Standalone Best Sci Fi Books According To Reddit 6s3u1l

7th Place: Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash 8th Place: Arthur C. Clarke, Childhood's End "The most epic and incredible ending in any story ever told. Pure greatness." BukkRogerrs 16th Place: Arthur C. Clarke, Rendezvous with Rama "I was a Catholic until I read those books..." - PLJNS 22nd Place: 2001: A Space Odyssey "The book ending was much better IMO. Well, unless you're really stoned, then th e movie is awesome!" - Rediting 11th Place: Philip K. Dick, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? "The sci-fi is almost a backdrop to much more human and emotional story." - Bioh azardBlaze 12th Place: Robert A. Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land "I wish I'd read this at 12, and not 29 as it turned out. I think I would've tur ned out a far better person." - shrevid 13th Place: Robert A. Heinlein, Starship Troopers "The movie and book are different in every way except for the fact that they bot h involve a war with bugs." - Ragnrok "... and they're both freaking awesome." - teletoes 14th Place: Iain M. Banks, Consider Phlebas "The ships make it worth it on their own, their Minds are some of the best drawn characters ever. Fantastic writer..." - rthrtylr 15th Place: Walter m. Miller, Jr., A Canticle for Leibowitz "One of the rare books where I spent days afterwards thinking about it." - metas table2 18th Place: Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle, The Mote in God's Eye "Space Political Struggle, so good." - ev0l_yeti 19th Place: Alfred Bester, The Stars my Destination "There's something enthralling about a man driven by PURE RAGE who will stop at nothing to achieve his goal." - MaunaLoona 20th Place: Richard K. Morgan, Altered Carbon "There is something to be said for a combination of "hard-boiled detective story ", sci-fi, a bit noir and a twist of dystopia." - cupofcocoa 23rd Place: Carl Sagan, "One of the few works in this thread that's truly more sci-fi than fantasy. A br illiant, brilliant novel." - NotJohnBoy 24th Place: Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., The Sirens of Titan "It's deeply disturbing in a gentle manner." - ZombieLobotomy 26th Place: Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness "Ursula Le Guin is one of my personal heroes... fantastic author, thinker, ideal ist." - pbeunttz 27th Place: Alastair Reynolds, Revelation Space "...Whoa, so dark in style! Reminded me of dirtier cyberpunk stuff from the nine ties." - Rxke 29th Place: Neal Stephenson, Anathem "It was one of those books that made me sad when I finished it because I could n

ever read it for the first time again. A modern masterpiece in my opinion." - sp artankope 30th Place: John Steakley, Armor "In a personal depiction of self-torment and violence; a man willingly turning h imself into a sociopath, into The Engine..." - c4tch 31st Place: Margaret Atwood, Oryx and Crake "Highly recommended for readers interested in near future dystopias." - Pimperni ckel 32nd Place: Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451 33rd Place: Vernor Vinge, A Fire Upon the Deep "Definitely the best portrayal of how a truly galactic society would work..." KrytikalMasz 34th Place: Greg Egan, Quarantine "Incredible... I urge anyone interested in hard scifi to read Egan. DO IT :)" EarlGreyGoo 37th Place: Gene Wolfe, The Book of the New Sun "Was recommended this by a friend and it blew my mind, unlike anything I'd ever experienced and I've read most of the books mentioned..." - semperviren