| Re: Iain M Bank's top ten SF novels - how many have YOU read?
An interesting list from an eclectic author. I could well imagine that, if asked to make a similar list now, he might pick a different 10.
1. The Moon is a Harsh Mistress - Robert Heinlen
Read it when I was young. Liked it at the time. Some Heinlein works age better than others.
2. Tiger! Tiger! - Alfred Bester
Haven't read it, but "The Demolished Man" was one of the best of all time.
3. Hyperion - Dan Simmons
A great book. The subsequent volumes are also fine.
4. Fire Upon The Deep - Vernor Vinge
Another great book. A space opera for the thinking man or woman.
5. Neuromancer - William Gibson
This one is in my stack of books to read next.
6. The Dispossessed - Ursula K Le Guin
Haven't read this one, but have read and highly enjoyed other Le Guin tales. As an anthropologist by training, I can't help but like anything written by Alfred Kroeber's daughter.
7. The Muller-Fokker Efect - John Sladek
Not one known to me.
8. The Pastel City - M John Harrison
See #7
9. Stand on Zanzibar - John Brummer
Another great book. Highly topical at the time it was written and still has much to recommend it today.
10. Babel-17 - Samuel R Delany
A very good novel. In many ways, I liked it better than much of his subsequent output which received wider acclaim.
Regards,
Jim |