The list is in descending order. Stupid HTML monkeys screwed up the numbers.
How embarrassing, I've only read 6 of them. But I'm glad to see Terry Brooks make it, despite decades of slagging that he ripped off Tolkein. Tolkein wasn't exactly dealing with original material, ya know.
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# The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien
# The Foundation Trilogy, Isaac Asimov
# Dune, Frank Herbert
# Stranger in a Strange Land, Robert A. Heinlein
# A Wizard of Earthsea, Ursula K. Le Guin
# Neuromancer, William Gibson
# Childhood's End, Arthur C. Clarke
# Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Philip K. Dick
# The Mists of Avalon, Marion Zimmer Bradley
# Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury
# The Book of the New Sun, Gene Wolfe
# A Canticle for Leibowitz, Walter M. Miller, Jr.
# The Caves of Steel, Isaac Asimov
# Children of the Atom, Wilmar Shiras
# Cities in Flight, James Blish
# The Colour of Magic, Terry Pratchett
# Dangerous Visions, edited by Harlan Ellison
# Deathbird Stories, Harlan Ellison
# The Demolished Man, Alfred Bester
# Dhalgren, Samuel R. Delany
# Dragonflight, Anne McCaffrey
# Ender's Game, Orson Scott Card
# The First Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever, Stephen R. Donaldson
# The Forever War, Joe Haldeman
# Gateway, Frederik Pohl
# Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, J.K. Rowling
# The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams
# I Am Legend, Richard Matheson
# Interview with the Vampire, Anne Rice
# The Left Hand of Darkness, Ursula K. Le Guin
# Little, Big, John Crowley
# Lord of Light, Roger Zelazny
# The Man in the High Castle, Philip K. Dick
# Mission of Gravity, Hal Clement
# More Than Human, Theodore Sturgeon
# The Rediscovery of Man, Cordwainer Smith
# On the Beach, Nevil Shute
# Rendezvous with Rama, Arthur C. Clarke
# Ringworld, Larry Niven
# Rogue Moon, Algis Budrys
# The Silmarillion, J.R.R. Tolkien
# Slaughterhouse-5, Kurt Vonnegut
# Snow Crash, Neal Stephenson
# Stand on Zanzibar, John Brunner
# The Stars My Destination, Alfred Bester
# Starship Troopers, Robert A. Heinlein
# Stormbringer, Michael Moorcock
# The Sword of Shannara, Terry Brooks
# Timescape, Gregory Benford
# To Your Scattered Bodies Go, Philip Jose Farmer
How embarrassing, I've only read 6 of them. But I'm glad to see Terry Brooks make it, despite decades of slagging that he ripped off Tolkein. Tolkein wasn't exactly dealing with original material, ya know.
http://www.sfbc.com/doc/content/sitelets/FSE_Sitelet_Theme_2.jhtml?SID=nmsfctop50&_requestid=15730
# The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien
# The Foundation Trilogy, Isaac Asimov
# Dune, Frank Herbert
# Stranger in a Strange Land, Robert A. Heinlein
# A Wizard of Earthsea, Ursula K. Le Guin
# Neuromancer, William Gibson
# Childhood's End, Arthur C. Clarke
# Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Philip K. Dick
# The Mists of Avalon, Marion Zimmer Bradley
# Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury
# The Book of the New Sun, Gene Wolfe
# A Canticle for Leibowitz, Walter M. Miller, Jr.
# The Caves of Steel, Isaac Asimov
# Children of the Atom, Wilmar Shiras
# Cities in Flight, James Blish
# The Colour of Magic, Terry Pratchett
# Dangerous Visions, edited by Harlan Ellison
# Deathbird Stories, Harlan Ellison
# The Demolished Man, Alfred Bester
# Dhalgren, Samuel R. Delany
# Dragonflight, Anne McCaffrey
# Ender's Game, Orson Scott Card
# The First Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever, Stephen R. Donaldson
# The Forever War, Joe Haldeman
# Gateway, Frederik Pohl
# Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, J.K. Rowling
# The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams
# I Am Legend, Richard Matheson
# Interview with the Vampire, Anne Rice
# The Left Hand of Darkness, Ursula K. Le Guin
# Little, Big, John Crowley
# Lord of Light, Roger Zelazny
# The Man in the High Castle, Philip K. Dick
# Mission of Gravity, Hal Clement
# More Than Human, Theodore Sturgeon
# The Rediscovery of Man, Cordwainer Smith
# On the Beach, Nevil Shute
# Rendezvous with Rama, Arthur C. Clarke
# Ringworld, Larry Niven
# Rogue Moon, Algis Budrys
# The Silmarillion, J.R.R. Tolkien
# Slaughterhouse-5, Kurt Vonnegut
# Snow Crash, Neal Stephenson
# Stand on Zanzibar, John Brunner
# The Stars My Destination, Alfred Bester
# Starship Troopers, Robert A. Heinlein
# Stormbringer, Michael Moorcock
# The Sword of Shannara, Terry Brooks
# Timescape, Gregory Benford
# To Your Scattered Bodies Go, Philip Jose Farmer
