A few favourite novels of a largely sci-fi bent

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   People might have expected the dystopian Brave New World, which is more sci-fi than Utopia from Huxley, but I like the Utopian Island a lot. I see a lot of dystopian speculative fiction in my list, and could have focused on that. I didn't think about my list much, just listed novels as they came to my head.

Other than 1984 is probably the novel that had the biggest influence on me, the list is in no preferential order and are just the first to spring to mind. Multiple choice allowed for any you know and like and mention your faves.

Edited by Logan - February 18 2017 at 10:32

Poll Question: Choose any number you like
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
Orwell - 1984	4	[11.11%]
Heinlein - Stranger in a Strange Land	5	[13.89%]
Dick - The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldtritch	3	[8.33%]
Huxley - Island	1	[2.78%]
Vonnegut - Player Piano	3	[8.33%]
Adams - Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency	1	[2.78%]
Asimov - The Gods Themselves	2	[5.56%]
Ishiguro - Never Let Me Go	0	[0.00%]
Atwood - Oryx and Crake	0	[0.00%]
McCarthy - The Road	0	[0.00%]
Lem - The Futurological Congress	2	[5.56%]
Karel Čapek - War of the Newts	0	[0.00%]
Zamyatin - We	1	[2.78%]
Wells - The Island of Doctor Moreau	0	[0.00%]
Bradbury - Fahrenheit 451	3	[8.33%]
Miller - A Canticle for Leibowitz	2	[5.56%]
Stephen King as Richard Bachman - The Long Walk	1	[2.78%]
Wyndam - The Chrysalids	0	[0.00%]
Matheson - I am Legend	1	[2.78%]
James - The Children of Men	0	[0.00%]
Burgess - Clockwork Orange	4	[11.11%]
Bester - The Demolished Man	1	[2.78%]
Perez-Reverte - The Club Dumas	0	[0.00%]
Saramago - Blindness	0	[0.00%]
Clarke - The Fountains of Paradise	2	[5.56%]
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Logan Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum & Site Admin Group Site Admin Joined: April 05 2006 Location: Vancouver, BC Status: Offline Points: 37153	Topic: A few favourite novels of a largely sci-fi bent Posted: February 18 2017 at 10:31
	People might have expected the dystopian Brave New World, which is more sci-fi than Utopia from Huxley, but I like the Utopian Island a lot. I see a lot of dystopian speculative fiction in my list, and could have focused on that. I didn't think about my list much, just listed novels as they came to my head. Other than 1984 is probably the novel that had the biggest influence on me, the list is in no preferential order and are just the first to spring to mind. Multiple choice allowed for any you know and like and mention your faves. Edited by Logan - February 18 2017 at 10:32

dr wu23 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: August 22 2010 Location: Indiana Status: Offline Points: 20659	Posted: February 18 2017 at 11:40
	I also love sci-fi and spent many years reading all the sci-fi greats and some obscure ones also. I've read about half of those. I even have a personal letter from PKDick....I was looking for a copy of Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep.....it was released as Blade Runner and he sent me a nice letter saying he didn't even have a copy of his own book but it would be rereleased soon in conjunction with the film. Thanks for the list....I'll be cking out the ones I haven't read.
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micky Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: October 02 2005 Location: . Status: Offline Points: 46838	Posted: February 18 2017 at 11:47
	while not to the level of the Foundation series.. which was a formative discovery (through my parents of course) to me as a young reader. Directly influencing my life and my studies of numbers and society more than any literary work ever did.. still giving it to The Gods Themselves. I do love me some Assi...
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	I first read Stranger in a Strange Land as a young man, but did not really appreciate it until quite a few years later. It remains, to me, a seminal novel.
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	Lem!

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	I only chose one, Vonnegut.

ALotOfBottle Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: February 17 2016 Location: Lublin, Poland Status: Offline Points: 1990	Posted: February 19 2017 at 00:49
	Haven't read every single one of these books, but I will go with Vonnegut (my favorite author of all time) and Burgess. I have not read The Futurological Congress yet, but I'm discovering Lem's works right now, currently on Return from the Stars.
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BaldJean Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: May 28 2005 Location: Germany Status: Offline Points: 10387	Posted: February 19 2017 at 02:10
	nice to see a Nobel laureate (Saramago) on the list. "City of the Blind" is a great novel indeed. Čapek's "War with the Newts" is also great. actually Čapek is the one who invented the word "robot" (though not in this novel). Friede and I know most of the books from the list. I would like to add a very good one, but it was written in German and to my knowledge not translated into English: "Scintilla. Der Seelenfunke" ("Scintilla. The Soul Spark") by Hubert Mania
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Dopeydoc Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: September 05 2016 Location: France Status: Offline Points: 1366	Posted: March 05 2017 at 05:59
	1984. it looks less and less a fiction...

dr wu23 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: August 22 2010 Location: Indiana Status: Offline Points: 20659	Posted: March 08 2017 at 12:09
	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_series The best 'space opera' I have ever read is by Ian Banks and is called the Culture Series. Quality sci-fi and thought provoking stuff. Edited by dr wu23 - March 08 2017 at 12:11
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	Long list. Excellent choices.

Triceratopsoil Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: April 03 2010 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 18016	Posted: March 17 2017 at 11:48
	Voted for PKD and Miller since I couldn't choose between them edit: added a vote for Zamyatin Edited by Triceratopsoil - March 17 2017 at 11:48