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"The Most Significant SF & Fantasy Books of the Last 50 Years, 1953-2002"
(my source did not quote the list's source)

The ones I've read are bolded. The ones I started but didn't finish are in italics.


1 The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien
2 The Foundation Trilogy, Isaac Asimov
3 Dune, Frank Herbert
4 Stranger in a Strange Land, Robert A. Heinlein (blech)
5 A Wizard of Earthsea, Ursula K. Le Guin
6 Neuromancer, William Gibson
7 Childhood's End, Arthur C. Clarke (probably finished it, but don't recall any of it)
8 Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Philip K. Dick
9 The Mists of Avalon, Marion Zimmer Bradley
10 Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury
11 The Book of the New Sun, Gene Wolfe
12 A Canticle for Leibowitz, Walter M. Miller, Jr.
13 The Caves of Steel, Isaac Asimov
14 Children of the Atom, Wilmar Shiras
15 Cities in Flight, James Blish
16 The Colour of Magic, Terry Pratchett
17 Dangerous Visions, edited by Harlan Ellison
18 Deathbird Stories, Harlan Ellison
19 The Demolished Man, Alfred Bester
20 Dhalgren, Samuel R. Delany
21 Dragonflight, Anne McCaffrey
22 Ender's Game, Orson Scott Card
23 The First Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever, Stephen R. Donaldson (blech)
24 The Forever War, Joe Haldeman
25 Gateway, Frederik Pohl (read other of Pohl's work, hated it all)
26 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, J.K. Rowling
27 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams
28 I Am Legend, Richard Matheson
29 Interview with the Vampire, Anne Rice
30 The Left Hand of Darkness, Ursula K. Le Guin
31 Little, Big, John Crowley
32 Lord of Light, Roger Zelazny
33 The Man in the High Castle, Philip K. Dick
34 Mission of Gravity, Hal Clement
35 More Than Human, Theodore Sturgeon
36 The Rediscovery of Man, Cordwainer Smith
37 On the Beach, Nevil Shute
38 Rendezvous with Rama, Arthur C. Clarke
39 Ringworld, Larry Niven (when I was six years old!)
40 Rogue Moon, Algis Budrys
41 The Silmarillion, J.R.R. Tolkien
42 Slaughterhouse-5, Kurt Vonnegut (now -that- is fucked UP)
43 Snow Crash, Neal Stephenson
44 Stand on Zanzibar, John Brunner
45 The Stars My Destination, Alfred Bester
46 Starship Troopers, Robert A. Heinlein
47 Stormbringer, Michael Moorcock (blech, depressing)
48 The Sword of Shannara, Terry Brooks
49 Timescape, Gregory Benford
50 To Your Scattered Bodies Go, Philip Jose Farmer (read the last book in the series, underwhelmed)

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I just deleted the ones I haven't read.

1 The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien
2 The Foundation Trilogy, Isaac Asimov
3 Dune, Frank Herbert
4 Stranger in a Strange Land, Robert A. Heinlein (for a class)
5 A Wizard of Earthsea, Ursula K. Le Guin
6 Neuromancer, William Gibson
7 Childhood's End, Arthur C. Clarke
10 Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury
12 A Canticle for Leibowitz, Walter M. Miller, Jr.
13 The Caves of Steel, Isaac Asimov
19 The Demolished Man, Alfred Bester
20 Dhalgren, Samuel R. Delany (MAN was it trippy)
21 Dragonflight, Anne McCaffrey
23 The First Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever, Stephen R. Donaldson
24 The Forever War, Joe Haldeman
26 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, J.K. Rowling
27 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams
30 The Left Hand of Darkness, Ursula K. Le Guin
33 The Man in the High Castle, Philip K. Dick
35 More Than Human, Theodore Sturgeon
37 On the Beach, Nevil Shute
41 The Silmarillion, J.R.R. Tolkien (only part of it)
46 Starship Troopers, Robert A. Heinlein
47 Stormbringer, Michael Moorcock
48 The Sword of Shannara, Terry Brooks (only got one chapter in before boredome set in)