Author Topic: Best SF Book of all time?  (Read 84190 times)

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Reply #150 on: November 17, 2008, 04:36:55 PM
Orson Scott Card Ender's Game  (5)  +1
Frank Herbert Dune  (4)
Douglas Adams Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy  ( 6 )
George Orwell 1984  (3)
Isaac Asimov I, Robot     (1)
William Gibson Neuromancer      (6)
Philip K Dick Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?    ( 6 )
Robert A Heinlein The Moon is a Harsh Mistress   (4)
H G Wells The War of the Worlds   ( 2 )
Dan Simmons Hyperion    (4)
Kurt Vonnegut Slaughterhouse Five   ( 3 )
Daniel Keys Flowers For Algernon ( 4 )
Philip K Dick The Man in the High Castle  ( 5 )
Frederik Pohl Gateway  ( 4 )
C.J. Cherryh Cyteen ( 4 )
Robert A Heinlein  Citizen of the Galaxy ( 7 )   
China Mieville Perdido Street Station ( 4 )
Alfred Bester The Stars My Destination ( 7 )
Alfred Bester The Demolished Man ( 4 )
Stanislaw Lem The Cyberiad ( 3 )
Olaf Stapledon The Last and First Men ( 4 )


Arthur C Clarke 2001: A Space Odyssey    (0)
H G Wells The Time Machine    (0)
Orson Scott Card Speaker for the Dead   (0)
Neal Stephenson Snow Crash    (0)
Ursula K Le Guin The Left Hand of Darkness   (0)
Ray Bradbury Fahrenheit 451   (0)
Arthur C Clarke Rendezvous With Rama    (0)
Larry Niven Ringworld (0)
Isaac Asimov Foundation  (0)
Isaac Asimov The Caves of Steel  (0)
Ray Bradbury The Martian Chronicles   (0)
Robert A Heinlein Starship Troopers   (0)
Robert A Heinlein Stranger in a Strange Land   (0)
Aldous Huxley Brave New World     (0)
Arthur C Clarke Childhood's End     (0)
Joe Haldeman The Forever War   ( 0 )


I'm just picking off books now...



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Reply #151 on: November 17, 2008, 05:00:17 PM
gotta pull it back from the brink. not a particular favourite now, but for the sake of early teenage memories.
edit: actually it was eliminated entirely, didn't notice during my edit. i'm bringing it back to be knocked off again

( 7 ) Citizen of the Galaxy - Robert A Heinlein
( 7 ) The Stars My Destination - Alfred Bester
( 6 ) Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
( 6 ) Neuromancer - William Gibson
( 6 ) Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? - Philip K Dick
( 5 ) The Man in the High Castle - Philip K Dick
( 5 ) Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card
( 4 ) Dune - Frank Herbert
( 4 ) The Moon is a Harsh Mistress - Robert A Heinlein
( 4 ) Hyperion - Dan Simmons
( 4 ) Flowers For Algernon - Daniel Keys
( 4 ) Gateway - Frederik Pohl
( 4 ) Perdido Street Station - China Mieville
( 4 ) The Demolished Man - Alfred Bester
( 4 ) The Last and First Men - Olaf Stapledon
( 4 ) Cyteen - C.J. Cherryh
( 3 ) Slaughterhouse Five - Kurt Vonnegut
( 3 ) The Cyberiad - Stanislaw Lem
-1 ( 2 ) 1984 - George Orwell
( 2 ) The War of the Worlds - H G Wells
+1 ( 1 ) Stranger in a Strange Land - Robert A Heinlein
( 1 ) I, Robot - Isaac Asimov


Arthur C Clarke 2001: A Space Odyssey    (0)
H G Wells The Time Machine    (0)
Orson Scott Card Speaker for the Dead   (0)
Neal Stephenson Snow Crash    (0)
Ursula K Le Guin The Left Hand of Darkness   (0)
Ray Bradbury Fahrenheit 451   (0)
Arthur C Clarke Rendezvous With Rama    (0)
Larry Niven Ringworld (0)
Isaac Asimov Foundation  (0)
Isaac Asimov The Caves of Steel  (0)
Ray Bradbury The Martian Chronicles   (0)
Robert A Heinlein Starship Troopers   (0)
Aldous Huxley Brave New World     (0)
Arthur C Clarke Childhood's End     (0)
Joe Haldeman The Forever War   ( 0 )
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Reply #152 on: November 17, 2008, 05:04:16 PM
( 7 ) Citizen of the Galaxy - Robert A Heinlein
( 7 ) The Stars My Destination - Alfred Bester
( 6 ) Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
( 6 ) Neuromancer - William Gibson
( 6 ) Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? - Philip K Dick
( 5 ) The Man in the High Castle - Philip K Dick
( 5 ) Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card
( 4 ) Dune - Frank Herbert
( 4 ) The Moon is a Harsh Mistress - Robert A Heinlein
( 4 ) Hyperion - Dan Simmons
( 4 ) Flowers For Algernon - Daniel Keys
( 4 ) Gateway - Frederik Pohl
( 4 ) Perdido Street Station - China Mieville
( 4 ) The Demolished Man - Alfred Bester
( 4 ) The Last and First Men - Olaf Stapledon
( 4 ) Cyteen - C.J. Cherryh
( 3 ) Slaughterhouse Five - Kurt Vonnegut
( 3 ) The Cyberiad - Stanislaw Lem
( 2 ) 1984 - George Orwell
( 2 ) The War of the Worlds - H G Wells
( 2 ) Stranger in a Strange Land - Robert A Heinlein
( 1 ) I, Robot - Isaac Asimov


Arthur C Clarke 2001: A Space Odyssey    (0)
The Forever War - Joe Haldeman
Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
Childhood's End - Arthur C Clarke
H G Wells The Time Machine    (0)
Orson Scott Card Speaker for the Dead   (0)
Neal Stephenson Snow Crash    (0)
Ursula K Le Guin The Left Hand of Darkness   (0)
Ray Bradbury Fahrenheit 451   (0)
Arthur C Clarke Rendezvous With Rama    (0)
Larry Niven Ringworld      (0)
Isaac Asimov Foundation  (0)
Isaac Asimov The Caves of Steel  (0)
Ray Bradbury The Martian Chronicles   (0)
Robert A Heinlein Starship Troopers   (0)



Just fixing deflective's miss of some eliminated books
« Last Edit: November 17, 2008, 05:06:51 PM by Zathras »



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Reply #153 on: November 17, 2008, 05:10:38 PM
Wait, how did Stranger end up back on the list? And with 2 points, no less?



