (1966)
Three Worlds to Conquer, Poul Anderson (1964)
Thorns, Robert Silverberg (1968)
The Time of the Crack (variant title: The Crack), Emma Tennant (1973)
Universe 2, ed. Terry Carr (1972)
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3.75/5 Good
A City in the North, Marta Randall (1976)
Alqua Dreams, Rachel Pollack (1987)
A Wrinkle in the Skin, John Christopher (1965)
The Best SF Stories from New Worlds 2 (1968), ed. Michael Moorcock
Collision Course (variant title: Collision with Chronos), Barrington J. Bayley (1973)
Don’t Bite the Sun, Tanith Lee (1976)
Doomtime, Doris Piserchia (1981)
The Alien Way, Gordon R. Dickson (1965)
The City Machine, Louis Trimble (1972)
The City of the Chasch, Jack Vance (1968)
The Descent, Gina Berriault (1960)
The Eleventh Commandment, Lester del Rey (1962, revised 1970)
The End of the World, ed. Donald Wollheim (1956)
Future Without Future, Jacques Sternberg (1971, trans. 1973)
The Gold at the Starbow’s End (1972)
The Human Angle, William Tenn (1956)
Immortality, Inc. (variant title: Time Killer), Robert Sheckley (1958)
Larger Than Life, Dino Buzzati (1960, trans. 1962)
Living Way Out (variant title: Beyond Bedlam), Wyman Guin (1967)
The Long Winter, John Christopher (1962)
Lords of the Starship, Mark S. Geston (1967)
Marune: Alastor, 933, Jack Vance (1975)
No Time Like Tomorrow, Brian Aldiss (1959)
Profundis, Richard Cowper (1979)
Real-Time World, Christopher Priest (1974)
The Road to Corlay, Richard Cowper (1978)
The Seedling Stars, James Blish (1957)
The Steel Crocodile, D. G. Compton (1970)
They Shall Have Stars, James Blish (1956)
Time and Stars, Poul Anderson (1964)
Triax, ed. Robert Silverberg (1977)
Universe 1, ed. Terry Carr (1971)
Vault of the Ages, Poul Anderson (1952)
The View From the Stars, Walter M. Miller, Jr.
World’s Best Science Fiction: 1967 (variant title: World’s Best Science Fiction: Third Series),ed. Donald A. Wollheim and Terry Carr (1967)
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3.5/5 Good
The Alley God, Philip José Farmer (1962)
At Midnight on the 31st of March, Josephine Young Case (1938)
The 1972 Annual World’s Best SF, ed. Donald A. Wollheim (1972)
Best SF Stories from New World 3, ed. Michael Moorcock (1968)
The Big Jump, Leigh Brackett (1955)
Budrys’ Inferno (variant title: The Furious Future), Algis Budrys (1963)
Candy Man, Vincent King (1971)
The City of Cain, Kate Wilhelm (1974)
Clash by Night and Other Stories, C. L. Moore and Henry Kuttner (1980)
Earthworks, Brian Aldiss (1965)
Empire, Samuel R. Delany and Howard V. Chaykin (1978)
The Empty People, Barry N. Malzberg (1969)
The Falling Torch, Algis Budrys (1959)
Far Out, Damon Knight (1961)
Fellowship of the Stars, ed. Terry Carr (1974)
Fireship (variant title: Fireship / Mother and Child)
Future City, ed. Roger Elwood (1973)
Herovit’s World, Barry N. Malzberg (1973)
Ground Zero Man, Bob Shaw (1971)
The Hole in the Zero, M. K. Joseph (1967)
Juniper Time, Kate Wilhelm (1979)
The Lifeship, Harry Harrison and Gordon R. Dickson (1976)
Magellan, Colin Anderson (1970)
The Many Worlds of Barry Malzberg, Barry N. Malzberg (1975)
The Marching Morons and Other Famous Short Stories, C. M. Kornbluth (1959)
Margaret and I, Kate Wilhelm (1971)
Mission of Gravity, Hal Clement (1953)
The Metalic Muse, Lloyd Biggle, Jr. (1972)
Moon-Flash, Patricia A. McKillip (1984)
The Neon Halo, Jean-Louis Curtis (1956, trans. 1958)
Options, Robert Sheckley (1975)
Orbit 3, ed. Damon Knight (1968)
Pebble in the Sky, Isaac Asimov (1950)
Princes of the Air, John M. Ford (1982)
