elijahwright ([info]elijahwright) wrote,
@ 2005-11-21 17:35:00
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The top 20 geek novels, ones I've read in bold.

1. The HitchHiker's Guide to the Galaxy -- Douglas Adams
2. 1984 -- George Orwell
3. Brave New World -- Aldous Huxley
4. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? -- Philip Dick
5. Neuromancer -- William Gibson
6. Dune -- Frank Herbert
7. I, Robot -- Isaac Asimov
8. Foundation -- Isaac Asimov
9. The Colour of Magic -- Terry Pratchett
10. Microserfs -- Douglas Coupland
11. Snow Crash -- Neal Stephenson
12. Watchmen -- Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons
13. Cryptonomicon -- Neal Stephenson
14. Consider Phlebas -- Iain M Banks
15. Stranger in a Strange Land -- Robert Heinlein
16. The Man in the High Castle -- Philip K Dick
17. American Gods -- Neil Gaiman
18. The Diamond Age -- Neal Stephenson
19. The Illuminatus! Trilogy -- Robert Shea & Robert Anton Wilson
20. Trouble with Lichen - John Wyndham

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[info]ivankara
2005-11-21 11:49 pm UTC (link)
Is this just your personal picks or does it come from somewhere? It looks like some interesting stuff to look up.

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[info]elijahwright
2005-11-21 11:57 pm UTC (link)
there was a slashdot story yesterday.

see here: http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/11/21/045241&tid=192&tid=214

originally sourced from the Guardian:

http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/technology/archives/2005/11/09/top_20_geek_novels_the_results.html

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[info]ivankara
2005-11-22 12:09 am UTC (link)
Ahh yes, /., I remember that site. I used to read it before the entire IP block for my country was banned from accessing the site. I still forget from time to time and try to go there…

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[info]dr_flippy
2005-11-21 11:52 pm UTC (link)
I was so pleased to see Microserfs on the list.

I'm not as well-read as you, though (the ones I've read are in fact a proper subset of yours!). I've got to catch up. :)

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funny thing...
[info]elijahwright
2005-11-21 11:58 pm UTC (link)

the funny thing is, i read about half of those books while i was at tech, and about half of them before. (a few after, of course, because they're relatively recent.)

i still need to read the illuminatus sequels... i almost bought them, once, but declined to do so because i just couldn't afford it. i should do something about that, now...

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Re: funny thing...
[info]dr_flippy
2005-11-22 01:29 am UTC (link)
I'd recommend against the Schroedinger's Cat Trilogy, if that's what you're referring to. It has an amusing premise, but could have pulled it off in about 500 fewer pages. It's mostly an enumeration of all the twisted sex fetishes RAW can imagine.

I haven't read Masks of the Illuminati yet. It might be better.

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[info]genabear
2005-11-22 06:17 pm UTC (link)
Cool list. I've been looking for authors to pick up.
Considering that the only ones that I've read are

1. The HitchHiker's Guide to the Galaxy -- Douglas Adams
2. 1984 -- George Orwell
3. Brave New World -- Aldous Huxley
6. Dune -- Frank Herbert
15. Stranger in a Strange Land -- Robert Heinlein

I have a lot of catching up to do. Although, I've read the whole Dune series and I think I've read one of the Asimov books.

Once we get moved, I'll hit McKay's and the library with a vengeance.

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[info]rainerrobin
2005-11-27 08:42 pm UTC (link)
You haven't read Pratchett??? He freakin' rocks!

Sorry for the trite language. I get quite silly about him. I have almost all of the Discworld books. I got Going Postal for my birthday. He's brilliantly satiric.

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