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Reply #154 on: November 17, 2008, 05:11:05 PM
see that now. there was a lot of activity during my edit.
my last post is correct now.



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Reply #155 on: November 17, 2008, 05:12:51 PM
( 7 ) Citizen of the Galaxy - Robert A Heinlein
( 7 ) The Stars My Destination - Alfred Bester
( 6 ) Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
( 6 ) Neuromancer - William Gibson
( 6 ) Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? - Philip K Dick
( 6 ) The Man in the High Castle - Philip K Dick +1
( 5 ) Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card
( 4 ) The Moon is a Harsh Mistress - Robert A Heinlein
( 4 ) Hyperion - Dan Simmons
( 4 ) Flowers For Algernon - Daniel Keys
( 4 ) Gateway - Frederik Pohl
( 4 ) Perdido Street Station - China Mieville
( 4 ) The Demolished Man - Alfred Bester
( 4 ) The Last and First Men - Olaf Stapledon
( 4 ) Cyteen - C.J. Cherryh
( 3 ) Dune - Frank Herbert -1
( 3 ) Slaughterhouse Five - Kurt Vonnegut
( 3 ) The Cyberiad - Stanislaw Lem
( 2 ) 1984 - George Orwell
( 2 ) The War of the Worlds - H G Wells
( 2 ) Stranger in a Strange Land - Robert A Heinlein
( 1 ) I, Robot - Isaac Asimov


Arthur C Clarke 2001: A Space Odyssey    (0)
The Forever War - Joe Haldeman
Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
Childhood's End - Arthur C Clarke
H G Wells The Time Machine    (0)
Orson Scott Card Speaker for the Dead   (0)
Neal Stephenson Snow Crash    (0)
Ursula K Le Guin The Left Hand of Darkness   (0)
Ray Bradbury Fahrenheit 451   (0)
Arthur C Clarke Rendezvous With Rama    (0)
Larry Niven Ringworld      (0)
Isaac Asimov Foundation  (0)
Isaac Asimov The Caves of Steel  (0)
Ray Bradbury The Martian Chronicles   (0)
Robert A Heinlein Starship Troopers   (0)

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Reply #156 on: November 17, 2008, 05:15:07 PM
Well, correct except for what I think is an illegal move. I'm getting rid of the spurious point Stranger got, but am treating it as bumped back.

( 7 ) Citizen of the Galaxy - Robert A Heinlein
( 7 ) The Stars My Destination - Alfred Bester
( 6 ) Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
( 6 ) Neuromancer - William Gibson
( 6 ) Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? - Philip K Dick
( 6 ) The Man in the High Castle - Philip K Dick
( 5 ) Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card
( 5 ) Hyperion - Dan Simmons + 1
( 4 ) The Moon is a Harsh Mistress - Robert A Heinlein
( 4 ) Flowers For Algernon - Daniel Keys
( 4 ) Gateway - Frederik Pohl
( 4 ) Perdido Street Station - China Mieville
( 4 ) The Demolished Man - Alfred Bester
( 4 ) The Last and First Men - Olaf Stapledon
( 4 ) Cyteen - C.J. Cherryh
( 3 ) Dune - Frank Herbert
( 3 ) Slaughterhouse Five - Kurt Vonnegut
( 3 ) The Cyberiad - Stanislaw Lem
( 2 ) 1984 - George Orwell
( 2 ) The War of the Worlds - H G Wells
( 1 ) I, Robot - Isaac Asimov


Arthur C Clarke 2001: A Space Odyssey    (0)
The Forever War - Joe Haldeman
Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
Childhood's End - Arthur C Clarke
H G Wells The Time Machine    (0)
Orson Scott Card Speaker for the Dead   (0)
Neal Stephenson Snow Crash    (0)
Ursula K Le Guin The Left Hand of Darkness   (0)
Ray Bradbury Fahrenheit 451   (0)
Arthur C Clarke Rendezvous With Rama    (0)
Larry Niven Ringworld      (0)
Isaac Asimov Foundation  (0)
Isaac Asimov The Caves of Steel  (0)
Ray Bradbury The Martian Chronicles   (0)
Starship Troopers  - Robert A Heinlein
Stranger in a Strange Land - Robert A Heinlein



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Reply #157 on: November 17, 2008, 05:18:40 PM
sigh, oh well. all that work and i still loose the childhood memories. ain't that always the way tho?
at least give the point back to the right book.

( 7 ) Citizen of the Galaxy - Robert A Heinlein
( 7 ) The Stars My Destination - Alfred Bester
( 6 ) Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
( 6 ) Neuromancer - William Gibson
( 6 ) Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? - Philip K Dick
( 6 ) The Man in the High Castle - Philip K Dick
( 5 ) Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card
( 4 ) Hyperion - Dan Simmons - 1
( 4 ) The Moon is a Harsh Mistress - Robert A Heinlein
( 4 ) Flowers For Algernon - Daniel Keys
( 4 ) Gateway - Frederik Pohl
( 4 ) Perdido Street Station - China Mieville
( 4 ) The Demolished Man - Alfred Bester
( 4 ) The Last and First Men - Olaf Stapledon
( 4 ) Cyteen - C.J. Cherryh
( 3 ) Dune - Frank Herbert
( 3 ) Slaughterhouse Five - Kurt Vonnegut
( 3 ) The Cyberiad - Stanislaw Lem
( 3 ) 1984 - George Orwell +1
( 2 ) The War of the Worlds - H G Wells
( 1 ) I, Robot - Isaac Asimov


