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100 Must-read Science Fiction Novels by Christopher Priest, Stephen E. Andrews, Nick Rennison
jersy's review
3.0
While this has a varied selection of books, I didn't find that much that I'm hyped to read. These novels are probably great, but I don't think the authors always manage to make a good case for them. The descriptions sometimes sound generic and after reading the texts, I don't feel well equipped to know if I would like these books. There isn't much about the style or where a certain concept goes, so I might as well just have read some backcovers.
This might just be my impression, but certain subgenres like cyberpunk and post-earth-distruction stories are pretty dominant while others are rather rare. There weren't that many books were the concept alone was enough to make me want to read them.
However, the books I already knew were some I think deserve the praise.
It kinda does what it sets out to do, however I spent more time googling the novels than reading the actual book, and a lot of them didn't have that many helpful reviews. I personally would have needed more info on why I should read certain stories, however, if you only need this as a list of suggestion, it'll do just fine.
This might just be my impression, but certain subgenres like cyberpunk and post-earth-distruction stories are pretty dominant while others are rather rare. There weren't that many books were the concept alone was enough to make me want to read them.
However, the books I already knew were some I think deserve the praise.
It kinda does what it sets out to do, however I spent more time googling the novels than reading the actual book, and a lot of them didn't have that many helpful reviews. I personally would have needed more info on why I should read certain stories, however, if you only need this as a list of suggestion, it'll do just fine.
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