The Orbiter-Forum Top 100 Greatest Science Fiction Novels of all Time

[n72.75]

We often talk about science fiction novels on the forum and I thought it would be a good idea to compile a list of science fiction novels that we think are the greatest.

Several other websites have top 100 sci-fy lists and I thought we should have our own.

When it's all over I'll post the list in this post.

Right here.

So here's mine:

Dune by Frank Herbert
Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson
Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke

 

[dbeachy1]

My favorite: Ringworld by Larry Niven.

 

[mojoey]

The War Of The Worlds-Orson Welles

 

[MaverickSawyer]

I'll second the Mars Trilogy by Kim Stanley Robinson.
Space Cadet, The Rolling Stones, Farmer In The Sky, Starship Troopers by the master, Robert H Heinlein.
Flight of The Dragonfly, Return to Rocheworld, Ocean Under the Ice, Marooned in Eden, by Dr. Robert L Forward, creator of the solar sail.
Songs From a Distant Earth, the Rama quadrilogy, the Space Oddessy quadrilogy, and Fountains of Paradise by Arthur C Clark

I may come up with more as I browse my library at home.

 

[Scav]

On Basilisk Station. David Weber.

 

[Arrowstar]

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams.

 

[Ark]

Titan and Voyage by Stephen Baxter.

The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert Heinlein.

Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card. I shouldn't have to post this, it's a given.

Footfall by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle.

The Forever War by Joe Haldemann

Another vote for Ringworld and Starship Troopers.

 

[Codz]

Ben Bova's grand tour books. (Mercury, Venus Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Titan etc.)

 

[n0mad23]

Any David Brin fans? The entire Uplift series is outstanding, but my all time favorite from that set (of 6?) is Startide Rising.

Earth by Brin is another winner. The Tunguska Even was a micro-singularity sent to grow into a planet killer before humans are able to leave the solar system.

 

[HarvesteR]

Foundation Trilogy: Isaac Asimov. You really can't put it down.

I liked the first Dune books (up to Children of Dune), and didn't care much for the other ones, though I picked it up again lately.

I gotta read Ender's Game next. Everyone keeps saying how good it is.

Cheers

 

[Scruce]

Voyage by Baxter.

The First Men in the Moon, The Time Machine and The War of the Worlds all by H.G Wells.

Off on a Comet: A Journey Through Planetary Space by Jules Verne.

The flight of Buran by Runar Thorvaldsen.

 

[MaverickSawyer]

Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card. I shouldn't have to post this, it's a given.

:facepalm:
Damn, how did I miss that one? I read that in 8th grade English!
Another vote for Dune.

 

[Artlav]

Not repeating,
Fleet of Worlds, by Larry Niven (best enjoyed if you read known space stories before, including Ringworld).
+1 Vote for Footfall and Ringworld.

Mote in God's eye by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle (not known space, and stands cool on it's own)

Red Thunder by John Varley, a bit silly, but quite cool.
Pirx the pilot's tales by Stanislav Lem, often reads like Orbiter novels.
And anything you can find by Strugatski brothers.

 

[Notebook]

Not a novel, but worth watching...

Well, yes it was.

N.

 

[Izack]

The War Of The Worlds-Orson Welles

Herbert George Wells. :tiphat:

 

[Scruce]

Herbert George Wells. :tiphat:

Well, maybe he wants the ultimate panic version? :lol:

 

[Unstung]

I second Rendezvous with Rama; Childhood's End is about tied with that for my favorite novel by Arthur C. Clarke.

 

[tran]

A couple of my favorites are "Battlefield Earth" by L. Ron Hubbard and "The Gaean Trilogy" by John Varley.

 

[n0mad23]

Even though there are no space craft, Neil Stephenson's Snowcrash is in my personal Top 5 list.

I'm pretty sure Goggle Earth came when it did because of this novel.

 

[dumbo2007]

Jack McDevitt, kept me "at the edge of my seat" kind of novels :

• The Engines of God,
• Deepsix,
• Seeker