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only science fiction so far..
| status: | completed | on the shelf | considering | currently reading | struggling | gave up |
| status | title | author | awards | thots |
| The Demolished Man | Alfred Bester | the first HUGO | very very good | |
| The Stars My Destination | Alfred Bester | wow... AMAZING | ||
| Virtual Unrealities | Alfred Bester | |||
| Sundiver (The Uplift Saga, Book 1) | David Brin | |||
| Startide Rising (The Uplift Saga, Book 2) | David Brin | hugo 1984 nebula 1983 | ||
| The Uplift War (The Uplift Saga, Book 3) | David Brin | |||
| The Shockwave Rider | John Brunner | |||
| Paladin of Souls | Lois McMaster Bujold | hugo 2004 | ||
| The Curse of Chalion | Lois McMaster Bujold | |||
| Parable of the Sower | Octavia E. Butler | borrowed: jess | ||
| Parable of the Talents | Octavia E. Butler | nebula 1999 | ||
| Ender's Game | Orson Scott Card | hugo 1986 nebula 1985 | excellent | |
| Speaker for the Dead | Orson Scott Card | hugo 1987 nebula 1986 | excellent | |
| Xenocide | Orson Scott Card | |||
| Children of the Mind | Orson Scott Card | |||
| Downbelow Station | C. J. Cherryh | hugo 1982 | decent. not drawing me in tho. i keep waiting for it to get better. | |
| Dhalgren | Samuel R. Delaney | |||
| Babel 17 | Samuel R. Delaney | |||
| many.. | many.. | Philip K Dick | among top favorites | |
| The Man in the High Castle | Philip K Dick | hugo 1963 | ||
| I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream | Harlan Ellison | |||
| The Time of the Eye | Harlan Ellison | |||
| Approaching Oblivion | Harlan Ellison | |||
| American Gods | Neil Gaiman | hugo 2002 | got thru most of it, really didn't care for it | |
| Neuromancer | William Gibson | hugo 1985 nebula 1984 | why state the obvious? | |
| Idoru | William Gibson | |||
| Count Zero | William Gibson | excellent | ||
| The Forever War | Joe Haldeman | hugo 1976 nebula 1975 | excellent | |
| Forever Peace | Joe Haldeman | nebula 1998 | ||
| Dune | Frank Herbert | |||
| Flowers for Algernon | Daniel Keyes | nebula 1966 | ||
| The Left Hand of Darkness | Ursula K. Le Guin | hugo 1970 nebula 1969 | ||
| The Dispossessed | Ursula K. Le Guin | hugo 1975 nebula 1974 | ||
| Solaris | Stanislaw Lem | excellent - don't see the recent movie | ||
| The Futurological Congress | Stanislaw Lem | excellent | ||
| Tales of Pirx the Pilot | Stanislaw Lem | |||
| The Star Diaries | Stanislaw Lem | |||
| Return from the Stars | Stanislaw Lem | |||
| Peace on Earth | Stanislaw Lem | |||
| Memoirs Found in a Bathtub | Stanislaw Lem | good, but i put it down | ||
| Perdido Street Station | China Mieville | not feelin' it... | ||
| Ringworld | Larry Niven | hugo 1971 nebula 1970 | ||
| The Golden Compass | Philip Pullman | excellent | ||
| The Subtle Knife | Philip Pullman | good | ||
| The Amber Spyglass | Philip Pullman | good | ||
| Red Mars | Kim Stanley Robinson | nebula 1993 | ||
| Hyperion | Dan Simmons | hugo 1990 | excellent | |
| Fall of Hyperion | Dan Simmons | |||
| Ilium | Dan Simmons | i heard from Borderlands Books that this is good | ||
| Olympos | Dan Simmons | i heard from Borderlands Books that this is good | ||
| Snow Crash | Neal Stephenson | loved it | ||
| The Diamond Age | Neal Stephenson | hugo 1996 | for the love of god, i can't get thru this book. been trying since late '98 | |
| Cryptonomicon | Neal Stephenson | |||
| Happiness Is a Warm Spaceship | James Tiptree Jr. | excellent from Meet Me at Infinity | ||
| The Color of Neanderthal Eyes | James Tiptree Jr. | excellent from Meet Me at Infinity | ||
| A Fire Upon the Deep | Vernor Vinge | hugo 1993 | pretty dern good | |
| A Deepness in the Sky | Vernor Vinge | hugo 2000 | FANTASTIC!! prequel to A Fire, but published later... | |
| The Peace War | Vernor Vinge | read before Marooned | ||
| Marooned in Realtime | Vernor Vinge | read after Peace | ||
| To Say Nothing of the Dog | Connie Willis | hugo 1999 | ||
| The Shadow of the Torturer | Gene Wolfe | excellent | ||
| The Claw of the Conciliator | Gene Wolfe | nebula 1982 | ||
| The Sword of the Lictor | Gene Wolfe | |||
| The Citadel of the Autarch | Gene Wolfe | |||
| The Urth of the New Sun | Gene Wolfe | |||
| many.. | many.. | Roger Zelazny | among top favorites | |
| The Amber Chronicles | Roger Zelazny | fuck yeah | ||
| Lord of Light | Roger Zelazny | hugo 1968 |