SF booklist memeage

[zandperl]

Yoinked from kadath

According to the Science Fiction Book Club, these are the 50 most significant SF & Fantasy Books of the last 50 Years, 1953-2002. 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), exclamation points for the ones you own

Comments

[seekingferret]

I've read 35 of 50. And the list reminds me that I really want to read Little, Big.

[seekingferret]

Also, books you haven't read that I have and which I highly recommend to you:

Dune: Not because it seems particularly up your alley, but because everyone likes Dune.

Do Android's Dream of Electric Sleep: I think this might make a good book to listen to.

A Canticle for Leibowitz: You usually prefer lighter books than this. It's way more intense than what you seem to like. But this is my favorite work of SF of all time.

Slaughterhouse Five: The great tragicomedy.

Lord of Light, The Stars My Destination: Lumped together because they are both excellent SF retellings of classic literature. Lord of Light retells the Buddhist holy writ as colonization SF. The Stars My Destination retells The Count of Monte Cristo as space opera. The latter MUST be read, not listened to. Bester had a gift for using typography to augment storytelling. Words literally dance across the page.

Also, you should read Pratchett, but I hesitate to recommend The Color of Magic. It's the earliest one and it's a strange book. Charming, but decidedly odd. I'd

[jrtom]

I don't feel like going through and doing all the formatting, so I'll just supply some summary statistics. :)

Read: 32
Own: 25
Couldn't get through: 2 (Dhalgren and The Book of the New Sun)

[soapfaerie]

I loved Mists of Avalon. I read it once a year. I know a lot of people who hate it though, haha. My screenname on Shelfari.com is morgainelefey. haha.