Book Meme
Meme taken from sirriamnis
Bold the ones you've read, strike the ones you hated, italicize the ones you couldn't get through, asterisks for the ones you loved.
There are several questionable "not read" books. Mostly Clarke and Niven. If I couldn't remember if I read it, I left it blank. But I've read a lot of stuff. I remember once reading the back of a book in the bookstore and thinking it sounded promising. Reading a bit into the book I discovered that I must have read a review of the book because it was all so familiar. Skipping through a bit I realized that the review I read was a truly epic take on this tale. In fact, it was book-length. Specifically...you already know the punchline. I decided this was not a book I needed to buy.
Bold the ones you've read, strike the ones you hated, italicize the ones you couldn't get through, asterisks for the ones you loved.
- The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien*
- The Foundation Trilogy by Isaac Asimov* (re-reading this now)
- Dune by Frank Herbert*
- Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein
- A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. LeGuin
- Neuromancer by William Gibson
- Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke
- Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Philip K. Dick
- The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley*
- Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
- The Book of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe
- A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller, Jr.*
- The Caves of Steel by Isaac Asimov
- Children of the Atom by Wilmar Shiras
- Cities in Flight by James Blish
- The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett
- Dangerous Visions edited by Harlan Ellison
- Deathbird Stories by Harlan Ellison* This will be on the test.
- The Demolished Man by Alfred Bester
- Dhalgren by Samuel R. Delany
- Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey*
- Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card* His later output was infected by his politics/religion
- The First Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever by Stephen R. Donaldson
- The Forever War by Joe Haldeman
- Gateway by Frederik Pohl
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. Rowling
- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams*
- I Am Legend by Richard Matheson
- Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice
- The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
- Little, Big by John Crowley
- Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny
- The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick
- Mission of Gravity by Hal Clement
- More Than Human by Theodore Sturgeon
- The Rediscovery of Man by Cordwainer Smith
- On the Beach by Nevil Shute
- Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke
- Ringworld by Larry Niven
- Rogue Moon by Algis Budrys
- The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien
- Slaughterhouse-5 by Kurt Vonnegut
- Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
- Stand on Zanzibar by John Brunner
- The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester
- Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein
- Stormbringer by Michael Moorcock
- The Sword of Shannara by Terry Brooks
- Timescape by Gregory Benford
- To Your Scattered Bodies Go by Philip Jose Farmer
There are several questionable "not read" books. Mostly Clarke and Niven. If I couldn't remember if I read it, I left it blank. But I've read a lot of stuff. I remember once reading the back of a book in the bookstore and thinking it sounded promising. Reading a bit into the book I discovered that I must have read a review of the book because it was all so familiar. Skipping through a bit I realized that the review I read was a truly epic take on this tale. In fact, it was book-length. Specifically...you already know the punchline. I decided this was not a book I needed to buy.