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sharanThis is a list of the 50 most significant science fiction/fantasy novels, 1953-2002, according to the Science Fiction Book Club. The instructions seem to be different for everyone posting these things, so I'll bold what I read and italicize the ones I own but haven't read yet (the only one I never finished was Red Mars, which I finally gave up on about 150 pages in because it was boring politics and I had no sympathy for the characters other than one minor one, which fortunately isn't on the list). I put asterisks next to some of my favorites, although some of them I read too long ago to be sure.
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* (except for the very end;))
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 (at least I think I have it. I'd have to check.)
19.The Demolished Man, Alfred Bester (I might have actually read it but I don't remember)
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 (I read book 1 but it was too depressing to continue)
24.The Forever War, Joe Haldeman
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
Yes, I read/own a lot of books. How did you guess?;) Actually a few I wasn't entirely sure of because I may have read them a while ago and forgotten, but this should be pretty close.
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* (except for the very end;))
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 (at least I think I have it. I'd have to check.)
19.The Demolished Man, Alfred Bester (I might have actually read it but I don't remember)
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 (I read book 1 but it was too depressing to continue)
24.The Forever War, Joe Haldeman
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
Yes, I read/own a lot of books. How did you guess?;) Actually a few I wasn't entirely sure of because I may have read them a while ago and forgotten, but this should be pretty close.
