Best Science Fiction Novels
- Description
- Future worlds, alien vistas, speculative scientific developments... LibraryThing members choose the best of science fiction!
1
10,954 members
157 reviews
3.9
Global Rank 22
Score 147.01
Added 2012-01-09, 01:08 AM
- 75 Members
- szarka, joeldinda, adsddy, SqueakyChu, jmnlman, Awfki, psybre, SRHarbin, limerts, Osbaldistone, Rtrace, ayaeckel, sdobie, paradoxosalpha, goldenmoon, enrique_molinero, amobogio, Hibou8, norabelle414, aulsmith, EmScape, Julilla, avatiakh, rossarn, DugsBooks, pamur, bestem, BeckyJG, Ross.Farnsworth, CarltonC, br77rino, okeres, merrystar, blackdove07, Balkan, buk1968, santhony, jerry-book, dukeallen, sturlington, freetrader, jasmaynard, perennialreader, LiveAndrew, JohnChic, smasler, Rbrancher2, Doey, diagram, alex68, BruceDMacDonald, mike_frank, Bluewolf0411, RVerde, jdjamsa, gypsysmom, mjbaker, al.vick, streetwa, ahef1963, linlef, ChrisKohout, beth623, dsp501, smitch521, RecklessReader, beanythesane, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda, Aine615, SpotofBorg, DCJeffrey, oldminiclub, skid0612, Stefcxjo,andyl ,lorax ,pgmcc ,lquilter ,feaelin ,TLCrawford ,scottd ,masiejames , , ,LisaMaria_C ,rretzler ,spaceowl , ,timetunnel ,hhenry3
- Explanations
- paradoxosalpha: Specifically the first, shorter edition. Avoid the posthumous reversion of the author's edits that created the inferior book released in the 1990s.
2
41,068 members
1,045 reviews
½ 4.3
Global Rank 5
Score 284.47
Added 2012-01-09, 12:32 AM
- 118 Members
- timspalding, gilroy, szarka, joeldinda, conceptDawg, staffordcastle, Awfki, pammab, psybre, limerts, Stav, Rtrace, ayaeckel, Euryale, sdobie, tsangal, KC9333, grizzly.anderson, mkjones, foggidawn, longway, b1_, MikeBriggs, goldenmoon, bibliorex, cthulhuslibrarian, mccin68, Sopoforic, BookWallah, lluisanglada, amobogio, Aerrin99, Hibou8, feaelin, norabelle414, EmScape, avatiakh, rossarn, falkman, pamur, asalamon, bestem, BeckyJG, br77rino, okeres, merrystar, blackdove07, Balkan, buk1968, scottd, santhony, sturlington, freetrader, RBeffa, sesanderson, majjacsobe, calm, suitable1, perennialreader, hoddybook, tottman, marycloseburn, lewbs, alexdelarge, brightcopy, LisaMaria_C, leigonj, Kristelh, Rbrancher2, Doey, baswood, DavidGuegan, zjakkelien, mike_frank, Ippotamus, Bluewolf0411, rretzler, RVerde, scificomics, Rick_Deckard, BomboChipolata, scriptus, parasolofdoom, al.vick, ahef1963, MissJessie, jeffza, Tanya-dogearedcopy, rocketmac360, Paulgnagy, linlef, ChrisKohout, beth623, Stefano.Rodighiero, gendeg, toonami, tourist68, WilGbn, Vulco1, smitch521, hamhands, RodgerA, Rwbyy, Dairyqueen84, rcatalano, borderdad, Fishmen, beanythesane, towermancn, SpotofBorg, Thelos12, DCJeffrey, pgirl, PlatinumWarlock, gregraubie, shecht91, alyssamhope23, blasetvt,andyl ,lorax ,Milesc ,anglemark ,AsYouKnow_Bob ,lquilter ,rarm ,trandism ,Ragnell ,Jannes , ,enrique_molinero ,DugsBooks , ,stellarexplorer ,dukeallen ,masiejames ,jasmaynard , ,souloftherose , ,StunnedTuna , , ,ManWithAnAgenda , ,SOShea
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5,538 members
65 reviews
3.9
Global Rank 179
Score 15.06
Added 2012-01-26, 08:12 AM
- 15 Members
- psybre, AsYouKnow_Bob, Rtrace, sdobie, EmScape, Ross.Farnsworth, SylviaC, Rbrancher2, Doey, cjbanning, gypsysmom, horacio.salazar, smitch521, RecklessReader, Antoavrg,andyl ,feaelin ,aulsmith ,sturlington ,hoddybook ,LisaMaria_C ,Bluewolf0411
- Explanations
- aulsmith : I guess for a book written with a brain tumor it's pretty good, but it's not what I read Heinlein forBluewolf0411: Not science fiction.
