Most Popular Science Fiction Books of the 1970s

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Time in Eclipse

David S. Garnett

Science Fiction

1974

Hub

The Telzey Toy

James H. Schmitz

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1973

Hub

The Lion Game

James H. Schmitz

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1973

Sweetwater

Laurence Yep

Science Fiction · Young Adult

1973

The Time Quintet #2

A Wind in the Door

Madeleine L'Engle

Science Fiction · Young Adult

1973

Hellstrom's Hive

Frank Herbert

Science Fiction · Prix Apollo

1973

Del Whitby

Starbrat

John Morressy

Science Fiction

1972

The Outposter

Gordon R. Dickson

Science Fiction

1972

The Priests of Psi

Frank Herbert

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1971

Alone Against Tomorrow

Harlan Ellison

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1971

The Steel Crocodile

D. G. Compton

Science Fiction

1970

Prime Number

Harry Harrison

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1970

I Will Fear No Evil

Robert A. Heinlein

Science Fiction

1970

ConSentiency Universe

Whipping Star

Frank Herbert

Science Fiction

1970

The Horror in the Museum and Other Revisions

H. P. Lovecraft

Fantasy · Horror · Science Fiction · Weird Fiction · Short Stories

1970

A Song for Lya and Other Stories

George R. R. Martin

Science Fiction · Locus Award · Short Stories

1976

The Doom That Came to Sarnath and Other Stories

H. P. Lovecraft

Fantasy · Horror · Science Fiction · Cthulhu · Weird Fiction

1971

All My Sins Remembered

Joe Haldeman

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1977

Giants / Minervan Experiment #1

Inherit the Stars

James P. Hogan

Science Fiction

1977

Callahan's Place #1

Callahan's Crosstime Saloon

Spider Robinson

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1977

Involution Ocean

Bruce Sterling

Science Fiction

1977

Patternist #1

Pattern-Master

Octavia E. Butler

Science Fiction

1976

Galactic Center #1

In the Ocean of Night

Gregory Benford

Science Fiction

1976

Icerigger Trilogy #1

Icerigger

Alan Dean Foster

Science Fiction

1974

The Godmakers

Frank Herbert

Science Fiction

1972

The Golden Helix

Theodore Sturgeon

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1979

Engine Summer

John Crowley

Science Fiction

1979

The Best Short Stories of J. G. Ballard

J. G. Ballard

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1978

The Ruins of Isis

Marion Zimmer Bradley

Science Fiction

1978

We Who Are About To...

Joanna Russ

Science Fiction

1977

The Saga of the Well World #1

Midnight at the Well of Souls

Jack L. Chalker

Science Fiction

1977

A Heritage of Stars

Clifford D. Simak

Science Fiction

1977

Autumn Angels #1

Autumn Angels

Arthur Byron Cover

Science Fiction

1975

Out of Space and Time: Volume 1

Clark Ashton Smith

Fantasy · Horror · Science Fiction · Weird Fiction · Short Stories

1974

Terran Empire

The Day of Their Return

Poul Anderson

Science Fiction

1973

Lifeboat

James White

Science Fiction

1972