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I have a huge crush on these covers from the most recent Penguin Classics Science Fiction collection (2021). Those that I've read are really some of the finest of the genre, Lem's Cyberiad, Ana Kavan's Ice, the Stapledon, the Lovecraft and of course Abbot's Flatland. These covers make me want to fill the gaps.... I am not a huge Sci-fi fan but I like to dabble ;) Can anyone recommend any here?

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Flatland, The Cyberiad, Cat’s Cradle and anything there by Samuel R. Delaney or Olaf Stapledon. I’ve only actually read Flatland out of that selection, but have read other works by the authors.

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So I have a blind spot with Delaney, never read a thing. So perhaps I'll go there next. Love all the others you mention. Stapledon's Star Maker is excellent but the one that blew my mind was his Last and First Men.

Ah, excellent thanks for zooming in. 🖤

The big one from Delaney is Dahlgren which I have not read. It’s supposed to be quite difficult (like Finnegan’s Wake kinda difficult). I read one other shorter one & really liked it: “Nova”