a little thing from blackenedflames
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this is a list of the 50 most significant science fiction/fantasy novels, 1953-2002, according to the Science Fiction Book Club. Bold the ones you've read, strike-out the ones you hated, italicize those you started but never finished, and put an asterisk* beside the ones you loved.
*The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien
The Foundation Trilogy, Isaac Asimov
*Dune, Frank Herbert
Stranger in a Strange Land, Robert A. Heinlein
A Wizard of Earthsea, Ursula K. Le Guin
Neuromancer, William Gibson
Childhood's End, Arthur C. Clarke
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Philip K. Dick
The Mists of Avalon, Marion Zimmer Bradley
*Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury
The Book of the New Sun, Gene Wolfe
*A Canticle for Leibowitz, Walter M. Miller, Jr. (I'm glad they put this one here ... it's like the original sci-fi book and a lot of people don't know about it ... but it has a lot of good stuff in it.)
The Caves of Steel, Isaac Asimov
The Left Hand of Darkness, Ursula K. Le Guin
Little, Big, John Crowley
Lord of Light, Roger Zelazny
The Man in the High Castle, Philip K. Dick
Mission of Gravity, Hal Clement
More Than Human, Theodore Sturgeon
The Rediscovery of Man, Cordwainer Smith
On the Beach, Nevil Shute
Rendezvous with Rama, Arthur C. Clarke
Ringworld, Larry Niven
Rogue Moon, Algis Budrys
The Silmarillion, J.R.R. Tolkien I tried so hard but i never made it through
Slaughterhouse-5, Kurt Vonnegut,
Snow Crash, Neal Stephenson
Stand on Zanzibar, John Brunner
The Stars My Destination, Alfred Bester
Starship Troopers, Robert A. Heinlein
Stormbringer, Michael Moorcock
The Sword of Shannara, Terry Brooks
Timescape, Gregory Benford
To Your Scattered Bodies Go, Philip Jose Farmer
Oveall i think i did ok ... but kitque and smallsinistral will probably put me to shame. There's a lot of stuf on here i've never heard of before actually...
this is a list of the 50 most significant science fiction/fantasy novels, 1953-2002, according to the Science Fiction Book Club. Bold the ones you've read, strike-out the ones you hated, italicize those you started but never finished, and put an asterisk* beside the ones you loved.
*The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien
The Foundation Trilogy, Isaac Asimov
*Dune, Frank Herbert
Stranger in a Strange Land, Robert A. Heinlein
A Wizard of Earthsea, Ursula K. Le Guin
Neuromancer, William Gibson
Childhood's End, Arthur C. Clarke
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Philip K. Dick
The Mists of Avalon, Marion Zimmer Bradley
*Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury
The Book of the New Sun, Gene Wolfe
*A Canticle for Leibowitz, Walter M. Miller, Jr. (I'm glad they put this one here ... it's like the original sci-fi book and a lot of people don't know about it ... but it has a lot of good stuff in it.)
The Caves of Steel, Isaac Asimov
The Left Hand of Darkness, Ursula K. Le Guin
Little, Big, John Crowley
Lord of Light, Roger Zelazny
The Man in the High Castle, Philip K. Dick
Mission of Gravity, Hal Clement
More Than Human, Theodore Sturgeon
The Rediscovery of Man, Cordwainer Smith
On the Beach, Nevil Shute
Rendezvous with Rama, Arthur C. Clarke
Ringworld, Larry Niven
Rogue Moon, Algis Budrys
The Silmarillion, J.R.R. Tolkien I tried so hard but i never made it through
Slaughterhouse-5, Kurt Vonnegut,
Snow Crash, Neal Stephenson
Stand on Zanzibar, John Brunner
The Stars My Destination, Alfred Bester
Starship Troopers, Robert A. Heinlein
Stormbringer, Michael Moorcock
The Sword of Shannara, Terry Brooks
Timescape, Gregory Benford
To Your Scattered Bodies Go, Philip Jose Farmer
Oveall i think i did ok ... but kitque and smallsinistral will probably put me to shame. There's a lot of stuf on here i've never heard of before actually...