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What are the three best science fiction books ever written?

Posted on 08/13/2022 11:42:57 AM PDT by MNDude

2001? A wrinkle in time? I, Robot?

What are the best science for books in your opinion?


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To: rktman

Nope, not just you. πŸ˜„


21 posted on 08/13/2022 11:54:04 AM PDT by mewzilla (We need to repeal RCV wherever it's in use and go back to dumb voting machines.)
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To: MNDude

Foundation trio
Stranger in a Strange Land
Mote in Gods Eye


22 posted on 08/13/2022 11:54:53 AM PDT by MV=PY (The Magic Question: Who's paying for it?)
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To: TexasFreeper2009

Ender’s Game, the book is my favorite


23 posted on 08/13/2022 11:55:46 AM PDT by Sawdring
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To: mewzilla

Edgar Rice Burroughs’ John Carter books...


24 posted on 08/13/2022 11:56:01 AM PDT by mewzilla (We need to repeal RCV wherever it's in use and go back to dumb voting machines.)
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To: MNDude

Jules Verne’s writings would be up there.


25 posted on 08/13/2022 11:56:43 AM PDT by week 71
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To: MNDude
The Caves of Steel by Isaac Asimov 1954 But then again you have to read the sequels, The Naked Sun, and The Robots of Dawn.

But then, the next book:

Robots and Empire is part of Asimov's consolidation of his three major series of science fiction stories and novels into a single future history: his Robot series, his Galactic Empire series and his Foundation series. (Asimov also carried out this unification in Foundation's Edge and its sequel.)

But again If you have to describe the total works of Asimov's future history, you have to consider Heinlein's major works.


26 posted on 08/13/2022 11:56:51 AM PDT by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken)
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To: Hieronymus

β€œEat!”


27 posted on 08/13/2022 11:57:08 AM PDT by gundog ( It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: MNDude

I have taken a stab at writing the best Sci Fi book. Been working on it 32 years. It is unique, for sure. Anyone want to do a free read, I need readers. Just mail me. It’s online.


28 posted on 08/13/2022 11:58:10 AM PDT by DaxtonBrown
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To: MNDude

Out of the Silent Planet trilogy, Brave New World, 1984, John Carter Series, On The Beach, Dune. Those are some of my favorites.


29 posted on 08/13/2022 11:58:16 AM PDT by Ge0ffrey
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To: mewzilla

I enjoyed the works of Michael Crichton, although they tend to stray into the techno-thriller genre.


30 posted on 08/13/2022 11:58:19 AM PDT by Jeff Chandler (THE ISSUE IS NEVER THE ISSUE. THE REVOLUTION IS THE ISSUE.)
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To: griffin

Butt Seriesly, i enjoyed The Marian Chronicles by Burrows....but that was in my preteen years.


31 posted on 08/13/2022 11:58:35 AM PDT by griffin (When you have to shoot, SHOOT; don't talk. -Tuco)
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To: MNDude

Immortality, Inc. By Robert Sheckley
Harrison Bergeron By Kurt Vonnegut
Can’t think of a third right now.


32 posted on 08/13/2022 11:58:57 AM PDT by perfect_rovian_storm
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To: Sawdring

I’m glad the book was good because the movie wasn’t


33 posted on 08/13/2022 11:59:16 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave)
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To: MNDude

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subjects/search/?query=science+fiction

much free early science fiction here which is the best

the periodicals have very good short stories

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/9016


34 posted on 08/13/2022 11:59:23 AM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: mewzilla

There you go!
At least you can spell him right.


35 posted on 08/13/2022 11:59:48 AM PDT by griffin (When you have to shoot, SHOOT; don't talk. -Tuco)
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To: plain talk

interesting...


36 posted on 08/13/2022 12:00:21 PM PDT by griffin (When you have to shoot, SHOOT; don't talk. -Tuco)
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To: MNDude

In no particular order:
The moon is a harsh mistress; Robert A. Heinlein

Snowcrash; Neil Stephenson

Rainbows End; Vernor Vinge


37 posted on 08/13/2022 12:01:21 PM PDT by absalom01 (You should do your duty in all things. You cannot do more, and you should never wish to do less.)
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To: MV=PY

The Mote in God’s Eye may be the best first contact novel ever written. And any of the Niven & Pournelle collaborations are worth reading.


38 posted on 08/13/2022 12:01:26 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: MNDude

My votes for best sci-fi books have already been listed (God bless you guys), so here are some that I think are also awesome:

The Moon is a Harsh Mistress - Robert Heinlein
The Forever War - Joe Haldeman
Rendevous with Rama - Arther C Clark


39 posted on 08/13/2022 12:01:41 PM PDT by fr_freak ( )
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To: MNDude

Dune. Foundation. Ringworld.


40 posted on 08/13/2022 12:01:59 PM PDT by sauropod (Unbelief has nothing to say. Chance favors the prepared mind.)
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