Science Fiction: The 101 Best Novels 1985-2010 Meme

[jeffreyab]

From Martin Wisse:

Which one of those below have you read (italics), do you own (bold) or dislike (struck through)?


The Handmaid’s Tale (1985)
Ender’s Game (1985)
Radio Free Albemuth (1985)
Always Coming Home (1985)
This Is the Way the World Ends (1985)
Galápagos (1985)
The Falling Woman (1986)
The Shore of Women (1986)
A Door Into Ocean (1986)
Soldiers of Paradise (1987)
Life During Wartime (1987)
The Sea and Summer (1987)
Cyteen (1988)
Neverness (1988)
The Steerswoman (1989)
Grass (1989)
Use of Weapons (1990)
Queen of Angels (1990)
Barrayar (1991)
Synners (1991)
Sarah Canary (1991)
White Queen (1991)
Eternal Light (1991)
Stations of the Tide (1991)
Timelike Infinity (1992)
Dead Girls (1992)
Jumper (1992)
China Mountain Zhang (1992)
Red Mars (1992)
A Fire Upon the Deep (1992)
Aristoi (1992)
Doomsday Book (1992)
Parable of the Sower (1993)
Ammonite (1993)
Chimera (1993)
Nightside the Long Sun (1993)
Brittle Innings (1994)
Permutation City (1994)
Blood (1994)
Mother of Storms (1995)
Sailing Bright Eternity (1995)
Galatea 2.2 (1995)
The Diamond Age (1995)
The Transmigration of Souls (1996)
The Fortunate Fall (1996)
The Sparrow/Children of God (1996/1998)
Holy Fire (1996)
Night Lamp (1996)
In the Garden of Iden (1997)
Forever Peace (1997)
Glimmering (1997)
As She Climbed Across the Table (1997)
The Cassini Division (1998)
Bloom (1998)
Vast (1998)
The Golden Globe (1998)
Headlong (1999)
Cave of Stars (1999)
Genesis (2000)
Super-Cannes (2000)
Under the Skin (2000)
Perdido Street Station (2000)
Distance Haze (2000)
Revelation Space trilogy (2000)
Salt (2000)
Ventus (2001)
The Cassandra Complex (2001)
Light (2002)
Altered Carbon (2002)
The Separation (2002)
The Golden Age (2002)
The Time Traveler’s Wife (2003)
Natural History (2003)
The Labyrinth Key / Spears of God
River of Gods (2004)
The Plot Against America (2004)
Never Let Me Go (2005)
The House of Storms (2005)
Counting Heads (2005)
Air (Or, Have Not Have) (2005)
Accelerando (2005)
Spin (2005)
My Dirty Little Book of Stolen Time (2006)
The Road (2006)
Temeraire /His Majesty’s Dragon (2006)
Blindsight (2006)
HARM (2007)
The Yiddish Policemen’s Union (2007)
The Secret City (2007)
In War Times (2007)
Postsingular (2007)
Shadow of the Scorpion (2008)
The Hunger Games trilogy** (2008-2010)
Little Brother (2008)
The Alchemy of Stone (2008)
The Windup Girl (2009)
Steal Across the Sky(2009)
Boneshaker (2009)
Zoo City (2010)
Zero History (2010)
The Quantum Thief (2010)

** Read the first one.


Looks like for me 1992 was a good year for science fiction too.  

Comments

[theobviousname.livejournal.com]

Interesting. I wonder how they compiled their list? (It seems biased towards british authors, and perhaps has an unrepresentatively high proportion of women authors - or at least a very high percentage of the authors I've never heard of are women.) Not counting "The Hunger Games" - which I've only heard of because of the movie - there's only one novel since 2002 that I've even heard of. Very sad, but that's probably mostly my lack of time to read these days. More strange, though, is that I've only heard of half of the 1985-1996 novels (23 of 48) and I practically lived in a bookstore for those years.

(Though admittedly, there are books on that list that I wouldn't touch on a dare no matter how well recommended. Steampunk zombie alternate history? I'd rather go patch drywall. Or weed the lawn.)

