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Haven't done a meme for a while, so here goes (from skipperdee)...

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. (skipperdee's addition: underline the ones you read a kajillion years ago and didn't really understand and should thus probably read again.)

( I'd actually read more of these than I'd thought )

There are none on the list that I hated, but I didn find Ringworld and the Demolished Man to be a bit overrated. Plus, though I haven't read it, I wasn't aware that the Silmarilion brought anything to the table that LoTR didn't also bring. And, while I'm at it, where are Vernor Vinge and George R. R. Martin? *fanboy pout*


edit: The more I think about it, the more I understand the choices on that list (except the Silmarilion thing). A much as I love Vinge and Martin, maybe they are both more just-plain-good than genre-changing. Demolished Man did have some really new things in it. In fact, in this light it's The Stars My Destination, which I enjoyed more, that seems out of place on the list. I don't remember any really revolutionary concepts being introduced there. I should probably re-read both sometime, though.