SFF book meme from wellinghall
The top fifty SF & fantasy books (where from? I don't know). 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 - more asterisks, more love. Plus signs for the ones you own. Pellegrina's added rule: question mark if you can't remember if you read/own it...
1. The Lord of the Rings, JRR Tolkien*****+
2. The Foundation Trilogy, Isaac Asimov+
3. Dune, Frank Herbert***
4. Stranger in a Strange Land, Robert A Heinlein
5. A Wizard of Earthsea, Ursula K. Leguin*****+
6. Neuromancer, William Gibson
7. Childhood's End, Arthur C Clarke
8. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Philip K Dick
9. The Mists of Avalon, Marion Zimmer Bradley***+
10. Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury***+
11. The Book of the New Sun, Gene Wolfe+ Got up to the start of Book 4.
12. A Canticle for Leibowitz, Walter M. Miller, Jr**+
13. The Caves of Steel, Isaac Asimov**+
14. Children of the Atom, Wilmar Shiras
15. Cities in Flight, James Blish+?
16. The Colour of Magic, Terry Pratchett
17. Dangerous Visions, edited by Harlan Ellison
18. Deathbird Stories, Harlan Ellison
19. The Demolished Man, Alfred Bester
20. Dhalgren, Samuel R. Delany
21. Dragonflight, Anne McCaffrey+
22. Ender's Game, Orson Scott Card+ (Could a minus sign mean "hated it"?)
23. The First Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever, Stephen R Donaldson*+
24. The Forever War, Joe Haldeman**+
25. Gateway, Frederik Pohl*
26. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, J.K. Rowling**+
27. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams**+
28. I Am Legend, Richard Matheson
29. Interview with the Vampire, Anne Rice+
30. The Left Hand of Darkness, Ursula K Le Guin+
31. Little, Big, John Crowley
32. Lord of Light, Roger Zelazny+ I got to less than 30 pages from the end and lost interest...
33. The Man in the High Castle, Philip K Dick
34. Mission of Gravity, Hal Clement+
35. More Than Human, Theodore Sturgeon
36. The Rediscovery of Man, Cordwainer Smith
37. On the Beach, Nevil Shute
38. Rendezvous with Rama, Arthur C Clarke+
39. Ringworld, Larry Niven+
40. Rogue Moon, Algis Budrys
41. The Silmarillion, JRR Tolkien***+
42. Slaughterhouse-5, Kurt Vonnegut
43. Snow Crash, Neal Stephenson
44. Stand on Zanzibar, John Brunner+
45. The Stars My Destination, Alfred Bester+
46. Starship Troopers, Robert A Heinlein+ I hated this so much I have never read another Heinlein
47. Stormbringer, Michael Moorcock+ Could not get into this
48. The Sword of Shannara, Terry Brooks**+ I used to love this... sorry!
49. Timescape, Gregory Benford
50. To Your Scattered Bodies Go, Philip Jose Farmer
1. The Lord of the Rings, JRR Tolkien*****+
2. The Foundation Trilogy, Isaac Asimov+
3. Dune, Frank Herbert***
4. Stranger in a Strange Land, Robert A Heinlein
5. A Wizard of Earthsea, Ursula K. Leguin*****+
6. Neuromancer, William Gibson
7. Childhood's End, Arthur C Clarke
8. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Philip K Dick
9. The Mists of Avalon, Marion Zimmer Bradley***+
10. Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury***+
11. The Book of the New Sun, Gene Wolfe+ Got up to the start of Book 4.
12. A Canticle for Leibowitz, Walter M. Miller, Jr**+
13. The Caves of Steel, Isaac Asimov**+
14. Children of the Atom, Wilmar Shiras
15. Cities in Flight, James Blish+?
16. The Colour of Magic, Terry Pratchett
17. Dangerous Visions, edited by Harlan Ellison
18. Deathbird Stories, Harlan Ellison
19. The Demolished Man, Alfred Bester
20. Dhalgren, Samuel R. Delany
21. Dragonflight, Anne McCaffrey+
22. Ender's Game, Orson Scott Card+ (Could a minus sign mean "hated it"?)
23. The First Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever, Stephen R Donaldson*+
24. The Forever War, Joe Haldeman**+
25. Gateway, Frederik Pohl*
26. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, J.K. Rowling**+
27. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams**+
28. I Am Legend, Richard Matheson
29. Interview with the Vampire, Anne Rice+
30. The Left Hand of Darkness, Ursula K Le Guin+
31. Little, Big, John Crowley
32. Lord of Light, Roger Zelazny+ I got to less than 30 pages from the end and lost interest...
33. The Man in the High Castle, Philip K Dick
34. Mission of Gravity, Hal Clement+
35. More Than Human, Theodore Sturgeon
36. The Rediscovery of Man, Cordwainer Smith
37. On the Beach, Nevil Shute
38. Rendezvous with Rama, Arthur C Clarke+
39. Ringworld, Larry Niven+
40. Rogue Moon, Algis Budrys
41. The Silmarillion, JRR Tolkien***+
42. Slaughterhouse-5, Kurt Vonnegut
43. Snow Crash, Neal Stephenson
44. Stand on Zanzibar, John Brunner+
45. The Stars My Destination, Alfred Bester+
46. Starship Troopers, Robert A Heinlein+ I hated this so much I have never read another Heinlein
47. Stormbringer, Michael Moorcock+ Could not get into this
48. The Sword of Shannara, Terry Brooks**+ I used to love this... sorry!
49. Timescape, Gregory Benford
50. To Your Scattered Bodies Go, Philip Jose Farmer