List of Science Fiction Books

A Note to Teachers

All of the books on this list have been read by myself or another teacher and have been judged to be appropriate for juvenile readers. Books with the occasional mild profanity, and/or violence (Is violence ever mild?) are marked with red explanations so that you can decide whether to suggest the book to an older student. The same with sex, which in all cases is obliquely referred to, not described. However, sometimes a romantic relationship includes sex out of marriage. In this case, the red comment will alert you . I have read and enjoyed the majority of these personally. If you have any doubts about recommending books to your students, check with your school librarian to see if these conditions of screening the books are adequate. None of these books are any more explicit in profanity, sex or violence than are the movies portraying the books written by John Griffith or Tom Clancy.

The above paragraph expresses the policy I used to choose the books, and then the software and videos that I included in my various stores on this site. The book list became the Science Fiction Book Store and the eBook Store Since Amazon.com is a valuable source of information in terms of isbn, publisher, and availability, I started using links through them to get information about the books. I expanded the store's value by giving information about concepts that the books can be used to teach and links to essays and lessons for teaching with science fiction. Since then, I have included other book merchants to give you a range of prices and access to textbooks. I now offer magazines, comics, movies and documentaries, software, toys, and more, all "chosen with teaching in mind."

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Authors

Elizabeth Moon (a bit violent, but stirring adventure and moral heros.)

Her Deed of Paksenarrion & Rules of Engagement are great.

James White, especially the Sector General Series

David Weber (some are bit violent, but stirring adventure and moral heros.)

Greg Bear

Sharon Lee and Steve, especially the ones in the Liaden Universe

Isaac Asimov

Robert Heinlein: Jumvenile books only-Not Methusela's Children. or The Cat thatWalks through Walls, but those written earlier are great.

Paul Anderson

Larry Niven

James Herbert, especially Dune

A.C. Crispin

David Brin, especially

many others to come

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