Sci Fi Geek Contest

[Paul Hanson]

2: War of the Worlds and Starship Troopers.

[JohnT]

(?) complete short stories of H.G. Wells, The by H. G. Wells
Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift
1818 Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne
Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, The by Robert Louis Stevenson
Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, A by Mark Twain
Time Machine, The by H. G. Wells
Island of Dr. Moreau, The by H. G. Wells
War of the Worlds, The by H. G. Wells (I've also read the four Wells books not listed: Invisible Man, Empire of the Ants, Food of the Gods, and another one that is escaping me right now)
We by Yevgeny Zamyatin
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Animal Farm by George Orwell
1984 by George Orwell
Earth Abides by George R. Stewart
I, Robot by Isaac Asimov
Martian Chronicles, The by Ray Bradbury
Day of the Triffids, The by John Wyndham
Foundation by Isaac Asimov
Illustrated Man, The by Ray Bradbury
Foundation and Empire by Isaac Asimov
Player Piano by Kurt Jr. Vonnegut
Space Merchants, The by Frederik Pohl, C. M. Kornbluth
Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke
Demolished Man, The by Alfred Bester
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
More Than Human by Theodore Sturgeon - HATED IT!!!!!
Brain Wave by Poul Anderson
Mission of Gravity by Hal Clement
City and the Stars, The by Arthur C. Clarke
Stars My Destination, The by Alfred Bester
On the Beach by Nevil Shute
Case of Conscience, A by James Blish - GREAT BOOK!
Sirens of Titan, The by Kurt Jr. Vonnegut
Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein
Canticle for Leibowitz, A by Walter M. Miller, Jr.
Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein
Man in the High Castle, The by Philip K. ****
Dune by Frank Herbert
Babel 17: Empire Star by Samuel R. Delany
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
Moon is a Harsh Mistress, The by Robert A. Heinlein
Pavane by Keith Roberts
Dangerous Visions by Harlan Ellison
Einstein Intersection, The by Samuel R. Delany
Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Philip K. ****
Slaughterhouse Five or, The Children's Crusade by Kurt Jr. Vonnegut
Cities in Flight by James Blish
Ringworld by Larry Niven
Tau Zero by Poul Anderson
To Your Scattered Bodies Go by Philip Jose Farmer
Again, Dangerous Visions by Harlan Ellison
Gods Themselves, The by Isaac Asimov
Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke
Dispossessed, The by Ursula K. Le Guin
Deathbird Stories by Harlan Ellison
Forever War, The by Joe Haldeman
Man Plus by Frederik Pohl
Gateway by Frederik Pohl
Timescape by Gregory Benford
Downbelow Station by C. J. Cherryh
Startide Rising by David Brin
Neuromancer by William Gibson
Blood Music by Greg Bear
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
Hyperion by Dan Simmons
Fall of Hyperion, The by Dan Simmons
Doomsday Book by Connie Willis
Fire Upon the Deep, A by Vernor Vinge
Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson
Forward the Foundation by Isaac Asimov

Like Ming, I've also read a lot of the short stories in the anthologies they've mentioned if I haven't actually read those anthologies. For example, there is a "new" Kornbluth anthology that was released in the past couple of years that probably contains most of the material in their 1976 selection.

So, at least 72.

[Stefu]

27.

[Carolus Rex]

Re: Sci Fi Geek Contest

Originally posted by Jon Miller
How many of these books have you read?

http://www.scifan.com/themes/themes.asp?Th_themeid=86&Page=3&Items=30

Jon Miller

Great link, thanks!

Carolus

[-Jrabbit]

I came up with 95, more or less, again with the short story proviso. Not as voracious as I used to be.

Faves on that list --
Samuel Delany, Philip K. Dlck (**** you, auto-censor!), and (guilty pleasure) Roger Zelazny.

Notably missing from that list --
Robert L. Forward, Spider Robertson, Harry Harrison, M.A. Foster, and many more...

[Solver]

A strong list. Read quite some of those... I'm glad to see that it included Solaris by Lem, my favorite sci-fi novel, as well as a ton of books by Asimov, he's great.

Just finished going through an 800-page volume of Sheckley a few days ago... a great read.

[Immortal Wombat]

14. Mostly the very old ones.

[Japher]

0, I don't know how to read

[rah]

If Ming's got it, I've read it.
Color me very very geek.

[SlowwHand]

I've not read any of them.
I saw "clockwork Orange" at the movies. Does that count for anything?

[Japher]

[quote]I saw "clockwork Orange" at the movies. Does that count for anything?/quote]

It count for you being old

I am, however, rather shocked that rah, or anyone on this board for that matter, is a geek. Really, it never crossed my mind

Who is it who goes to all them sci-fi conferneces? I don't care if you've never read a book in your life, but if you go to a conference dressed like anyone out of a Star Wars, Star Trek, or any other movie, book, or comic book your a geek extreme... (Yes a "graphic novel" is the same thing as a comic book)

[monolith94]

"I saw "clockwork Orange" at the movies. Does that count for anything?"

Well, if you liked it, then it counts as you having good taste.

[chequita guevara]

Looks like a trip to the used bookstore is in order.

[JohnT]

Who is it who goes to all them sci-fi conferneces? I don't care if you've never read a book in your life, but if you go to a conference dressed like anyone out of a Star Wars, Star Trek, or any other movie, book, or comic book your a geek extreme... (Yes a "graphic novel" is the same thing as a comic book)

That would be me and my wife. And no, we don't dress up. Hell, I don't even really attend, coming along as a baby sitter.

[SlowwHand]

[QUOTE] Originally posted by Japher

I saw "clockwork Orange" at the movies. Does that count for anything?/quote]

It count for you being old

Not only that, I saw it at a Drive-In movie.