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1 posted on 08/13/2022 11:42:57 AM PDT by MNDude
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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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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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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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First on the Moon?

https://www.amazon.com/First-Moon-Apollo-Anniversary-Experience/dp/1454931973


41 posted on 08/13/2022 12:02:43 PM PDT by PAR35
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Hitchhiker’s guide to the galaxy no good?


42 posted on 08/13/2022 12:02:47 PM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave)
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Maybe not top 3, but Childhood’s End by Arthur C. Clarke has always been at the top of my list.


43 posted on 08/13/2022 12:03:02 PM PDT by A Navy Vet (USA Birth Certificate - 1787. Death Certificate - 2021. )
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Starship Trooper, Foundation trilogy, Martian Chronicles


46 posted on 08/13/2022 12:03:19 PM PDT by ToxicMasculinity (At this point, what difference does it make.)
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EARTH ABIDES by George R. Stewart, 1984 by Orwell, DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS by John Wyndham.


47 posted on 08/13/2022 12:03:23 PM PDT by Orosius
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Anything by Robert Heinlein.

Anything by David Weber.

Anything by S.M. Stirling.


48 posted on 08/13/2022 12:03:53 PM PDT by Bayan
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Neverness by David Zindell.


49 posted on 08/13/2022 12:03:59 PM PDT by Gman
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Or, to get all foundational about it, FRANKENSTEIN by Mary Shelley, 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA by Verne, and THE WAR OF THE WORLDS and THE TIME MACHINE by Wells.


61 posted on 08/13/2022 12:07:01 PM PDT by Orosius
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Mote in God’s Eye
Stand on Zanzibar
Neuromancer (and sequels)


62 posted on 08/13/2022 12:07:10 PM PDT by Chad C. Mulligan
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“Cold War in a Country Garden”…

Incredible story

Definitely one of the best.


63 posted on 08/13/2022 12:07:21 PM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.She was, indeed, a hottie… Rest in peace, Joanne.)
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Bill Clinton’s autobiography


66 posted on 08/13/2022 12:07:48 PM PDT by Eccl 10:2 (Prov 3:5 --- "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding")
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The three best Science Fiction Books are:

1. The one that most SF fans say isn't REALLY an SF book
2. The one that most SF fans claim doesn't properly handle the science
3. The one that most SF fans don't like because it is too poetic and doesn't just stick with the plot

67 posted on 08/13/2022 12:07:54 PM PDT by who_would_fardels_bear (This is not a tagline.)
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The Door into Summer by Heinlein.


70 posted on 08/13/2022 12:08:34 PM PDT by mkmensinger
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Way Station. Clifford Simak
71 posted on 08/13/2022 12:09:23 PM PDT by Hans
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Impossible to select the three best, because there’s such a tremendous variety in the genre. It all depends on my mood at a given moment. My wife and I have well over 4,000 science fiction and fantasy books in our house, and have probably read as many again that we don’t own copies of.


76 posted on 08/13/2022 12:14:30 PM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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I liked a lot of the pulp sci-fi series as a kid.

The Berserker series by Fred Saberhagen.

The John Grimes Rim World series by A. Bertram Chandler.

The Stainless Steel Rat series by Harry Harrison.

The Gentle Giants series by James Hogan.

The Ringworld series by Larry Niven.

Other singles:

Rendezvous with Rama, by Arthur C. Clarke.

-PJ

80 posted on 08/13/2022 12:15:58 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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The Door Into Summer by Robert A. Heinlein 1956
Methuselah's Children by Robert A. Heinlein 1958
Farnham's Freehold by Robert A. Heinlein 1964
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein 1966
I Will Fear No Evil by Robert A. Heinlein 1970
Time Enough for Love by Robert A. Heinlein 1973
The Notebooks of Lazarus Long by Robert A. Heinlein, Stephen F. Hickman (Illustrator) 1978
The Number of the Beast by Robert A. Heinlein 1980
The Cat Who Walks Through Walls by Robert A. Heinlein 1985
To Sail Beyond the Sunset by Robert A. Heinlein 1987
81 posted on 08/13/2022 12:16:27 PM PDT by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken)
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