Sci-Fi Book List

[galador42]

This looked like fun, but it has reminded me of several areas in which I have been slack. Here's a list of the top 50 Sci-Fi/Fantasy books. I was supposed to boldface the ones I read, italicize the ones I started and never finished, strikethrough the ones I hated, and star the ones I loved. It's always interesting to see what makes a list like

Comments

[skygypsy]

i couldn't finish stranger in a strange land either. i just got bored in the middle.

[galador42]

I think I had to return it to the library, or something, and just never got back to it.

[skygypsy]

ahh. i still have the paperback out from the library :p i want to finish it, i just can't seem to care what happens to the characters next :p

[dob]

something by Phil Dick.

[king_duncan]

More than Human. Sturgeon is a god.

[_sara]

My one-word response was gonna be "Sturgeon"

instead I'll say, "ditto".

[hgm]

Stranger in a Strange land is one of my all time favorite books.

From that list I can recommend both Gateway and Snow Crash.

Don't let the beginning throw you on Snow Crash. It's a fantastic book.

[suburbfabulous]

Sturgeon or I Am Legend. It's a tie. After that? Deathbird. Hell, just get a copy of The Essential Ellison, and read a story a day.