{"id":3990,"date":"2006-11-15T18:28:00","date_gmt":"2006-11-15T23:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/davidmcrampton.com\/?p=3990"},"modified":"2021-01-15T10:51:05","modified_gmt":"2021-01-15T15:51:05","slug":"sci-fifantasy-meme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidmcrampton.com\/?p=3990","title":{"rendered":"Sci-fi\/Fantasy Meme"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Below is a list of the 50 most significant science fiction\/fantasy novels, 1953-2002, according to the Science Fiction Book Club.<\/p>\n<p>Bold the ones you&#8217;ve read, strike-out the ones you hated, italicize those you started but never finished, and put an asterisk beside the ones you loved.<\/p>\n<p><lj-cut><\/lj-cut><\/p>\n<p><strong>1. The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien<br \/>\n2. The Foundation Trilogy, Isaac Asimov*<\/strong><br \/>\n3. Dune, Frank Herbert<br \/>\n4. Stranger in a Strange Land, Robert A. Heinlein<br \/>\n<strong>5. A Wizard of Earthsea, Ursula K. Le Guin*<\/strong><br \/>\n6. Neuromancer, William Gibson<br \/>\n7. Childhood&#8217;s End, Arthur C. Clarke<br \/>\n8. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Philip K. Dick<br \/>\n9. The Mists of Avalon, Marion Zimmer Bradley<br \/>\n10. Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury<br \/>\n11. The Book of the New Sun, Gene Wolfe<br \/>\n12. A Canticle for Leibowitz, Walter M. Miller, Jr.<br \/>\n<strong>13. The Caves of Steel, Isaac Asimov*<\/strong><br \/>\n14. Children of the Atom, Wilmar Shiras<br \/>\n15. Cities in Flight, James Blish<br \/>\n16. The Colour of Magic, Terry Pratchett<br \/>\n17. Dangerous Visions, edited by Harlan Ellison<br \/>\n18. Deathbird Stories, Harlan Ellison<br \/>\n19. The Demolished Man, Alfred Bester<br \/>\n20. Dhalgren, Samuel R. Delany<br \/>\n<strong>21. Dragonflight, Anne McCaffrey*<br \/>\n22. Ender&#8217;s Game, Orson Scott Card*<\/strong><br \/>\n23. The First Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever, Stephen R. Donaldson<br \/>\n24. The Forever War, Joe Haldeman<br \/>\n25. Gateway, Frederik Pohl<br \/>\n26. Harry Potter and the Philosopher&#8217;s Stone, J.K. Rowling<br \/>\n<strong>27. The Hitchhiker&#8217;s Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams*<\/strong><br \/>\n28. I Am Legend, Richard Matheson<br \/>\n<strong>29. Interview with the Vampire, Anne Rice*<\/strong><br \/>\n30. The Left Hand of Darkness, Ursula K. Le Guin<br \/>\n31. Little, Big, John Crowley<br \/>\n32. Lord of Light, Roger Zelazny<br \/>\n33. The Man in the High Castle, Philip K. Dick<br \/>\n34. Mission of Gravity, Hal Clement<br \/>\n35. More Than Human, Theodore Sturgeon<br \/>\n36. The Rediscovery of Man, Cordwainer Smith<br \/>\n37. On the Beach, Nevil Shute<br \/>\n38. Rendezvous with Rama, Arthur C. Clarke<br \/>\n39. Ringworld, Larry Niven<br \/>\n40. Rogue Moon, Algis Budrys<br \/>\n<em>41. The Silmarillion, J.R.R. Tolkien<\/em><br \/>\n42. Slaughterhouse-5, Kurt Vonnegut<br \/>\n<strong>43. Snow Crash, Neal Stephenson*<\/strong><br \/>\n44. Stand on Zanzibar, John Brunner<br \/>\n45. The Stars My Destination, Alfred Bester<br \/>\n46. Starship Troopers, Robert A. Heinlein<br \/>\n47. Stormbringer, Michael Moorcock<br \/>\n<strong>48. The Sword of Shannara, Terry Brooks<\/strong><br \/>\n49. Timescape, Gregory Benford<br \/>\n50. To Your Scattered Bodies Go, Philip Jose Farmer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Below is a list of the 50 most significant science fiction\/fantasy novels, 1953-2002, according to the Science Fiction Book Club. 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