Stephen Gunnell
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Time's 50 significant SF NovelsFound via John Samuel's livejournal. The most significant SF/F novels from 1953-2006 according to Time. Bold the ones you have read, strike through the ones you read and hated, italicize those you started but never finished and put a star next to the ones you love. - The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien
- The Foundation Trilogy, Isaac Asimov
- Dune, Frank Herbert *
- Stranger in a Strange Land, Robert A. Heinlein
- A Wizard of Earthsea, Ursula K. Le Guin *
- Neuromancer, William Gibson
- Childhood's End, Arthur C. Clarke
- Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Philip K. Dick
- The Mists of Avalon, Marion Zimmer Bradley
- Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury
- The Book of the New Sun, Gene Wolfe
- A Canticle for Leibowitz, Walter M. Miller, Jr *
- The Caves of Steel, Isaac Asimov
- Children of the Atom, Wilmar Shiras
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- Cities in Flight, James Blish *
- The Colour of Magic, Terry Pratchett
- Dangerous Visions, edited by Harlan Ellison
- Deathbird Stories, Harlan Ellison
- The Demolished Man, Alfred Bester
- Dhalgren, Samuel R. Delany
- Dragonflight, Anne McCaffrey
- Ender's Game, Orson Scott Card *
- The First Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever, Stephen R. Donaldson
- The Forever War, Joe Haldeman *
- Gateway, Frederik Pohl
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, J.K. Rowling
- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams *
- I Am Legend, Richard Matheson
- Interview with the Vampire, Anne Rice
- The Left Hand of Darkness, Ursula K. Le Guin
- Little, Big, John Crowley
- Lord of Light, Roger Zelazny *
- 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
- Rendezvous with Rama, Arthur C. Clarke
- Ringworld, Larry Niven *
- Rogue Moon, Algis Budrys
- The Silmarillion, J.R.R. Tolkien
Slaughterhouse-5, Kurt Vonnegut - Snow Crash, Neal Stephenson *
- Stand on Zanzibar, John Brunner
- The Stars My Destination, Alfred Bester
- Starship Troopers, Robert A. Heinlein
- Stormbringer, Michael Moorcock *
The Sword of Shannara, Terry Brooks - Timescape, Gregory Benford
- To Your Scattered Bodies Go, Philip Jose Farmer
Hmmm ... some of those I read so long ago that I can't remember If I liked them. Feh! Old age lurking by the door I guess.
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