Phobos Entertainment's "100 Science Fiction Books You Just Have to Read"
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1 Ender's Game (Ender's Saga,...
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4.28 of 5 stars 4.28 avg rating — 406,166 ratings
2 Dune (Dune Chronicles, #1)
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4.08 of 5 stars 4.08 avg rating — 300,675 ratings
3 The Hitchhiker's Guide to t...
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4.15 of 5 stars 4.15 avg rating — 517,518 ratings
4 1984
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4.06 of 5 stars 4.06 avg rating — 910,606 ratings
5 Fahrenheit 451
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3.92 of 5 stars 3.92 avg rating — 514,932 ratings
6 Brave New World
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3.9 of 5 stars 3.90 avg rating — 549,788 ratings
7 The Foundation Trilogy (Fou...
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4.32 of 5 stars 4.32 avg rating — 30,906 ratings
8 Frankenstein
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3.66 of 5 stars 3.66 avg rating — 466,689 ratings
9 The War of the Worlds
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3.71 of 5 stars 3.71 avg rating — 73,322 ratings
10 Stranger in a Strange Land
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3.84 of 5 stars 3.84 avg rating — 140,834 ratings
11 Starship Troopers
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3.96 of 5 stars 3.96 avg rating — 65,610 ratings
12 The Martian Chronicles
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4.06 of 5 stars 4.06 avg rating — 68,419 ratings
13 Snow Crash
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3.91 of 5 stars 3.91 avg rating — 100,408 ratings
14 A Clockwork Orange
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3.93 of 5 stars 3.93 avg rating — 215,797 ratings
15 Flowers for Algernon
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3.92 of 5 stars 3.92 avg rating — 141,425 ratings
16 I am Legend and Other Stories
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3.92 of 5 stars 3.92 avg rating — 57,754 ratings
17 Childhood's End
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4.03 of 5 stars 4.03 avg rating — 36,939 ratings
18 Cat's Cradle
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4.18 of 5 stars 4.18 avg rating — 129,473 ratings
19 Ringworld (Ringworld #1)
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3.93 of 5 stars 3.93 avg rating — 35,633 ratings
20 The Left Hand of Darkness
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3.99 of 5 stars 3.99 avg rating — 27,352 ratings
21 Twenty Thousand Leagues Und...
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3.75 of 5 stars 3.75 avg rating — 53,433 ratings
22 The Time Machine
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3.79 of 5 stars 3.79 avg rating — 115,596 ratings
23 The Man in the High Castle
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3.84 of 5 stars 3.84 avg rating — 28,663 ratings
24 A Canticle for Leibowitz
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3.95 of 5 stars 3.95 avg rating — 31,231 ratings
25 The Day of the Triffids
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3.95 of 5 stars 3.95 avg rating — 27,318 ratings
26 I, Robot
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4.08 of 5 stars 4.08 avg rating — 85,617 ratings
27 The Lathe of Heaven
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4.07 of 5 stars 4.07 avg rating — 13,590 ratings
28 Lord of Light
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4.1 of 5 stars 4.10 avg rating — 9,902 ratings
29 2001: A Space Odyssey (Spac...
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4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 73,965 ratings
30 The Andromeda Strain
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3.77 of 5 stars 3.77 avg rating — 87,195 ratings
31 Alice's Adventures in Wonde...
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4.05 of 5 stars 4.05 avg rating — 195,738 ratings
32 Earth Abides
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3.94 of 5 stars 3.94 avg rating — 8,546 ratings
33 Neuromancer (Sprawl, #1)
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3.79 of 5 stars 3.79 avg rating — 114,062 ratings
34 Solaris
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3.91 of 5 stars 3.91 avg rating — 18,586 ratings
35 The Puppet Masters
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3.81 of 5 stars 3.81 avg rating — 13,926 ratings
36 Doomsday Book
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4.08 of 5 stars 4.08 avg rating — 14,813 ratings
37 The Forever War (The Foreve...
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4.1 of 5 stars 4.10 avg rating — 37,610 ratings
38 Red Mars (Mars Trilogy, #1)
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3.79 of 5 stars 3.79 avg rating — 19,440 ratings
39 The Three Stigmata of Palme...
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3.99 of 5 stars 3.99 avg rating — 10,586 ratings
40 Gateway (Heechee Saga, #1)
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4.04 of 5 stars 4.04 avg rating — 13,256 ratings
41 The Strange Case of Dr. Jek...
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3.86 of 5 stars 3.86 avg rating — 42,469 ratings
42 To Your Scattered Bodies Go...
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3.92 of 5 stars 3.92 avg rating — 11,794 ratings
43 The Stars My Destination
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4.17 of 5 stars 4.17 avg rating — 13,529 ratings
44 The Gods Themselves
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4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 16,599 ratings
45 The Space Merchants
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3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 3,145 ratings
46 Flatland: A Romance of Many...
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3.78 of 5 stars 3.78 avg rating — 16,930 ratings
47 Eon (The Way #1)
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3.81 of 5 stars 3.81 avg rating — 9,315 ratings
48 The Demolished Man
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4.03 of 5 stars 4.03 avg rating — 9,778 ratings
49 Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1)
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4.15 of 5 stars 4.15 avg rating — 45,868 ratings
