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What old science fiction books and authors do you think are underrated or entirely forgotten?

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last and first men was fucking incredibly good

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Cordwainer Smith

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>>20312376
Bob Shaw

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>>20314283
Hell yeah. My favorite was That Hideous Strength. I thought the Merlin angle was so cool.

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>authors you think are underrated
Probably Theodore Sturgeon, he had plenty of critical acclaim while he was alive, but I don't think he is read nearly as much any more. I honest think he is one of the best SF writers (in short story and novel form) of his time. Also The Dreaming Jewels is a very underrated genre-crossing novel, it's crazy just how good some of the stuff considered to be 'Young Adult' was back in the 50's.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1690585.The_Dreaming_Jewels