SCI FI Book list part 2

[mikekn]

So I've pulled out the books from the list that I haven't read yet. What should I read next? Italics mean I already own a copy. Bold means I've never even heard of the author.

A Wizard of Earthsea, Ursula K. Le Guin
Childhood's End, Arthur C. Clarke
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Philip K. Dick
Children of the Atom, Wilmar Shiras
Cities in Flight, James Blish
The Demolished Man, Alfred Bester
Dhalgren, Samuel R. Delany
Dragonflight, Anne McCaffrey
Ender's Game, Orson Scott Card
The Forever War, Joe Haldeman
Gateway, Frederik Pohl
I Am Legend, Richard Matheson
Interview with the Vampire, Anne Rice
Little, Big, John Crowley
The Man in the High Castle, Philip K. Dick
Mission of Gravity, Hal Clement
More Than Human, Theodore Sturgeon
The Rediscovery of Man, Cordwainer Smith
On the Beach, Nevil Shute
Rogue Moon, Algis Budrys
Stand on Zanzibar, John Brunner
The Stars My Destination, Alfred Bester
Timescape, Gregory Benford

Comments

[siobhan1214.livejournal.com]

OMG. Ender's Game, definitely. Then Childhood's End. Phil Dick is good but *weird*, and Anne McCaffrey is sweet but really light. Those are the ones I know well.

[kbuxton.livejournal.com]

Definitely Ender's Game. Man in a High Castle is un-weird for Dick and definitely worth a read.

[mikekn]

Alright, I've also got a book called "First Meetings" which is a short story collection that is a prequel of sorts to Ender's Game. Read it first or after?

[kbuxton.livejournal.com]

absolutely don't read any of the Ender's universe stuff before reading Ender's Game.

[mikekn]

Ok, Ender's Game is now next on the list.

I love PKD's weird stuff :)

I think a librarian read Dragonsong to us when I was in elementary school, but I've never gotten around to reading any of her stuff on my own.

[fosveny.livejournal.com]

Note that Ender Wiggin is an analog of Adolf Hitler. Same birthdays, same .. all sorts of stuff.

No, really. Look for Elaine Radford's Ender and Hitler: Sympathy for the Superman. Just realize she's a bit over-the-top.

A different angle, with a bit more of the story behind the story, can be found here: http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2005/5/28/22428/7034 Realize that it's likely to be biased, based on the fact that the author is a friend of Radford.

[mikekn]

I've actually heard some of that before. I'll have to read the books and see what I think.