dcminter

I remember reading The Selfish Gene as a teenager and being struck by how it made evolution seem almost obvious.

Blindsight - Peter Watts

the lovely BBC radio dramatization of it

A Short History of Nearly Everything - Bill Bryson

I only liked the first part of Seveneves; I thought the second part was stupid.

found Hail Mary to be rather old fashioned

The Cuckoo's Egg - Cliff Stoll

it's certainly beautifully written

Pride & Prejudice - Jane Austen

This is how you lose the time war - Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone

"This is how you lose the time war"

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell - Susannah Clarke

Feersum Endjinn - Iain Banks

I think the best SF I've read was Feersum Endjinn by Iain M. Banks.