50 The Midwich Cuckoos
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3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 5,113 ratings
51 A Princess of Mars (Barsoom...
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3.76 of 5 stars 3.76 avg rating — 21,400 ratings
52 Journey to the Center of th...
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3.76 of 5 stars 3.76 avg rating — 48,603 ratings
53 Dragonflight (Pern, #1)
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4.05 of 5 stars 4.05 avg rating — 47,076 ratings
54 A Case of Conscience (After...
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3.63 of 5 stars 3.63 avg rating — 1,768 ratings
55 The Drowned World
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3.61 of 5 stars 3.61 avg rating — 3,249 ratings
56 Roadside Picnic
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4.24 of 5 stars 4.24 avg rating — 6,926 ratings
57 The Postman
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3.83 of 5 stars 3.83 avg rating — 13,050 ratings
58 Cities in Flight (Cities in...
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3.91 of 5 stars 3.91 avg rating — 2,465 ratings
59 Blood Music
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3.77 of 5 stars 3.77 avg rating — 4,161 ratings
59 Deathbird Stories
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4.23 of 5 stars 4.23 avg rating — 1,895 ratings
61 Beggars in Spain (Sleepless...
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3.99 of 5 stars 3.99 avg rating — 2,986 ratings
62 The Shadow of the Torturer ...
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3.86 of 5 stars 3.86 avg rating — 6,096 ratings
63 VALIS
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3.98 of 5 stars 3.98 avg rating — 9,602 ratings
64 Mission of Gravity (Mesklin...
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3.89 of 5 stars 3.89 avg rating — 2,352 ratings
65 Dragon's Egg
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4.08 of 5 stars 4.08 avg rating — 1,810 ratings
66 Camp Concentration
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3.76 of 5 stars 3.76 avg rating — 985 ratings
66 Startide Rising (The Uplift...
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4.01 of 5 stars 4.01 avg rating — 12,466 ratings
68 Berserker (Berserker, #1)
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3.75 of 5 stars 3.75 avg rating — 2,628 ratings
69 Dhalgren
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3.84 of 5 stars 3.84 avg rating — 3,527 ratings
69 The Snow Queen (The Snow Qu...
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3.93 of 5 stars 3.93 avg rating — 4,885 ratings
71 Stand on Zanzibar
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3.97 of 5 stars 3.97 avg rating — 5,266 ratings
72 Way Station
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4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 4,795 ratings
73 Behold the Man
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3.77 of 5 stars 3.77 avg rating — 2,201 ratings
74 Star Maker
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3.94 of 5 stars 3.94 avg rating — 1,755 ratings
75 Star Surgeon (Sector Genera...
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4.04 of 5 stars 4.04 avg rating — 230 ratings
76 Cuckoo's Egg (Age of Explor...
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3.91 of 5 stars 3.91 avg rating — 796 ratings
77 The Heritage of Hastur (Dar...
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3.97 of 5 stars 3.97 avg rating — 1,771 ratings
78 The Man Who Folded Himself
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3.82 of 5 stars 3.82 avg rating — 1,321 ratings
79 Slan (Slan, #1)
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3.67 of 5 stars 3.67 avg rating — 1,432 ratings
80 Last and First Men
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3.81 of 5 stars 3.81 avg rating — 1,462 ratings
81 The Upanishads
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4.12 of 5 stars 4.12 avg rating — 3,888 ratings
82 Mars
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3.77 of 5 stars 3.77 avg rating — 3,640 ratings
83 Timescape
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3.66 of 5 stars 3.66 avg rating — 3,830 ratings
84 Radix
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3.87 of 5 stars 3.87 avg rating — 368 ratings
85 Dawn (Xenogenesis, #1)
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4.12 of 5 stars 4.12 avg rating — 4,357 ratings
86 Gray Lensman
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3.92 of 5 stars 3.92 avg rating — 1,096 ratings
87 In Conquest Born (In Conque...
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3.84 of 5 stars 3.84 avg rating — 1,407 ratings
88 Cosm
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3.57 of 5 stars 3.57 avg rating — 339 ratings
89 The Voyage of the Space Beagle
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3.75 of 5 stars 3.75 avg rating — 1,122 ratings
90 Omnivore (Of Man and Manta,...
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3.41 of 5 stars 3.41 avg rating — 659 ratings
91 Flesh
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3.42 of 5 stars 3.42 avg rating — 188 ratings
92 Trouble on Triton: An Ambig...
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3.73 of 5 stars 3.73 avg rating — 697 ratings
93 The Death of Grass
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3.85 of 5 stars 3.85 avg rating — 1,804 ratings
94 The Planiverse: Computer Co...
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4.09 of 5 stars 4.09 avg rating — 160 ratings
95 Downbelow Station (Company ...
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3.85 of 5 stars 3.85 avg rating — 5,017 ratings
96 Mutant
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3.36 of 5 stars 3.36 avg rating — 39 ratings
97 Ralph 124C 41+: A Romance o...
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2.7 of 5 stars 2.70 avg rating — 56 ratings
98 Brain Wave
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3.67 of 5 stars 3.67 avg rating — 741 ratings
99 War With the Newts
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4.15 of 5 stars 4.15 avg rating — 2,105 ratings
100 More Than Human
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4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 5,402 ratings