Seeklight, K.W. Jeter (1975)
Scop, Barry N. Malzberg (1976)
Survival Ship and Other Stories, Judith Merril (1974)
Three For Tomorrow, novellas by Robert Silverberg, Roger Zelazny, and James Blish (1969)
To Open the Sky, Robert Silverberg (1967)
Universe 10, ed. Terry Carr (1980)
Universe 12, ed. Terry Carr (1982)
The World Menders, Lloyd Biggle, Jr. (1971)
Xenogenesis, Miriam Allen deFord (1969)
The World of Null-A, A. E. Van Vogt (1948)
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3.25/5 Above Average
Albion! Albion!, Dick Morland (aka Reginald Hill) (1974)
An Alien Heat, Michael Moorcock (1972)
A Choice of Gods, Clifford D. Simak (1971)
A Life for the Stars, James Blish (1962)
Assignment Nor’ Dyren, Sydney Van Scyoc (1973)
The Ballad of Beta-2, Samuel R. Delany (1965)
Bedlam Planet, John Brunner (1968)
The Burning, James E. Gunn (1972)
Brain Wave, Poul Anderson (magazine publication 1953)
The Bridge, D. Keith Mano (1973)
Bright New Universe, Jack Williamson (1967)
Captive Universe, Harry Harrison (1969)
The Custodians and Other Stories, Richard Cowper (1976)
The Crystal Ship, three novellas: Vonda McIntyre, Marta Randall, Joan D. Vinge (1976)
Code Three, Rick Raphael (novelized 1967)
Conversations, Barry N. Malzberg (1975)
Doctor to the Stars, Murray Leinster (1964)
The Eclipse of Dawn, Gordon Eklund (1971)
False Dawn, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro (1978)
Eight Keys to Eden, Mark Clifton (1960)
The Enemy Stars, Poul Anderson (1958)
Eye Among the Blind, Robert Holdstock (1976)
First Step Outward, ed. Robert Hoskins (1969)
Galactic Cluster, James Blish (1959)
Gladiator-At-Law, Frederik Pohl and C. M. Kornbluth (1955)
The God Makers, Frank Herbert (1972)
Godling, Go Home!, Robert Silverberg (1964)
Half Past Human, T. J. Bass (1971)
The Ice Schooner, Michael Moorcock (1969)
Indoctrinaire, Christopher Priest (1970)
Involution Ocean, Bruce Sterling (1977)
The Languages of Pao, Jack Vance (1958)
The Last Transaction, Barry N. Malzberg (1977)
The Light that Never Was, Lloyd Biggle, Jr. (1972)
Michaelmas, Algis Budrys (1976)
Mission: Manstop, Kris Neville (1971)
New Writings in S-F 6, ed. John Carnell (1965)
Of All Possible Worlds, William Tenn (1955)
The Outcasts of Heaven Belt, Joan D. Vinge (1978)
Out of Bounds, Judith Merril (1960)
Orbit 1, ed. Damon Knight (1966)
Orbit 8, ed. Damon Knight (1970)
Screen, Barry N. Malzberg (1968)
Sight of Proteus, Charles Sheffield (1978)
Seed of Light, Edmund Cooper (1959)
The Shores of Another Sea, Chad Oliver (1971)
Starship & Haiku, S.P. Somtow (1981)
Tomorrow’s TV, ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin Harry Greenberg, and Charles Wagh (1982)
Universe 4, ed. Terry Carr (1974)
The Werewolf Principle, Clifford D. Simak (1967)
The Worlds of Frank Herbert, Frank Herbert (1970)
Worlds Without End, Clifford D. Simak (1964)
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3/5 Average
A Man of Double Deed, Leonard Daventry (1965)
A Martian Odyssey and Other Great Science-Fiction Stories, Stanley G. Weinbaum (1962)
Ashes, Ashes, We All Fall Down, Irene Schram (1972)
At the Seventh Level, Suzette Haden Elgin (1972)
A Way Home, Theodore Sturgeon (1956)
Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Fourth Annual Collection, ed. Lester del Rey (1975)
The Bright Phoenix, Harold Mead (1955)
Cage a Man, F. M. Busby (1973)
The Chyrsalids (variant title: Re-Birth), John Wyndham (1955)
Damnation Alley, Roger Zelazny (1969)
The Dark Side of the Earth, Alfred Bester (1964)
The Dark Light-Years, Brian Aldiss (1964)