Arthur C Clarke 2001: A Space Odyssey    (0)
The Forever War - Joe Haldeman
Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
Childhood's End - Arthur C Clarke
H G Wells The Time Machine    (0)
Orson Scott Card Speaker for the Dead   (0)
Neal Stephenson Snow Crash    (0)
Ursula K Le Guin The Left Hand of Darkness   (0)
Ray Bradbury Fahrenheit 451   (0)
Arthur C Clarke Rendezvous With Rama    (0)
Larry Niven Ringworld      (0)
Isaac Asimov Foundation  (0)
Isaac Asimov The Caves of Steel  (0)
Ray Bradbury The Martian Chronicles   (0)
Starship Troopers  - Robert A Heinlein
Stranger in a Strange Land - Robert A Heinlein



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Reply #158 on: November 17, 2008, 05:27:39 PM
I sorted the eliminated ones by order of elimination.

( 7 ) Citizen of the Galaxy - Robert A Heinlein
( 7 ) The Stars My Destination - Alfred Bester
( 6 ) Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
( 6 ) Neuromancer - William Gibson
( 6 ) Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? - Philip K Dick
( 6 ) The Man in the High Castle - Philip K Dick
( 5 ) Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card
( 5 ) Hyperion - Dan Simmons + 1
( 4 ) The Moon is a Harsh Mistress - Robert A Heinlein
( 4 ) Flowers For Algernon - Daniel Keys
( 4 ) Gateway - Frederik Pohl
( 4 ) Perdido Street Station - China Mieville
( 4 ) The Demolished Man - Alfred Bester
( 4 ) The Last and First Men - Olaf Stapledon
( 4 ) Cyteen - C.J. Cherryh
( 3 ) Dune - Frank Herbert
( 3 ) Slaughterhouse Five - Kurt Vonnegut
( 3 ) The Cyberiad - Stanislaw Lem
( 3 ) 1984 - George Orwell
( 2 ) The War of the Worlds - H G Wells

#1 Snow Crash  - Neal Stephenson
#2 The Left Hand of Darkness - Ursula K Le Guin
#3 Fahrenheit 451  - Ray Bradbury
#4 Rendezvous With Rama  - Arthur C Clarke
#5 Ringworld  - Larry Niven
#6 Speaker for the Dead   - Orson Scott Card
#7 The Time Machine  - H G Wells
#8 Foundation  - Isaac Asimov
#9 2001: A Space Odyssey - Arthur C Clarke
#10 The Caves of Steel - Isaac Asimov
#11 The Martian Chronicles - Ray Bradbury
#12 Starship Troopers  - Robert A Heinlein
#13 Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
#14 Stranger in a Strange Land - Robert A Heinlein
#15 Childhood's End - Arthur C Clarke
#16 The Forever War - Joe Haldeman
#17 Stranger in a Strange Land - Robert A Heinlein (second elimination)
#18 I, Robot - Isaac Asimov





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Reply #159 on: November 17, 2008, 05:51:34 PM
( 7 ) Citizen of the Galaxy - Robert A Heinlein
( 7 ) The Stars My Destination - Alfred Bester
( 6 ) Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
( 6 ) Neuromancer - William Gibson
( 6 ) Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? - Philip K Dick
( 6 ) The Man in the High Castle - Philip K Dick
( 5 ) Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card
( 5 ) Hyperion - Dan Simmons
( 4 ) The Moon is a Harsh Mistress - Robert A Heinlein
( 4 ) Flowers For Algernon - Daniel Keys
( 4 ) Gateway - Frederik Pohl
( 4 ) Perdido Street Station - China Mieville
( 4 ) The Demolished Man - Alfred Bester
( 4 ) The Last and First Men - Olaf Stapledon
( 4 ) Cyteen - C.J. Cherryh
( 4 ) Dune - Frank Herbert +1
( 3 ) Slaughterhouse Five - Kurt Vonnegut
( 3 ) The Cyberiad - Stanislaw Lem
( 3 ) 1984 - George Orwell
( 1 ) The War of the Worlds - H G Wells  -1

#1 Snow Crash  - Neal Stephenson
#2 The Left Hand of Darkness - Ursula K Le Guin
#3 Fahrenheit 451  - Ray Bradbury
#4 Rendezvous With Rama  - Arthur C Clarke
#5 Ringworld  - Larry Niven
#6 Speaker for the Dead   - Orson Scott Card
#7 The Time Machine  - H G Wells
#8 Foundation  - Isaac Asimov
#9 2001: A Space Odyssey - Arthur C Clarke
#10 The Caves of Steel - Isaac Asimov
#11 The Martian Chronicles - Ray Bradbury
#12 Starship Troopers  - Robert A Heinlein
#13 Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
#14 Stranger in a Strange Land - Robert A Heinlein
#15 Childhood's End - Arthur C Clarke
#16 The Forever War - Joe Haldeman
#17 Stranger in a Strange Land - Robert A Heinlein (second elimination)
#18 I, Robot - Isaac Asimov



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Reply #160 on: November 17, 2008, 07:19:07 PM
Just wanna reitirate to new posters: NO "dead" books can be reborn. Thanks for ordering the list. This makes the game easier in a way.


