Re:32 Sci-Fi novels that you should add to your reading list
by huhtenberg on Wednesday July 02, 2008 @12:40PM
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With all due respect, and it's a great novel, Animal Farm is not a science fiction.
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Re:32 Sci-Fi novels that you should add to your reading list
by rglovejoy on Thursday July 03, 2008 @12:48AM
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No, it was more of a fantasy, or as Orwell put it, a "fairy story".
Re:32 Sci-Fi novels that you should add to your reading list
by xlnt on Wednesday July 02, 2008 @12:48PM
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Neither is Atlas Shrugged.
anyway, who wants to add 32 books to their reading list all at once? it's more useful to know which are the best 3.
Re:32 Sci-Fi novels that you should add to your reading list
by hugh on Wednesday July 02, 2008 @01:46PM
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I think Atlas Shrugged might qualify -- it takes place in an alternative universe and deals with the implications of a couple of fictional technologies (Rearden metal and John Galt's engine). Animal Farm is really pushing the definition, though.
Since I'm sure everybody's idea of the best three will differ, a list of 32 with summaries so you can pick out the three (out of those which you haven't read) which are likely to appeal to you is probably more useful.