Science Fiction Greats
20 December 2011
Here is my personal list of science fiction greats, inspired by this post at blamcast.net (via Hacker News).
- Dune (Frank Herbert, 1965)
- The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy (Douglas Adams, 1979)
- Foundation Trilogy (Isaac Asimov, 1951)
- Ringworld (Larry Niven, 1970)
- Stranger In A Strange Land (Robert Heinlein, 1961)
- Excession (Culture Series) (Iain M. Banks, 1996)
- Rendezvous With Rama (Arthur C. Clarke, 1973)
- 1984 (George Orwell, 1949)
- Pandora's Star (Peter F. Hamilton, 2004)
- The Mote In God's Eye (Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle, 1974)
- 2001: A Space Odyssey (Arthur C. Clarke, 1968)
- The Left Hand Of Darkness (Ursula K. Le Guin, 1969)
- Old Man's War (John Scalzi, 2005)
- The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress (Robert Heinlein, 1966)
- To Your Scattered Bodies Go (Philip Jose Farmer, 1971)
- Time Enough for Love (Robert Heinlein, 1973)
- The Many-Colored Land (Julian May, 1981)
- Blood Music (Greg Bear, 1983)
- Kiln People (David Brin, 2002)
- Up the Line (Robert Silverberg, 1969)
- Half Past Human (T. J. Bass, 1971)
- Timescape (Gregory Benford, 1980)
- Solaris (Stanisław Lem, 1961)
- Eon (Greg Bear, 1985)
- The City and the Stars (Arthur C. Clarke, 1956)
- Brave New World (Aldous Huxley, 1932)
- A Deepness in the Sky (Vernor Vinge, 1999)
- Oryx and Crake (Margaret Atwood, 2003)