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2 Intelligent animals 3 Large Artificial Worlds 4 Non 3-Dimensional Space 5 Robot Stories 6 Time Travel |
Humans colonizing other planets
;Weyr Search (1968) by Anne McCaffrey : Founding story of the Pern series. Won a Hugo in 1968.
; Flatland (1884) by Edwin A. Abbott : A classic tale of a two-dimensional being meeting 'A Sphere'
; ...And He Built a Crooked House (1941) by Robert Heinlein : Story of a house that extends into the fourth dimension, much to the puzzlement of its occupants
(Note: This list may be more appropriate as a list of Significant Science Fiction Themes)Intelligent animals
;Genius of the Species (1956) by R. Brentor : First use of technology to induce intelligence in catsLarge Artificial Worlds
;Orbitsville (1975) by Bob Shaw : Huge artificial sphere enclosing a star (known as a Dyson Sphere)Non 3-Dimensional Space
Robot Stories
;Robbie (1939) by Isaac Asimov : First Robot story by Isaac Asimov, published in the September 1940 issue of Super Science Stories.
;Run Around (1942) by Isaac Asimov : First story to list the Three Laws of Robotics, published in the March 1942 issue of Astounding.Time Travel
;The Chronic Argonauts (1895) by H.G. Wells : Probably the very first significant time travel story ever
;All You Zombies... (1959) by Robert Heinlein : A story featuring a neatly tangled set of time travel paradoxes
;Ripples in the Dirac Sea (1988) by Geoffrey A. Landis : The affecting story of a scientist seesawing inescapably through time, this brilliant work effectively deconstructs most time-travel stories that came before. Winner of the 1989 Nebula Award for best short story.