Chronology by the decade - 1970s

Books listed by copyright dates.

• The Fountains Of Paradise by Arthur C. Clarke
• The Jesus Incident by Frank Herbert and Bill Ransom
• Hegira by Greg Bear
• The Jagged Orbit by John Brunner
• Titan by John Varley
• Wizard by John Varley
• Mayflies by Kevin O'Donnell Jr.
• Roadmarks by Roger Zelazny

• The Z Sting by Ian Wallace
• The Outcasts Of Heaven Belt by Joan D. Vinge
• Mortal Gods by Jonathan Fast

• Michaelmas by Algis J. Budrys
• Mindbridge by Joe Haldeman
• The Ophiuchi Hotline by John Varley
• Lucifer's Hammer by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle

• The Space Machine by Christopher Priest
• Gateway by Frederik Pohl
• Where Late The Sweet Birds Sang by Kate Wilhelm
• The Winter Of The World by Poul Anderson

• Imperial Earth by Arthur C. Clarke
• Orbitsville by Bob Shaw
• The Exile Waiting by Vonda N. McIntyre

• The Second Experiment by J. O. Jeppson
• The Forever War by Joe Haldeman
• The Mote in God's Eye by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
• Monument by Lloyd Biggle Jr.
• Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said by Philip K. Dick
• The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin

• Time Enough For Love by Robert A. Heinlein
• Today We Choose Faces by Roger Zelazny

• The God Makers by Frank Herbert
• Kuldesak by Richard Cowper

• The Byworlder by Poul Anderson
• The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin

• The Patterns Of Chaos by Colin Kapp
• The Inner Wheel by Keith Roberts
• Ringworld by Larry Niven
• I Will Fear No Evil by Robert A. Heinlein