The Handmaid’s Tale (1985)
Ender’s Game (1985)
Radio Free Albemuth (1985)
Always Coming Home (1985)
This Is the Way the World Ends (1985)
Galápagos (1985)
The Falling Woman (1986)
The Shore of Women (1986)
A Door Into Ocean (1986)
Soldiers of Paradise (1987)
Life During Wartime (1987)
The Sea and Summer (1987)
Cyteen (1988)
Neverness (1988)
The Steerswoman (1989)
Grass (1989)
Use of Weapons (1990)
Queen of Angels (1990)
Barrayar (1991)
Synners (1991)
Sarah Canary (1991)
White Queen (1991)
Eternal Light (1991)
Stations of the Tide (1991)
Timelike Infinity (1992)
Dead Girls (1992)
Jumper (1992)
China Mountain Zhang (1992)
Red Mars (1992)
A Fire Upon the Deep (1992)
Aristoi (1992)
Doomsday Book (1992)
Parable of the Sower (1993)
Ammonite (1993)
Chimera (1993)
Nightside the Long Sun (1993)
Brittle Innings (1994)
Permutation City (1994)
Blood (1994)
Mother of Storms (1995)
Sailing Bright Eternity (1995)
Galatea 2.2 (1995)
The Diamond Age (1995)
The Transmigration of Souls (1996)
The Fortunate Fall (1996)
The Sparrow/Children of God (1996/1998)
Holy Fire (1996)
Night Lamp (1996)
In the Garden of Iden (1997)
Forever Peace (1997)
Glimmering (1997)
As She Climbed Across the Table (1997)
The Cassini Division (1998)
Bloom (1998)
Vast (1998)
The Golden Globe (1998)
Headlong (1999)
Cave of Stars (1999)
Genesis (2000)
Super-Cannes (2000)
Under the Skin (2000)
Perdido Street Station (2000)
Distance Haze (2000)
Revelation Space trilogy (2000)
Salt (2000)
Ventus (2001)
The Cassandra Complex (2001)
Light (2002)
Altered Carbon (2002)
The Separation (2002)
The Golden Age (2002)
The Time Traveler’s Wife (2003)
Natural History (2003)
The Labyrinth Key / Spears of God
River of Gods (2004)
The Plot Against America (2004)
Never Let Me Go (2005)
The House of Storms (2005)
Counting Heads (2005)
Air (Or, Have Not Have) (2005)
Accelerando (2005)
Spin (2005)
My Dirty Little Book of Stolen Time (2006)
The Road (2006)
Temeraire /His Majesty’s Dragon (2006)
Blindsight (2006)
HARM (2007)
The Yiddish Policemen’s Union (2007)
The Secret City (2007)
In War Times (2007)
Postsingular (2007)
Shadow of the Scorpion (2008)
The Hunger Games trilogy** (2008-2010)
Little Brother (2008)
The Alchemy of Stone (2008)
The Windup Girl (2009)
Steal Across the Sky(2009)
Boneshaker (2009)
Zoo City (2010)
Zero History (2010)
The Quantum Thief (2010)

[jeffreyab.livejournal.com]

Here is the source: http://www.amazon.ca/Science-Fiction-Best-Novels-1985-2010/dp/1933065397

Book Description

Publication Date: Jun 1 2012

Inspired by David Pringle's landmark 1985 work Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels, this volume supplements the earlier selection with the present authors' choices for the best English-language science fiction novels during the past quarter century. Employing a critical slant, the book provides a discussion of the novels and the writers in the context of popular literature. Moreover, each entry features a cover image of the novel, a plot synopsis, and a mini review, making it an ideal go-to guide for anyone wanting to become reacquainted with an old favorite or to discover a previously unknown treasure. With a foreword by David Pringle, this invaluable reference is sure to provoke conversation and debates among sci-fi fans and devotees.

[theobviousname.livejournal.com]

Actually, I found the source material when I was googling for information about some of the titles. :)