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A List of the SF "Classics"
Jan. 24th, 2008 11:48 amIt’s time to move this blog off of personal bleh.
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rarelylynne and I participate in a speculative fiction book club at the DeKalb Public Library called Destination Wonder. It’s run by our cool librarian friend, torresroman. He is a big SF fan, and he’s worked hard to give our library a fantastic SF book selection.
Steve’s been thinking about the reading list for next year and has been quizzing members of the club for ideas. One of the many reasons that Lynne and I joined was that we both felt that we really needed to read more of the “classics.” The book club covers these along with newer stuff in Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror. One of the great things about a book club is that it forces you to read out of your comfort zone.
As I was coming up with ideas, I stumbled onto this list of the “most significant” novels from 1953-2002 as put together by the Science Fiction Book Club. I’m a bit of a list junkie (ever since I read the Book of Lists as a wee lad), so I was excited to find this. I’m not sure if I agree with all of it, but I can’t think of many major omissions.
The club has already read off of this list Fahrenheit 451, A Canticle for Leibowitz, I Am Legend, and Snow Crash.
So what does everybody think of this list? Is it correct? What did it miss? Which of these books should we read for the club?
( The List/Meme )
As many of you know,
rarelylynne and I participate in a speculative fiction book club at the DeKalb Public Library called Destination Wonder. It’s run by our cool librarian friend, torresroman. He is a big SF fan, and he’s worked hard to give our library a fantastic SF book selection. Steve’s been thinking about the reading list for next year and has been quizzing members of the club for ideas. One of the many reasons that Lynne and I joined was that we both felt that we really needed to read more of the “classics.” The book club covers these along with newer stuff in Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror. One of the great things about a book club is that it forces you to read out of your comfort zone.
As I was coming up with ideas, I stumbled onto this list of the “most significant” novels from 1953-2002 as put together by the Science Fiction Book Club. I’m a bit of a list junkie (ever since I read the Book of Lists as a wee lad), so I was excited to find this. I’m not sure if I agree with all of it, but I can’t think of many major omissions.
The club has already read off of this list Fahrenheit 451, A Canticle for Leibowitz, I Am Legend, and Snow Crash.
So what does everybody think of this list? Is it correct? What did it miss? Which of these books should we read for the club?
( The List/Meme )
