Huh. I've read 12 of this list. I need to keep up. My high-school nickname was "geek" but they meant the sideshow guy who bites the heads off chickens...

 

1, 11, 13, 18



why is Ender's game not on this list

 

Ender's Game was an awsome read.

1, 2, and 9. I started an Asimov book once, but didn't get very far.

 

1 & 2...
good books

 

Might be age-related. I was just thinking that among my age-peers all us geeks were equally into some other authors, like Michael Moorcock, Robert E. Howard, or Edgar Rice Burroughs.

 

An excellent question. Maybe that's #21 .

As a side note, Snow Crash is by far my favorite of all of them so far. I highly recommend it. Cool story, cool vision of the future, humorous writing style, and the main character's name is Hiro Protagonist...what's not to like??

Stranger in a Strange Land is very good so far too.

 

#1 - Read

#1, #2, #6, and #7 - Saw the movie

 

Wow, I had no idea someone had made 1984 into a movie. Thanks for the heads up .

 

The HitchHiker's Guide to the Galaxy -- Douglas Adams
Nineteen Eighty-Four -- George Orwell
Brave New World -- Aldous Huxley
Dune -- Frank Herbert
Stranger in a Strange Land -- Robert Heinlein

I may have read some of the others, especially Asimov's but I don't remember.

 

There's a lot to like in Snow Crash. The whole Mafia pizza delivery concept still makes me laugh. Stephenson breaks a lot of writing rules and gets away with it because his clever phrases (first things most editors jump on) really are clever.