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Excellent Space Opera
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8,770 books — 25,804 voters
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler
SF & Theology
249 books — 300 voters

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Best Science Fiction Ever Written.
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Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
4,038 books — 26,777 voters