Someone in my writing class said she was thinking of reading a science fiction novel over Christmas break, and asked me for suggestions for a first book to read in the genre.
Here’s the list I gave her:
(I’ve included a couple that are collections of short stories, rather than
novels.)
- Ender’s
Game (Orson Scott Card) - Foundation
(Isaac Asimov) - The
Man Who Sold the Moon (Robert Heinlein) - The
Martian Chronicles (Ray Bradbury) - The
Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams) - Double
Star (Robert Heinlein) - Dragon’s
Egg (Robert L. Forward) - The
Worthing Saga (Orson Scott Card) - Wasp
(Eric Frank Russell) - I,
Robot (Isaac Asimov) - Cordelia’s
Honor (Lois McMaster Bujold) - A
Stainless Steel Rat Is Born (Harry Harrison) - Footfall
(Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle) - Lucifer’s
Hammer (Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle) - The
Postman (David Brin) - Songmaster
(Orson Scott Card) - The
Ship Who Sang (Anne McCaffrey) - The Space Willies (Eric Frank Russell)
- Flowers
for Algernon (Daniel Keyes) - Phule’s
Company (Robert Asprin) - On
Basilisk Station (David Weber)
Anyone have suggestions for books I could add to the list?