This is a list of the 50 most significant science fiction\/fantasynovels, 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.<\/p>\n
1. The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien**
\n2. The Foundation Trilogy, Isaac Asimov*
\n3. Dune, Frank Herbert**
\n4. Stranger in a Strange Land, Robert A. Heinlein<\/b>
\n5. A Wizard of Earthsea, Ursula K. Le Guin
\n6. Neuromancer, William Gibson*
\n7. Childhood’s End, Arthur C. Clarke<\/b>
\n8. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Philip K. Dick
\n9. The Mists of Avalon, Marion Zimmer Bradley
\n10. Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury<\/b>
\n11. The Book of the New Sun, Gene Wolfe
\n12. A Canticle for Leibowitz, Walter M. Miller, Jr.<\/s>
\n13. The Caves of Steel, Isaac Asimov<\/b>
\n14. Children of the Atom, Wilmar Shiras
\n15. Cities in Flight, James Blish
\n16. The Colour of Magic, Terry Pratchett<\/b>
\n17. Dangerous Visions, edited by Harlan Ellison
\n18. Deathbird Stories, Harlan Ellison
\n19. The Demolished Man, Alfred Bester
\n20. Dhalgren, Samuel R. Delany
\n21. Dragonflight, Anne McCaffrey<\/b>
\n22. Ender’s Game, Orson Scott Card<\/i>
\n23. The First Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever, Stephen R. Donaldson<\/s><\/b> (There’s no option to strike out repeatedly, is there?)
\n24. The Forever War, Joe Haldeman
\n25. Gateway, Frederik Pohl
\n26. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, J.K. Rowling*<\/b> (Loved it and not ashamed of that)
\n27. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams<\/b>**
\n28. I Am Legend, Richard Matheson
\n29. Interview with the Vampire, Anne Rice<\/b>
\n30. The Left Hand of Darkness, Ursula K. Le Guin
\n31. Little, Big, John Crowley
\n32. Lord of Light, Roger Zelazny
\n33. The Man in the High Castle, Philip K. Dick
\n34. Mission of Gravity, Hal Clement<\/b>
\n35. More Than Human, Theodore Sturgeon
\n36. The Rediscovery of Man, Cordwainer Smith
\n37. On the Beach, Nevil Shute
\n38. Rendezvous with Rama, Arthur C. Clarke<\/b>
\n39. Ringworld, Larry Niven<\/b>*
\n40. Rogue Moon, Algis Budrys
\n41. The Silmarillion, J.R.R. Tolkien<\/b> (Yep. Repeatedly.)
\n42. Slaughterhouse-5, Kurt Vonnegut
\n43. Snow Crash, Neal Stephenson<\/b>*
\n44. Stand on Zanzibar, John Brunner
\n45. The Stars My Destination, Alfred Bester
\n46. Starship Troopers, Robert A. Heinlein<\/b>
\n47. Stormbringer, Michael Moorcock
\n48. The Sword of Shannara, Terry Brooks<\/b><\/s>
\n49. Timescape, Gregory Benford
\n50. To Your Scattered Bodies Go, Philip Jose Farmer<\/b><\/p>\n
Some pretty good stuff here – very little that I’d say doesn’t belong on the list. There’s quite a few unbolded ones that I mean to get around to eventually; maybe I should print this out for the next time I hit the used bookstore.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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