SF book meme

[rabidsamfan]

Bold the ones you've read, strike the ones you hated, italicize the ones you couldn't get through. Asterisks for the ones you loved - more asterisks, more love. Plus signs for the ones you own. Gacked from semyaza.



1. The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien ++++ ********
2. The Foundation Trilogy, Isaac Asimov +
3. Dune, Frank Herbert +
4. Stranger in a Strange Land, Robert A. Heinlein +
5. A Wizard of Earthsea, Ursula K. Leguin + *
6. Neuromancer, William Gibson +
7. Childhood's End, Arthur C. Clarke +
8. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Philip K. Dick
9. The Mists of Avalon, Marion Zimmer Bradley +
10. Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury (special note, I love everything else the man has ever written, just not that one)
11. The Book of the New Sun, Gene Wolfe +
12. A Canticle for Leibowitz, Walter M. Miller, Jr +
13. The Caves of Steel, Isaac Asimov +
14. Children of the Atom, Wilmar Shiras
15. Cities in Flight, James Blish +
16. The Colour of Magic, Terry Pratchett + *******
17. Dangerous Visions, edited by Harlan Ellison +
18. Deathbird Stories, Harlan Ellison
19. The Demolished Man, Alfred Bester
20. Dhalgren, Samuel R. Delany
21. Dragonflight, Anne McCaffrey + **
22. Ender's Game, Orson Scott Card +
23. The First Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever, Stephen R. Donaldson
24. The Forever War, Joe Haldeman +
25. Gateway, Frederik Pohl+
26. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, J.K. Rowling + ***
27. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams + ****
28. I Am Legend, Richard Matheson +
29. Interview with the Vampire, Anne Rice + *
30. The Left Hand of Darkness, Ursula K. Le Guin +
31. Little, Big, John Crowley
32. Lord of Light, Roger Zelazny
33. The Man in the High Castle, Philip K. Dick
34. Mission of Gravity, Hal Clement +
35. More Than Human, Theodore Sturgeon
36. The Rediscovery of Man, Cordwainer Smith
37. On the Beach, Nevil Shute+
38. Rendezvous with Rama, Arthur C. Clarke +
39. Ringworld, Larry Niven +
40. Rogue Moon, Algis Budrys
41. The Silmarillion, J.R.R. Tolkien +
42. Slaughterhouse-5, Kurt Vonnegut +
43. Snow Crash, Neal Stephenson +
44. Stand on Zanzibar, John Brunner +
45. The Stars My Destination, Alfred Bester +
46. Starship Troopers, Robert A. Heinlein +
47. Stormbringer, Michael Moorcock
48. The Sword of Shannara, Terry Brooks
49. Timescape, Gregory Benford +
50. To Your Scattered Bodies Go, Philip Jose Farmer +

n.b. In my case, if I can't remember how it ended, I put italics, but a lot of those I either read or tried to read a really really really long time ago... And I own a bunch I haven't really started, don't I?

Comments

[semyaza.livejournal.com]

Yes, you do. :D

[rabidsamfan.livejournal.com]

No such thing as too many books. Just not enough time!