| So why did Timeline make the list? I was thinking about leaving it off because it is really, really bad for anyone who actually reads Sci-Fi. I put it on the list because despite the fact that it's almost completely unreadable because the Wal*Mart set needs their Sci-Fi too. I wanted the list to cover as broad a spectrum of sci-fi as I could without making it 100 items long. I left off a lot of greats including: Vernor Vinge Dan Simmons Arthur C Clarke Iain M. Banks and other works by Stross and a few others Why is Rand on this list? Well, besides the Bible (go figure) Atlas Shrugged is apparently the most influential book ever written. Do I agree with the whole Objectivist shtick? Not hardly but it is still worth mentioning. The Giver? Like Anthem it's Sci-Fi for grade schoolers, worth mentioning because a lot of people were introduced to Sci-Fi with books like this. Leave suggestions, as many as you want. If you don't see it on the list it probably would have been there if I had remembered it while I was compiling. |
I personally love Stanislaw Lem's books. Two of my favorites: - The Cyberiad: a set of short stories that read almost like silly little fairy tales, complete with probabalistic dragons, poetry machines, and kings, and electroknights. - His Master's Voice: A rather cynical look at deciphering a message from the stars.