Because I just can't help it.

[stonebender]

Gakked from serenejournal, this list of the top 20 geek novels. I've bolded the ones I've read. I have no idea what the percentages and the numbers at the end are about.

1. The HitchHiker's Guide to the Galaxy -- Douglas Adams 85% (102)
2. Nineteen Eighty-Four -- George Orwell 79% (92)
3. Brave New World -- Aldous Huxley 69% (77)
4. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? -- Philip Dick 64% (67)
5. Neuromancer -- William Gibson 59% (66)
6. Dune -- Frank Herbert 53% (54)
7. I, Robot -- Isaac Asimov 52% (54)
8. Foundation -- Isaac Asimov 47% (47)
9. The Colour of Magic -- Terry Pratchett 46% (46)
10. Microserfs -- Douglas Coupland 43% (44)
11. Snow Crash -- Neal Stephenson 37% (37)
12. Watchmen -- Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons 38% (37)
13. Cryptonomicon -- Neal Stephenson 36% (36)
14. Consider Phlebas -- Iain M Banks 34% (35)
15. Stranger in a Strange Land -- Robert Heinlein 33% (33)
16. The Man in the High Castle -- Philip K Dick 34% (32)
17. American Gods -- Neil Gaiman 31% (29)
18. The Diamond Age -- Neal Stephenson 27% (27)
19. The Illuminatus! Trilogy -- Robert Shea & Robert Anton Wilson 23% (21)
20. Trouble with Lichen - John Wyndham 21% (19)

Comments

[leback.livejournal.com]

*grump* I, Robot doesn't belong on a list of novels. It's a collection of stories.

(I know you didn't make the list, so this grump isn't directed at you; I'm just sharing.)

[stonebender.livejournal.com]

Oh I agree! It's probably an oversight, but it is annoying.

I don't know why I thought of this but it reminds me of Asimov's attempt in his later years to unify his Foundation Trilogy (when it was a trilogy) and his robot stories into one universe like Heinlein's future history. This could all very well be a non sequitur.