Rate sci-fi novels/series that you've read out of a score of 10 (from best to worst)

[Dust253]

Please rate it in order from best to worst. Thank you.

My rating:

Dune 9.6
Lucifer's Hammer 9.5
Ender's Game 9.4
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress 9.3
Rendezvous With Rama 9.2
A Fire Upon the Deep 9.2
Foundation Triology 9.1
A Deepness in the Sky 9.1
The Andromeda Strain 9.0
Fahrenheit 451 9.0
The Stars My Destination 9.0

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 8.9
The Way Station 8.7
The Postman 8.6
Stranger in Strange Land 8.6
Mote in God's Eye 8.5
The Man in the High Castle 8.3

The Many-Colored Land 7.7
The High Crusade 7.5
The Martian Chronicles 7.4

Identical thread for fantasy novels/series here
http://www.chronicles-network.com/forum/40445-rate-fantasy-novels-series-that-youve-read-out.html

 

[iansales]

Re: Rate sci-fi novels/series that you've read out of a score of 10 (from best to wor

I don't understand. Why should we give your favourite sf novels our own rating? They're not my favourites - most of them, in fact, I don't think are very good at all.

 

[Locksmith]

Re: Rate sci-fi novels/series that you've read out of a score of 10 (from best to wor

Why bother posting then ian?

 

[iansales]

Re: Rate sci-fi novels/series that you've read out of a score of 10 (from best to wor

To find out the answer, I suppose.

 

[Overread]

Re: Rate sci-fi novels/series that you've read out of a score of 10 (from best to wor

iansales: its 'your' list of sci-fi novels you have to rate not his.
Well my own list is rater short (understatment there), but at least that means its easy for me to rate

Night's Dawn Trilogy 9
The Commonwealth Saga 8.8

Dune 8.5

 

[iansales]

Re: Rate sci-fi novels/series that you've read out of a score of 10 (from best to wor

Ah. That makes more sense. If you want to know what rating I give various sf novels, you could always look here.

 

[Dust253]

Re: Rate sci-fi novels/series that you've read out of a score of 10 (from best to wor

I don't understand. Why should we give your favourite sf novels our own rating? They're not my favourites - most of them, in fact, I don't think are very good at all.

LOL. You misunderstand.

Rate sci-fi novels/series that you've read.
The books I listed are those I have read. You can list sf novels that you have read. I have never asked you to rate my books.

 

[Connavar]

Re: Rate sci-fi novels/series that you've read out of a score of 10 (from best to wor

Starship Troopers 9.2
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 9.5
Ender's Game 8.5
Foundation Triology 10 (the original triology are the best)
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 9.9
Childhood's End 8.5
The Illustrated Man 8.5
Altered Carbon 9
Snow Crash 6.5 - found this to be very overrated




Only a few of SF i have read.

 

[Dust253]

Re: Rate sci-fi novels/series that you've read out of a score of 10 (from best to wor

Starship Troopers 9.2
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 9.5
Ender's Game 8.5
Foundation Triology 10 (the original triology are the best)
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 9.9
Childhood's End 8.5
The Illustrated Man 8.5
Altered Carbon 9
Snow Crash 6.5 - found this to be very overrated

Only a few of SF i have read.

Thank you for you rating. Much appreciated.

Just a reminder to future posters of this thread.
PLEASE RATE it in order from best to worst.

Foundation Triology 10 (the original triology are the best)
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 9.9
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 9.5
Starship Troopers 9.2
Altered Carbon 9
Ender's Game 8.5
Childhood's End 8.5
The Illustrated Man 8.5
Snow Crash 6.5 - found this to be very overrated

Sorry. I'm a bit picky. When it is in order, it is easier to analyze the data and see the trend.

 

[iansales]

Re: Rate sci-fi novels/series that you've read out of a score of 10 (from best to wor

Do you really want me to rate every sf novel I've read? That's going to be a couple of thousand books...

 

[Locksmith]

Re: Rate sci-fi novels/series that you've read out of a score of 10 (from best to wor

Wowee, you're not kidding. Cracking list on LibraryThing!

 

[Connavar]

Re: Rate sci-fi novels/series that you've read out of a score of 10 (from best to wor

Do you really want me to rate every sf novel I've read? That's going to be a couple of thousand books...

Holy i cant even fathom that much SF


Do you even remember 1/3 of them


Me i havent read even a 100 yet so it easier to remember them all and rate them.

 

[iansales]

Re: Rate sci-fi novels/series that you've read out of a score of 10 (from best to wor

There's a few that I know I've read but I can't remember much of their plots. But since they're usually pretty bad books, I'm not bothered The rest... I can remember most of the stories, although some of the details I might have forgotten.

 

[Addy]

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It's not really what you remember from books that matter, but what you learn from them. Aha!

 

[Rane Longfox]

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Just a reminder to future posters of this thread.
PLEASE RATE it in order from best to worst.

Sorry. I'm a bit picky. When it is in order, it is easier to analyze the data and see the trend.

