“10 Science Fiction Novels You Pretend to Have Read (And Why You Should Actually Read Them)”

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1) Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson Read. Enjoyed. Science Fiction
2) Dune by Frank Herbert Read. Repressed. Science Fiction
3) Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon Read. Loved. Not Science Fiction.
4) Foundation by Isaac Asimov Read. Loved. Science Fiction.
5) Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke Did not read. Fantasy.
6) 1984 by George Orwell Read. Enjoyed. Science Fiction
7) First and Last Men and Starmaker by Olaf Stapledon Read. Enjoyed. Science Fiction
8) The Long Tomorrow by Leigh Brackett Did not read. Science Fiction.
9) Dhalgren by Samuel Delany Read. Enjoyed. Not Science Fiction.
10) Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace Did not read. Not Science Fiction.
Charlie Jane Anders at io9

Comments

[thistleingrey]

huh. I've read all but 8 and 9, though I do own a copy of 9, and have utterly forgotten the Pynchon; possibly I was too young. But really, this is a top ten list of sorts? I am idly curious whether kids meeting Foundation today find it readable; I bounced three times during my teens and can count it as read only because of some focused skimming. (I read and more or less liked everything else by Asimov my childhood public library had, including the non-fictional science essays....)