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Excellent Space Opera
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Best Science Fiction
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Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler
SF & Theology
240 books — 289 voters

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Best Science Fiction Ever Written.
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Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,654 books — 25,872 voters