( 7 ) The Stars My Destination - Alfred Bester
( 6 ) Citizen of the Galaxy - Robert A Heinlein -1
( 6 ) Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
( 6 ) Neuromancer - William Gibson
( 6 ) Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? - Philip K Dick
( 6 ) The Man in the High Castle - Philip K Dick
( 5 ) Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card
( 5 ) Hyperion - Dan Simmons
( 5 ) Flowers For Algernon - Daniel Keys +1
( 4 ) The Moon is a Harsh Mistress - Robert A Heinlein
( 4 ) Gateway - Frederik Pohl
( 4 ) Perdido Street Station - China Mieville
( 4 ) The Demolished Man - Alfred Bester
( 4 ) The Last and First Men - Olaf Stapledon
( 4 ) Cyteen - C.J. Cherryh
( 4 ) Dune - Frank Herbert
( 3 ) Slaughterhouse Five - Kurt Vonnegut
( 3 ) The Cyberiad - Stanislaw Lem
( 3 ) 1984 - George Orwell


#1 Snow Crash  - Neal Stephenson
#2 The Left Hand of Darkness - Ursula K Le Guin
#3 Fahrenheit 451  - Ray Bradbury
#4 Rendezvous With Rama  - Arthur C Clarke
#5 Ringworld  - Larry Niven
#6 Speaker for the Dead   - Orson Scott Card
#7 The Time Machine  - H G Wells
#8 Foundation  - Isaac Asimov
#9 2001: A Space Odyssey - Arthur C Clarke
#10 The Caves of Steel - Isaac Asimov
#11 The Martian Chronicles - Ray Bradbury
#12 Starship Troopers  - Robert A Heinlein
#13 Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
#14 Stranger in a Strange Land - Robert A Heinlein
#15 Childhood's End - Arthur C Clarke
#16 The Forever War - Joe Haldeman
#17 Stranger in a Strange Land - Robert A Heinlein (second elimination)
#18 I, Robot - Isaac Asimov
# 19 The War of the Worlds - H G Wells  -1


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Reply #161 on: November 17, 2008, 07:39:18 PM
( 7 ) The Stars My Destination - Alfred Bester
( 6 ) Citizen of the Galaxy - Robert A Heinlein
( 6 ) Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
( 6 ) Neuromancer - William Gibson
( 6 ) Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? - Philip K Dick
( 6 ) The Man in the High Castle - Philip K Dick
( 5 ) Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card
( 5 ) Hyperion - Dan Simmons
( 5 ) Flowers For Algernon - Daniel Keys
( 4 ) The Moon is a Harsh Mistress - Robert A Heinlein
( 4 ) Gateway - Frederik Pohl
( 4 ) Perdido Street Station - China Mieville
( 4 ) The Demolished Man - Alfred Bester
( 4 ) The Last and First Men - Olaf Stapledon
( 4 ) Dune - Frank Herbert
( 4 ) 1984 - George Orwell +1
( 3 ) Slaughterhouse Five - Kurt Vonnegut
( 3 ) Cyteen - C.J. Cherryh -1
( 3 ) The Cyberiad - Stanislaw Lem



#1 Snow Crash  - Neal Stephenson
#2 The Left Hand of Darkness - Ursula K Le Guin
#3 Fahrenheit 451  - Ray Bradbury
#4 Rendezvous With Rama  - Arthur C Clarke
#5 Ringworld  - Larry Niven
#6 Speaker for the Dead   - Orson Scott Card
#7 The Time Machine  - H G Wells
#8 Foundation  - Isaac Asimov
#9 2001: A Space Odyssey - Arthur C Clarke
#10 The Caves of Steel - Isaac Asimov
#11 The Martian Chronicles - Ray Bradbury
#12 Starship Troopers  - Robert A Heinlein
#13 Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
#14 Stranger in a Strange Land - Robert A Heinlein
#15 Childhood's End - Arthur C Clarke
#16 The Forever War - Joe Haldeman
#17 Stranger in a Strange Land - Robert A Heinlein (second elimination)
#18 I, Robot - Isaac Asimov
# 19 The War of the Worlds - H G Wells  -1


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Reply #162 on: November 17, 2008, 07:45:16 PM
( 7 ) The Stars My Destination - Alfred Bester
( 6 ) Citizen of the Galaxy - Robert A Heinlein
( 6 ) Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
( 6 ) Neuromancer - William Gibson
( 6 ) Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? - Philip K Dick
( 6 ) The Man in the High Castle - Philip K Dick
( 5 ) Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card
( 5 ) Hyperion - Dan Simmons
( 5 ) Flowers For Algernon - Daniel Keys
( 5 ) 1984 - George Orwell +1
( 4 ) The Moon is a Harsh Mistress - Robert A Heinlein
( 4 ) Gateway - Frederik Pohl
( 4 ) Perdido Street Station - China Mieville
( 4 ) The Demolished Man - Alfred Bester
( 4 ) The Last and First Men - Olaf Stapledon
( 4 ) Dune - Frank Herbert
( 3 ) Slaughterhouse Five - Kurt Vonnegut
( 3 ) The Cyberiad - Stanislaw Lem
( 2 ) Cyteen - C.J. Cherryh -1



#1 Snow Crash  - Neal Stephenson
#2 The Left Hand of Darkness - Ursula K Le Guin
#3 Fahrenheit 451  - Ray Bradbury
#4 Rendezvous With Rama  - Arthur C Clarke
#5 Ringworld  - Larry Niven
#6 Speaker for the Dead   - Orson Scott Card
#7 The Time Machine  - H G Wells
#8 Foundation  - Isaac Asimov
#9 2001: A Space Odyssey - Arthur C Clarke
#10 The Caves of Steel - Isaac Asimov
#11 The Martian Chronicles - Ray Bradbury
#12 Starship Troopers  - Robert A Heinlein
#13 Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
#14 Stranger in a Strange Land - Robert A Heinlein
#15 Childhood's End - Arthur C Clarke
#16 The Forever War - Joe Haldeman
#17 Stranger in a Strange Land - Robert A Heinlein (second elimination)
#18 I, Robot - Isaac Asimov
# 19 The War of the Worlds - H G Wells  -1



