Posted on 08/13/2022 11:42:57 AM PDT by MNDude
2001? A wrinkle in time? I, Robot?
What are the best science for books in your opinion?
Tunnel in the Sky | written by Heinlein in 1955
Foundation Trilogy.
And pretty much anything by Larry Nivan, like Ringworld.
Science Fiction is often best read as an adolescent and therefore some of the most memorable and significant works in a readers lifelong list are going to be less than undying adult literature. That does not mean they aren’t great but just when comparing them to other genre you have a disconnect.
I’ll add one — The Cities in Flight series.
The Time Traders by Andre Norton 1958
I don’t read much science fiction, but I found “The Andromeda Strain,” “Brave New World” and “Demon Seed” intriguing.
“Science Fiction is often best read as an adolescent and therefore some of the most memorable and significant works in a readers lifelong list are going to be less than undying adult literature. That does not mean they arenβt great but just when comparing them to other genre you have a disconnect.”
Very sad, but unfortunately I agree.
A Canticle for Liebowitz - Walter Miller
Mansions of Space -John Morrisey
Amber - Roger Zelanony
Our teacher read A Wrinkle in Time to us in the 7th grade, 1961. I’ve been hooked on SF ever since.
Foundation series.
Fahrenheit 451.
Bookmark, ahem
I enjoyed the Skylark and Lensman series by E.E. Doc Smith years ago. Could just be me. ππ
I should ad Peralandra - C.S. Lewis
Dune would be there except there were too many books
A Canticle For Lebowitz.
The first third is absolutely magnificient and more than compensates for the final third.
I agree, the Foundation Series by Isaac Asimov.
I would also put Enders Game by Orson Scott Card up near the top. Not the movie, the book.
Dune
Cities in Flight
Foundation Trilogy
And for young’uns...John Christopher’s White Mountains trilogy.
Star Wars! Duh!?
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