via Tanya. Out of the 50, I’ve read 23, loved 10, hated 2, and never put down any of the ones I started. Not too bad, but could be better, considering my SF&F shelves have over 1000 books. (I’m amused by the set of (mainly older) SF that I’ve read but Tanya hasn’t…)

The Meme:

This is a list of the 50 most significant science fiction/fantasy novels, 1953-2002, according to the Science Fiction Book Club.

Bold the ones you’ve read, strike-out the ones you hated, italicize those you started but never finished and put an asterisk beside the ones you loved.

• The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien
• The Foundation Trilogy, Isaac Asimov
• Dune, Frank Herbert
• Stranger in a Strange Land, Robert A. Heinlein
• A Wizard of Earthsea, Ursula K. Le Guin
• Neuromancer, William Gibson
• Childhood’s End, Arthur C. Clarke *
• Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Philip K. Dick
• The Mists of Avalon, Marion Zimmer Bradley
• Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury
• The Book of the New Sun, Gene Wolfe
• A Canticle for Leibowitz, Walter M. Miller, Jr.
• The Caves of Steel, Isaac Asimov
• Children of the Atom, Wilmar Shiras
• Cities in Flight, James Blish *
• The Colour of Magic, Terry Pratchett *
• Dangerous Visions, edited by Harlan Ellison
• Deathbird Stories, Harlan Ellison
• The Demolished Man, Alfred Bester
• Dhalgren, Samuel R. Delany
• Dragonflight, Anne McCaffrey *
• Ender’s Game, Orson Scott Card *
• The First Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever, Stephen R. Donaldson
• The Forever War, Joe Haldeman *
• Gateway, Frederik Pohl *
• Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, J.K. Rowling
• The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams *
• I Am Legend, Richard Matheson
• Interview with the Vampire, Anne Rice
• The Left Hand of Darkness, Ursula K. Le Guin
• Little, Big, John Crowley
• Lord of Light, Roger Zelazny
• The Man in the High Castle, Philip K. Dick
• Mission of Gravity, Hal Clement
• More Than Human, Theodore Sturgeon
• The Rediscovery of Man, Cordwainer Smith
• On the Beach, Nevil Shute
• Rendezvous with Rama, Arthur C. Clarke
• Ringworld, Larry Niven
• Rogue Moon, Algis Budrys
• The Silmarillion, J.R.R. Tolkien
• Slaughterhouse-5, Kurt Vonnegut
• Snow Crash, Neal Stephenson *
• Stand on Zanzibar, John Brunner *
• The Stars My Destination, Alfred Bester
• Starship Troopers, Robert A. Heinlein
• Stormbringer, Michael Moorcock
• The Sword of Shannara, Terry Brooks
• Timescape, Gregory Benford
• To Your Scattered Bodies Go, Philip Jose Farmer