Top Ten Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books

Top Ten Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books ========================= Always loved a bit of Sci-Fi and so here are my Top Ten. And a few extras. 1. HOTHOUSE Author - Brian Aldiss A wonderful romp in the VERY distant future where humans are 1 foot tall and kilometre sized spiders spin webs between the Earth and the Moon. The plant life is terrifying and enjoys human flesh, to survive here takes nerve and a keen eye. A novel that is sometimes dark but always inventive. This is a book you WILL read again. 2. SENTENCED TO PRISM Author - Alan Dean Foster. In the not to distant future, giant corporations hunt for virgin ...  Read the complete review

TOP TEN SCI-FI AND FANTASY BOOKS I have always read a lot and although I wouldn't class myself as a sci-fi or fantasy buff I will read in any genre so long as it's entertaining or/and thought provoking. As a result I've read plenty of great sci-fi and fantasy books and put together this list of what I consider to be ten of the best. I haven't numbered them as I feel there are so many differences between them that it is often impossible to say that one is clearly 'better' than another. The Chronicles of Narnia - C.S Lewis (1950 - 1956) An early foray into the world of fantasy books. I remember my best friend telling me excitedly about how ...  Read the complete review

Fantasy fiction is possibly the fastest growing literary genre in the past 30 years. Mention fantasy fiction and most folks will think immediately of the works of Tolkien, and rightly so! Tolkien's epic adventure has touched the hearts and minds of millions, and perhaps done more for this genre of fiction than any other work. Yet fantasy fiction has expanded now beyond Middle Earth and can, in fact, contain stories in which elves do not even make a guest appearance. (Try not to gasp in shock.) Magic of some sort usually does seem to shape this genre, but I believe fantasy is becoming a more widely written, more popularly read field of literature simply because it has no ...  Read the complete review

Nothing like leaving things to the last minute, is there? :) And Jill – how could you? I said I was trying to be briefer in my musings, and you’ve gone and made me write another novel-length dirge! ;) When Jill asked us to write about a favourite thing, to remind us of the nicer things in life, it didn’t take me too long to decide that I wanted to write about books. There were other contenders, but really, as I had to pick something tangible, the written word was a pretty obvious choice. I’ve been a book lover my entire life, and I suppose I have my parents to thank for that – but I’d rather gloss over certain ...  Read the complete review

I have been so inspired by Deany’s list of top ten sci-fi books that I am going to attempt a list of my own. Master Deany, however, has already listed some of the books I would have, so I won’t go on about Dune and The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy again. Instead, I will try to build on the existing list, so that, conceivably, somebody looking for an instant top-titles sci-fi library will know which books to include for at least half a year’s good reading. One thing worth mentioning is that, as with the fantasy genre, one book is often not enough for a story – there is a time-honoured tradition in sci-fi and fantasy of writing ...  Read the complete review