What are your favourite sci-fi books?
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aaronem · Feb 16, 2015While I quite like it (and can't abide its sequels)
huhtenberg · Feb 16, 2015Dune
rnernento · Feb 16, 2015There's something mystical and very powerful about this book and the theme of conquering fear. It also reads surprisingly well
boryas · Feb 16, 2015such an interesting book!
arethuza · Feb 16, 2015Frank Herbert, Dune
everyone · Feb 16, 2015So dune is a great book but it is 90% fantasy
kelu124 · Feb 16, 2015I'd say Snow Crash (for history in geekery).
bruna597 · Feb 16, 2015Snow Crash
huhtenberg · Feb 16, 2015Snow Crash
akkartik · Feb 16, 2015Loosening my uptight definition caused me to better appreciate Snow Crash in particular on a second reading a decade later. It's aged wonderfully.
lwgray · Feb 16, 20153. Snow Crash
firegrind · Feb 16, 2015Snow Crash
macmac · Feb 16, 2015especially "Reamde: A Novel" and "Cryptonomicon".
abhianet · Feb 16, 2015I died laughing twice while reading it.
Bzomak · Feb 16, 2015Orson Scott Card's "Ender's Game"
mattkevan · Feb 16, 2015Enders Game and Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card are fantastic
elorant · Feb 16, 2015The Enter series by Orson Scott Card.
lwgray · Feb 16, 20151. Ender's Game
aaronem · Feb 16, 2015Blindsight - easily the best SF novel I've read in the last decade.
bobcostas55 · Feb 16, 2015Peter Watts - Blindsight
scyllax · Feb 16, 2015Isaac Asimov Foundation (beside mangas!)
macmac · Feb 16, 2015"Daemon", "Freedom(tm)", "Kill Decision" and "Influx" by Daniel Suarez.
JoachimS · Feb 16, 2015I strongly recommend it. It is hard to get going (at least it was for me). But very rewarding.
Jedd · Feb 16, 2015Neal Stephenson's 'Anathem'
arethuza · Feb 16, 2015Neal Stephenson, Anathem
mp8 · Feb 16, 2015Seconded! This is a fantastic book.
macmac · Feb 16, 2015"The Martian" by Andy Weir.