tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5908329.post4399338408578349889..comments2023-07-05T06:37:22.892-04:00Comments on The Daily Blatt: The Most Significant SF Books of the Last 50 Yearshanddrummerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12287658517906891463noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5908329.post-13942732821107225032006-11-13T03:18:00.000-05:002006-11-13T03:18:00.000-05:00Snow Crash is a hoot. If I were recomending some b...<i>Snow Crash</i> is a hoot. If I were recomending some books to introduce a new reader I'd recommend LeGuin's <i>Left Hand of Darkness</i>, Miller's <i>Canticle for Leibowitz</i>, and Bradbury's <i>Fahrenheit 451</i>.<br /><br />My favorite book on the list is Brunner's <i>Stand on Zanzibar</i>. I wouldn't necessarily recommend starting with that one. Dip into a few others first to pick-up some handdrummerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12287658517906891463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5908329.post-22646804794857874902006-11-13T00:43:00.000-05:002006-11-13T00:43:00.000-05:00handdrummer, I am woefully unread in this genre. =...handdrummer, I am woefully unread in this genre. =(<br /><br />I do have _Snow Crash_, though -- highly recommend to me by a number of folks. Should I dig it out of my pile? And I did read the story "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas" by LeGuin. Does that count? <br /><br />Heck.arse poeticahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17761187842844050923noreply@blogger.com