Geek Books!

[Morgan Ellis]

The Gaurdian released their list of the best geek novels written in English since 1932:

http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/technology/archives/2005/11/09/top_20_geek_novels_the_results.html

Bold'em if you've read'em...

1. The HitchHiker's Guide to the Galaxy -- Douglas Adams (wub!)

2. Nineteen Eighty-Four -- George Orwell

3. Brave New World -- Aldous Huxley

4. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? -- Philip K Dick

5. Neuromancer -- William Gibson

6. Dune -- Frank Herbert

7. I, Robot -- Isaac Asimov

8. Foundation -- Isaac Asimov (I went thru an Asimov phase at about 15 or 16..)

9. The Colour of Magic -- Terry Pratchett ( I looooove Terry Pratchet!)

10. Microserfs -- Douglas Coupland (again with the love.. I've read everything he's ever written)

11. Snow Crash -- Neal Stephenson

12. Watchmen -- Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons

13. Cryptonomicon -- Neal Stephenson

14. Consider Phlebas -- Iain M Banks

15. Stranger in a Strange Land -- Robert Heinlein

16. The Man in the High Castle -- Philip K Dick

17. American Gods -- Neil Gaiman (as with Douglas COupland, I'm an utter Gaiman junkie)

18. The Diamond Age -- Neal Stephenson

19. The Illuminatus! Trilogy -- Robert Shea & Robert Anton Wilson

20. Trouble with Lichen - John Wyndham

What can I say - I'm a geek, and a book junkie.

Morgan

 

[Tallman1]

I know y'all are gonna find this hard to believe...

I've read them all........

a redneck and a geek....


The only one I didnt like was the graphic.. Watchmen... can't really get into those...

 

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1. The HitchHiker's Guide to the Galaxy -- Douglas Adams (42)

2. Nineteen Eighty-Four -- George Orwell

3. Brave New World -- Aldous Huxley

4. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? -- Philip K Dick

5. Neuromancer -- William Gibson (and sequels)

6. Dune -- Frank Herbert (and sequels, though not the crap published by his son)

7. I, Robot -- Isaac Asimov (the original trilogy, got fed up when he tried to tie into the Foundation trilogy)

8. Foundation -- Isaac Asimov (see above)

9. The Colour of Magic -- Terry Pratchett

10. Microserfs -- Douglas Coupland (not a Coupland fan)

11. Snow Crash -- Neal Stephenson

12. Watchmen -- Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons

13. Cryptonomicon -- Neal Stephenson

14. Consider Phlebas -- Iain M Banks

15. Stranger in a Strange Land -- Robert Heinlein

16. The Man in the High Castle -- Philip K Dick

17. American Gods -- Neil Gaiman (anybody read Ananzi Boys yet? How is it?)

18. The Diamond Age -- Neal Stephenson

19. The Illuminatus! Trilogy -- Robert Shea & Robert Anton Wilson

20. Trouble with Lichen - John Wyndham



Not enough time to read these days...

 

[healer677]

Farenheit 451 ... Day of the Triffids ...Lord of the Rings or anything close to it.

 

[a 1 player]

Damn, I've read them all as well. I try to read a book a week, but I have been falling a bit behind lately. Recently I have discovered Richard Bach. Totally awsome.

Oops, I did not read #4

 

[PHNINE]

No mention of 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea?

 

[canucklehead]

NO mention of the 80 or so ORielly publications or Xanth books (Harlequin Romance for Geeks)

 

[frankcastle]

Oh man this is horrible I've read....

1. The HitchHiker's Guide to the Galaxy -- Douglas Adams (wub!)

2. Nineteen Eighty-Four -- George Orwell

3. Brave New World -- Aldous Huxley

4. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? -- Philip K Dick

5. Neuromancer -- William Gibson

6. Dune -- Frank Herbert

8. Foundation -- Isaac Asimov (I went thru an Asimov phase at about 15 or 16..)

12. Watchmen -- Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons

13. Cryptonomicon -- Neal Stephenson

17. American Gods -- Neil Gaiman (as with Douglas COupland, I'm an utter Gaiman junkie)

But I never finished 8, 13 or 17. In my defense 2 and 3 were high school english class reading material.

I'd say the Lord of the Rings, Conan (the Robert E Howard era), HP Lovecraft (all that Cthulu stuff), Fritz Leiber (Fafhard and the Gray Mouser), Robert Asprin (Theives world and Myth series), Micheal Moorecock (Elric), CLive Barker (Books of Blood) should get honourable mentions. Oh yeah and Sandman by Neil Gaiman if you include comics. Terry Brooks (Shanara series), RA Salvatore (Drizzt Dourdin series)

Sadly I've read all of that stuff.