Books
I've read a lot of speculative fiction novels. Some of them were
good. A list.
Books that are very good
- Fire Upon the Deep : Vinge
- Snow Crash : Stephenson
- The Mote in God's Eye : Niven, Pournelle
- Dune : Herbert
Books that are almost as good
- The Moon is a Harsh Mistress : Heinlein
- Kiln People : Brin
- The Integral Trees : Niven
- Startide Rising : Brin
- Cryptonomicon : Stephenson
- Robot series : Asimov
- Ender's Game, Ender's Shadow : Card
- Lord of The Rings : Tolkien
- Hitchhiker series : Adams
- Pastwatch : Card
- Children of the Sky : Vinge
- Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality : Yudkowsky
Good books
- Foundation series : Asimov
- Lucifer's Hammer : Niven
- Earth : Brin
- The Peacewar : Vinge
- Marooned in Realtime : Vinge
- The Diamond Age : Stephenson
- Interface : Stephenson, George
- The Practice Effect : Brin
- The Truth : Pratchett
- Zodiac : Stephenson
- Anathem : Stephenson
Worth reading
- Starship Troopers : Heinlein
- Ringworld and Ringworld Engineers : Niven
- Stranger in a Strange Land : Heinlein
- Dune's sequels : Herbert
- (Other) Ender's Game sequels : Card
- The Gods Themselves : Asimov
- The Magic Goes Away : Niven
- Destiny's Road : Niven
- The Postman : Brin
- The Caryatids : Sterling (see my semi-review)
Books I read when I was younger, liked, but am afraid I might
re-read and dislike
- Swallows and Amazons series : Ransom
- The Hobbit : Tolkien
- Pern Series : McCaffrey
Books I read when I was younger, liked, re-read, disliked
Books I really need to reccomend against
- Thieve's World (I) : Asprin
- Star Probe : Green
Books I intend to read, generally on friends' recomendations.
- The Disposessed : LeGuin
- The Forever War: Halderman
Last modified by Jeff Kaufman: Sat Oct 31, 2015