{"id":18410,"date":"2022-01-08T23:26:28","date_gmt":"2022-01-09T04:26:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/?p=18410"},"modified":"2022-01-08T23:26:28","modified_gmt":"2022-01-09T04:26:28","slug":"best-science-fiction-novels-by-decade-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2022\/01\/best-science-fiction-novels-by-decade-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Best science fiction novels by decade"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here’s an update to this<\/a> list.<\/p>\n

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 <\/td>\nWinner<\/strong><\/td>\nRunner Ups<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Decade<\/strong><\/td>\nAuthor<\/strong><\/td>\nTitle<\/strong><\/td>\nAuthor<\/strong><\/td>\nTitle<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2020s<\/td>\nAdrian Tchaikovsky<\/td>\nThe Doors of Eden<\/td>\nBecky Chambers<\/td>\nThe Galaxy, and the Ground Within<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nMarina J. Lostetter<\/td>\nNoumenon Ultra<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nRobert J. Sawyer<\/td>\nThe Oppenheimer Alternative<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nJohn Scalzi<\/td>\nThe Last Emperox<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2010s<\/td>\nAnn Leckie<\/td>\nAncillary Justice<\/td>\nBecky Chambers<\/td>\nThe Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nMatt Haig<\/td>\nThe Humans<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nWill McIntosh<\/td>\nSoft Apocalypse<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nAdrian Tchaikovsky<\/td>\nChildren of Time<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2000s<\/td>\nStephen Baxter<\/td>\nEvolution<\/td>\nUrsula K. Le Guin<\/td>\nThe Telling<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nCixin Liu<\/td>\nThe Three-Body Problem<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nAlastair Reynolds<\/td>\nHouse of Suns<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nRobert J. Sawyer<\/td>\nHominids<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nJohn Scalzi<\/td>\nOld Man’s War<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nKarl Schroeder<\/td>\nVentus<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nNeal Stephenson<\/td>\nAnathem<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nConnie Willis<\/td>\nPassage<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nRobert Charles Wilson<\/td>\nSpin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1990s<\/td>\nNeal Stephenson<\/td>\nSnow Crash<\/td>\nStephen Baxter<\/td>\nThe Time Ships<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nOrson Scott Card<\/td>\nPastwatch<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nRobert J. Sawyer<\/td>\nStarplex<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nVernor Vinge<\/td>\nA Fire Upon the Deep<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nRobert Charles Wilson<\/td>\nDarwinia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1980s<\/td>\nJoan Slonczewski<\/td>\nA Door Into Ocean<\/td>\nIain M. Banks<\/td>\nThe Player of Games<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nDavid Brin<\/td>\nThe Uplift War<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nOrson Scott Card<\/td>\nEnder’s Game<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nVonda N. McIntyre<\/td>\nStarfarers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nKim Stanley Robinson<\/td>\nThe Wild Shore<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nDan Simmons<\/td>\nHyperion<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nVernor Vinge<\/td>\nMarooned in Realtime<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1970s<\/td>\nDouglas Adams<\/td>\nThe Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy<\/td>\nIsaac Asimov<\/td>\nThe Gods Themselves<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nDavid Gerrold<\/td>\nThe Man Who Folded Himself<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nUrsula K. Le Guin<\/td>\nThe Dispossessed<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nFrederik Pohl<\/td>\nGateway<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1960s<\/td>\nUrsula K. Le Guin<\/td>\nThe Left Hand of Darkness<\/td>\nPhilip K. Dick<\/td>\nThe Man in the High Castle<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nHarry Harrison<\/td>\nThe Stainless Steel Rat<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nFrank Herbert<\/td>\nDune<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nWalter M. Miller, Jr.<\/td>\nA Canticle for Leibowitz<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1950s<\/td>\nIsaac Asimov<\/td>\nFoundation<\/td>\nAlfred Bester<\/td>\nThe Demolished Man<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nRay Bradbury<\/td>\nThe Martian Chronicles<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nArthur C. Clarke<\/td>\nThe City and the Stars<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nClifford D. Simak<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1940s<\/td>\nGeorge Orwell<\/td>\nNineteen Eighty-Four<\/td>\nL. Sprague de Camp<\/td>\nLest Darkness Fall<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1930s<\/td>\nAldous Huxley<\/td>\nBrave New World<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here’s an update to this list.   Winner Runner Ups Decade Author Title Author Title 2020s Adrian Tchaikovsky The Doors of Eden Becky Chambers The Galaxy, and the Ground Within       Marina J. Lostetter Noumenon Ultra       Robert J. Sawyer The Oppenheimer Alternative       John Scalzi The Last Emperox […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[7,42,28,8],"class_list":["post-18410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-my-thoughts","tag-book","tag-lists","tag-novels","tag-science-fiction"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18410"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18410\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18411,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18410\/revisions\/18411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}