Darkover Landfall, Marion Zimmer Bradley (1972)
The Dead Astronaut, ed. uncredited (1971)
The Death of Grass (variant title: No Blade of Grass), John Christopher (1956)
Double Star, Robert Heinlein (1956)
Drunkard’s Walk, Frederik Pohl (1960)
Fort Privilege, Kit Reed (1985)
Furthest, Suzette Haden Elgin (1971)
Galaxies Like Grains of Sand, Brian W. Aldiss (1960)
The Great Explosion, Eric Frank Russell (1962)
The Heirs of Babylon, Glen Cook (1972)
Infinity One, ed. Robert Hoskins (1970)
In Solitary, Garry Kilworth (1977)
Journey to the Center, Brian M. Stableford (1982)
The Lights in the Sky Are Stars, Fredric Brown (1953)
The Mile-Long Spaceship, Kate Wilhelm (1963)
Mindship, Gerard F. Conway (1974)
The Mixed Men (variant title: Mission to the Stars), A. E. Van Vogt (1945)
Monitor Found in Orbit, Michael G. Coney (1974)
Needle in a Timestack, Robert Silverberg (1966)
New Writings in SF7, ed. John Carnell (1971)
New Writings in SF 9, ed. John Carnell (1972)
One Million Tomorrows (variant title: 1 Million Tomorrows), Bob Shaw (1971)
Orbit Unlimited, Poul Anderson (1961)
Perseverance Island, Douglas Frazar (1885)
Project Barrier, Daniel F. Galouye (1968)
The Rebel Worlds, Poul Anderson (1969)
The Reefs of Space, Frederick Pohl and Jack Williamson (1964)
Space Skimmer, David Gerrold (1972)
The Star Dwellers, James Blish (1961)
The Sudden Star (variant title: The White Death), Pamela Sargent (1979)
Tau Zero, Poul Anderson (1970)
Third From the Sun, Richard Matheson (1955)
The Thirst Quenchers, Rick Raphael (1965)
Three Novels, Damon Knight (1967)
Time of the Great Freeze, Robert Silverberg (1964)
To Die in Italbar, Roger Zelazny (1973)
The Trial of Terra, Jack Williamson (1962)
The Warlord of the Air, Michael Moorcock (1971)
Three Worlds of Futurity, Margaret St. Clair (1964)
To Live Again, Robert Silverberg (1969)
Total Eclipse, John Brunner (1974)
Transmaniacon, John Shirley (1979)
Under a Calculating Star, John Morressy (1975)
We All Died at Breakaway Station, Richard C. Meredith (1969)
The Wind From Nowhere, J. G. Ballard (1962)
Yesterday’s Children, David Gerrold (1972)
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2.75/5 Vaguely Average
A Time For Survival, Philip McCutchan (1966)
Ancient, My Enemy, Gordon R. Dickson (1974)
A Rose for Armageddon, Hilbert Schenck (1982)
As on a Darkling Plain, Ben Bova (1972)
A Scourge of Screamers, Daniel F. Galouye (1966)
Dr. Futurity, Philip K. Dick (1960)
The Furies, Keith Roberts (1966)
The Halcyon Drift, Brian Stableford (1972)
The Monadic Universe, George Zebrowski (1977)
Ossian’s Ride, Fred Hoyle (1959)
The Resurrectionist, Gary K. Wolf (1979)
Sign of the Labrys, Margaret St. Clair (1963)
Slave Ship, Frederik Pohl (1956)
The Star Ways (variant title: The Peregrine) (1956)
The Tartarus Incident, William Greenleaf (1983)
The Two-Timers, Bob Shaw (1968)
Wine of the Dreamers, John D. MacDonald (1951)
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2.5/5 Bad
After Things Fell Apart, Ron Goulart (1970)
Alternities, ed. David Gerrold and Stephen Goldin (1974)
An Exercise for Madmen, Barbara Paul (1978)
Beyond This Horizon, Robert Heinlein (1942)
Cloned Lives, Pamela Sargent (1976)
Dark Dominion, David Duncan (1955)
Entry to Elsewhen, John Brunner (1972)
The Far Call, Gordon R. Dickson (1978)
Homeward and Beyond, Poul Anderson (1975)
The Mercy Men (variant title: A Man Obsessed), Alan E. Nourse (1955)
Methuselah’s Children, Robert Heinlein (1958)
The Horn of Time, Poul Anderson (1968)
The Last Starship From Earth, John Boyd (1968)