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Reply #163 on: November 17, 2008, 07:54:16 PM
( 7 ) The Stars My Destination - Alfred Bester
( 6 ) Citizen of the Galaxy - Robert A Heinlein
( 6 ) Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
( 6 ) Neuromancer - William Gibson
( 6 ) Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? - Philip K Dick
( 6 ) The Man in the High Castle - Philip K Dick
( 5 ) Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card
( 5 ) Hyperion - Dan Simmons
( 5 ) 1984 - George Orwell
( 4 ) Flowers For Algernon - Daniel Keys -1
( 4 ) The Moon is a Harsh Mistress - Robert A Heinlein
( 4 ) Gateway - Frederik Pohl
( 4 ) Perdido Street Station - China Mieville
( 4 ) The Demolished Man - Alfred Bester
( 4 ) The Last and First Men - Olaf Stapledon
( 4 ) Dune - Frank Herbert
( 4 ) The Cyberiad - Stanislaw Lem + 1
( 3 ) Slaughterhouse Five - Kurt Vonnegut
( 2 ) Cyteen - C.J. Cherryh



#1 Snow Crash  - Neal Stephenson
#2 The Left Hand of Darkness - Ursula K Le Guin
#3 Fahrenheit 451  - Ray Bradbury
#4 Rendezvous With Rama  - Arthur C Clarke
#5 Ringworld  - Larry Niven
#6 Speaker for the Dead   - Orson Scott Card
#7 The Time Machine  - H G Wells
#8 Foundation  - Isaac Asimov
#9 2001: A Space Odyssey - Arthur C Clarke
#10 The Caves of Steel - Isaac Asimov
#11 The Martian Chronicles - Ray Bradbury
#12 Starship Troopers  - Robert A Heinlein
#13 Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
#14 Stranger in a Strange Land - Robert A Heinlein
#15 Childhood's End - Arthur C Clarke
#16 The Forever War - Joe Haldeman
#17 Stranger in a Strange Land - Robert A Heinlein (second elimination)
#18 I, Robot - Isaac Asimov
#19 The War of the Worlds - H G Wells 




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Reply #164 on: November 17, 2008, 08:02:26 PM
( 7 ) The Stars My Destination - Alfred Bester
( 6 ) Citizen of the Galaxy - Robert A Heinlein
( 6 ) Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
( 6 ) Neuromancer - William Gibson
( 6 ) Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? - Philip K Dick
( 6 ) The Man in the High Castle - Philip K Dick
( 5 ) Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card
( 5 ) Hyperion - Dan Simmons
( 5 ) 1984 - George Orwell
( 5 ) Flowers For Algernon - Daniel Keys  +1
( 4 ) The Moon is a Harsh Mistress - Robert A Heinlein
( 4 ) Gateway - Frederik Pohl
( 4 ) Perdido Street Station - China Mieville
( 4 ) The Demolished Man - Alfred Bester
( 4 ) The Last and First Men - Olaf Stapledon
( 4 ) Dune - Frank Herbert
( 4 ) The Cyberiad - Stanislaw Lem 
( 3 ) Slaughterhouse Five - Kurt Vonnegut
( 1 ) Cyteen - C.J. Cherryh -1



#1 Snow Crash  - Neal Stephenson
#2 The Left Hand of Darkness - Ursula K Le Guin
#3 Fahrenheit 451  - Ray Bradbury
#4 Rendezvous With Rama  - Arthur C Clarke
#5 Ringworld  - Larry Niven
#6 Speaker for the Dead   - Orson Scott Card
#7 The Time Machine  - H G Wells
#8 Foundation  - Isaac Asimov
#9 2001: A Space Odyssey - Arthur C Clarke
#10 The Caves of Steel - Isaac Asimov
#11 The Martian Chronicles - Ray Bradbury
#12 Starship Troopers  - Robert A Heinlein
#13 Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
#14 Stranger in a Strange Land - Robert A Heinlein
#15 Childhood's End - Arthur C Clarke
#16 The Forever War - Joe Haldeman
#17 Stranger in a Strange Land - Robert A Heinlein (second elimination)
#18 I, Robot - Isaac Asimov
#19 The War of the Worlds - H G Wells




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Reply #165 on: November 17, 2008, 08:15:40 PM
( 7 ) The Stars My Destination - Alfred Bester
( 6 ) Citizen of the Galaxy - Robert A Heinlein
( 6 ) Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
( 6 ) Neuromancer - William Gibson
( 6 ) Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? - Philip K Dick
( 6 ) The Man in the High Castle - Philip K Dick
( 5 ) Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card
( 5 ) Hyperion - Dan Simmons
( 5 ) 1984 - George Orwell
( 4 ) Flowers For Algernon - Daniel Keys  -1
( 4 ) The Moon is a Harsh Mistress - Robert A Heinlein
( 4 ) Gateway - Frederik Pohl
( 4 ) Perdido Street Station - China Mieville
( 4 ) The Demolished Man - Alfred Bester
( 4 ) The Last and First Men - Olaf Stapledon
( 4 ) Dune - Frank Herbert
( 4 ) The Cyberiad - Stanislaw Lem 
( 3 ) Slaughterhouse Five - Kurt Vonnegut
( 2 ) Cyteen - C.J. Cherryh +1



#1 Snow Crash  - Neal Stephenson
#2 The Left Hand of Darkness - Ursula K Le Guin
#3 Fahrenheit 451  - Ray Bradbury
#4 Rendezvous With Rama  - Arthur C Clarke
#5 Ringworld  - Larry Niven
#6 Speaker for the Dead   - Orson Scott Card
#7 The Time Machine  - H G Wells
#8 Foundation  - Isaac Asimov
#9 2001: A Space Odyssey - Arthur C Clarke
#10 The Caves of Steel - Isaac Asimov
#11 The Martian Chronicles - Ray Bradbury
#12 Starship Troopers  - Robert A Heinlein
#13 Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
#14 Stranger in a Strange Land - Robert A Heinlein
#15 Childhood's End - Arthur C Clarke
#16 The Forever War - Joe Haldeman
#17 Stranger in a Strange Land - Robert A Heinlein (second elimination)
#18 I, Robot - Isaac Asimov
#19 The War of the Worlds - H G Wells





