That Top 20 Geek Novels Thing

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From britgeekgrrl:

Taken from the Technology Blog at The Guardian.

Bold = I've read it.

1. The HitchHiker's Guide to the Galaxy -- Douglas Adams - Still a favorite from sheer silliness.
   
2. Nineteen Eighty-Four -- George Orwell - Started it once, I think back in high school. Just didn't get into it.
   
3. Brave New World -- Aldous Huxley
   
4. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? -- Philip Dick - The book is cool, and very different from the film Blade Runner, which I actually like a bit better.
   
5. Neuromancer -- William Gibson
   
6. Dune -- Frank Herbert - A favorite.
   
7. I, Robot -- Isaac Asimov - Cool fundamental scifi stories.
   
8. Foundation -- Isaac Asimov
   
9. The Colour of Magic -- Terry Pratchett - I tried to start the Discworld series at the beginning, but just couldn't get into it. Someday I'll probably come back to this one and finish it.
   
10. Microserfs -- Douglas Coupland
    
11. Snow Crash -- Neal Stephenson
    
12. Watchmen -- Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons - Cool graphic novel recommended to me by elmegil.
    
13. Cryptonomicon -- Neal Stephenson - Thick. In several ways. And I liked it.
    
14. Consider Phlebas -- Iain M Banks
    
15. Stranger in a Strange Land -- Robert Heinlein - Not bad, but perhaps overrated.
    
16. The Man in the High Castle -- Philip K Dick
    
17. American Gods -- Neil Gaiman - IMHO already rates as a classic.
    
18. The Diamond Age -- Neal Stephenson
    
19. The Illuminatus! Trilogy -- Robert Shea & Robert Anton Wilson - Amusing but overrated, IMHO.
    
20. Trouble with Lichen - John Wyndham

Comments

[elmegil.livejournal.com]

Yes, that's Stranger in a Strange Land. Michael Valentine Smith raised by martians comes back to the earth, and much hilarity ensues. For some value of hilarity :-)

[purplerifka.livejournal.com]

i thought it was a great book.
and a good one for technology-challenged sci-fi readers such as myself.