You'll find we're a contrary lot

 

[Connavar]

Re: Rate sci-fi novels/series that you've read out of a score of 10 (from best to wor

There's a few that I know I've read but I can't remember much of their plots. But since they're usually pretty bad books, I'm not bothered The rest... I can remember most of the stories, although some of the details I might have forgotten.

Yeah the memory is wierd thing, i can remember clearly alot scenes from first Foundation book i read almost a decade ago but i cant remember a scene from bad books i have read this year.

 

[Dust253]

Re: Rate sci-fi novels/series that you've read out of a score of 10 (from best to wor

Do you really want me to rate every sf novel I've read? That's going to be a couple of thousand books...

LOL. No, that would take forever. Just list 20-30 books from the top of your head that are really good.

 

[iansales]

Re: Rate sci-fi novels/series that you've read out of a score of 10 (from best to wor

OK, here goes:-

COELESTIS, Paul Park - 9.4
The Book of the New Sun, Gene wolfe - 9.3
SEA-KINGS OF MARS, Leigh Brackett - 9.3
SOMEWHERE EAST OF LIFE, Brian Aldiss - 9.2
LIGHT, M John Harrison - 9.0
KAIROS, Gwyneth Jones - 9.0

THE FIFTH HEAD OF CERBERUS, Gene Wolfe - 8.8
ASH: A SECRET HISTORY, Mary Gentle - 8.7
DHALGREN, Samuel R Delany - 8.5
TAKE BACK PLENTY, Colin Greenland - 8.5
The Mars trilogy, Kim Stanley Robinson - 8.4
The Aleutian trilogy, Gwyneth Jones 8.4
CERES STORM, David Herter - 8.4
WHERE TIME WINDS BLOW, Robert Holdstock 8.2
The Dune series, Frank Herbert -8.1

The Hyperion Cantos, Dan Simmons - 7.7
METROPHAGE, Richard Kadrey - 7.6
ACTS OF CONSCIENCE, William Barton - 7.5
THE DISPOSSESSED, Ursual K Le Guin - 7.4
THE DESTINY MAKERS, George Turner - 7.4
AGAINST A DARK BACKGROUND, Iain M Banks - 7.4
THE STARS MY DESTINATION, Alfred Bester - 7.3
THE RISEN EMPIRE, Scott Westerfeld - 7.3
The Story of the Gardener, Phillip Mann - 7.3
THE SECOND ANGEL, Philip Kerr - 7.3
THE OPHIUCHI HOTLINE, John Varley - 7.2
A FIRE UPON THE DEEP, Vernor Vinge - 7.2
RADIX, AA Attanasio - 7.1
UNDERCOVER ALIENS, AE van Vogt - 7.0

 

[Spade]

Re: Rate sci-fi novels/series that you've read out of a score of 10 (from best to wor

5/5
Dune by Frank Herbert
Dune Messiah by Frank Herbert
Children of Dune by Frank Herbert
Dune: House Atreides by Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson
Dune: House Harkonnen by Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson
Dune: House Corrino by Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson
Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein
The Dark Beyond the Stars by Frank M. Robinson
Doomsday Book by Connie Willis
As On A Darkling Plain by Ben Bova
Orion by Ben Bova
The Forever War by Joe Haldeman


4.5/5
Dune: The Butlerian Jihad by Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson
Dune: The Machine Crusade by Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson
The Saga of Seven Suns: Hidden Empire by Kevin J. Anderson
The Saga of Seven Suns: A Forest of Stars by Kevin J. Anderson
Captain Nemo by Kevin J. Anderson
Jupiter by Ben Bova
Mars by Ben Bova
Return to Mars by Ben Bova
A Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne
The Cat Who Walks Through Walls by Robert A. Heinlein
The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury

4/5
Whipping Star by Frank Herbert
Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton
Timeline by Michael Crichton
Nemesis by Isaac Asimov
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman

3.5/5
The Prestige by Christopher Priest (movie is better)
Contact by Carl Sagan (movie is better)
Starswarm by Jerry Pournelle
The Rosetta Codex by Richard Paul Russo
Flight of Exiles by Ben Bova

3/5
Prey by Michael Crichton
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne
Foundation by Isaac Asimov
Camouflage by Joe Haldeman
Star Watchman by Ben Bova
The Time Machine by H.G. Wells
The Stars, My Destination by Alfred Bester
Exiled From Earth by Ben Bova
The Winds of Altair by Ben Bova

 

[Connavar]

Re: Rate sci-fi novels/series that you've read out of a score of 10 (from best to wor

Foundation Triology 10 (the original triology are the best) by Isaac Asimov
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 9.9 by Douglas Adams
Emphyrio by Jack Vance 9.5
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K Dick 9.5
Starship Troopers by Robert Heinlein 9.2
Altered Carbon by Richard Morgan 9.0
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card 8.5
Childhood's End by Arthur C Clarke 8.5
The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury 8.5
Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson 6.5



Not all the SF i have read only the ones i care to rate.