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Reply #166 on: November 17, 2008, 08:22:32 PM
( 8 ) The Stars My Destination - Alfred Bester +1
( 6 ) Citizen of the Galaxy - Robert A Heinlein
( 6 ) Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
( 6 ) Neuromancer - William Gibson
( 6 ) Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? - Philip K Dick
( 6 ) The Man in the High Castle - Philip K Dick
( 5 ) Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card
( 5 ) Hyperion - Dan Simmons
( 5 ) 1984 - George Orwell
( 4 ) The Moon is a Harsh Mistress - Robert A Heinlein
( 4 ) Gateway - Frederik Pohl
( 4 ) Perdido Street Station - China Mieville
( 4 ) The Demolished Man - Alfred Bester
( 4 ) The Last and First Men - Olaf Stapledon
( 4 ) Dune - Frank Herbert
( 4 ) The Cyberiad - Stanislaw Lem 
( 3 ) Flowers For Algernon - Daniel Keys  -1
( 3 ) Slaughterhouse Five - Kurt Vonnegut
( 2 ) Cyteen - C.J. Cherryh


#1 Snow Crash  - Neal Stephenson
#2 The Left Hand of Darkness - Ursula K Le Guin
#3 Fahrenheit 451  - Ray Bradbury
#4 Rendezvous With Rama  - Arthur C Clarke
#5 Ringworld  - Larry Niven
#6 Speaker for the Dead   - Orson Scott Card
#7 The Time Machine  - H G Wells
#8 Foundation  - Isaac Asimov
#9 2001: A Space Odyssey - Arthur C Clarke
#10 The Caves of Steel - Isaac Asimov
#11 The Martian Chronicles - Ray Bradbury
#12 Starship Troopers  - Robert A Heinlein
#13 Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
#14 Stranger in a Strange Land - Robert A Heinlein
#15 Childhood's End - Arthur C Clarke
#16 The Forever War - Joe Haldeman
#17 Stranger in a Strange Land - Robert A Heinlein (second elimination)
#18 I, Robot - Isaac Asimov
#19 The War of the Worlds - H G Wells



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Reply #167 on: November 17, 2008, 08:26:03 PM
( 8 ) The Stars My Destination - Alfred Bester
( 7 ) Citizen of the Galaxy - Robert A Heinlein +1
( 6 ) Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
( 6 ) Neuromancer - William Gibson
( 6 ) Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? - Philip K Dick
( 6 ) The Man in the High Castle - Philip K Dick
( 5 ) Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card
( 5 ) Hyperion - Dan Simmons
( 5 ) 1984 - George Orwell
( 4 ) The Moon is a Harsh Mistress - Robert A Heinlein
( 4 ) Gateway - Frederik Pohl
( 4 ) Perdido Street Station - China Mieville
( 4 ) The Demolished Man - Alfred Bester
( 4 ) The Last and First Men - Olaf Stapledon
( 4 ) Dune - Frank Herbert
( 4 ) The Cyberiad - Stanislaw Lem 
( 3 ) Slaughterhouse Five - Kurt Vonnegut
( 2) Flowers For Algernon - Daniel Keys  -1
( 2 ) Cyteen - C.J. Cherryh


#1 Snow Crash  - Neal Stephenson
#2 The Left Hand of Darkness - Ursula K Le Guin
#3 Fahrenheit 451  - Ray Bradbury
#4 Rendezvous With Rama  - Arthur C Clarke
#5 Ringworld  - Larry Niven
#6 Speaker for the Dead   - Orson Scott Card
#7 The Time Machine  - H G Wells
#8 Foundation  - Isaac Asimov
#9 2001: A Space Odyssey - Arthur C Clarke
#10 The Caves of Steel - Isaac Asimov
#11 The Martian Chronicles - Ray Bradbury
#12 Starship Troopers  - Robert A Heinlein
#13 Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
#14 Stranger in a Strange Land - Robert A Heinlein
#15 Childhood's End - Arthur C Clarke
#16 The Forever War - Joe Haldeman
#17 Stranger in a Strange Land - Robert A Heinlein (second elimination)
#18 I, Robot - Isaac Asimov
#19 The War of the Worlds - H G Wells




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Reply #168 on: November 17, 2008, 09:34:39 PM
( 8 ) The Stars My Destination - Alfred Bester
( 7 ) Citizen of the Galaxy - Robert A Heinlein +1
( 6 ) Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
( 6 ) Neuromancer - William Gibson
( 6 ) Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? - Philip K Dick
( 6 ) The Man in the High Castle - Philip K Dick
( 5 ) Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card
( 5 ) Hyperion - Dan Simmons
( 5 ) 1984 - George Orwell
( 4 ) The Moon is a Harsh Mistress - Robert A Heinlein
( 4 ) Gateway - Frederik Pohl
( 4 ) Perdido Street Station - China Mieville
( 4 ) The Demolished Man - Alfred Bester
( 4 ) The Last and First Men - Olaf Stapledon
( 4 ) Dune - Frank Herbert
( 4 ) The Cyberiad - Stanislaw Lem 
( 3 ) Slaughterhouse Five - Kurt Vonnegut
( 3 ) Flowers For Algernon - Daniel Keys  +1
( 1 ) Cyteen - C.J. Cherryh -1


#1 Snow Crash  - Neal Stephenson
#2 The Left Hand of Darkness - Ursula K Le Guin
#3 Fahrenheit 451  - Ray Bradbury
#4 Rendezvous With Rama  - Arthur C Clarke
#5 Ringworld  - Larry Niven
#6 Speaker for the Dead   - Orson Scott Card
#7 The Time Machine  - H G Wells
#8 Foundation  - Isaac Asimov
#9 2001: A Space Odyssey - Arthur C Clarke
#10 The Caves of Steel - Isaac Asimov
#11 The Martian Chronicles - Ray Bradbury
#12 Starship Troopers  - Robert A Heinlein
#13 Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
#14 Stranger in a Strange Land - Robert A Heinlein
#15 Childhood's End - Arthur C Clarke
#16 The Forever War - Joe Haldeman
#17 Stranger in a Strange Land - Robert A Heinlein (second elimination)
#18 I, Robot - Isaac Asimov
#19 The War of the Worlds - H G Wells




