Ask HN: What's your favourite sci-fi/fantasy book? Recommendations from 29 sampled comments out of 29 eligible comments. This page covers the sample, rather than the entire HN thread.
dllthomas · Nov 18, 2014 As is "Dune", for sure. stevekemp · Nov 16, 2014 I would pick Dune, Lord of the rings, and anything by Zelazny and Steven Brust as my two followups. dllthomas · Nov 18, 2014 Possibly "Snow Crash". mindcrime · Nov 17, 2014 Snow Crash - Neal Stephenson fred_is_fred · Nov 16, 2014 I really enjoyed reading Snowcrash. It's no literary magic but it's a fun read. atmosx · Nov 16, 2014 Well if not cryptonomicon, then SnowCrash probably atmosx · Nov 16, 2014 Cryptonomicon, it's by FAR the best I've read! codemonkeymike · Nov 18, 2014 Recurring jokes for those who pay attention to detail are little nuggets of gold. mindcrime · Nov 17, 2014 Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card nl · Nov 16, 2014 As good as people say it is. partisan · Nov 16, 2014 I would have answered without hesitation, The Hobbit and Ender's Game. mindcrime · Nov 17, 2014 Neuromancer - William Gibson mindcrime · Nov 17, 2014 Nineteen Eighty-Four - George Orwell stevekemp · Nov 16, 2014 I would pick Dune, Lord of the rings, and anything by Zelazny and Steven Brust as my two followups. dllthomas · Nov 18, 2014 Further back, "Foundation" was pretty amazing, mindcrime · Nov 17, 2014 Foundation series - Asimov thejteam · Nov 18, 2014 Diamond Age is one of those awesome books jimsmart · Nov 16, 2014 Diamond Age (Neal Stephenson) - awesome tale, plenty of nanotech, almost fairy-tale-esque jimsmart · Nov 16, 2014 I have two ultimate faves:-
Accelerando (Charlie Stross) nl · Nov 16, 2014 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Fire_Upon_the_Deep
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Deepness_in_the_Sky
It's easy to categorise these as wonderful and well written space opera, but that undersells them. db48x · Nov 16, 2014 "A Deepness in the Sky" in particular is amazing.