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mikekn ([personal profile] mikekn) wrote2006-11-15 11:41 am
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SCI FI Book list part 2

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

[identity profile] kbuxton.livejournal.com 2006-11-15 04:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Definitely Ender's Game. Man in a High Castle is un-weird for Dick and definitely worth a read.

[identity profile] kbuxton.livejournal.com 2006-11-15 09:47 pm (UTC)(link)
absolutely don't read any of the Ender's universe stuff before reading Ender's Game.