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10,423 members
183 reviews
4.1
Global Rank 19
Score 163.57
Added 2012-01-09, 12:31 PM
- 71 Members
- hailelib, jjwilson61, gilroy, szarka, joeldinda, staffordcastle, anglemark, psybre, john1099, limerts, AsYouKnow_Bob, lquilter, Rtrace, ayaeckel, Euryale, sdobie, jain, grizzly.anderson, KimarieBee, enrique_molinero, sarahemmm, Surtac, feaelin, aulsmith, dhm, EmScape, Julilla, DugsBooks, clong, stellarexplorer, bestem, Ross.Farnsworth, okeres, geitebukkeskjegg, Pamela110, Balkan, buk1968, santhony, dukeallen, calm, suitable1, jasmaynard, LiveAndrew, alanb1, smasler, LisaMaria_C, Rbrancher2, Doey, mike_frank, eclecticdodo, Bluewolf0411, rretzler, RVerde, BomboChipolata, gypsysmom, mjbaker, al.vick, streetwa, ahef1963, MissJessie, Paulgnagy, ChrisKohout, beth623, David_Krajci, wakawaka65, ManWithAnAgenda, pieperp, Antoavrg, SpotofBorg, DCJeffrey, shecht91,MikeBriggs ,LolaWalser ,majkia ,amobogio ,sturlington
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38,766 members
718 reviews
4.2
Global Rank 2
Score 368.5
Added 2012-01-09, 05:56 PM
- 142 Members
- Edward, hailelib, mark, Only2rs, tardis, szarka, mkunruh, gennyt, hipdeep, conceptDawg, staffordcastle, devenish, pgmcc, Awfki, pammab, psybre, Herenya, Osbaldistone, Stav, Storeetllr, Rtrace, Euryale, sdobie, jain, tsangal, grizzly.anderson, rarm, foggidawn, trandism, MikeBriggs, Ragnell, cthulhuslibrarian, enrique_molinero, amobogio, Surtac, guyalice, norabelle414, EmScape, Julilla, ElBarto, rossarn, falkman, DugsBooks, pamur, bjornar, andejons, BeckyJG, Ross.Farnsworth, CarltonC, hildretha, br77rino, okeres, merrystar, blackdove07, Balkan, deldevries, birder4106, SylviaC, Myyst, sturlington, flips, freetrader, pwaites, nebula21, sesanderson, mrmapcase, susiesharp, igorken, jasmaynard, Sylak, dot.zen, souloftherose, marycloseburn, alexdelarge, venza, LiveAndrew, alanb1, brightcopy, Matteocalosi, JohnChic, LisaMaria_C, Kristelh, Rbrancher2, DavidGuegan, zjakkelien, mike_frank, eclecticdodo, Ippotamus, rretzler, Tomgraham, RVerde, acceptance, cej1027, gypsysmom, bibliopolitan, al.vick, Risbom, streetwa, ahef1963, MissJessie, Tanya-dogearedcopy, Settings, thegreenmikado, kara.shamy, Paulgnagy, linlef, Peace2, beth623, Vaclav_L, toonami, emmendelson, bruc79, smitch521, timetunnel, RecklessReader, viot.henri, erkanerener, polaritynk, RodgerA, Rwbyy, msemmag, wakawaka65, Dairyqueen84, acousticmoose, strongbear, towermancn, Jerriar, ManWithAnAgenda, SBCB, Julie_in_the_Library, Antoavrg, Trillian89, Thelos12, lcl999, BrandonAzzarella, Silu_1, SOShea, gregraubie, shecht91, alyssamhope23, bochkarev, blasetvt,jjwilson61 ,anglemark ,eromsted ,lquilter ,prosfilaes ,feaelin ,aulsmith ,stellarexplorer ,santhony ,RBeffa ,suitable1 , ,hoddybook ,tottman ,alex68 ,Bluewolf0411 ,electrice ,rocketmac360 ,Ctluster
- Explanations
- jjwilson61 : Not science fictionaulsmith : Fun, but really poor in the sf area.Bluewolf0411: Not scifielectrice : read in 2013, silly storylcl999: One of the few really funny SF stories. Makes Pratchett seem a bit childish.
