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Most Significant SF & Fantasy Books of the Last 50 Years
Via The News Blog:

The Most Significant SF & Fantasy Books of the Last 50 Years, 1953-2002

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

Bold = we've read 'em
Italic = we read the first three chapters and now they're in a box somewhere
Times font = author is douchebag

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Thread started by majkia
majkia From: [info]majkia Date: March 10th, 2007 10:35 pm (UTC) (Link)
ah relieved to see my all time fav most significant book is there, Lord of Light. Also, Cities in Flight which made me dream away many a night wishing I was on one.
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tikistitch From: [info]tikistitch Date: March 11th, 2007 01:11 am (UTC) (Link)
Two I've missed! Should I add them to the pile? I've read other stuffs by those authors.
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majkia From: [info]majkia Date: March 11th, 2007 01:22 am (UTC) (Link)
oh yes, I'd say so. particularly Lord of Light
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From: (Anonymous) Date: March 11th, 2007 03:06 am (UTC) (Link)
"Times font = author is douchebag"

I agree with you that OSC is a douchebag, but he's still a darn good storyteller.
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celesse From: [info]celesse Date: March 11th, 2007 03:16 am (UTC) (Link)
What! No Sword of Truth!?
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tikistitch From: [info]tikistitch Date: March 11th, 2007 04:09 am (UTC) (Link)
Oooo, who wrote that?
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celesse From: [info]celesse Date: March 11th, 2007 04:15 am (UTC) (Link)
Terry Goodkind <3 Sword of Truth is the name of the series, and Wizard's First Rule is the name of the first book. It is very well written and one of my favorite books of all time. I highly recommend it, you won't be disappointed!
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From: (Anonymous) Date: March 11th, 2007 03:42 am (UTC) (Link)

Others
No CJ Cherryh? No Varley? No Brust? No Lem?
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tikistitch From: [info]tikistitch Date: March 11th, 2007 04:24 am (UTC) (Link)

Re: Others
Totally agree with ya on Lem--maybe the Cyberiad, or Solaris.
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farmercuerden From: [info]farmercuerden Date: March 11th, 2007 12:56 pm (UTC) (Link)

Re: Others
Aye, Lem is godly, he is. So's Brust. It's a very American-centric list.
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From: (Anonymous) Date: March 11th, 2007 05:08 am (UTC) (Link)

OS Card
I don't know much about OS Card. Why do you dislike?
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