Most Popular Science Fiction Books of the 1940s

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The Eternal Conflict

David H. Keller

Science Fiction

1949

The Homunculus

David H. Keller

Science Fiction

1949

The Last Space Ship

Murray Leinster

Science Fiction

1949

Fight for Life

Murray Leinster

Science Fiction

1949

Star Kings #1

The Star Kings

Edmond Hamilton

Science Fiction

1949

Lords of Creation

Eando Binder

Science Fiction

1949

Pattern for Conquest

George O. Smith

Science Fiction

1949

Skylark #3

The Skylark of Valeron

E. E. Smith

Science Fiction

1949

Time Trap

Rog Phillips

Science Fiction

1949

Aarn Munro

The Incredible Planet

John W. Campbell

Science Fiction

1949

Worlds of Wonder

Olaf Stapledon

Science Fiction

1949

Not for the Squeamish

D Scott-Moncrieff

Horror · Science Fiction · Psychological Horror · Vampires · Weird Fiction

1948

Alas, That Great City

Francis Leslie Ashton

Science Fiction

1948

The Sunken World

Stanton A. Coblentz

Science Fiction

1948

Mr. Adam

Pat Frank

Science Fiction

1948

Dreadful Sanctuary

Eric Frank Russell

Science Fiction

1948

Final Blackout

L. Ron Hubbard

Science Fiction

1948

Death of a World

J. Jefferson Farjeon

Science Fiction

1948

The Works of M. P. Shiel

M. P. Shiel

Fantasy · Horror · Science Fiction

1948

Without Sorcery

Theodore Sturgeon

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Short Stories

1948

Solitary Hunters and The Abyss

David H. Keller

Science Fiction

1948

The Abyss

David H. Keller

Science Fiction

1948

Skylark #2

Skylark Three

E. E. Smith

Science Fiction

1948

Lensman #1

Triplanetary

E. E. Smith

Science Fiction

1948

...And Some Were Human

Lester del Rey

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1948

The Web of Easter Island

Donald Wandrei

Fantasy · Horror · Science Fiction

1948

Who Goes There?

John W. Campbell

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1948

Divide and Rule

L. Sprague de Camp

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1948

The Wheels of If and Other Science Fiction

L. Sprague de Camp

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1948

Revelations in Black

Carl Jacobi

Horror · Science Fiction · Psychological Horror · Weird Fiction · Anthology

1947

On the Marble Cliffs

Ernst Jünger

Science Fiction · Translation

1947

Somewhere I'll Find You

Milton Lesser

Science Fiction

1947

Greener Than You Think

Ward Moore

Science Fiction

1947

Edison's Conquest of Mars

Garrett P. Serviss

Science Fiction

1947

Venus Equilateral

Venus Equilateral

George O. Smith

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1947

Spacehounds of IPC

E. E. Smith

Science Fiction

1947