Introduction
On this page, we will provide an overview of some of the most famous English-language works of science fiction literature from the past couple of centuries, as well as some examples of influential science fiction movies.
Note that we have also listed some short stories by Ray Bradbury on his author page.
Science fiction novels from the 19th century
Science fiction novels from the 20th century
Adams, Douglas - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1979)
Asimov, Isaac - The Foundation (1951)
Atwood, Margaret - The Handmaid's Tale (1985)
Card, Orson Scott - Ender's Game (1985)
Clarke, Arthur C. - Rendezvous with Rama (1973)
Gilman, Charlotte Perkins - Herland (1915)
Heinlein, Robert A. - Stranger in a Strange Land (1961)
Huxley, Aldous - Brave New World (1932)
Le Guin, Ursula K. - The Left Hand of Darkness (1969)
Orwell, George - Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949)
Science fiction novels from the 21st century
Brown, Pierce - Red Rising (2014)
Cline, Ernest - Ready Player One (2011)
Collins, Suzanne - The Hunger Games (2008)
Dashner, James - The Maze Runner (2009)
Reynolds, Alastair - Revelation Space (2000)
Roth, Veronica - Divergent (2011)
Science fiction movies
Blomkamp, Neill - District 9 (2009)
Cameron, James - Avatar (2009)
Cuarón, Alfonso - Children of Men (2006)
Jones, Duncan - Moon (2009)
Kubrick, Stanley - 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Lucas, George - Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
Nolan, Christopher - Interstellar (2014)
Scott, Ridley - Blade Runner (1982)
Spielberg, Steven - E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
Villeneuve, Denis - Arrival (2016)
Wachowski Brothers - The Matrix (1999)
