Saturday, September 20, 2008

20 Essential Science Fiction Books of the Past 20 Years

Cheryl Morgan's list from 2008 Worldcon in Denver:

* The Diamond Age, Neal Stephenson (1995)
* The Flower Cities series (Queen City Jazz; Mississippi Blues; Crescent City Rhapsody; Light Music) Kathleen Ann Goonan (1994 - 2002)
* Perdido Street Station, China Mièville (2000)
* The Holdfast Chronicles (The Furies; Conqueror’s Child; the earlier two volumes are out of period) – Suzy McKee Charnas (1994 - 1999)
* Revelation Space, Al Reynolds (2000)
* The Fall Revolution Series (The Star Fraction; The Stone Canal; The Cassini Division; The Sky Road), Ken MacLeod (1995 - 1999)
* River of Gods, Ian McDonald (2004)
* Cloud Atlas, David Mitchell (2004)
* Air or Have, Not Have, Geoff Ryman (2004)
* The Course of the Heart, M. John Harrison (1990)
* Soldier of Arete, Gene Wolfe (1989)
* The Aleutian Trilogy (White Queen; North Wind; Phoenix Café), Gwyneth Jones (1991 - 1997)
* Waking the Moon, Elizabeth Hand (1994)
* Synners, Pat Cadigan (1991)
* Rats & Gargoyles, Mary Gentle (1990)
* The Arabesk Trilogy (Pashazade; Effendi; Felaheen) Jon Courtenay Grimwood (2001 - 2003)
* Hyperion, Dan Simmons (1989)
* Sandman: Dream Country, Neil Gaiman with Kelley Jones, Charles Vess, Colleen Doran and Malcolm Jones III (1991)
* Grass, Sheri Tepper (1989)
* The Fortune Fall, Raphael Carter (1996)

Ones I've read are in bold print. I didn't do so well on this list. I'll have to get better acquainted with these.

She gives lists from others who participated in the discussion.

I still miss Emerald City.

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