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Best SciFi book ever?

Best SciFi book ever?

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I nominate "The Algebraist" by Iain M Banks

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The 9/11 Commission Report - Thomas H. Kean

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Originally posted by Mixo
I nominate "The Algebraist" by Iain M Banks
I'm in doubt... 🙁

Ubik, by Philip K. Dick or
Flowers for Algernon by Kayes...

- J

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That's too hard of an answer.
How about surprisingly good scifi book?

In which I would say, Kiln People by David Brin was surprisingly good.

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Anything in Larry Niven's Known Space.

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Originally posted by David C
Anything in Larry Niven's Known Space.
I forgot Niven! 🙁
Ringworld

And The Ballad of Beta-2, by Samuel Delany.

Great books.

- J

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HG Wells, The Island of Doctor Moreau.

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dunno about best, but some of my favourites were:
Heinlein - The Puppet Masters, Starship Troopers
(pity both were so badly turned into films)
Wyndham - The Kraken Wakes, Day of the Triffids
Asimov - the Robot stories
Niven - Ringworld series
Dick - loads of stuff

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Uh, bible or Koran 🙂

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Originally posted by pulu2
Uh, bible or Koran 🙂
Fiction, yes, but science?

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the rama series
arthur c clarke
and 2001 as well

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Originally posted by Mixo
I nominate "The Algebraist" by Iain M Banks
What year did that one come out? I heard about it but have seen nothing in the stores yet.
One of the great ones has to be Enders Game by Card.
Of course Phillik K dick is high on the list.
Anything he wrote basically!
Don't forget Olaf Stapleton, "Starmaker" and his earlier one,
Last and first men.

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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - if that can be called SciFi.

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Originally posted by catfoodtim
and Asimov's Foundation Series.
Do you think Asimov went a book too far in trying to tie various other books into the Foundation series?