New Wave Science Fiction

 After classics like The Foundation, but before modern works like The Expanse or The Martian, came THE NEW WAVE! The wild 60s and 70s, where Science Fiction met mythology, philosophy, and the first seeds that would one day become Cyberpunk and Steampunk were sown. Check out Simeon's New Wave recommendations:

The Drowned World by J. G. Ballard	Super-Cannes by J. G. Ballard	Crash by J. G. Ballard	Concrete Island by J. G. Ballard	Kingdom Come by J. G. Ballard
Running Wild by J. G. Ballard	High-Rise by J. G. Ballard	The Einstein Intersection by Samuel R. Delany	Dhalgren by Samuel R. Delany	Nova by Samuel R. Delany
The Fall of the Towers by Samuel R. Delany	Aye, and Gomorrah by Samuel R. Delany	Babel-17 by Samuel R. Delany	The Atheist in the Attic by Samuel R. Delany	Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand by Samuel R. Delany
Tales of Nevèrÿon by Samuel R. Delany	Ellison Wonderland by Harlan Ellison	I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream by Harlan Ellison	Venus on the Half Shell by Philip José Farmer	Riverworld by Philip José Farmer
The Magic Labyrinth by Philip José Farmer	The Dark Design by Philip José Farmer	Gods of Riverworld by Philip José Farmer	Supertoys Last All Summer Long by Brian Aldiss	Jack of Shadows by Roger Zelazny
	Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny	Creatures of Light and Darkness by Roger Zelazny	The Great Book of Amber by Roger Zelazny