I’ve done book meme’s like this one before, but never a sci-fi specific one. Bolded entries are books that I have read. Not a very impressive showing on my part, but I’ve never professed to be a dedicated sci-fi buff. Also, I’m puzzled as to how some of these books qualify for a sci-fi list—how the hell does Ann Rice get on here unless this is more like an inclusive scifi/fantasy/horror sort of list? Ah well. The list is after the fold; hat tip: zerotwohero
- The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien
- The Foundation Trilogy, Isaac Asimov
- Dune, Frank Herbert
- Stranger in a Strange Land, Robert A. Heinlein
- A Wizard of Earthsea, Ursula K. Le Guin
- Neuromancer, William Gibson
- Childhood’s End, Arthur C. Clarke
- Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Philip K. Dick
- The Mists of Avalon, Marion Zimmer Bradley
- Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury
- The Book of the New Sun, Gene Wolfe
- A Canticle for Leibowitz, Walter M. Miller, Jr.
- The Caves of Steel, Isaac Asimov
- Children of the Atom, Wilmar Shiras
- Cities in Flight, James Blish
- The Colour of Magic, Terry Pratchett
- Dangerous Visions, edited by Harlan Ellison
- Deathbird Stories, Harlan Ellison
- The Demolished Man, Alfred Bester
- Dhalgren, Samuel R. Delany
- Dragonflight, Anne McCaffrey
- Ender’s Game, Orson Scott Card
- The First Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever, Stephen R. Donaldson
- The Forever War, Joe Haldeman
- Gateway, Frederik Pohl
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, J.K. Rowling
- The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams
- I Am Legend, Richard Matheson
- Interview with the Vampire, Anne Rice
- The Left Hand of Darkness, Ursula K. Le Guin
- Little, Big, John Crowley
- Lord of Light, Roger Zelazny
- The Man in the High Castle, Philip K. Dick [I'm read it now]
- Mission of Gravity, Hal Clement
- More Than Human, Theodore Sturgeon
- The Rediscovery of Man, Cordwainer Smith
- On the Beach, Nevil Shute
- Rendezvous with Rama, Arthur C. Clarke
- Ringworld, Larry Niven
- Rogue Moon, Algis Budrys
- The Silmarillion, J.R.R. Tolkien
- Slaughterhouse-5, Kurt Vonnegut
- Snow Crash, Neal Stephenson
- Stand on Zanzibar, John Brunner
- The Stars My Destination, Alfred Bester
- Starship Troopers, Robert A. Heinlein
- Stormbringer, Michael Moorcock
- The Sword of Shannara, Terry Brooks
- Timescape, Gregory Benford
- To Your Scattered Bodies Go, Philip Jose Farmer
And half of the ones you have read aren’t sci-fi :/
Harry Potter? Pratchett? Farenheit 451? I can sort of see what they mean with Slaughterhouse V but I’d hardly call it a straight sci-fi novel. Some of the others are weird, too—Interview with a Vampire? The Silmarillion?!
Weird.
[...] Another bandwagon has been jumped upon, this one coming from Helio’s direction. Ever wondered which SFFH books I’ve read? No? Well you’re about to find out anyway. If they’re emboldened, I’ve read them; if they’re italicised, I particularly want to (though I’d happily read any if they were put in front of me regardless). [...]
Uhhh… since when is Lord of the Rings sci-fi? I’ve always been bitter about the lumping of sci-fi in with fantasy. There’s quite a difference. :P