19 authors have multiple books on it – John Scalzi has 4! I’ve not read him at all – why is he so popular? (Bradbury, Vonnegut, Heinlein, Dick, Wells, Clarke and Stephenson all have 3 entries each). I thought I’d share the list with you with my own pithy commments and links to those I’ve reviewed since I started blogging, (there are several in this list that appear in my Desert Island Books). It also contains many titles that purists would classify as dystopian, speculative fiction, fantastical – but it’s hard to get too worked up about the list not being pure SF. As a teenager, student and beyond, my reading of SF & Fantasy outweighed all other genres (I made exceptions back then for Maigret, Christie, the Russians and ancient Greek / Latin classics) – for the three years I was at uni it was 100% SF&F! These days, I read occasional SF novels and very little fantasy, but I would like to read more ‘proper’ SF – so maybe I’ll be inspired by this exercise too.Īrguably this list contains some degree of what is (IMHO) literary dross! But, it is based on popularity not quality. I checked out the list and discovered I’ve read a good quantity of them, want to re-read some, always planned to read a few more, and discovered yet more to add to my wishlists. I recently watched Eric’s vlog ( here) on how he wants to read more SF, and that the Goodreads list ( here) might be a good place to get some recommendations.
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