Top 20 Geek Novels
- The HitchHiker’s Guide to the Galaxy — Douglas Adams
- 1984 — George Orwell
- Brave New World — Aldous Huxley
- Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? — Philip Dick
- Neuromancer — William Gibson
- Dune — Frank Herbert
- I, Robot — Isaac Asimov
- Foundation — Isaac Asimov
- The Colour of Magic — Terry Pratchett
- Microserfs — Douglas Coupland
- Snow Crash — Neal Stephenson
- Watchmen — Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons
- Cryptonomicon — Neal Stephenson
- Consider Phlebas — Iain M Banks
- Stranger in a Strange Land — Robert Heinlein
- The Man in the High Castle — Philip K Dick
- American Gods — Neil Gaiman
- The Diamond Age — Neal Stephenson
- The Illuminatus! Trilogy — Robert Shea & Robert Anton Wilson
- Trouble with Lichen - John Wyndham
Ouch, I only scored 4 points, I feel like a lowly geek. Still, the list is sorely lacking, I mean, Lord of the Rings, Ender’s Game, Alice In Wonderland, The Alchemist, Frankenstein, Flowers For Algernon…only some of the more famous geek-ish novels that are awol from the list.
November 21, 2005
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One Response to “Top 20 Geek Novels”
To me, 1984 isn’t fiction – it’s a warning. The threat of political manipulation is always present, as long as the innate desire for power exists in man. We might be past 1984, but I’m not really quite sure we’re safe yet.
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