101 science fiction books to read?

[Fat Abe]

Originally Posted by gwynevans

“It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion.
It is by the beans of Java that thoughts acquire speed,
the hands acquire shakes, the shakes become a warning.
It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion.”

Source unknown, it’s just all over the web.

Possible answer:

http://jeffcarlson.typepad.com/thoug...feine_alo.html

The referenced book, Authentic Thaumaturgy (by Philip Emmons Isaac Bonewits) is out of print. Can anyone who owns this book verify the attribution?

[Elfwreck]

Originally Posted by Fat Abe

Possible answer:

http://jeffcarlson.typepad.com/thoug...feine_alo.html

The referenced book, Authentic Thaumaturgy (by Philip Emmons Isaac Bonewits) is out of print. Can anyone who owns this book verify the attribution?

I have the book; it's in there, and I can check for a reference when I get home. But the Javacrucian chant predates the book; I'd heard it years before AT was published. It might be original with Bonewits, or he might've picked it up from some random Pagan event; I've heard it in conjunction with the Caffeinated Cross ritual.

The blog credits Dennis Ferguson or the National Lampoon parody Doon (which I also have, and I'll check *that* when I get home, too.)

[Fat Abe]

Originally Posted by Elfwreck

The blog credits Dennis Ferguson or the National Lampoon parody Doon (which I also have, and I'll check *that* when I get home, too.)

This is getting curiouser and curiouser. I attempted to figure out the first time the lines showed up on usenet, and got hundreds of thousands of hits. Wikiquote shows anonymous attribution (from usenet). Let's find the rascal who first coined the mantra and give him/her due credit. They say Frank Herbert or David Lynch inspired the lines, but clever is the one who can take the words of one master, and popularize them for a world wide community. Good sleuthing.

[Jaime_Astorga]

As as science fiction is concerned, the 2 most prestigious awards are the Hugo and the Nebula. So I think if you want to read the best science fiction books you would do well to look at the list of winners and nominees of the "novel" category of both awards.

[lmpreston]

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[DarthV]

Originally Posted by Acreo Aeneas

To add to the growing list, my three top favorites:

Otherland (series) by Tad Williams - I own the entire four book series on paperback and hardcover. They're all available in paperback form now as well as hardcopy. Don't know if there are ebook versions of the series or not.

As much as I love Williams' writing, I think he should have trimmed that series down to 3 books. And weirdly, I wish MS&T had been longer

In that list of 100 great scifi books, it's weird to see Crytonomicon listed. Didn't really seem to be scifi to me. Still a great read. Swap Anathem into its place!

Then again, you get some weird results with internet polls. Seeing Belgariad, Sword of Truth and Twilight listed in their top 25 fantasy novels kind of shows that quite well