The list seems to cover a broad spectrum of science fiction, from classic works to more contemporary novels, ensuring a well-rounded exploration of the genre's finest offerings. I've read most of them, but frankly speaking just because I got literature assignment at college. One of my classmates told that there is no need to read a book to complete assignment, so I checked online a few reviews and this article https://edubirdie.org/can-you-get-caught-using-edubirdie/ helped to made the decision. After reading the article, I have more ideas on the the genre's evolution, versatility, and impact on cultural perspectives.
A couple of these aren’t really science fiction. A few of the obvious choices are listed. Many obvious choices omitted. This list just feels like spam.
What a weird way to format the titles though. On many they have the publisher listed right with the title, without any sort of difference in text formatting or even a comma, so it just runs together. You get things like “Ace Dune”, “Square Fish A Wrinkle in Time”, “Anchor The Stand”, and “Del Rey Hyperion”.
Not a terrible list. These things are always subjective. It bothers me that they limited it to one book per author - Asimov, Clarke, and Le Guin for sure could have multiple in the top 50, but they can set their own rules.
I’ve read a pretty good hunk of them (half?) and I didn’t hate any of them. Most of them I’d agree with being on the list, even if I might quibble with the order. The only ones on that list that I’ve read and didn’t really care that much for are Annihilation and The Three Body Problem.
I’m glad to see another non-glowing take on The Three Body Problem. I actively hated the first chapter so much I stopped. Multiple pages of stunted exposition-heavy dialog from a single character who is supposedly being tortured in front of a loud crowd just is not in the realm of believable scenarios, and that’s not supposed to be the science fiction part.
There’s no way to know what number 1 is because by the time the article loads that far down, they have to update the article with all the news books that have been written.
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