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message 1: by Adam (new)

Adam Wow! I cant believe that The Giver, The City of Ember, The HUnger Games and Uglies arent on here!


message 2: by James (last edited 12 de Dic 14:18) (new)

James This was a copy and paste from a list of 100 books from a static list (http://www.hcpl.net/read/phobos-100-b...). It is interesting to see the current permutation from all of the votes over the past few months that was seeded from this original list.

Given that this list is now at 165 books and no longer the original list ... you should add books to this list Adam. :)


message 3: by Susanna (new)

Susanna I can remove the books that are not on the list if you would prefer it.


message 4: by James (new)

James I did not know if it was possible to delete books. It would be nice to remove books not on the phobos list, or to fork the list into the original phobos list and the current permutation of this list.


message 5: by Susanna (new)

Susanna Librarians can remove books from Listopia lists.

I can remove the ones that are not on the Phobos list for you.


message 6: by James (new)

James That would be great Susanna. thanks.


message 7: by James (new)

James I have applied to be a librarian and may add and curate some other published lists. I was going to add more, but stopped after this one got too big.


message 8: by Susanna (last edited 22 de Abr 10:51) (new)

Susanna Removed for not being on the Phobos list:

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, by Philip K. Dick
Rendezvous with Rama, by Arthur C. Clarke
The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia, by Ursula K. Le Guin
A Scanner Darkly, by Philip K. Dick
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, by Robert Heinlein
Lucifer's Hammer, by Larry Niven
The Sparrow, by Mary Doria Russell
Jurassic Park, by Michael Crichton
Ubik, by Philip K. Dick
The Host, by Stephenie Meyer
Sphere, by Michael Crichton
Ender's Shadow, by Orson Scott Card
Accelerando, by Charles Stross
The Invisible Man, by H.G. Wells
The Rediscovery of Man, by Cordwainer Smith
I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream, by Harlan Ellison
At the Mountains of Madness, by H.P. Lovecraft
Replay, by Ken Grimwood
The Island of Dr. Moreau, by H.G. Wells
The Cyberiad, by Stanislaw Lem
Man Plus, by Frederik Pohl
The Door into Summer, by Robert Heinlein
Inferno, by Larry Niven
Babel-17, by Samuel R. Delany
Neutron Star, by Larry Niven
Tales of Known Space, by Larry Niven
Dangerous Visions, by Harlan Ellison
The Futurological Conference, by Stanislaw Lem
Martians, Go Home, by Frederic Brown
The Chrysalids, by John Wyndham
Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said, by Philip K. Dick
Around the World in 80 Days, by Jules Verne
Non-Stop, by Brian W. Aldiss
The Fifth Head of Cerberus, by Gene Wolfe
Kirinyaga, by Mike Resnick
The Persistence of Vision, by John Varley
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame 1, by Robert Silverberg
The John Varley Reader, by John Varley
Disappearance, by Don Inman
The Star Diaries, by Stanislaw Lem
The End of Eternity, by Isaac Asimov
His Master's Voice, by Stanislaw Lem
The Artifact, by Michael Gear
The Shadow Out of Time, by H.P. Lovecraft
A Covenant of Justice, by David Gerrold
Star Hunt, by David Gerrold
Dark Benediction, by Walter M. Miller, Jr.
The Middle of Nowhere, by David Gerrold
Blood and Fire, by David Gerrold
Under the Eye of God, by David Gerrold
The Voyage of the Star Wolf, by David Gerrold
The War Against the Chtorr 1, by David Gerrold
World War Z, by Max Brooks
Jamie and Other Stories, by Marion Zimmer Bradley
Letters from the Flesh, by Marcos Donnelly
Youth Without Youth, by Mircea Eliade
Greybeard, by Brian W. Aldiss
Secret Passages, by Paul Preuss
Callahan's Key, by Spider Robinson
Very Hard Choices, by Spider Robinson
Callahan's Crosstime Saloon, by Spider Robinson
