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Best Science Fiction Books

bjelli bjelli 12,524 views 13 items
an utterly subjective and eclectic list
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    The Dispossessed - Ursula K. Le Guin

    7.6
    Le Guins story contrasts two worlds with very different political systems: one world (the planet) is very similar to earth, with nations and conflicts, the other one (the planets moon) is an anarchist society.
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    The Diamond Age - Neal Stephenson

    10
    In a near f*ture world, nations have crumbled away and been replaced by new "tribes" like the neo-victorians. The two protagonists are a nanotech engineer who builds an interactive book, and a young tribe-less girl named Nell who ends up with the book by accident.

    The world Neal Stephenson describes here is just as fascinating as the fate of the protagonits. This book completely changed my opinion of the victorians.
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    Across Realtime - Vernor Vinge

    10
    This book contains two stories about the near and far f*ture of humanity. The starting point is the invention of the "bobble," a spherical force-field impenetrable by any force.... and I will write no more lest I spoil it.

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    The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams

    10
    Follow the story of Arthur Dent, last surviving earthling, as he stumbles through the galaxy in his bathrobe. Great Comedy, great science fiction. What started out as a BBC radio play in the 70ies grew into a trilogy of five books (don't ask), a tv series with really bad sfx and amazing animations, audio books, and a movie with great vfx in 2005.

    If you only ever read one science fiction book, then read the Hitchhiker.
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    The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress - Robert A. Heinlein

    7.6
    A book from 1966 about a lunar colonys revolt against rule from Earth.
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  1. Rich
    Best Science Fiction Books at 6/02/2011 11:40 AM
    No Foundation Trilogy No way
  2. beeson
    Best Science Fiction Books at 3/28/2011 8:06 PM
    Anyone for Ender's Game?
  3. analise.dubner
    Best Science Fiction Books at 2/11/2011 5:36 PM
    Wow, what a great list! I'm a huge scifi fan and there are some here I haven't read. I'm putting them on my list right now. You should totally save your list in blog style so everyone can read your commentary!
  4. Martyn
    Best Science Fiction Books at 1/28/2011 7:18 AM
    You forgot to add the Dune series, its simple amazing
  5. mollie
    Best Science Fiction Books at 10/18/2010 3:24 PM
    Great list! Especially love seeing some Heinlein on there. Also, just so you know, if you click list options, there's a button in there that will automatically re-rank your list so the order it's ranked in matches the order it's sorted in. That way you can leave it sorted by ratings, but you won't have the numbers displaying out of order.
  6. crzygirl
    Best Science Fiction Books at 8/17/2010 11:31 AM
    Cool list. I'm just getting into Scifi now, and am wondering what you think of Phillip Bloch. I hear he's really great and am reading his book now, but why isn't it on your list? Just curious--Thanks.
    1. bjelli
      Best Science Fiction Books at 8/18/2010 8:46 AM
      never heard of him, sorry
  7. AwesomeBalla
    Best Science Fiction Books at 8/14/2010 12:28 PM
    I clicked on this list at random, not even a big SciFi reader - but happy to see the Stephen Fry book on there that was a good read, though it doesn't look like you loved it. Peace out.
  8. Clark Benson
    Best Science Fiction Books at 8/14/2010 8:59 AM
    Nice eclectic list - if you go into "list options" there's an option to "rerank" list now that you've rated it (you can rerank it by the numbers"

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