Ask HN: What's your favorite Science Fiction book?
Recommendations from 20 sampled comments out of 20 eligible comments. This page covers the sample, rather than the entire HN thread.
infinii · Oct 17, 2012another vote for Snow Crash
Delphiki · Oct 16, 2012Snow Crash - Neal Stephenson
google-1 · Oct 16, 2012Snow Crash, cyberpunk fun.
_0ffh · Oct 17, 2012they are very good books to boot.
lsiebert · Oct 17, 2012Because it was funny, meditative, and the research into WWII crypto was interesting.
Rust · Oct 16, 2012Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy first
jcla1 · Oct 16, 2012mine would definitely be THHGTTG (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy)
rendeiro · Oct 17, 2012Runner up: Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
Delphiki · Oct 16, 2012Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card
jfaucett · Oct 16, 2012it would be Enders Game by Orsen Scott Card
_0ffh · Oct 17, 2012they are very good books to boot.
abosley · Oct 16, 2012I'll have to say Neuromancer by William Gibson. Changed my worldview and what I thought was possible.
bdunbar · Oct 16, 2012Also: it feels like a future where the details are right, but largely hidden unless needed.
lsiebert · Oct 17, 2012for the insights into correct action, the nature of humor, love, and understanding
S4M · Oct 18, 2012Hyperion, from Dan Simmons (a good scifi writer as well).
S4M · Oct 18, 20121984 from Orwell
rendeiro · Oct 17, 20121984 by George Orwell.
nekopa · Oct 18, 2012I have to recommend the baroque trilogy by Neal Stephenson.
rendeiro · Oct 17, 2012Ubik by Philip K. Dick
S4M · Oct 18, 2012the Foundation series, from Isaac Asimov