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 Best Science Fiction Titles

"I recently read Wired's top Sci-Fi Movies and thought, hey, maybe it would be useful to have the same for books. I am sure I will leave off someone's personal favorite (to those individuals, my apologies), but at least it is a place for those new to sci-fi to start.

1. Farenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
2. A Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein
3. I, Robot by Issac Asimov
4. Foundation by Issac Asimov
5. Dune by Frank Herbert
6. The Ship who Searched by Anne McCaffrey and Mercedes Lackey
7. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
8. City of Golden Shadow by Tad Williams
9. The Time Traders by Andre Norton (1958 ed.)
10. Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson"

[It's All About Books!]

Good one, Teri! I'll have to think on this tomorrow after re-fueling the brain cells.

Addendum: Teri, I think we should go for a top 20 because in addition to the <A href="javascript:void(0)">comments folks have left, my Dad points out that no list could be complete without Arthur C. Clarke's Childhood's End, and I have to agree on that one.

I think it would also be interesting to post a list of top 10/20 guilty sci fi pleasures. If I have time, I'll start making up my list.  :-)

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The Force Was Cataloged by Us.

Jedi Archive

"While researching, Guy uncovered a little fact I thought might be interesting. It might give you a little insight as to where the inspiration for the Jedi Archive design came from, if true.

As it turns out, the Jedi Archive/Library is an almost exact replica of one of the finest libraries in the world - The Old Library of Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland." [Cinemascape, via LISNews.com]

Too bad the depiction of the librarian wasn't more accurate.

[The Shifted Librarian]
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Report: Mars water announcement expected next week. NASA is expected to reveal new evidence of water ice just below the Martian surface... [spacetoday.net]
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