7th Place: Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash

8th Place: Arthur C. Clarke, Childhood's End

"The most epic and incredible ending in any story ever told. Pure greatness." -
BukkRogerrs
16th Place: Arthur C. Clarke, Rendezvous with Rama
"I was a Catholic until I read those books..." - PLJNS
22nd Place: 2001: A Space Odyssey
"The book ending was much better IMO. Well, unless you're really stoned, then th
e movie is awesome!" - Rediting
11th Place: Philip K. Dick, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
"The sci-fi is almost a backdrop to much more human and emotional story." - Bioh
azardBlaze
12th Place: Robert A. Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land
"I wish I'd read this at 12, and not 29 as it turned out. I think I would've tur
ned out a far better person." - shrevid
13th Place: Robert A. Heinlein, Starship Troopers
"The movie and book are different in every way except for the fact that they bot
h involve a war with bugs." - Ragnrok
"... and they're both freaking awesome." - teletoes
14th Place: Iain M. Banks, Consider Phlebas
"The ships make it worth it on their own, their Minds are some of the best drawn
characters ever. Fantastic writer..." - rthrtylr
15th Place: Walter m. Miller, Jr., A Canticle for Leibowitz
"One of the rare books where I spent days afterwards thinking about it." - metas
table2
18th Place: Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle, The Mote in God's Eye
"Space Political Struggle, so good." - ev0l_yeti
19th Place: Alfred Bester, The Stars my Destination
"There's something enthralling about a man driven by PURE RAGE who will stop at
nothing to achieve his goal." - MaunaLoona
20th Place: Richard K. Morgan, Altered Carbon
"There is something to be said for a combination of "hard-boiled detective story
", sci-fi, a bit noir and a twist of dystopia." - cupofcocoa
23rd Place: Carl Sagan, Contact
"One of the few works in this thread that's truly more sci-fi than fantasy. A br
illiant, brilliant novel." - NotJohnBoy
24th Place: Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., The Sirens of Titan
"It's deeply disturbing in a gentle manner." - ZombieLobotomy
26th Place: Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness
"Ursula Le Guin is one of my personal heroes... fantastic author, thinker, ideal
ist." - pbeunttz
27th Place: Alastair Reynolds, Revelation Space
"...Whoa, so dark in style! Reminded me of dirtier cyberpunk stuff from the nine
ties." - Rxke
29th Place: Neal Stephenson, Anathem
"It was one of those books that made me sad when I finished it because I could n
ever read it for the first time again. A modern masterpiece in my opinion." - sp
artankope
30th Place: John Steakley, Armor
"In a personal depiction of self-torment and violence; a man willingly turning h
imself into a sociopath, into The Engine..." - c4tch
31st Place: Margaret Atwood, Oryx and Crake
"Highly recommended for readers interested in near future dystopias." - Pimperni
ckel
32nd Place: Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451
33rd Place: Vernor Vinge, A Fire Upon the Deep
"Definitely the best portrayal of how a truly galactic society would work..." -
KrytikalMasz
34th Place: Greg Egan, Quarantine
"Incredible... I urge anyone interested in hard scifi to read Egan. DO IT :)" -
EarlGreyGoo
37th Place: Gene Wolfe, The Book of the New Sun
"Was recommended this by a friend and it blew my mind, unlike anything I'd ever
experienced and I've read most of the books mentioned..." - semperviren