Lists of Bests: Dmitri Z.'s "Essential Science Fiction" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/9708 These are books I consider essential to a lover of science fiction. For series, I just list the first book in the series, but recommend the whole thing (and possibly the books in the setting it takes place in). Fri, 01 Jun 2012 00:49:46 GMT en-us 0 50 77 50 0 Foundation http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/969416 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/969416"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0553803719.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Isaac Asimov</div> Dune, 40th Anniversary Edition (Dune Chronicles, Book 1) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/962380 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/962380"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/412Z9FE2E6L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Frank Herbert</div> Ender's Game http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/563187 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/563187"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/511J8LyyVsL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Orson Scott Card</div> The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7753 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7753"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/414r3cTrOeL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Douglas Adams</div> The Caves of Steel (R. Daneel Olivaw, Book 1) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/15812 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/15812"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51uUJnj7UjL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Isaac Asimov</div> Radix http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/395422 <div id="position">6</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by A.A. Attanasio</div> Feersum Endjinn http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/15876 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/15876"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51hUNOi0L2L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Iain M Banks</div> Consider Phlebas http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/33245 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/33245"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51TrnvvDCLL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Iain M Banks</div> The Martian Chronicles http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9893 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9893"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51phLBIgmBL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ray Bradbury</div> Fahrenheit 451 (Ave Fenix) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/961798 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/961798"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/9506440298.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ray Bradbury</div> Stand on Zanzibar http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/33272 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/33272"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1857988361.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Brunner</div> Wyrms http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/22434 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/22434"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/5160RVM1VmL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Orson Scott Card</div> 2001: A Space Odyssey http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13827 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13827"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41Ru-blcTHL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Arthur C. Clarke</div> Nova http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9136 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9136"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/519QXSABCPL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Samuel R. Delany</div> The Einstein Intersection http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/25833 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/25833"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51-ZSYVWSCL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Samuel R. Delany</div> Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/82444 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/82444"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51KV1K%2BQeFL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Samuel R. Delany</div> The Man in the High Castle http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18853 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18853"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/417ZHFljHML._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Philip K. Dick</div> The Real Story: The Gap into Conflict http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/15819 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/15819"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51WiXEQv6lL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stephen R. Donaldson</div> Neuromancer http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/12791 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/12791"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51A1HJ0GVYL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William Gibson</div> Stranger in a Strange Land http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/194544 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/194544"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51O1HFjjE1L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert A. Heinlein</div> Starship Troopers http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/12879 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/12879"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Jgq-6hDML._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert A. Heinlein</div> Time Enough for Love http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/12884 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/12884"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51GfDo4qAxL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert A. Heinlein</div> Puppet Masters http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7539 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7539"><img src="http://ec3.images-amazon.com/images/P/0345330145.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056436924_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert A. Heinlein</div> The Cyberiad http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4033 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4033"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51FXrAJeA7L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stanislaw Lem</div> Solaris http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4034 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4034"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41okUbYRDOL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stanislaw Lem</div> A Canticle for Leibowitz http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1218054 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1218054"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51K1THVKN9L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Walter M. Miller Jr.</div> Ringworld http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7547 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7547"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Qxj4mQF8L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Larry Niven</div> Empire of the East (Bks. 1-3: The Broken Lands, The Black Mountains, and Ardneh's World) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/22453 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/22453"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Ex-XlrqTL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Fred Saberhagen</div> The Stars My Destination http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19058 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19058"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71B17EY9K1L._SL75_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alfred Bester</div> Hyperion http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1232275 <div id="position">30</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dan Simmons</div> Snow Crash (Bantam Spectra Book) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/15913 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/15913"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/5192EnTxNQL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Neal Stephenson</div> The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer (Bantam Spectra Book) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/15914 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/15914"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51eDiMq4dsL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Neal Stephenson</div> Roadside Picnic (SF Collector's Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65357 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65357"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41YrFhzMH3L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Arkadii Strugatsky</div> Beetle in the Anthill (Best of Soviet Science Fiction) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/573738 <div id="position">34</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/573738"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/5112rSyuZXL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Arkady Strugatsky</div> The Snail On The Slope http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1396211 <div id="position">35</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky</div> From the Earth to the Moon http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/974092 <div id="position">36</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/974092"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1420926810.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jules Verne</div> 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea / By Jules http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/974091 <div id="position">37</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jules Verne</div> A Journey to the Center of the Earth http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1272391 <div id="position">38</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1272391"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1420926802.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jules Verne</div> True Names...and Other Dangers http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/17930 <div id="position">39</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/17930"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51VOtAWis5L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Vernor Vinge</div> A Fire Upon The Deep http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/25312 <div id="position">40</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/25312"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41MEpbI4jML._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Vernor Vinge</div> Cat's Cradle: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10107 <div id="position">41</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10107"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51pj5jRGyuL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kurt Vonnegut</div> The Time Machine (Signet Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/654946 <div id="position">42</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/654946"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41JmZ%2BPqChL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by H.G. Wells</div> The Invisible Man (Penguin Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/124500 <div id="position">43</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/124500"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Xp5C74%2B-L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by H.G. Wells</div> H. G. Wells' The War Of The Worlds http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/188903 <div id="position">44</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/188903"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/413eq0GUpLL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ian Edginton</div> The First Men in the Moon (Penguin Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/365786 <div id="position">45</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/365786"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51cA0eNOjQL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by H.G. Wells</div> The Day of the Triffids (20th Century Rediscoveries) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/25547 <div id="position">46</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/25547"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51n33kb9lyL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Wyndham</div> City of Golden Shadow (Otherland, Volume 1) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/27366 <div id="position">47</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/27366"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51VD3JD3SML._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Tad Williams</div> The Illuminatus! Trilogy: The Eye in the Pyramid, The Golden Apple, Leviathan http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/12616 <div id="position">48</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/12616"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51hnDH%2BJS6L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert Shea</div> The Great Book of Amber: The Complete Amber Chronicles, 1-10 (Chronicles of Amber) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9801 <div id="position">49</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9801"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61G4E6ztjML._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Roger Zelazny</div> Lord of Light http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/135560 <div id="position">50</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/135560"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51bskgKsXCL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Roger Zelazny</div>