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Reply #169 on: November 17, 2008, 09:36:48 PM
( 8 ) The Stars My Destination - Alfred Bester
( 7 ) Citizen of the Galaxy - Robert A Heinlein +1
( 6 ) Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
( 6 ) Neuromancer - William Gibson
( 7 ) Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? - Philip K Dick +1
( 6 ) The Man in the High Castle - Philip K Dick
( 5 ) Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card
( 5 ) Hyperion - Dan Simmons
( 5 ) 1984 - George Orwell
( 4 ) The Moon is a Harsh Mistress - Robert A Heinlein
( 4 ) Gateway - Frederik Pohl
( 4 ) Perdido Street Station - China Mieville
( 4 ) The Demolished Man - Alfred Bester
( 4 ) The Last and First Men - Olaf Stapledon
( 4 ) Dune - Frank Herbert
( 4 ) The Cyberiad - Stanislaw Lem 
( 3 ) Slaughterhouse Five - Kurt Vonnegut
( 3 ) Flowers For Algernon - Daniel Keys 
 

#1 Snow Crash  - Neal Stephenson
#2 The Left Hand of Darkness - Ursula K Le Guin
#3 Fahrenheit 451  - Ray Bradbury
#4 Rendezvous With Rama  - Arthur C Clarke
#5 Ringworld  - Larry Niven
#6 Speaker for the Dead   - Orson Scott Card
#7 The Time Machine  - H G Wells
#8 Foundation  - Isaac Asimov
#9 2001: A Space Odyssey - Arthur C Clarke
#10 The Caves of Steel - Isaac Asimov
#11 The Martian Chronicles - Ray Bradbury
#12 Starship Troopers  - Robert A Heinlein
#13 Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
#14 Stranger in a Strange Land - Robert A Heinlein
#15 Childhood's End - Arthur C Clarke
#16 The Forever War - Joe Haldeman
#17 Stranger in a Strange Land - Robert A Heinlein (second elimination)
#18 I, Robot - Isaac Asimov
#19 The War of the Worlds - H G Wells
#20 Cyteen - C.J. Cherryh -1

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Reply #170 on: November 17, 2008, 09:38:41 PM
( 8 ) The Stars My Destination - Alfred Bester
( 7 ) Citizen of the Galaxy - Robert A Heinlein
( 6 ) Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
( 6 ) Neuromancer - William Gibson
( 7 ) Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? - Philip K Dick
( 6 ) The Man in the High Castle - Philip K Dick
( 5 ) Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card
( 5 ) Hyperion - Dan Simmons
( 5 ) 1984 - George Orwell
( 4 ) The Moon is a Harsh Mistress - Robert A Heinlein
( 4 ) Gateway - Frederik Pohl
( 4 ) Perdido Street Station - China Mieville
( 4 ) The Demolished Man - Alfred Bester
( 4 ) The Last and First Men - Olaf Stapledon
( 3 ) Dune - Frank Herbert -1
( 4 ) The Cyberiad - Stanislaw Lem 
( 4 ) Flowers For Algernon - Daniel Keys +1
( 3 ) Slaughterhouse Five - Kurt Vonnegut



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Reply #171 on: November 17, 2008, 10:42:43 PM
( 8 ) The Stars My Destination - Alfred Bester
( 7 ) Citizen of the Galaxy - Robert A Heinlein
( 6 ) Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
( 6 ) Neuromancer - William Gibson
( 6 ) Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? - Philip K Dick -1
( 6 ) The Man in the High Castle - Philip K Dick
( 5 ) Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card
( 5 ) Hyperion - Dan Simmons
( 5 ) 1984 - George Orwell
( 4 ) The Moon is a Harsh Mistress - Robert A Heinlein
( 4 ) Gateway - Frederik Pohl
( 4 ) Perdido Street Station - China Mieville
( 4 ) The Demolished Man - Alfred Bester
( 4 ) The Last and First Men - Olaf Stapledon
( 4 ) Dune - Frank Herbert +1
( 4 ) The Cyberiad - Stanislaw Lem 
( 4 ) Flowers For Algernon - Daniel Keys
( 3 ) Slaughterhouse Five - Kurt Vonnegut


 

#1 Snow Crash  - Neal Stephenson
#2 The Left Hand of Darkness - Ursula K Le Guin
#3 Fahrenheit 451  - Ray Bradbury
#4 Rendezvous With Rama  - Arthur C Clarke
#5 Ringworld  - Larry Niven
#6 Speaker for the Dead   - Orson Scott Card
#7 The Time Machine  - H G Wells
#8 Foundation  - Isaac Asimov
#9 2001: A Space Odyssey - Arthur C Clarke
#10 The Caves of Steel - Isaac Asimov
#11 The Martian Chronicles - Ray Bradbury
#12 Starship Troopers  - Robert A Heinlein
#13 Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
#14 Stranger in a Strange Land - Robert A Heinlein
#15 Childhood's End - Arthur C Clarke
#16 The Forever War - Joe Haldeman
#17 Stranger in a Strange Land - Robert A Heinlein (second elimination)
#18 I, Robot - Isaac Asimov
#19 The War of the Worlds - H G Wells
#20 Cyteen - C.J. Cherryh -1




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Reply #172 on: November 18, 2008, 01:02:51 AM

