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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 1249 Views
How can Harry Potter be there and the Dark Tower not ? AgentOrange - 13/12/2009 11:53:10 PM 668 Views
I guess because... j-whitt987 - 14/12/2009 12:11:47 AM 700 Views
Oh. Well that sentence was too long! AgentOrange - 14/12/2009 07:48:19 AM 655 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 619 Views
you're just saying that to hurt me *NM* AgentOrange - 14/12/2009 06:14:31 PM 279 Views
Awww. It isn't just to hurt you. snoopcester - 14/12/2009 08:55:44 PM 625 Views
I'm really struggling to finish Dark Tower.... Brian - 16/12/2009 07:19:35 AM 577 Views
Similar for me snoopcester - 16/12/2009 12:03:48 PM 662 Views
It's worth finishing. rebelaessedai - 16/12/2009 03:02:32 PM 625 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 435 Views
What do you mean? *NM* Darth_Katie - 14/12/2009 01:52:01 PM 269 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 261 Views
Yes, and the book is bad. Ouranid - 14/12/2009 06:18:02 PM 650 Views
I liked it snoopcester - 16/12/2009 01:17:57 PM 671 Views
I agree with her 100%. It's not Science Fiction. *NM* Joker - 15/12/2009 06:47:50 PM 305 Views
She later changed her mind and said it is science fiction. Werthead - 15/12/2009 10:09:03 PM 830 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 625 Views
Lists are created that we may complain about them. Craig - 14/12/2009 12:31:32 AM 628 Views
Yeah, what he said. *NM* jh - 14/12/2009 07:27:58 AM 268 Views
Read most of these Larry - 14/12/2009 12:43:05 AM 895 Views
Thank you. Jayhawk - 10/01/2010 01:45:11 AM 835 Views
Double post Jayhawk - 10/01/2010 01:45:27 AM 808 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 612 Views
it's fantasy. not sf even by a stretch. *NM* Aeryn - 14/12/2009 05:52:05 AM 275 Views
and really, not very good. *NM* Aeryn - 14/12/2009 05:52:39 AM 293 Views
See below. *NM* Ghavrel - 14/12/2009 06:52:39 AM 258 Views
Harry Potter? *NM* Ghavrel - 14/12/2009 06:52:32 AM 289 Views
Re: 20 Best Science Fiction Books of the Decade snoopcester - 14/12/2009 02:28:29 PM 629 Views
Not sure if I could come up with a ranking. Werthead - 14/12/2009 05:28:34 PM 762 Views
I'd say the Scar is more balanced AgentOrange - 14/12/2009 06:18:13 PM 562 Views
Generally agree but... Jacob - 14/12/2009 06:22:50 PM 616 Views
Am I th eonly one who always reads Ekaterina Sedia as Ekaterina Sedai? *NM* everynametaken - 14/12/2009 08:52:57 PM 305 Views
Nope. *NM* rebelaessedai - 14/12/2009 11:41:01 PM 275 Views
Yes. Freak. *NM* jh - 15/12/2009 11:25:40 AM 267 Views
I thought it was a Wotmania username for a while *NM* Gher - 15/12/2009 06:38:16 PM 261 Views
Same. lord-of-shadow - 16/12/2009 05:35:55 AM 642 Views
Glad to see Ted Chiang make the list Jayhawk - 10/01/2010 01:48:44 AM 803 Views
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