SCIENCE FICTION

Well, my first blog. I'm what you might call a 'cultish' culture buff. So I thought I'd become a mini-rating machine with the lists that matter. 


So it's SCIENCE FICTION to begin with. 


Top 10 Science Fiction Novels (I love the classics):


1. The Road by Cormac McCarthy
2. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
3. A Man in the High Castle by PK Dick
4. Planet of the Apes by Boulle?
5. The Island of Dr Moreau by HG Wells
6. Time Machine by HG Wells
7. Ubik by PK Dick
8. The Martian Time Slip by PK Dick
9. Macroscope by Piers Anthony
10. Slaughter House 5 by Kurt Vonnegut Jr 


Top 10 Science Fiction Films


1. Star Wars Series
2. Gattaca 
3. Bladerunner
4. X-Men Series
5. District 9
6. I, Robot
7. The Fifth Element
8. 12 Monkeys
9. Minority Report
10. Star Trek (latest remake)


Some Great Science Fiction Short Stories (haven't read a stack so add up for suggestions.)

'Jefty is Five' by Harlan Ellison 

'Welcome to the Monkey House' by Kurt Vonnegut

'Bloodchild' by Octavia Butler

  

'Iron Dragon' by Michael Swanwick

'Harrison Bergeron' by Vonnegut

'A Habit of Waste' Nalo Hopkinson