Macroscope, by Piers Anthony
Stardance, by Spider Robinson
Manhattan Transfer, by John E. Stith
Mindkiller, by Spider Robinson
City, by Clifford D. Simak
True Minds, by Spider Robinson
The Lifehouse Trilogy, by Spider Robinson
Anywhere but Here, by Gerald Oltion
Starmind, by Spider Robinson
Night of Power, by Spider Robinson
Starseed, by Spider Robinson
Lifehouse, by Spider Robinson
Very Bad Deaths, by Spider Robinson
Callahan's Lady, by Spider Robinson
Lady Slings the Booze, by Spider Robinson
Return to Nevereyon, by Samuel R. Delany
Empire Star, by Samuel R. Delany
Neveryona, by Samuel R. Delany
They Fly at Ciron, by Samuel R. Delany
The Ballad of Beta-2, by Samuel R. Delany
Flight from Neveryeon, by Samuel R. Delany
Nova, by Samuel R. Delany
Babel-17/Empire Star, by Samuel R. Delany
Tales of Neveryon, by Samuel R. Delany
All My Sins Remembered, by Joe Haldeman
Mindbridge, by Joe Haldeman
Forever Peace, by Joe Haldeman
Camouflage, by Joe Haldeman
Old Twentieth, by Joe Haldeman
Forever Free, by Joe Haldeman
Marsbound, by Joe Haldeman
The Coming, by Joe Haldeman
The Hemingway Hoax, by Joe Haldeman
The Ophiuchi Hotline, by John Varley
Millennium, by John Varley
Mammoth, by John Varley
The Star Pit/Tango Charlie and Foxtrot Romeo, by Samuel R. Delany
The Dreaming Jewels, by Theodore Sturgeon
Venus Plus X, by Theodore Sturgeon
Some of Your Blood, by Theodore Sturgeon
Lord Valentine's Castle, by Robert Silverberg
The Mote in God's Eye, by Larry Niven
The Ringworld Engineers, by Larry Niven
The Integral Trees and the Smoke Ring, by Larry Niven
Protector, by Larry Niven
The Gripping Hand, by Larry Niven
Dream Park, by Larry Niven
The Long Arm of Gil Hamilton, by Larry Niven
N-Space, by Larry Niven
The Draco Tavern, by Larry Niven
All the Myriad Ways, by Larry Niven
Convergent Series, by Larry Niven
Playgrounds of the Mind, by Larry Niven
The Patchwork Girl, by Larry Niven


message 9: by Susanna (new)

Susanna From my own experience, it's a lot easier starting and "keeping" a list when one is a librarian. You can clean up as you go.


message 10: by C-tim (new)

C-tim If you decide to read everything on this list save Frankenstein for last. It is here because it is arguably the first science fiction novel. It is not on the list because it is a good read.


message 11: by Themis-Athena (last edited 17 de Feb 16:45) (new)

Themis-Athena Susanna wrote: "Removed for not being on the Phobos list:

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, by Philip K. Dick
Rendezvous with Rama, by Arthur C. Clarke
The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia, by Ursula K. Le G..."


That's one heck of a purge list, Susanna. Speaking from experience, I don't even want to think about how long it took you to go through all that ...

That said, likewise removed for not being on th original list: The Fifth Head of Cerberus and Pandora's Star.


message 12: by Susanna (new)

Susanna I see you got my back - thanks!


message 13: by Themis-Athena (new)

Themis-Athena No problem! :)


message 14: by Susanna (new)

Susanna I see this has been made static.


message 15: by Themis-Athena (new)

Themis-Athena Sigh ...


message 16: by Susanna (new)

Susanna I hate frozen lists.


message 17: by Themis-Athena (new)

Themis-Athena So do I. Besides, now it doesn't even seem to be possible for librarians to add books any longer (contrary to the "frozen list" description given below). I didn't try on this list, obviously, as this one is in itself based on a list with a fixed number of entries, but I did try on another (IMHO quite unnecessarily) frozen one, recently ... only to find my additions wiped out again every time I refreshed the page. (Whereas previously, it DID use to be possible for librarians to add books to frozen lists, just as the comment at the bottom suggests.) So what's the point?!


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