Saved For Reference
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1. The HitchHiker's Guide to the Galaxy -- Douglas Adams 85% (102) - Done
2. Nineteen Eighty-Four -- George Orwell 79% (92) - Done
3. Brave New World -- Aldous Huxley 69% (77)
4. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? -- Philip Dick 64% (67)
5. Neuromancer -- William Gibson 59% (66)
6. Dune -- Frank Herbert 53% (54)
7. I, Robot -- Isaac Asimov 52% (54) - Done
8. Foundation -- Isaac Asimov 47% (47) - Done
9. The Colour of Magic -- Terry Pratchett 46% (46)
10. Microserfs -- Douglas Coupland 43% (44)
11. Snow Crash -- Neal Stephenson 37% (37)
12. Watchmen -- Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons 38% (37)
13. Cryptonomicon -- Neal Stephenson 36% (36)
14. Consider Phlebas -- Iain M Banks 34% (35)
15. Stranger in a Strange Land -- Robert Heinlein 33% (33)
16. The Man in the High Castle -- Philip K Dick 34% (32)
17. American Gods -- Neil Gaiman 31% (29)
18. The Diamond Age -- Neal Stephenson 27% (27)
19. The Illuminatus! Trilogy -- Robert Shea & Robert Anton Wilson 23% (21)
20. Trouble with Lichen - John Wyndham 21% (19)
posted by Arun at 7:17 AM
6 Comments:
have read none of them. i am so uncool!
Two of these are my favorites. Four are on my bookshelf. Not really a geek, I am; but I am getting there. :p
Bushbush, I think the very fact that you haven't read them excludes you from being uncool :)
I've read all the ones marked Done (although I don't have a bookshelf so I don't know where they are). I'm a bit surprised 2001: A space odyssey isn't here.
Don't think my low percentage on the list takes anything away from my geek cred though. I've done/read things that are far geekier. Can anybody say teleamp?
I haven't read 4 out of the whole list. The other 16, done.
Problem - this is way too unfair... guardian could at least give me a list of stuff to try. 4 books, is all?
Use your imagination good buddy. And amazon.com. Definitely use amazon.com.
Think that's the percentage of people who voted for a particular book. Interesting nick. Read through your profile. Many interesting things. I could fill a page talking about the things in there (Armageddon is one of your favourite movies???). But I shall defer to a later time.
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