There was a really good series by Stephen Donaldson. The first in the series was "The Mirror of her Dreams"(1986) I read all three, and they were amazing. This was in 1990 or so.

Harry Potter. Interesting that the two fantasy series you chose were both written by devout Christians with heavily Christian themes. I suspect from some comments Jo Rowling made and some themes in Harry Potter that she falls into that camp too.

'Literature' is a loaded term, but yeah, heaps. Pretty much everything written by Theodore Sturgeon, for example. And Narnia and Harry Potter are teen fantasy, not science-fiction.

Oh, Yea. How about Stephen King's Dark Tower series? Frickin' Awesome!

I don't know what the link is between science fiction and the titles you mention, but everything written by Arthur C Clarke is well-written.

LotR and Narnia would be classified as fantasy, and I'm not sure what exactly constitutes "literature," but there's a lot of very well-written sci-fi and fantasy out there.

Anne McCaffrey's Pern series is very well written.

I wouldn't classify either as science fiction. They are fantasy. If you are going to speak of CS Lewis and sci-fi, you need to look at his Space trilogy series (Out of the Silent Planet (1938), set mostly on Mars Perelandra (1943), set mostly on Venus. Also known as Voyage to Venus That Hideous Strength (1945), set on Earth. ) As for sci-fi, I would agree with Brian I that Arthur C Clarke's works are magnificent.

What about the "DUNE series by Frank Herbert. and carried on so BRILLIANTLY by his son Brian Hebert (and his best friend) Kevin J Anderson These books are ABSOLUTLY first-rate The charactors and the places just come alive and jump off the page and if you haven't read them yet??? THEN GET STARTED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"A Song of Ice And Fire" series by George R. R. Martin.

Certainly, although most of them are children's fiction: 1. The Five Children and It--Edith Nesbit 2. The Dark is Rising series--Susan Cooper 3. Tamora Pierce's novels, especially the Circle of Magic series. I could add Harry Potter to the list, but there's a lot of critical debate regarding whether he's pulp or fiction. Of course, I'm an English major, so I think we can even analyze the pulp fiction and find interesting themes that reveal truths about our cultural beliefs.

What you mention is not sci-fi. If you want sci-fi go to the library and realize the difference.

Orson Scott Card's Ender series is an award winning series. Ender's Game is taught at the Marine Corps University. Ender's Game Speaker for the Dead Xenocide Children of the Mind A War of Gifts

In his last interview in 1971, Tolkien stated that he did not intend The Lord of the Rings as a Christian allegory and that Christ is not depicted in his fantasy novels. When asked about the efforts of the trilogy's hero, Frodo, to struggle on and destroy the ring, Tolkien said, "But that seems I suppose more like an allegory of the human race. I've always been impressed that we're here surviving because of the indomitable courage of quite small people against impossible odds: jungles, volcanoes, wild beasts... they struggle on, almost blindly in a way" (Interview by Dennis Gerrolt; it was first broadcast in January 1971 on BBC Radio 4 program "Now Read On"). That doesn't sound like the gospel to me. When Gerrolt asked Tolkien, "Is the book to be considered as an allegory?" the author replied, "No. I dislike allegory whenever I smell it." http://www.wayoflife.org/fbns/tolkien-lordoftherings.html If you still do not believe me, I invite you to do some more research, but it would be useless, as you'd find the answer I gave you to be correct. As a correction to my previous statement however, I double checked to make sure I was right and it turned out Tolkien was devout, however he disagreed with some of the church's decisions over the years. Its been a while since I read the biography, I apologize.

Neither of those books are science fiction. They are fantasy books. But there are plenty of terrific science fiction, in fact I'd say most science fiction rises above pulp. Arthur C. Clarke, Frank Herbert, Poul Anderson, to name a few

While fantasy is lumped in with sci-fi, some of the following have both types of books, and all have very well-written sci-fi books. (In no particular order, just as they came to me...) Anne McCaffrey Piers Anthony Larry Nivon & Jerry Pournelle Larry Nivon (himself) Stephen Donaldson Terry Brooks Spider Robinson Arthur C Clarke Jose Philip Farmer Frank Herbert L Ron Hubbard Ray Bradbury Robert Heinlein Issac Asimov and hundreds of others