riontel | Books (Reply)

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angels_chinese mention a vote that's taking place for Top 100 Science Fiction and Fantasy Titles and couldn't pass it by. Will copy the list of contenders here too for the next time I am stumped for something to read. Naturally it's very heavily skewed in favor of English language writers, but a couple of outsiders managed to sneak in. In bold are the ones I've read already with rating in ~~stars~~ asterisks on a scale of 0 (don't even touch it) to 5 (if you haven't read it yet, start right this moment). I also added comments to some.

The Acts Of Caine Series, by Matthew Woodring Stover

The Algebraist, by Iain M. Banks

Altered Carbon, by Richard K. Morgan *****

American Gods, by Neil Gaiman ***

Anansi Boys, by Neil Gaiman **

Anathem, by Neal Stephenson ****

Animal Farm, by George Orwell *****

The Anubis Gates, by Tim Powers

Armor, by John Steakley

The Baroque Cycle, by Neal Stephenson ****

Battlefield Earth, by L. Ron Hubbard

Beggars In Spain, by Nancy Kress

The Belgariad, by David Eddings

The Black Company Series, by Glen Cook

The Black Jewels Series, by Anne Bishop *

The Book Of The New Sun, by Gene Wolfe

Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley ****

Bridge Of Birds, by Barry Hughart

The Callahan's Series, by Spider Robinson

A Canticle For Leibowitz, by Walter M. Miller

The Cat Who Walked Through Walls, by Robert Heinlein I don't remember if I liked it, which is usually a bad sign. Re-read?

Cat's Cradle , by Kurt Vonnegut ****

The Caves Of Steel, by Isaac Asimov *****

The Change Series, by S.M. Stirling

Childhood's End, by Arthur C. Clarke ***

Children Of God, by Mary Doria Russell

The Chronicles Of Amber, by Roger Zelazny *****

The Chronicles Of Thomas Covenant, The Unbeliever, by Stephen R. Donaldson Hated it. In words of Dorothy Parker "it's not a book to be tossed aside lightly, it should be thrown with great force"

The City And The City, by China Mieville

City And The Stars, by Arthur C. Clarke

A Clockwork Orange, by Anthony Burgess

The Codex Alera Series, by Jim Butcher ****

The Coldfire Trilogy, by C.S. Friedman *****

The Commonwealth Saga, by Peter F. Hamilton

The Company Wars, by C.J. Cherryh

The Conan The Barbarian Series, by R.E. Howard

Contact, by Carl Sagan

Cryptonomicon, by Neal Stephenson *****

The Crystal Cave, by Mary Stewart

The Culture Series, by Iain M. Banks

The Dark Tower Series, by Stephen King

The Day of Triffids, by John Wyndham ****

Deathbird Stories, by Harlan Ellison

The Deed of Paksennarion Trilogy, by Elizabeth Moon

The Demolished Man, by Alfred Bester I tried, I really tried, but it's one of the books I haven't been able to finish.

The Deverry Cycle, by Katharine Kerr

Dhalgren, by Samuel R. Delany

The Diamond Age, by Neil Stephenson ****

The Difference Engine, by William Gibson & Bruce Sterling

The Dispossessed, by Ursula K. LeGuin

Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?, by Philip K. Dick ****

Don't Bite The Sun, by Tanith Lee

Doomsday Book, by Connie Willis

Dragonflight, by Anne McCaffrey

Dreamsnake, by Vonda McIntyre

The Dune Chronicles, by Frank Herbert *** Well, I read the first one and never felt any interest in the rest of it.

Earth, by David Brin

Earth Abides, by George R. Stewart

The Eisenhorn Omnibus, by Dan Abnett

The Elric Saga, by Michael Moorcock

Ender's Game, by Orson Scott Card *****

Eon, by Greg Bear

The Eyes Of The Dragon, by Stephen King

The Eyre Affair, by Jasper Fforde

The Faded Sun Trilogy, by C.J. Cherryh

Fafhrd & The Gray Mouser Series, by Fritz Leiber

Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury *****

The Farseer Trilogy, by Robin Hobb ***

The Female Man, by Joanna Russ

The Fionavar Tapestry Trilogy, by Guy Gavriel Kay

A Fire Upon The Deep, by Vernor Vinge

The First Law Trilogy, by Joe Abercrombie Still reading it, like it so far. Might add rating once I am done.

Flowers For Algernon, by Daniel Keys *****

The Foreigner Series, by C.J. Cherryh

The Forever War, by Joe Haldeman ***

The Foundation Trilogy, by Isaac Asimov ***** Glad they limited it to the trilogy or it would rate much lower

Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley ****

The Gaea Trilogy, by John Varley

The Gap Series, by Stephen R. Donaldson

The Gate To Women's Country, by Sheri S. Tepper

Going Postal, by Terry Pratchett

The Gone-Away World, by Nick Harkaway

The Gormenghast Triology, by Mervyn Peake

Grass, by Sheri S. Tepper

Gravity's Rainbow, by Thomas Pynchon

The Handmaid's Tale, by Margaret Atwood

Hard-Boiled Wonderland And The End of The World, by Haruki Murakami

The Heechee Saga, by Frederik Pohl

The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, by Douglas Adams *****

The Hollows Series, by Kim Harrison

House Of Leaves, by Mark Danielewski

The Hyperion Cantos, by Dan Simmons ****

I Am Legend, by Richard Matheson

I, Robot, by Isaac Asimov *****

The Illuminatus! Trilogy, by Robert Shea & Robert Anton Wilson

The Illustrated Man, by Ray Bradbury

The Incarnations Of Immortality Series, by Piers Anthony

The Inheritance Trilogy, by N.K. Jemisin

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, by Susanna Clarke ***

A Journey To The Center Of The Earth, by Jules Verne

Kindred, by Octavia Butler

The Kingkiller Chronicles, by Patrick Rothfuss

Kraken, by China Mieville

The Kushiel's Legacy Series, by Jacqueline Carey

Last Call, by Tim Powers

The Last Coin, by James P. Blaylock

The Last Herald Mage Trilogy, by Mercedes Lackey **

The Last Unicorn, by Peter S. Beagle

The Lathe Of Heaven, by Ursula K. LeGuin

The Left Hand Of Darkness, by Ursula K. LeGuin

The Legend Of Drizzt Series, by R.A. Salvatore

The Lensman Series, by E.E. Smith

The Liaden Universe Series, by Sharon Lee & Steve Miller

The Lies Of Locke Lamora, by Scott Lynch ****

Lilith's Brood, by Octavia Butler

Little, Big, by John Crowley

The Liveship Traders Trilogy, by Robin Hobb **

Lord Of Light, by Roger Zelazny

The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy, by J.R.R. Tolkien *****

Lord Valentine's Castle, by Robert Silverberg ****

Lucifer's Hammer, by Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle

Lud-in-the-Mist, by Hope Mirrlees

The Magicians, by Lev Grossman

The Malazan Book Of The Fallen Series, by Steven Erikson

The Man In The High Castle, by Philip K. Dick

The Manifold Trilogy, by Stephen Baxter

The Mars Trilogy, by Kim Stanley Robinson

The Martian Chronicles, by Ray Bradbury

Memory And Dream, by Charles de Lint

Memory, Sorrow, And Thorn Trilogy, by Tad Williams

Mindkiller, by Spider Robinson

The Mistborn Series, by Brandon Sanderson

The Mists Of Avalon, by Marion Zimmer Bradley ***

The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress, by Robert Heinlein

Mordant's Need, by Stephen Donaldson

More Than Human, by Theodore Sturgeon

The Mote In God's Eye, by Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle

The Naked Sun, by Isaac Asimov ***

The Neanderthal Parallax Trilogy, by Robert J. Sawyer

Neuromancer, by William Gibson ***

Neverwhere, by Neil Gaiman

The Newsflesh Triology, by Mira Grant

The Night's Dawn Trilogy, by Peter F. Hamilton

Novels Of The Company, by Kage Baker

Norstrilia, by Cordwainer Smith

The Number Of The Beast, by Robert Heinlein It vies with "Farnham's Freehold" and "Job: A Comedy of Justice" for my least favourite Heinlein book.

Old Man's War, by John Scalzi

On Basilisk Station, by David Weber

The Once And Future King, by T.H. White

Oryx And Crake, by Margaret Atwood

The Otherland Tetralogy, by Tad Williams ***

The Outlander Series, by Diana Gabaldon ** This is not a sci-fi or fantasy in my opinion, it's a romance novel in a flimsy disguise.

Parable Of The Sower, by Octavia Butler

The Passage, by Justin Cronin

Pattern Recognition, by William Gibson

Perdido Street Station, by China Mieville

The Prestige, by Christopher Priest

The Pride Of Chanur, by C.J. Cherryh

The Prince Of Nothing Trilogy, by R. Scott Bakker

The Princess Bride, by William Goldman ****

Rainbows End, by Vernor Vinge

Rendezvous With Rama, by Arthur C. Clarke I distinctly remember reading it but that's about all I remember about it. Re-read?

Replay, by Ken Grimwood

Revelation Space, by Alistair Reynolds

Riddley Walker, by Russell Hoban

The Riftwar Saga, by Raymond E. Feist

Ringworld, by Larry Niven ***

The Riverworld Series, by Philip Jose Farmer

The Road, by Cormac McCarthy

The Saga Of Pliocene Exile, by Julian May

The Saga Of Recluce, by L.E. Modesitt Jr.

The Sandman Series, by Neil Gaiman

The Sarantine Mosaic Series, by Guy Gavriel Kay

A Scanner Darkly, by Philip K. Dick

The Scar, by China Mieville

The Shannara Trilogy, by Terry Brooks

The Shattered Chain Trilogy, by Marion Zimmer Bradley

The Silmarillion, by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Sirens Of Titan, by Kurt Vonnegut ****

Slaughterhouse-Five, by Kurt Vonnegut

Small Gods, by Terry Pratchett *****

Snow Crash, by Neal Stephenson *****

The Snow Queen, by Joan D. Vinge

Solaris, by Stanislaw Lem

Something Wicked This Way Comes, by Ray Bradbury

Song for the Basilisk, by Patricia McKillip

A Song Of Ice And Fire Series, by George R. R. Martin I am not going to rate an unfinished series, especially one that might never get finished judging by the speed Martin is writing with.