( 7 ) Citizen of the Galaxy - Robert A Heinlein
( 7 ) The Stars My Destination - Alfred Bester
( 6 ) Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
( 6 ) Neuromancer - William Gibson
( 6 ) Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? - Philip K Dick
( 6 ) The Man in the High Castle - Philip K Dick
( 5 ) Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card
( 5 ) Hyperion - Dan Simmons
( 4 ) The Moon is a Harsh Mistress - Robert A Heinlein
( 4 ) Flowers For Algernon - Daniel Keys
( 4 ) Perdido Street Station - China Mieville
( 4 ) The Demolished Man - Alfred Bester
( 4 ) The Last and First Men - Olaf Stapledon
( 4 ) Cyteen - C.J. Cherryh
( 4 ) Dune - Frank Herbert
( 3 ) Gateway - Frederik Pohl -1
( 3 ) Slaughterhouse Five - Kurt Vonnegut
( 3 ) The Cyberiad - Stanislaw Lem
( 3 ) 1984 - George Orwell
( 2 ) The War of the Worlds - H G Wells +1

#1 Snow Crash  - Neal Stephenson
#2 The Left Hand of Darkness - Ursula K Le Guin
#3 Fahrenheit 451  - Ray Bradbury
#4 Rendezvous With Rama  - Arthur C Clarke
#5 Ringworld  - Larry Niven
#6 Speaker for the Dead   - Orson Scott Card
#7 The Time Machine  - H G Wells
#8 Foundation  - Isaac Asimov
#9 2001: A Space Odyssey - Arthur C Clarke
#10 The Caves of Steel - Isaac Asimov
#11 The Martian Chronicles - Ray Bradbury
#12 Starship Troopers  - Robert A Heinlein
#13 Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
#14 Stranger in a Strange Land - Robert A Heinlein
#15 Childhood's End - Arthur C Clarke
#16 The Forever War - Joe Haldeman
#17 Stranger in a Strange Land - Robert A Heinlein (second elimination)
#18 I, Robot - Isaac Asimov


I just can't let a classic go down before some of the other books on the list...

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Reply #173 on: November 18, 2008, 01:15:54 AM
Windup played from an old state, and since he voted for an eliminated book, I don't think his move is recoverable, so I'll ignore it.

( 8 ) The Stars My Destination - Alfred Bester
( 7 ) Citizen of the Galaxy - Robert A Heinlein
( 6 ) Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
( 6 ) Hyperion - Dan Simmons + 1
( 6 ) Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? - Philip K Dick
( 6 ) The Man in the High Castle - Philip K Dick
( 5 ) Neuromancer - William Gibson - 1
( 5 ) Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card
( 5 ) 1984 - George Orwell
( 4 ) The Moon is a Harsh Mistress - Robert A Heinlein
( 4 ) Gateway - Frederik Pohl
( 4 ) Perdido Street Station - China Mieville
( 4 ) The Demolished Man - Alfred Bester
( 4 ) The Last and First Men - Olaf Stapledon
( 4 ) Dune - Frank Herbert
( 4 ) The Cyberiad - Stanislaw Lem 
( 4 ) Flowers For Algernon - Daniel Keys
( 2 ) Slaughterhouse Five - Kurt Vonnegut


#1 Snow Crash  - Neal Stephenson
#2 The Left Hand of Darkness - Ursula K Le Guin
#3 Fahrenheit 451  - Ray Bradbury
#4 Rendezvous With Rama  - Arthur C Clarke
#5 Ringworld  - Larry Niven
#6 Speaker for the Dead   - Orson Scott Card
#7 The Time Machine  - H G Wells
#8 Foundation  - Isaac Asimov
#9 2001: A Space Odyssey - Arthur C Clarke
#10 The Caves of Steel - Isaac Asimov
#11 The Martian Chronicles - Ray Bradbury
#12 Starship Troopers  - Robert A Heinlein
#13 Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
#14 Stranger in a Strange Land - Robert A Heinlein
#15 Childhood's End - Arthur C Clarke
#16 The Forever War - Joe Haldeman
#17 Stranger in a Strange Land - Robert A Heinlein (second elimination)
#18 I, Robot - Isaac Asimov
#19 The War of the Worlds - H G Wells
#20 Cyteen - C.J. Cherryh



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Reply #174 on: November 18, 2008, 03:13:00 AM


( 8 ) The Stars My Destination - Alfred Bester
( 7 ) Citizen of the Galaxy - Robert A Heinlein
( 7 ) Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams  +1
( 6 ) Hyperion - Dan Simmons
( 6 ) Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? - Philip K Dick
( 6 ) The Man in the High Castle - Philip K Dick
( 5 ) Neuromancer - William Gibson
( 5 ) Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card
( 5 ) 1984 - George Orwell
( 4 ) The Moon is a Harsh Mistress - Robert A Heinlein
( 4 ) Gateway - Frederik Pohl
( 4 ) The Demolished Man - Alfred Bester
( 4 ) The Last and First Men - Olaf Stapledon
( 4 ) Dune - Frank Herbert
( 4 ) The Cyberiad - Stanislaw Lem 
( 4 ) Flowers For Algernon - Daniel Keys
( 3 ) Perdido Street Station - China Mieville  -1
( 2 ) Slaughterhouse Five - Kurt Vonnegut


#1 Snow Crash  - Neal Stephenson
#2 The Left Hand of Darkness - Ursula K Le Guin
#3 Fahrenheit 451  - Ray Bradbury
#4 Rendezvous With Rama  - Arthur C Clarke
#5 Ringworld  - Larry Niven
#6 Speaker for the Dead   - Orson Scott Card
#7 The Time Machine  - H G Wells
#8 Foundation  - Isaac Asimov
#9 2001: A Space Odyssey - Arthur C Clarke
#10 The Caves of Steel - Isaac Asimov
#11 The Martian Chronicles - Ray Bradbury
#12 Starship Troopers  - Robert A Heinlein
#13 Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
#14 Stranger in a Strange Land - Robert A Heinlein
#15 Childhood's End - Arthur C Clarke
#16 The Forever War - Joe Haldeman
#17 Stranger in a Strange Land - Robert A Heinlein (second elimination)
#18 I, Robot - Isaac Asimov
#19 The War of the Worlds - H G Wells
#20 Cyteen - C.J. Cherryh