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masque12Haven't looked at LJ in over a week, working on catching up. Here's a meme.
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. Feel free to add multiple asterisks for those you really loved.
1. The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. 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. Le Guin
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
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********
23. The First Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever, Stephen R. Donaldson
24. The Forever War, Joe Haldeman (In the process of reading)
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
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, J.R.R. 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*****************
47. Stormbringer, Michael Moorcock*******************************************
48. The Sword of Shannara, Terry Brooks
49. Timescape, Gregory Benford
50. To Your Scattered Bodies Go, Philip Jose Farmer
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. Feel free to add multiple asterisks for those you really loved.
1. The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. 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. Le Guin
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
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********
23. The First Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever, Stephen R. Donaldson
24. The Forever War, Joe Haldeman (In the process of reading)
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
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, J.R.R. 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*****************
47. Stormbringer, Michael Moorcock*******************************************
48. The Sword of Shannara, Terry Brooks
49. Timescape, Gregory Benford
50. To Your Scattered Bodies Go, Philip Jose Farmer
