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%date 2008-12-15 17:19:58
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:diary:livejournal:fossils:
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The top fifty SF books. 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.
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1. <i>The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien</i>
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2. <i>The Foundation Trilogy, Isaac Asimov</i>
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3. <b>Dune, Frank Herbert**</b>
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4. <b>Stranger in a Strange Land, Robert A. Heinlein*</b>
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5. A Wizard of Earthsea, Ursula K. Leguin
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6. <b>Neuromancer, William Gibson*</b>
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7. <b>Childhood's End, Arthur C. Clarke</b>
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8. <b>Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Philip K. Dick</b>
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9. The Mists of Avalon, Marion Zimmer Bradley
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10. <b>Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury*</b>
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11. The Book of the New Sun, Gene Wolfe
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12. <b>A Canticle for Leibowitz, Walter M. Miller, Jr.*+</b>
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13. The Caves of Steel, Isaac Asimov
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14. Children of the Atom, Wilmar Shiras
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15. Cities in Flight, James Blish
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16. The Colour of Magic, Terry Pratchett
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17. Dangerous Visions, edited by Harlan Ellison
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18. Deathbird Stories, Harlan Ellison
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19. The Demolished Man, Alfred Bester
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20. Dhalgren, Samuel R. Delany
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21. Dragonflight, Anne McCaffrey
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22. <b>Ender's Game, Orson Scott Card</b>
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23. The First Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever, Stephen R. Donaldson
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24. The Forever War, Joe Haldeman
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25. Gateway, Frederik Pohl
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26. <b>Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, J.K. Rowling+</b>
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27. <b>The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams**+</b>
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28. <b>I Am Legend, Richard Matheson+</b>
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29. Interview with the Vampire, Anne Rice
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30. The Left Hand of Darkness, Ursula K. Le Guin
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31. Little, Big, John Crowley
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32. Lord of Light, Roger Zelazny
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33. The Man in the High Castle, Philip K. Dick
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34. Mission of Gravity, Hal Clement
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35. More Than Human, Theodore Sturgeon
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36. The Rediscovery of Man, Cordwainer Smith
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37. On the Beach, Nevil Shute
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38. <i>Rendezvous with Rama, Arthur C. Clarke</i>
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39. <b>Ringworld, Larry Niven+</b>
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40. Rogue Moon, Algis Budrys
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41. <i>The Silmarillion, J.R.R. Tolkien+</i>
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42. <b>Slaughterhouse-5, Kurt Vonnegut*+</b>
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43. <b>Snow Crash, Neal Stephenson**</b>
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44. Stand on Zanzibar, John Brunner
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45. The Stars My Destination, Alfred Bester
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46. <b>Starship Troopers, Robert A. Heinlein</b>
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47. Stormbringer, Michael Moorcock
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48. The Sword of Shannara, Terry Brooks
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49. Timescape, Gregory Benford
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50. To Your Scattered Bodies Go, Philip Jose Farmer.
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