New Scientist SF List (10 books)

Compiled by www.newscientist.com, scientists and writers got together to list 10 brilliant lost classics of SF. (Please refrain from adding to the list)

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1	Earth Abides by George R. Stewart 3.94 avg rating — 34,204 ratings score: 491, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	The Cyberiad by Stanisław Lem 4.13 avg rating — 14,196 ratings score: 296, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	We by Yevgeny Zamyatin 3.88 avg rating — 112,886 ratings score: 289, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	Dark Universe by Daniel F. Galouye 3.74 avg rating — 1,016 ratings score: 199, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	Random Acts of Senseless Violence by Jack Womack 3.93 avg rating — 2,881 ratings score: 194, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	New Maps of Hell: A Survey of Science Fiction by Kingsley Amis 3.57 avg rating — 262 ratings score: 192, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	Journey Beyond Tomorrow by Robert Sheckley 3.51 avg rating — 389 ratings score: 190, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	Last and First Men by Olaf Stapledon 3.79 avg rating — 6,976 ratings score: 188, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	Floating Worlds by Cecelia Holland 3.47 avg rating — 651 ratings score: 186, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	The Listeners by James E. Gunn 3.64 avg rating — 511 ratings score: 184, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

10 books · 6 voters · list created October 16th, 2013 by Lit Bug (Foram) (votes) .

Tags: classics, lost-classics, new-scientist, science, science-fiction

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message 1: by David (new)

Nov 01, 2013 06:14AM

removed two self-published books added by their authors

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message 2: by Lit Bug (Foram) (new)

Nov 01, 2013 06:16AM

David wrote: "removed two self-published books added by their authors"

Thanks David - I wasn't able to keep a tab since I created this list.

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message 3: by Mitchell (new)

Oct 22, 2015 09:07AM

Looks like the link at newscientist isn't at all useful since it doesn't have the list. And this list is supposed to have 10 brilliant lost classics - instead it has 12 books including

The Exile Empire from 2014
Gateway from 2014
and New Maps Of Hell: A Survey Of Science Fiction

I suppose Gateway could have been intended to be Gateway

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message 4: by Mitchell (new)

Oct 22, 2015 07:34PM