Prosthetic Conscience

Top 20 Geek Novels

For those who are interested, the Guardian (newspaper) has compiled a list of the top 20 geek novels. I have read 14 of them. Neal Stephenson appears three times. The Terry Pratchett book that made the list is not one of his best. Surprisingly, there is no Arthur C. Clarke on the list, but two (blech) Asimov. One by Iain M. Banks, which makes me genki. Sad but typical that there are no female authors on the list — Ursula K. Leguin should have made the list for either The Left Hand of Darkness or The Dispossessed. Octavia Butler should have made the list too; maybe because she’s a biology geek rather than a physics geek?

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