Fuzziness of spirit, the weariness of mind, leaves the tongue bewitched. Silent. Slumbering in the dark cave known as the mouth. The fingers left to their own devices, dance along the keyboards, searching. Vacant eyes staring, flash occasionally with mild amusement. The quest for actual content continues… Until found, books.
Top 100 Sci-Fi Books
Rank Author/Editor Title Year
1 Herbert, Frank Dune 1965
2 Card, Orson Scott Ender's Game [S1] 1985
3 Asimov, Isaac Foundation [S1-3] 1951
4 Adams, Douglas The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy [S1] 1979
5 Orwell, George Nineteen Eighty-Four 1949
6 Heinlein, Robert A The Moon is a Harsh Mistress 1966
7 Simmons, Dan Hyperion 1989
8 Heinlein, Robert A Stranger in a Strange Land 1961
9 Gibson, William Neuromancer 1984
10 Le Guin, Ursula K The Left Hand of Darkness 1969
11 Card, Orson Scott Speaker for the Dead [S2] 1986
12 Niven, Larry Ringworld 1970
13 Asimov, Isaac [C] I, Robot 1950
14 Zelazny, Roger Lord of Light 1967
15 Brin, David Startide Rising [S2] 1983
16 Miller, Walter M A Canticle for Leibowitz 1959
17 Clarke, Arthur C Rendezvous With Rama 1973
18 Haldeman, Joe The Forever War 1974
19 Bradbury, Ray [C] The Martian Chronicles 1950
20 Clarke, Arthur C Childhood's End 1954
21 Niven & Pournelle The Mote in God's Eye 1975
22 Pohl, Frederik Gateway 1977
23 Heinlein, Robert A Starship Troopers 1959
24 Stephenson, Neal Snow Crash 1992
25 Le Guin, Ursula K The Dispossessed 1974
26 Bradbury, Ray Fahrenheit 451 1954
27 Bester, Alfred The Stars My Destination 1956
28 Clarke, Arthur C 2001: A Space Odyssey 1968
29 Vinge, Vernor A Fire Upon the Deep 1991
30 Bester, Alfred The Demolished Man 1953
31 Brunner, John Stand on Zanzibar 1969
32 Brin, David The Uplift War [S3] 1987
33 Wolfe, Gene The Shadow of the Torturer [S1] 1980
34 Keyes, Daniel Flowers for Algernon 1966
35 Sturgeon, Theodore More Than Human 1953
36 Wells, H G The Time Machine 1895
37 Huxley, Aldous Brave New World 1932
38 Simak, Clifford Way Station 1963
39 Asimov, Isaac The Caves of Steel 1954
40 Dick, Philip K Ubik 1969
41 Dick, Philip K Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968
42 Robinson, Kim Stanley Red Mars 1992
43 Dick, Philip K The Man in the High Castle 1962
44 Wells, H G The War of the Worlds 1898
45 Asimov, Isaac The Gods Themselves 1972
46 Cherryh, C J Downbelow Station 1981
47 Banks, Iain M Player Of Games 1988
48 Stephenson, Neal The Diamond Age 1995
49 Niven & Pournelle Lucifer's Hammer 1977
50 Bujold, Lois McMaster Barrayar 1991
51 Simak, Clifford [C] City 1952
52 Farmer, Philip Jose To Your Scattered Bodies Go 1971
53 Willis, Connie Doomsday Book 1992
54 Heinlein, Robert A Time Enough For Love 1973
55 Forward, Robert L Dragon's Egg 1980
56 Wyndham, John The Day of the Triffids 1951
57 Dick, Philip K The Three Stigmata Of Palmer Eldritch 1964
58 Heinlein, Robert A Have Space-Suit - Will Travel 1958
59 Burroughs, Edgar Rice A Princess of Mars [S1] 1912
60 Clarke, Arthur C The City and the Stars 1956
61 Clarke, Arthur C The Fountains of Paradise 1979
62 Anderson, Poul Tau Zero 1970
63 Silverberg, Robert Dying Inside 1972
64 Powers, Tim The Anubis Gates 1983
65 Smith, E E 'Doc' Grey Lensman [S4] 1951
66 Vonnegut, Kurt Slaughterhouse Five 1969
67 Heinlein, Robert A The Puppet Masters 1951
68 Heinlein, Robert A Citizen Of the Galaxy 1957
69 Verne, Jules 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea 1870
70 Lem, Stanislaw Solaris 1961
71 Bear, Greg Blood Music 1985
72 Harrison, Harry The Stainless Steel Rat [S1] 1961
73 Varley, John Titan 1979
74 Heinlein, Robert A The Door Into Summer 1956
75 Cherryh, C J Cyteen: The Betrayal [S1] 1988
76 Pohl & Kornbluth The Space Merchants 1953
77 Asimov, Isaac The End Of Eternity 1955
78 Benford, Gregory Timescape 1980
79 Cherryh, C J Cuckoo's Egg 1985
80 Wyndham, John The Chrysalids 1955
81 Burgess, Anthony A Clockwork Orange 1962
82 Verne, Jules Journey to the Center of the Earth 1864
83 Delany, Samuel R Dhalgren 1975
84 Schmitz, James H The Witches Of Karres 1966
85 Blish, James [C] Earthman, Come Home 1955
86 Vonnegut, Kurt Cat's Cradle 1963
87 Bear, Greg Eon 1985
88 Ellison, Harlan [ed] [A] Dangerous Visions 1967
89 Ellison, Harlan [C] Deathbird Stories 1975
90 Gibson, William [C] Burning Chrome 1986
91 Brunner, John The Sheep Look Up 1972
92 Banks, Iain M Use of Weapons 1990
93 Dickson, Gordon Dorsai (vt The Genetic General) 1960
94 Wells, H G The Invisible Man 1897
95 Niven, Larry [C] Neutron Star 1968
96 Blish, James A Case of Conscience 1958
97 Strugatsky, Arkady & Boris Roadside Picnic 1972
98 Shelley, Mary Frankenstein 1818
99 Delany, Samuel R Babel-17 1966
100 van Vogt, A E The World of Null-A 1948