32 Sci-Fi novels that you should add to your reading list

Timeline by Michael Crichton is only worth reading because of how it portrays history. As sci-fi or entertainment it’s horrible and it basicly assumes everyone is an stupid but it does show history far more accurately than most books.

Re: 32 Sci-Fi novels that you should add to your reading list

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Post by signa11 » Wed, Jul 02, 2008, 4:08 PM UTC

no greg-egan or ian-m-banks or arthur-c-clarke...what gives ?

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Post by michael_dorfman » Wed, Jul 02, 2008, 4:15 PM UTC

Where's "Dhalgren"?

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Post by mhb » Wed, Jul 02, 2008, 4:18 PM UTC

The Andromeda Strain is really, really dated. Shouldn't be on the list.

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Post by vaksel » Wed, Jul 02, 2008, 4:19 PM UTC

most of those got turned into movies. Speaking of which, I'd love to see Ender's game movie but it'll probably suck since it'll be a bunch of new young actors

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Post by DanHulton » Wed, Jul 02, 2008, 4:33 PM UTC

mhb wrote: post #7

The Andromeda Strain is really, really dated. Shouldn't be on the list.

A lot of these books are really, really dated. It doesn't mean that they shouldn't be on your must-read sci-fi list.

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Post by cdr » Wed, Jul 02, 2008, 4:34 PM UTC

mhb wrote: post #7

The Andromeda Strain is really, really dated. Shouldn't be on the list.

It seems to be a list of "classics" more than necessarily a list of good books or good scifi books.

I'd put Andromeda Strain on there before Timeline or Down and Out.

It's funny that Down and Out is one of the few modern books on there - it's more notable for the buzz around its distribution than being any good.