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Re: 20 Best Science Fiction Books of the Decade snoopcester Send a noteboard - 14/12/2009 02:28:29 PM
Acacia: The War with the Mein by David Anthony Durham


Very boring.

Air, Or Have Not Have by Geoff Ryman

The Alchemy of Stone by Ekaterina Sedia

The Baroque Cycle by Neal Stephenson


Liked a lot.

Confessions of Max Tivoli by Andrew Sean Greer

Down And Out In the Magic Kingdom by Cory Doctorow

The Execution Channel by Ken MacLeod

Glasshouse by Charles Stross

Harry Potter Series by JK Rowling


Very meh.

Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke


Excellent.

Look to Windward by Iain M. Banks


Love Iain M Banks.

The Mount by Carol Emshwiller

Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood


Good book

Pattern Recognition by William Gibson

Perdido Street Station by China Miéville


Excellent read

Rainbows End by Vernor Vinge

Stories of Your Life And Others by Ted Chiang

Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger

Tooth and Claw by Jo Walton

World War Z by Max Brooks

I've only read on a couple on the list (The Baroque Cycle, Harry Potter, Strange and Norrell) but they certainly were very good. I haven't even heard of a lot of the books on this list, actually, but they all do sound interesting.

So what do some of you more well-read folks think? Agree, disagree? What books would YOU put on your list as the best of the decade? :D


I'd echo what Ghavrel. The Lies of Locke Lamora deserves to be there.
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20 Best Science Fiction Books of the Decade Darth_Katie - 13/12/2009 10:16:32 PM 1380 Views
How can Harry Potter be there and the Dark Tower not ? AgentOrange - 13/12/2009 11:53:10 PM 787 Views
I guess because... j-whitt987 - 14/12/2009 12:11:47 AM 787 Views
Oh. Well that sentence was too long! AgentOrange - 14/12/2009 07:48:19 AM 748 Views
I'm kinda meh on Harry Potter but at least I found it interesting enough to finish snoopcester - 14/12/2009 02:25:36 PM 749 Views
you're just saying that to hurt me *NM* AgentOrange - 14/12/2009 06:14:31 PM 325 Views
Awww. It isn't just to hurt you. snoopcester - 14/12/2009 08:55:44 PM 734 Views
I'm really struggling to finish Dark Tower.... Brian - 16/12/2009 07:19:35 AM 701 Views
Similar for me snoopcester - 16/12/2009 12:03:48 PM 789 Views
It's worth finishing. rebelaessedai - 16/12/2009 03:02:32 PM 745 Views
I think they put Oryx and Crake on lists like this just to spite Margaret Atwood *NM* Ouranid - 14/12/2009 12:10:35 AM 489 Views
What do you mean? *NM* Darth_Katie - 14/12/2009 01:52:01 PM 317 Views
She's on record as being a bit snobby about Sci-Fi and not wanting to be labelled with it *NM* snoopcester - 14/12/2009 02:23:46 PM 304 Views
Yes, and the book is bad. Ouranid - 14/12/2009 06:18:02 PM 789 Views
I liked it snoopcester - 16/12/2009 01:17:57 PM 784 Views
I agree with her 100%. It's not Science Fiction. *NM* Joker - 15/12/2009 06:47:50 PM 345 Views
She later changed her mind and said it is science fiction. Werthead - 15/12/2009 10:09:03 PM 934 Views
I don't think of books like that as Sci fi but I can see the argument that they are snoopcester - 16/12/2009 01:19:45 PM 739 Views
Lists are created that we may complain about them. Craig - 14/12/2009 12:31:32 AM 749 Views
Yeah, what he said. *NM* jh - 14/12/2009 07:27:58 AM 308 Views
Read most of these Larry - 14/12/2009 12:43:05 AM 1025 Views
Thank you. Jayhawk - 10/01/2010 01:45:11 AM 1029 Views
Double post Jayhawk - 10/01/2010 01:45:27 AM 975 Views
I'm a little surprised The Lies of Locke Lamora isn't on there, to be honest. Ghavrel - 14/12/2009 02:35:13 AM 718 Views
it's fantasy. not sf even by a stretch. *NM* Aeryn - 14/12/2009 05:52:05 AM 325 Views
and really, not very good. *NM* Aeryn - 14/12/2009 05:52:39 AM 338 Views
See below. *NM* Ghavrel - 14/12/2009 06:52:39 AM 328 Views
Harry Potter? *NM* Ghavrel - 14/12/2009 06:52:32 AM 344 Views
Re: 20 Best Science Fiction Books of the Decade snoopcester - 14/12/2009 02:28:29 PM 735 Views
Not sure if I could come up with a ranking. Werthead - 14/12/2009 05:28:34 PM 890 Views
I'd say the Scar is more balanced AgentOrange - 14/12/2009 06:18:13 PM 675 Views
Generally agree but... Jacob - 14/12/2009 06:22:50 PM 712 Views
Am I th eonly one who always reads Ekaterina Sedia as Ekaterina Sedai? *NM* everynametaken - 14/12/2009 08:52:57 PM 364 Views
Nope. *NM* rebelaessedai - 14/12/2009 11:41:01 PM 324 Views
Yes. Freak. *NM* jh - 15/12/2009 11:25:40 AM 306 Views
I thought it was a Wotmania username for a while *NM* Gher - 15/12/2009 06:38:16 PM 303 Views
Same. lord-of-shadow - 16/12/2009 05:35:55 AM 758 Views
Glad to see Ted Chiang make the list Jayhawk - 10/01/2010 01:48:44 AM 978 Views
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