Genre: Science Fiction

Read one early, middle, and contemporary work. Ask yourself how the genre has developed (changed/stayed the same) over time. Choose from among these titles or suggest one to me:

Early
• Looking Backward by Edward Bellamy
• "Hans Pfaal" and other stories by Edgar Allan Poe
• A Voyage to the Moon by George Tucker
  Not quite 200 pages, but possibly the very first scifi written in the U. S.
• A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain
Middle
• I, Robot by Isaac Asimov
• Foundation by Isaac Asimov
• The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
• Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank
• Citizen of the Galaxy by Robert Heinlein
• Dune by Frank Herbert
• A Canticle for Liebowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr.
• Player Piano by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
• Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
Contemporary
• Neuromancer by William Gibson
• The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick
• Ender's Game or Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card
• Paladin of Souls or Mirror Dance by Lois McMaster Bujold
• Forever Peace by Joe Haldeman
• Feed by M.T. Anderson
• Kindred or other titles by Octavia Butler (negotiable)

I am willing to consider other titles and writers. Talk to me if you have a suggestion.