Here is a list of my current "Best SF Books" - There are 12 in the list at the moment.
New titles will be added to the 'Top' of the table. If this page looks untidy it may be that your browser doesn't support Tables.
I've used low quality scans of the covers to keep the page download size to a minimum.
Cover |
Title |
Author |
Published |
ISBN Code |
Notes |
Eon | Greg Bear | Legend (1985) | ISBN 0-09-954710-4 | To my mind one of the greatest SF stories of all time. | |
Eternity | Greg Bear | VGSF (1989) | ISBN 0-575-04613-9 | Sequel to Eon - brilliant! | |
Way Station | Clifford D. Simak | Methuen (1964) | ISBN 0-413-36900-5 | One of my all-time favourite stories | |
The Forever War | Joe Haldeman | Orbit (1994) | ISBN 0-8600-7882-5 | Great story written by a Vietnam veteran | |
Ringworld | Larry Niven | DelRay (1970) | ISBN 0-345-33392-6 | Based on a fantastic concept for it's time 'Known Space' novel | |
Orbitsville | Bob Shaw | Orbit (1975) | ISBN 0-7088-4917-2 | On an even greater scale than 'Ringworld' | |
Startide Rising | David Brin | Bantam (1982) | ISBN 0-553-17170-4 | Second in series involving 'client' races being 'uplifted' | |
Timescape | Gregory Benford | Sphere (1980) | ISBN 0-7221-1630-6 | Tachyons and and faster than light - backwards in time - communication | |
The Demolished Man | Alfred Bester | Penguin (1953) | ISBN 0-14-010121-7 | As it says on the cover 'Classic Science Fiction' with crime and telepathy | |
Dawn | Octavia Butler | Gollancz (1987) | ISBN 0-575-04268-0 | Very imaginative tale of alien contact | |
'The Winds of Gath' The Dumarest Saga | E.C.Tubb | Arrow (1968) | ISBN 0-09-907610-1 | Adventure all the way - first of 26 books as Dumarest searches for the fabled planet Earth | |
'Star King' The Demon Princes Novels | Jack Vance | Grafton (1964) | ISBN 0-586-07307-8 | First of five books were Kirth Gersen hunts down the killers of his family |