Science fiction books

[jaret]

Okay now how many of these science fiction books have you read?

1. The Demolished Man by Alfred Bester
2. A Case of Conscience by James Blish
3. Startide Rising by David Brin
4. Stand on Zanzibar by John Brunner
5. Falling Free by Lois McMaster Bujold
6. A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
7. Downbelow Station by C.J. Cherryh
8. Lest Darkness Fall by L. Sprague de Camp
9. Babel-17 by Samuel R. Delaney
10. The Einstein Intersection by Samuel R. Delaney
11. The Poison Belt by Arthur Conan Doyle
12. To Your Scattered Bodies Go by Phillip Jose Farmer
13. Neuromancer by William Gibson
14. The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin
15. She by H. Rider Haggard
16. The Black Cloud by Fred Hoyle
17. Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
18. The Moon and the Sun by Vonda McIntyre
19. A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller, Jr.
20. Animal Farm by George Orwell
21. The Terminal Experiment by Robert J. Sawyer
22. The Healer's War by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough
23. Dying Inside by Robert Silverberg
24. City by Clifford D. Simak
25. Way Station by Clifford D. Simak
26. Odd John by Olaf Stapleton
27. Islands in the Net by Bruce Sterling
28. More than Human by Theodore Sturgeon
29. From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne
30. The Snow Queen by Joan D. Vinge
31. The World of A by A.E. Van Voight
32. Slant by A.E. Van Voight
33. This Immortal by Roger Zelazney
34. The Invisible Man by H G Wells
35. The Humanoids by Jack Williamson
36. Doomsday Book by Connie Willis
37. The Claw of the Conciliator by Gene Wolfe
38. Brute Orbits by George Zebrowski
39. Lord of Light by Roger Zelazney
CONDITION DES

[Caycedilla]

I've only read one of them, and it was Animal Farm. Haven't ever heard of probably 75% of them tbh

[Ralph.S.G.R]

7!

Not sure animal farm is sci fi

[Pultost]

From that list, I've only read A Clockwork Orange.

[Ralph.S.G.R]

From that list, I've only read A Clockwork Orange.

Put animal farm at the top of your reading list... definitely

[Pultost]

Put animal farm at the top of your reading list... definitely

I will. I've seen the animated film adaption, but I want to read the book as well. :)

[Ralph.S.G.R]

I will. I've seen the animated film adaption, but I want to read the book as well. :)

Ah the very old animation? I think that may have been the first animated feature film to come out of Britain! (That may be wrong though)

[Pultost]

Ah the very old animation? I think that may have been the first animated feature film to come out of Britain! (That may be wrong though)

Yes, I'm not sure exactly when it's from, but it's quite old, yes. :) We watched it in class a couple of years ago.

[ska8er]

I read Clockwork Orange and also
saw the old movie. The movie was
weird.

[jaret]

Yes, I'm not sure exactly when it's from, but it's quite old, yes. :) We watched it in class a couple of years ago.

animal farm movie animated

It is an adaptation of the 1945 George Orwell novel of the same name and tells the story of anthropomorphic animals successfully revolting against their own human owner, only to slide into a more brutal tyranny among themselves.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGCo5Tva39s

Animal Farm (1999 film)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAeKX5n-5IE

[Pultost]

animal farm movie animated

It is an adaptation of the 1945 George Orwell novel of the same name and tells the story of anthropomorphic animals successfully revolting against their own human owner, only to slide into a more brutal tyranny among themselves.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGCo5Tva39s

Animal Farm (1999 film)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAeKX5n-5IE

Yeah it's the '45 version I've seen. Heh, "Pig brother is watching you". I see what they did there. :P

[Claire Asteroid]

Put animal farm at the top of your reading list... definitely

Yes, it's quite a short book but very good I think you can read it in only a few days (if there's a translation into Norwegian...)

[lliam]

Strange seeing "The Animal Farm" on the list.

I'd rather categorize it as a parable-like fable based on Aesop's tales, hmm, just spiced with a bit of cynical, socially critical curry. At least it would be better fit as social fiction, as 1984 fits in both of those shoes.

[SonOfSeven]

I’ve not read.. Jesus. Any of them. Not one. I’m reading Dangerous Visions rn, so I do suppose your list here has backed up my reading order for quite a while after. Not as into SF books tbh, I’ve found them very hot and miss, so I’m not as well read in the genre as I’d like to be.

[Falcons_11]

I'm really not a fan of Science Fiction books. But, I have read several my the most acclaimed sci-fi authors.

Sir Arthur Clarke - "2001 - A Space Odyssey"
George Orwell - "1984"
Isaac Asimov - "Foundation Trilogy"
Ray Bradberry _ "Fahrenheit 451"
Jules Verne - Several of his novels.
Robert Heinlein _ "Stranger In A Strange Land"

I also consider Tolkien and Rowling novels "fantasy" science fiction.

[SonOfSeven]

I also consider Tolkien and Rowling novels science fiction.

science fiction is something that could happen - but usually you wouldn't want it to. Fantasy is something that couldn't happen - though often you only wish that it could.” — Arthur C. Clarke

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Please explain to me how The Lord Of The Rings And Harry Potter, *could* happen

[Falcons_11]

science fiction is something that could happen - but usually you wouldn't want it to. Fantasy is something that couldn't happen - though often you only wish that it could.” — Arthur C. Clarke

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Please explain to me how The Lord Of The Rings And Harry Potter, *could*
happen

Your point is well taken. I do realize that those novels "could not" happen. In my post I should have clarified the comment by saying "fantasy science fiction". I stand corrected.

[SonOfSeven]

Your point is well taken. I do realize that those novels "could not" happen. In my post I should have clarified the comment by saying "fantasy science fiction". I stand corrected.

Fair enough. I’m still fascinated by the inclusion of science.. is it because it’s speculative fiction, because it doesn’t seem to quite qualify for science fantasy?

[BlackParadePixie]

of those...?

Animal Farm and The Invisible Man...which I wouldn't even really consider to be science fiction.

[MissMolly]

I've read Clockwork Orange, Animal Farm, and Flowers for Algernon.

It's kind of a weird list, with a bunch of books I've never heard of, and missing some of the most famous classics, like Fahrenheit 451 or the Foundation series.