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Some good picks on the list (Solaris, Kindred, VanderMeer, Chiang) but also some awful ones. The Martian is probably one of the worst popular and hyped books I'
by Barrin92 5y ago
Some good picks on the list (Solaris, Kindred, VanderMeer, Chiang) but also some awful ones. The Martian is probably one of the worst popular and hyped books I've ever read, together with Ready Player One.
If I had to pick one PK Dick book it wouldn't be Scanner Darkly but Ubik or Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said.
Also I think some important non-English fiction is missing. Yevgeny Zamyatin's We is a foundational dystopian book, Roadside Picnic is great, 20000 Leagues under the Sea and Ten Billion Days and One Hundred Billion Nights is a pretty wonky Japanese SF story. Also Eumeswil by Ernst Jünger for a niche German recommendation, not sure if this was ever translated.
- antegamisou 5y agoYes I was surprised Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas did not make it to this list. But then most people have a very narrow view of what sci-fi is, boiling it down to cyborgs and space.
- xupybd 5y agoI loved the Martian. I get that it's not everyone's cup of tea, but I enjoyed it thoroughly. It's not a profound book that explores any great ideas, but it was a fun main character, entertaining plot and a few good laughs.