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Top 100 Sci-Fi Recommendations
This is my own Top 100, favourite ‘Hard Science Fiction’ books. It is, of course, purely subjective. It is also probably heavily weighted towards the books I read growing up. Let me know on Twitter what you think. Click on, then reply to, the following tweet:
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— Toby Weston (@weston_toby) January 6, 2019
Note: I have not yet gotten around to adding links to all the books, but the first few—and then the final top 10—are done.
100 Spider World, Colin Wilson
99 Kefahuchi Tract Trilogy, John Harrison
98 The Dancers at the End of Time, Michael Moorcock
96 Signal to Noise, Eric S Nylund
94 The Algebraist Paperback, Iain M. Banks
91 Agent Cormac (series), Neal Asher
90 Down the Bright Way Mass, Robert Reed
89 The Star Fraction, Ken MacLeod
86 At the Mountains of Madness, H. P. Lovecraft
85 Songmaster, Orson Scott Card
84 The Ender Quintet. (Ender’s Game), Orson Scott Card
81 Market Forces, Richard K. Morgan
80 Altered Carbon
Richard Morgan
79 The Songs of Distant Earth
Arthur C. Clarke
78 Children of TIme
Adrian Tchaikovsky
77 The Fall Revolution Series (Series)
Ken MacLoed
76 The Peripheral
William Gibson
75 Neverness Series
David Zindell
74 The Difference Engine
Bruce Stirling & William Gibson
73 Accelerando
Charles Stross
72 Childhoods End
Arthur C Clarke
71 The Time Ships
Stephen Baxter
70 River World (Series)
Philip Jose Farmer
69 Friday
Robert A Heinlein
68 The Number of the Beast
Robert A Heinlein
67 The Left Hand of Darkness
Ursula K LaGuin
66 The Time Machine
HG Wells
65 The Puppet Masters
Robert A Heinlein
64 Starship Troopers
Robert A Heinlein
63 Rendezvous with Rama
Arthur C. Clarke
62 Revelation Space (Series)
Alastair Reynolds
61 2001
Arthur C. Clarke
60 Neuromancer
William Gibson
59 The Mote in Gods Eye
Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle
58 Ring World (Series)
Larry Niven
57 The Number of the Beast
Robert A Heinlein
56 The Smoke Ring
Larry Niven
55 The integral Trees
Larry Niven
54 World of Tiers
Philip Jose Farmer
53 Battlefield Earth
Ron L Hubbard
52 Footfall
Larry Niven. Jerry Pournelle
51 The Fountains of Paradise
Arthur C. Clarke
50 The Stars Like Dust
Isaac Asimov
49 Robots and Empire
Isaac Asimov
48 Robots of Dawn
Isaac Asimov
47 The Naked Sun
Isaac Asimov
46 Caves of Steel
Isaac Asimov
45 Accidental Time Machine
Joe Haldeman
44 Prada Moon
Neal Asher
43 The City and the Stars
Arthur C. Clarke
42 Sister Alice
Robert Reed
41 Foundation (Series)
Iaasac Asimov
40 River of Gods
Ian McDonald
39 The Quantum Thief
Hannu Rajaniemi
38 The Golden Torc
Julian May
37 Hull Zero Three
Greg Bear
36 Rainbows End
Vernor Vinge
35 Across Realtime
Vernor Vinge
34 Neptune’s Brood
Charles Stross
33 Against a Dark Background
Iain M Banks
32 Quarantine
Greg Egan
31 Schild’s Ladder”
Greg Egan
30 Iron Sunrise
Charles Stross
29 Incandescence
Greg Egan
28 Atlas Shrugged
Ann Rand
27 Jennifer Morgue
Charles Stross
26 The Attrocity Archieves
Charles Stross
25 The Baroque Cycle (Series)
Niel Stephenson
24 Hydrogen Sonata
Iain M Banks
23 Reamde
Niel Stephenson
22 Anatham
Niel Stephenson
21 Feersum Endjinn
Iain M Banks
20 Ready Player One
Ernest Cline
19 Use of Weapons
lain M Banks
18 Look to Windward
lain M Banks
17 Consider Phlebas
Iain M Banks
16 The Forever War
Joe Alderman
15 Dune (Series), Frank Herbert
14 Singularity Sky,Charles Stross
13 The Complete Robot (Robot Series), Isaac Asimov
12 The Diamond Age, Neal Stephenson
11 Snow Crash, Neal Stephenson
10 Surface Detail, Iain M. Banks
8 A Fire Upon The Deep, Vernor Vinge
5 Saturn’s Children, Charles Stross
4 The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Series), Douglass Adams
3 Cryptonomicon, Neal Stephenson
2 The Player of Games, Iain M. Banks
1 A Deepness in the Sky, Vernor Vinge
Let me know what you think of my top 100 list.
Click on, then reply to, the following tweet:
@weston_toby ‘s Top 100 SciFi Recommendations.https://t.co/FkK8L3LrFw
(sing into member area with email as User ID)Reply to this Tweet and let me know the books you would have included. I will embed this Tweet at the end of the list to keep track of comments.#scifi #top100 pic.twitter.com/9pAFWE1kdD
— Toby Weston (@weston_toby) January 6, 2019
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