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SF&F books flashmob from Hyalma, Ekzon, Myrngwaur...

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.
Modifications:
? is for the books I'm really not sure about, not for those I can't remember for sure.
Simply bold - just liked them.



*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
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 ('disliked' is more appropriate than 'hated')
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

What a nice opportunity to make some mistakes while using my second foreign language :)
I'm going to read Dune, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, The Left Hand of Darkness, The Man in the High Castle. I'm not going to read Slaughterhouse-5. Nothing in the film or in Utopia 14 striked any chord with me. Given the fact I've really appreciated most of the dystopias I've watched or read, I doubt if Vonnegut is worth a second try. But then, maybe I was too young.

Date: 2006-12-04 11:22 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] krakadyla0.livejournal.com
Ha. Tu manai, tau čia blogai? *niūriai* Aš nuo Tolkieno pradėjau! :( Paskui skaičiau fantasiaus gan nemažai, ale suskaičiuot, kas patiko, užtektų rankos pirštų...dviejų rankų, jei įskaičiuosim rusus, kurie šitam sąraše yra nepelnytai ignoruojami, beje.

O jei tau patiko Neuromanceris, tai rekomenduočiau ir "Snow Crash". Irgi cyberpunkas, irgi keistas narration (nors ir ne toks baisus, kaip Gibsono), plius dar įdomi kalbos atsiradimo ir mutacijos teorija. :->

Dar, "Avalonas", kuris yra tobulas pavyzdys, kaip nerašyti 'feministinės fantasy', priminė knygą, kurioj tas prieštautųkraustyminis matriarchatas (egalitetas?) pateiktas gerai - Semoniovos "Volkodav". Neskaitei?

Date: 2006-12-04 12:05 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] krakadyla0.livejournal.com
Nu, abiejų rekomendacijų popierinės versijos pas mane yra, jei ką. Tik Stephensonas skolintas, taigi jei norėsi, norėk skubiai, bo gali tekt atiduot. :]

Orvelas ir vakaruose pakankamai kultinis. Šitas sąrašas aplamai keistas kažkoks, ale bet tačiaugi tokių sąrašų pilna po blogus vaikšto, ir greičiausiai atspindi kokios nors blogosferos grupelės nuomonę, ne daugiau.

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