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by Ray Bradbury
16,599 members
322 reviews
4.1
Global Rank 10
Score 217.28
Added 2012-01-09, 04:20 PM
- 91 Members
- timspalding, mark, tardis, WalkerMedia, mkunruh, Milesc, devenish, anglemark, psybre, SRHarbin, Stav, Storeetllr, Rtrace, ayaeckel, sdobie, grizzly.anderson, mkjones, longway, goldenmoon, bibliorex, vincemccarrie, mccin68, amysisson, lluisanglada, amobogio, Surtac, guyalice, feaelin, norabelle414, EmScape, Julilla, falkman, DugsBooks, pamur, BeckyJG, Ross.Farnsworth, kootibkiteer, CarltonC, okeres, merrystar, geitebukkeskjegg, Pamela110, jerry-book, dukeallen, sturlington, RBeffa, suitable1, jasmaynard, Sylak, thecoroner, andomck, lewbs, LiveAndrew, JohnChic, LisaMaria_C, Rbrancher2, Doey, DavidGuegan, alex68, mike_frank, Bluewolf0411, RVerde, Jarandel, Bretzky1, gypsysmom, parasolofdoom, al.vick, ahef1963, MissJessie, Michael.Rimmer, scog.as, Tanya-dogearedcopy, Echinopsis, deven.bookman, beth623, dsp501, Vaclav_L, timetunnel, RecklessReader, viot.henri, David_Krajci, Rwbyy, FranzK72, SBCB, Antoavrg, Thelos12, DCJeffrey, PlatinumWarlock, czehme4, JohnGault, blasetvt,andyl ,MikeBriggs ,TLCrawford ,aulsmith ,spaceowl
- Explanations
- aulsmith : Not a novel
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39,404 members
958 reviews
4
Global Rank 29
Score 126.5
Added 2012-01-11, 02:26 PM
- 60 Members
- Aquila, Only2rs, Quaisior, hipdeep, pammab, psybre, limerts, Rtrace, Euryale, sdobie, rarm, goldenmoon, Ragnell, keristars, bibliorex, enrique_molinero, BookWallah, sarahemmm, guyalice, feaelin, norabelle414, EmScape, Julilla, DugsBooks, clong, hildretha, okeres, merrystar, thejazzmonger, deldevries, SylviaC, sturlington, ncgraham, majjacsobe, perennialreader, andomck, LiveAndrew, smasler, svfreeman, Doey, rretzler, RVerde, parasolofdoom, al.vick, ahef1963, 4leschats, MissJessie, Tanya-dogearedcopy, beth623, RecklessReader, invisigoth, Dairyqueen84, ManWithAnAgenda, SpotofBorg, rmm017, skid0612, BrandonAzzarella, pgirl, SOShea, JohnGault,andyl ,anglemark ,lquilter ,MikeBriggs ,aulsmith ,santhony ,jasmaynard ,Bluewolf0411
- Explanations
- aulsmith : Couldn't get into L'Engle. Don't know why.
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15,923 members
384 reviews
4
Global Rank 4
Score 289.55
Added 2012-01-09, 07:44 AM
- 100 Members
- Edward, andyl, lorax, Aquila, mark, Only2rs, gilroy, Quaisior, joeldinda, mkunruh, gennyt, hipdeep, Milesc, amberwitch, pgmcc, anglemark, psybre, limerts, AsYouKnow_Bob, eromsted, lquilter, Storeetllr, Noisy, Rtrace, ayaeckel, Euryale, jain, mkjones, rarm, Ragnell, Jannes, LolaWalser, majkia, amysisson, lluisanglada, Surtac, Aerrin99, Hibou8, aulsmith, EmScape, Julilla, avatiakh, belgrade18, clong, DorsVenabili, CarltonC, okeres, geitebukkeskjegg, Pamela110, quigui, scottd, santhony, Myyst, sturlington, freetrader, sesanderson, jasmaynard, souloftherose, marycloseburn, andomck, alexdelarge, LisaMaria_C, StunnedTuna, FrancoisTremblay, Dilara86, Kristelh, Endobiker, Doey, alex68, mike_frank, electrice, RVerde, scificomics, Jarandel, laurenms, inanotherlibrary, gypsysmom, bibliopolitan, bluyssae, Echinopsis, kara.shamy, Paulgnagy, linlef, beth623, dianeham, bormgans, timetunnel, blancosa, Avencejo, RodgerA, acousticmoose, willofthewind, ManWithAnAgenda, DCJeffrey, skid0612, BrandonAzzarella, PlatinumWarlock, SOShea, alyssamhope23, blasetvt,pammab ,bibliorex ,prosfilaes ,RBeffa ,Bluewolf0411 ,spaceowl
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15,778 members
211 reviews
4
Global Rank 34
Score 99.97
Added 2012-01-09, 12:35 AM
