{"id":916,"date":"2006-11-15T06:36:22","date_gmt":"2006-11-15T11:36:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.net\/?p=916"},"modified":"2006-11-15T06:36:22","modified_gmt":"2006-11-15T11:36:22","slug":"on-the-books-ive-read","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/?p=916","title":{"rendered":"On the Books I've Read"},"content":{"rendered":"

Stolen from Richard White<\/a>, a list of the most significant science fiction novels written since 1953.<\/p>\n

We’re going to bold the titles I’ve read, strikethrough the ones I’ve read and hated, italicize the ones I’ve started and never finished, and put a star next to the ones I love.<\/p>\n

Any questions? \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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  1. The Lord of the Rings<\/b>, J.R.R. Tolkien *<\/li>\n
  2. The Foundation Trilogy<\/b>, Isaac Asimov *<\/li>\n
  3. Dune<\/i>, Frank Herbert<\/li>\n
  4. Stranger in a Strange Land<\/s>, Robert A. Heinlein<\/li>\n
  5. A Wizard of Earthsea, Ursula K. Le Guin<\/li>\n
  6. Neuromancer<\/b>, William Gibson<\/li>\n
  7. Childhood’s End<\/b>, Arthur C. Clarke<\/li>\n
  8. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?<\/b>, Philip K. Dick<\/li>\n
  9. The Mists of Avalon<\/i>, Marion Zimmer Bradley<\/li>\n
  10. Fahrenheit 451<\/b>, Ray Bradbury<\/li>\n
  11. The Book of the New Sun, Gene Wolfe<\/li>\n
  12. A Canticle for Leibowitz<\/b>, Walter M. Miller, Jr. *<\/li>\n
  13. The Caves of Steel<\/b>, Isaac Asimov *<\/li>\n
  14. Children of the Atom, Wilmar Shiras<\/li>\n
  15. Cities in Flight<\/b>, James Blish<\/li>\n
  16. The Colour of Magic<\/b>, Terry Pratchett<\/li>\n
  17. Dangerous Visions, edited by Harlan Ellison<\/li>\n
  18. Deathbird Stories, Harlan Ellison<\/li>\n
  19. The Demolished Man<\/b>, Alfred Bester<\/li>\n
  20. Dhalgren, Samuel R. Delany<\/li>\n
  21. Dragonflight<\/b>, Anne McCaffrey<\/li>\n
  22. Ender’s Game<\/b>, Orson Scott Card<\/li>\n
  23. The First Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever, Stephen R. Donaldson<\/li>\n
  24. The Forever War<\/b>, Joe Haldeman<\/li>\n
  25. Gateway<\/b>, Frederik Pohl<\/li>\n
  26. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone<\/b>, J.K. Rowling<\/li>\n
  27. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy<\/b>, Douglas Adams *<\/li>\n
  28. I Am Legend, Richard Matheson<\/li>\n
  29. Interview with the Vampire<\/b>, Anne Rice<\/li>\n
  30. The Left Hand of Darkness<\/i>, Ursula K. Le Guin<\/li>\n
  31. Little, Big, John Crowley<\/li>\n
  32. Lord of Light, Roger Zelazny<\/li>\n
  33. The Man in the High Castle<\/b>, Philip K. Dick *<\/li>\n
  34. Mission of Gravity, Hal Clement<\/li>\n
  35. More Than Human, Theodore Sturgeon<\/li>\n
  36. The Rediscovery of Man, Cordwainer Smith<\/li>\n
  37. On the Beach, Nevil Shute<\/li>\n
  38. Rendezvous with Rama<\/b>, Arthur C. Clarke<\/li>\n
  39. Ringworld<\/b>, Larry Niven *<\/li>\n
  40. Rogue Moon, Algis Budrys<\/li>\n
  41. The Silmarillion<\/b>, J.R.R. Tolkien<\/li>\n
  42. Slaughterhouse-5, Kurt Vonnegut<\/li>\n
  43. Snow Crash, Neal Stephenson<\/li>\n
  44. Stand on Zanzibar, John Brunner<\/li>\n
  45. The Stars My Destination<\/b>, Alfred Bester<\/li>\n
  46. Starship Troopers, Robert A. Heinlein<\/li>\n
  47. Stormbringer<\/b>, Michael Moorcock<\/li>\n
  48. The Sword of Shannara<\/i>, Terry Brooks<\/li>\n
  49. Timescape, Gregory Benford<\/li>\n
  50. To Your Scattered Bodies Go, Philip Jose Farmer<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    There. More than any of you probably ever wanted to know. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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