- A Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne
- The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
- Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
- When Worlds Collide by Edwin Balmer
- Odd John by Olaf Stapledon
- 1984 by George Orwell
- Earth Abides by George R. Stewart
- Foundation by Isaac Asimov
- The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury
- The Demolished Man by Alfred Bester
- Ring Around the Sun by Clifford D. Simak
- Mission of Gravity by Hal Clement
- The Long Tomorrow by Leigh Brackett
- The Chrysalids by John Wyndham
- The Death of Grass (or No Blade of Grass) by John Christopher
- Starship Troopers by Robert Heinlein
- The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut
- Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank
- A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller
- Venus Plus X by Theodore Sturgeon
- Solaris by Stanislaw Lem
- The Drowned World by J.G. Ballard
- Hothouse by Brian Aldiss
- A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
- Dune by Frank Herbert
- Make Room! Make Room! by Harry Harrison
- Logan’s Run by William F. Nolan
- Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
- The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
- Behold the Man by Michael Moorcock
- Ringworld by Larry Niven
- Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke
- Roadside Picnic / Tale of the Troika by Boris & Arkady Strugatsky
- The Female Man by Joanna Russ
- Man Plus by Frederik Pohl
- The Stand by Stephen King
- The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
- Nor Crystal Tears by Alan Dean Foster
- Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
- Consider Phlebas by Iain M. Banks
- Falling Free by Lois McMaster Bujold
- Hyperion by Dan Simmons
- Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson
- Ribofunk by Paul Di Filippo
- Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson
- Uglies by Scott Westerfeld
- Old Man’s War by John Scalzi
- Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
- Acme Novelty Library #19 by Chris Ware
- Embassytown by China Mieville
Thursday, January 31, 2013
50 Essential Sci-Fi Books (most of which I haven't read)
Sarah posted this list of the 50 Essential Science Fiction Books as decided by Richard Davis over at AbeBooks. I love lists so OF COURSE I decided to post the list here and see how I did. Not well, is the answer, but here we go anyway. Bolded titles are the ones I've read
Labels:
I love lists,
science fiction
50 Essential Sci-Fi Books (most of which I haven't read)
2013-01-31T09:41:00-05:00
Red
I love lists|science fiction|
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)