Your Top 10 Favorite Science Fiction Novels

[stormhawk]

I noticed a similar thread in the Horror section, and decided to start one here!

I read a lot of science fiction, and may have trouble keeping this to only 10! I am trying to keep it to one book per author.

(these are not in order of preference, because my mostest favorite is sometimes variable)

1. Dune - Frank Herbert
2. Stranger in a Strange Land - Robert A. Heinlein
3. Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury
4. Ringworld - Larry Niven
5. The Android's Dream - John Scalzi
6. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? - Philip K. Dick
7. Count Zero - William Gibson
8. Snow Crash - Neal Stephenson
9. Childhood's End - Arthur C. Clarke
10. Crystal Singer - Anne McCaffrey

[Mawgojzeta]

Oh! This is hard to do!

(no order)

1. The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell *there is a sequel
2. Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke
3. The Mote in God's Eye by Larry Niven *there is a sequel
4. Helliconia: The Classic Epic Trilogy in One Volume by Brian W. Aldiss
5. The New Springtime by Robert Silverberg *there is a sequel
6.Becoming Alien by Rebecca Ore *first in a trilogy
7. Firestar by Michael Flynn *first in a series
8. Downbelow Station by C.J. Cherryh *first in a large collection of related books
9. The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
10. A Deepness in the Sky by Vernor Vinge

[Heidi]

Ugh... I don't know if I can do this. Here is a go (Not in any particular order.)

1. Anything by Orson Scott Card (I know, he doesn't just write sci-fi, but I love EVERYTHING he writes!!)
2. Out of the Silent Planet by C.S. Lewis, and of course the other two books in the trilogy!
3. Trapped by James Alan Gardner. It has a fantasy feel, despite the sci-fi materiel, which I felt was very original.
4. The Pandora Prescription by James Sheridan (It is technically a thriller novel, but the science in the fiction is brilliant!!)
5. The Robots at Dawn by Isaac Asimov
6. The host by Stephanie Myer
7. A Wrinkle in Time By Madeline L'Engle
8. Anything by Michael Crichton
9. World War Z By Max Brooks
10. I am Legend by Richard Matheson... and all of the movies that it spawned! I know it sort of falls under the horror genre, but the science in the fiction was... interesting!

[Cary]

1. DUNE the whole series of books Frank Herbert
2. A Journey to the Center of the Earth
3. Mysterious Island, and all the other Jules Verne
4. The Time Machine, H.G. Wells
5. The Lost, World Conan Doyle
6. The Color From Space, H.P. Lovecraft
7. John Carter of Mars, Edgar Rice Burroughs
8. First Men in the Moon H.G. Wells
9. Clan of the Cave Bear,Jean M. Auel
10. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep.,Philip K. Dick. One kick ass Scifi. aka Bladerunner in the movies
Yeah I know I am so old school. Folding space for Ix : )

[Heidi]

Cary, nothing wrong with old-school. They are, after all, classics for a reason ;)

[Cary]

Indeed that's true Heidi. Insterestingly enough many of the scifi written by Verne came true. Master of the World about a giant airplane. 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea,From Earth to Moon. All written before anyone had seriously thought of planes, submarines,and moon landings. All of which came to pass. My favorite film version of I am Legend is Omega Man with Charlten Heston. Will smith version is good too. Of course none are on par with the book itself. I was suprised at how short it was. ; )

[Heidi]

Too true! Jules was a genius!
I kind of enjoyed I am Omega. It was a really bad b-movie that came out right before I am Legend, but when they said it was supposed to be based on the book, I was like WHAT?!?!?! The only copy my local store had of Omega Man was messed up, so I never got to see past the first ten minutes. Will have to see if it is on Hulu!

[Cary]

Heston did some good Scifi. Planet of the Apes which they tried to redo. Is not near as good as the Heston version. Omega Man has a virus that turns people into night seeking mutants. Nothing vampire about it. They are a bunch of mutants in hooded robes led by a black cat named Methias. Who is always trying to get Heston at night. Heston is always hunting Methias by day. In the end he meets some people, and choppers the antitode out before he is killed by the mutants. A good movie with a first rate actor. Sometimes B movies can be interesting & artsy however.

[Collene]

Sci-Fi is probably my weakest genre, but here's my list of 9:
Timeline,
Frankenstein,
The Time Machine,
Doomsday Book,
The Passage,
Far North,
The Hunger Games,
Catching Fire,
Fever Crumb

[Cary]

Mary Schellys Frankenstien is genious. ; )

[Recommendeo]

Great choices! what science fiction book to read next? Here you can find some good recommendations about the 10 Best Science Fiction Books of All Time

These are definitely my favourites:
“Flowers for Algernon” by Daniel Keyes
“Starship Troopers” by Robert A. Heinlein
“A Space Odyssey” by Arthur C. Clarke
“The Stars My Destination” by Alfred Bester
“I, Robot” by Isaac Asimov
“Stranger in a Strange Land” by Robert A. Heinlein
“Foundation” by Isaac Asimov
“Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” by Douglas Adams
“Dune” by Frank Herbert
“Ender’s Game” by Orson Scott Card

[stormhawk]

The only one on that list I haven't read is the Bester. I want to read The Demolished Man first, though. I love the rest of that list. Thanks!

[L.]

Ahhhh! I had to keep rearranging my list and changing it.

1. The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein
2. Ender's Shadow by Orson Scott Card
3. Dune by Frank Herbert
4. Grendel by John Gardner
5. Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein
6. Eaters of the Dead by Michael Crichton
7. The Boat of a Million Dreams by Poul Anderson
8. The Mote in God's Eye by Larry Niven
9. Snow Queen by Joan D. Vinge
10. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

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[Mia]

In no particular order:

Dune
A Clockwork Orange
Fahrenheit 451
1984
Slaughterhouse-Five
Frankenstein
The Illustrated Man
Planet of the Apes
Make Room! Make Room!
Brave New World