| Category |
Title |
Author |
Rating |
Description |
| Sci Fi |
Hyperion Cantos |
Dan Simmons |
|
The epic, other-worldly masterpiece that got me interested in sci-fi. |
| Sci Fi |
The Diamond Age |
Neal Stephenson |
|
Quite possibly the most complex, intelligent, and well-written piece of literature ever created. |
| Sci Fi |
Perdido Street Station |
China Mieville |
|
A perfect <a href="http://dusk. |
| Sci Fi |
Down and Out In the Magic Kingdom |
Cory Doctorow |
|
A fun, unusual, and extrodinarily believable near-future tale set in Disneyland. |
| Sci Fi |
Altered Carbon |
Richard K. Morgan |
|
This is a fast-action sci-fi detective story with some series teeth. |
| Sci Fi |
Snow Crash |
Neal Stephenson |
|
There's only one word to describe this book: bad-ass. |
| Sci Fi |
Market Forces |
Richard K. Morgan |
|
A fast, hard, and raw tale set in an imaginative capitalism-gone-wrong world of corporate mayhem. |
| Sci Fi |
The Chronoliths |
Robert Charles Wilson |
|
At first I wasn't into it, but it developed into a clever tale of time-travel interdependency. |
| Sci Fi |
Gun, with Occassional Music |
Jonathan Lethem |
|
Film noire murder mystery meets off-the-wall sci-fi meets strange drug trip. |
| Sci Fi |
Ilium |
Dan Simmons |
|
Far-future scifi blended with Greek mythology. |
| Sci Fi |
The Speed of Dark |
Elizabeth Moon |
|
This fictional character study of an autistic man in a near-future setting. |
| Sci Fi |
Terenesia |
Greg Egan |
|
I might call this a genetics thriller, sort if in the same category as Jurasic Park, but not lame. |
| Sci Fi |
Revelation Space |
Alastair Reynolds |
|
A far-future space opera with all the fixins'. |
| Sci Fi |
Pastwatch |
Orson Scott Card |
|
That the Europeans conquered the Americans instead of the other way around hinged on only a few minor factors. |
| Sci Fi |
Distress |
Greg Egan |
|
Egan seemlessly weaves biology, genetics, physics, and artificial intelligence to create an extremely believable... |
| Sci Fi |
Ender's Game |
Orson Scott Card |
|
Much has been written about the Ender series; many rank it as some of the top sci-fi of all time. |
| Sci Fi |
Memory |
Linda Nagata |
|
Sci-fi posing as fantasy. |
| Sci Fi |
Ringworld |
Larry Niven |
|
Typically I'm not into scifi classics, but this one is an exception. |
| Sci Fi |
Endymion |
Dan Simmons |
|
The sequel to <a href="/books/show/27">Hyperion Cantos</a>, it has a sort of tacked-on feel and lacks the incredible... |
| Sci Fi |
Rise of Endymion |
Dan Simmons |
|
The finale of the Hyperion -> Endymion series. |
| Sci Fi |
Zodiac |
Neal Stephenson |
|
Consider this a warm-up for Neal Stephenson. |
| Sci Fi |
The Line of Polity |
Neal Asher |
|
This one makes a great intro to sci-fi if you're new to the genre. |
| Sci Fi |
Dune |
Frank Herbert |
|
Sand worms, crysknives, Bene Gesserit, the spice - who doesn't love Dune? |
| Sci Fi |
Treason |
Orson Scott Card |
|
Card's first novel never got much attention, which is a shame because I think this is one of his more interesting works. |
| Sci Fi |
Slow River |
Nicola Griffith |
|
Lesbians and sci-fi, how can you go wrong? |
| Sci Fi |
Manifold Time |
Stephen Baxter |
|
Sold science and mathematical theory mixes with a character-driven story. |