The Space-Born (variant title: Star Ship), E. C. Tubb (1955)
Some Will Not Die, Algis Budrys (1961, rev. 1978)
The Texts of Festival, Mick Farren (1973)
The Time Hoppers, Robert Silverberg (1967)
Traitor to the Living, Philip José Farmer (1973)
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2.25/5 (Bad)
Eight Against Utopia (variant title: From Carthage Then I Came), Douglas R. Mason (1966)
The Wall Around the World, Theodore Cogswell (1962)
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2/5 (Bad)
Beyond the Sealed World, Rena Vale (1965)
Born Under Mars, John Brunner (1967)
Bow Down To Nul (variant title: The Interpreter), Brian Aldiss (1960)
Brave Old World, Philippe Curval (1976, trans. 1981)
Costigan’s Needle, Jerry Sohl (1953)
Double, Double, John Brunner (1969)
Down to Earth, Louis Charbonneau (1967)
The Dueling Machine, Ben Bova (1969)
Empire of Two Worlds, Barrington J. Bayley (1972)
The Enemy of My Enemy, Avram Davidson (1966)
The Florians, Brian N. Stableford (1976)
Garbage World, Charles Platt (serialized 1966)
Rolltown, Mack Reynolds (1976)
The Sea is Boiling Hot, George Bamber (1971)
The Siege of Harlem, Warren Miller (1964)
Star Winds, Barrington J. Bayley (1978)
The Survivor, Paul Gillon (1985, trans. 1990)
The Wrong End of Time, John Brunner (1971)
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1.75/5 (Bad)
Interstellar Empire, John Brunner (1976)
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1.5/5 (Bad)
Star Watchman, Ben Bova (1964)
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1/5 (Bad)
Beyond the Barrier, Damon Knight (1964)
The Dramaturges of Yan, John Brunner (1982)
The Missionaries, D. G. Compton (1972)
Planet of the Voles, Charles Platt (1971)
Waters of Death, Irving A. Greenfield (1967)
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Science Fiction and Other Suspect Ruminations 
This is a really helpful addition Joachim… 🙂
Thanks! I figured out that people generally like to search by rating instead of by author…
Oh man, where to begin! Thanks for making this page, this is exactly what I was looking for, novels by star rating.
Thank you. Just be aware that I am more interested in experimental/social SF. Also, I tend to delve in the more esoteric reaches of the genre…
Works for me! I’ve read about half so far. Very interesting stuff, even some of the bad novels have great concepts.
All new stuff for me. I have only read a very few listed here.
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Thank you for loving classic SF Joachim. I am a little surprised in light of your name that you did not rate “The Pillars of Eternity” and other books by Barrington Bayley higher on your list. I would also include “The Grand Wheel” and “The Zen Gun” by Bayley, on a list of the best classic SF. I would also suggest “The Overlords of War” and other books by Gerard Klein, as well as “The Battle for Forever” by van Vogt.
No problem. Hey, tastes differ. I’d probably enjoy Bayley ‘s novels far less now if I were to read his work (more than a decade has gone past since most of those reviews of his stuff). I lay out my views on SF here which might give you an idea of what I look for when I read SF from this era: https://sciencefictionruminations.com/2018/06/15/fragment-s-why-i-read-and-review-50s-70s-science-fiction/
To get a better sense of what I’m enjoying reading now, check out my best reads of 2021 list (and of course my 2022 reviews): https://sciencefictionruminations.com/2022/01/01/updates-my-2021-in-review-best-sf-novels-best-sf-short-fiction-and-bonus-categories/