Top 50 20th Century SF novels from Locus

Dec 26, 2012 19:49

 As before, taken from thes ratings. Bold(47) if I've read them, italics(0) if I've only seen the film (or TV show). Turns out I'm bigger on SF.

1 Herbert, Frank : Dune (1965)   
2 Card, Orson Scott : Ender's Game (1985)   
3 Asimov, Isaac : The Foundation Trilogy (1953)   
4 Simmons, Dan : Hyperion (1989)   
5 Le Guin, Ursula K. : The Left Hand of Darkness (1969)   
6 Adams, Douglas : The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1979)   
7 Orwell, George : Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949)   
8 Gibson, William : Neuromancer (1984)   
9 Bester, Alfred : The Stars My Destination (1957)   
10 Bradbury, Ray : Fahrenheit 451 (1953)  
11 Heinlein, Robert A. : Stranger in a Strange Land (1961)   
12 Heinlein, Robert A. : The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress (1966)   
13 Haldeman, Joe : The Forever War (1974)   
14 Clarke, Arthur C. : Childhood's End (1953)   
15 Niven, Larry : Ringworld (1970)   
16 Le Guin, Ursula K. : The Dispossessed (1974)   
17 Bradbury, Ray : The Martian Chronicles (1950)   
18 Stephenson, Neal : Snow Crash (1992)   
19 Miller, Walter M. , Jr. : A Canticle for Leibowitz (1959)   
20 Pohl, Frederik : Gateway (1977)   
21 Heinlein, Robert A. : Starship Troopers (1959)   
22 Dick, Philip K. : The Man in the High Castle (1962)   
23 Zelazny, Roger : Lord of Light (1967)   
24 Wolfe, Gene : The Book of the New Sun (1983)   
25 Lem, Stanislaw : Solaris (1970)   
26 Dick, Philip K. : Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (1968)   
27 Vinge, Vernor : A Fire Upon The Deep (1992)   
28 Clarke, Arthur C. : Rendezvous with Rama (1973)   
29 Huxley, Aldous : Brave New World (1932)   
30 Clarke, Arthur C. : 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)   
31 Vonnegut, Kurt : Slaughterhouse-Five (1969)   
32 Strugatsky, Arkady & Boris : Roadside Picnic (1972)   
33 Card, Orson Scott : Speaker for the Dead (1986)   
34 Brunner, John : Stand on Zanzibar (1968)   
35 Robinson, Kim Stanley : Red Mars (1992)   
36 Niven, Larry (& Pournelle, Jerry) : The Mote in God's Eye (1974)  
37 Willis, Connie : Doomsday Book (1992)   
38 Atwood, Margaret : The Handmaid's Tale (1985)   
39 Sturgeon, Theodore : More Than Human (1953)   
40 Simak, Clifford D. : City (1952)   
41 Brin, David : Startide Rising (1983)   
42 Asimov, Isaac : Foundation (1950)   
43 Farmer, Philip Jose : To Your Scattered Bodies Go (1971)   
44 Dick, Philip K. : Ubik (1969)   
45 Vonnegut, Kurt : Cat's Cradle (1963)   
46 Vinge, Vernor : A Deepness in the Sky (1999)  
47 Simak, Clifford D. : Way Station (1963)   
48 Wyndham, John : The Day of the Triffids (1951)   
49* Keyes, Daniel : Flowers for Algernon (1966)  
49* Delany, Samuel R. : Dhalgren (1975
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