The Classics

[Jason]

What is essential reading for any geek?

[L.]

Some of my old favorites are:


The Lost World & Other Stories


The Time Machine


The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy


Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep

And Ursula LeGuin...I have too many favorites of her's and it makes it all the more special that she is a Portland author. But of all her books, I would say 4 were most impactful on science-fiction/fantasty.


Earthsea Trilogy

The Dispossessed

The Left Hand of Darkness

The Lathe of Heaven

[Sonja]

Ooh! I second The Left Hand of Darkness and the Earthsea Trilogy, but also - The Wind's Twelve Quarters, which contains two LeGuin stories I've never forgotten - Direction of the Road and The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas.

[L.]

Sonja wrote: "but also - The Wind's Twelve Quarters, which contains two LeGuin stories I've never forgotten - Direction of the Road and The Ones ..."

I think you may have found a book of her's I haven't read (that isn't one of the newer ones). :) Cool! Off to Reader's Guide...