- 56 Members
- timspalding, szarka, ringman, psybre, Rtrace, ayaeckel, sdobie, mkjones, goldenmoon, prosfilaes, feaelin, norabelle414, EmScape, rossarn, falkman, asalamon, bestem, br77rino, merrystar, Pamela110, santhony, jerry-book, sturlington, freetrader, pwaites, calm, hoddybook, tottman, marycloseburn, lewbs, LisaMaria_C, Rbrancher2, Doey, DavidGuegan, diagram, zjakkelien, mike_frank, wef234gmail.com, rretzler, wifilibrarian, BomboChipolata, scriptus, ahef1963, blkrk4000, rocketmac360, Paulgnagy, ChrisKohout, beth623, blancosa, hamhands, Dairyqueen84, beanythesane, tsingtao, DCJeffrey, BookstoreOwnerLJO, pgirl,andyl ,lorax ,gilroy ,pgmcc ,pammab ,lquilter ,bibliorex ,Balkan ,masiejames , ,StunnedTuna ,ManWithAnAgenda , ,shecht91
- Explanations
- gilroy: Not that great a book. Don't see it being on a best of list
10
4,058 members
75 reviews
3.8
Global Rank 62
Score 61.08
Added 2012-01-09, 03:53 AM
- 36 Members
- timspalding, hailelib, szarka, joeldinda, jmnlman, psybre, SRHarbin, Rtrace, goldenmoon, sarahemmm, feaelin, EmScape, jburlinson, Ross.Farnsworth, geitebukkeskjegg, Pamela110, Balkan, thejazzmonger, dukeallen, suitable1, jasmaynard, Rbrancher2, Doey, diagram, rretzler, RVerde, gypsysmom, ahef1963, ChrisKohout, beth623, kennethb97, smitch521, RecklessReader, David_Krajci, ManWithAnAgenda, Antoavrg,lorax ,lquilter ,sturlington ,masiejames ,RBeffa , ,Bluewolf0411
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12,172 members
220 reviews
3.8
Global Rank 32
Score 107.78
Added 2012-01-26, 02:27 PM
- 56 Members
- timspalding, hailelib, Only2rs, szarka, joeldinda, Awfki, john1099, Stav, Rtrace, ayaeckel, sdobie, bibliorex, Aerrin99, TLCrawford, EmScape, DugsBooks, Ross.Farnsworth, CarltonC, okeres, Balkan, scottd, santhony, jerry-book, dukeallen, freetrader, stevemaynard, suitable1, tottman, lewbs, alexdelarge, LiveAndrew, LisaMaria_C, leigonj, Rbrancher2, Doey, diagram, mike_frank, RVerde, scificomics, BomboChipolata, gypsysmom, streetwa, MissJessie, Paulgnagy, ChrisKohout, beth623, horacio.salazar, dsp501, smitch521, Saultimate, David_Krajci, wakawaka65, ManWithAnAgenda, DCJeffrey, BookstoreOwnerLJO, shecht91,andyl ,anglemark ,lquilter ,sturlington , ,StunnedTuna ,Bluewolf0411 ,spaceowl
- Explanations
- horacio.salazar: Kind of corny, but superb. You have to remember when it was written. You wanna live forever?!
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11,731 members
306 reviews
3.9
Global Rank 9
Score 230.31
Added 2012-01-10, 12:16 PM
- 93 Members
- timspalding, andyl, hailelib, mark, Only2rs, szarka, joeldinda, mkunruh, devenish, SqueakyChu, anglemark, psybre, Osbaldistone, lquilter, Rtrace, ayaeckel, sdobie, grizzly.anderson, mkjones, majkia, lluisanglada, prosfilaes, amobogio, Surtac, Aerrin99, TLCrawford, aulsmith, DugsBooks, pamur, asalamon, clong, stellarexplorer, BeckyJG, CarltonC, okeres, Pamela110, Balkan, buk1968, scottd, sturlington, sesanderson, calm, suitable1, jasmaynard, hoddybook, tottman, marycloseburn, lewbs, LiveAndrew, dallenbaugh, alanb1, Matteocalosi, smasler, LisaMaria_C, StunnedTuna, Kristelh, Rbrancher2, Endobiker, Doey, Bluewolf0411, rretzler, spaceowl, RVerde, scificomics, Jarandel, acceptance, gypsysmom, al.vick, Risbom, ahef1963, blkrk4000, Settings, Echinopsis, deerhorne, linlef, ChrisKohout, beth623, dsp501, dianeham, erkanerener, Pajamas, RodgerA, David_Krajci, acousticmoose, ManWithAnAgenda, Antoavrg, DCJeffrey, Rbertossi, PlatinumWarlock, ProbioticAnt, shecht91, JohnGault, blasetvt,pammab ,MikeBriggs ,EmScape ,santhony ,dukeallen ,nebula21 ,RBeffa ,andomck