THE 25 BEST SCIENCE FICTION BOOKS I'VE EVER READ (Part One) #sciencefiction #sciencefictionbooks

a novel called Babel 17 which is about language and gender which is Magnificent

then there's the wonderful cat's cradle I say wonderful

at one point in the book God bless you Mr rosewater he stands up and makes a speech about how much he loves science fiction writers for their craziness their philosophizing and their sort of openness to the idea of changing the universe so absolutely marvelous stuff really beautiful

for sheer you know Spaceway enjoyment and all the color and all the romance and the violence and the sensuality you need Northwest Smith

probably the best single Space Opera I've ever read full of light and color and glitter is just impeccable

they're very important and I love them

his early SF novels player piano is very good

Slaughterhouse Five is absolutely magnificent I've read this four times it grows better each time I read it

it's a magnificent one and probably the best first Contact book I've ever read

the other key one for me is the dispossessed

this really did open my eyes and this was the book to put everything into contacts me

it's exciting it's a thriller minute it's a wild ride and you know it really is the apogee of this kind of thing a fantastic book

it really does make you think it changes your mind about all sorts of things and that's the left hand of Darkness very beautiful book indeed

the sounds of Titan has a massive influence over things like The Hitchhiker's Guide the Galaxy

they're very important and I love them

the word reward is Forest is another great one as well

it's absolutely fantastic and there is a connection to one of the great pulp writers as well so it's very important book

they're very important and I love them

it's just magnificent and it's a serious book but at the same time it's very light and it's episodic

there's a Kilgore trout novel which is actually by Philip Jose farmer under the name kilgo tropical Venus on the half shell and that's really good as well