The Evolution of Science Fiction discussion

We have now reached the 1980's. This month you can make two nominations, one for any book from the 1980's by William Gibson and the second for any sci-fi book from the 1980's. Nominations close on the 31st August then the polls will open.

Nominations William Gibson:
Neuromancer
Count Zero

Nominations 1980's
Contact
Ender's Game
Downbelow Station
Hyperion

Well, I won't be original nor surprising for Gibson and nominate Neuromancer.

As for the other one, I would like to nominate Contact by Carl Sagan.

I agree. "Neuromancer" is a given. Not sure why that would be up for a vote since it's usually credited as the book that started cyberspace & the cyberpunk movement.

I'll nominate Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card.

Yes, Neuromancer is the obvious choice of William Gibson's books. It was the first of a series of three, apparently the only novels he wrote in the eighties. I've already read Neuromancer so I'll nominate Count Zero, the second inthe series.

I've already read the other two that have been nominated. I thought Ender's Game was terrific; Being a fan of Carl Sagan's non-fiction, I found Contact not as good as I had hoped. So I nominate Cyteen by C.J. Cherryh. It won the Hugo in 1988 and the Locus SF in 89 and was nominated for the BSFA award in 89. I've never read any of her books, so I guess this is a good one to start with.

I withdraw my nomination of Cyteen. My library doesn't have it. I nominate instead Downbelow Station by C.J. Cherryh which won the Hugo in 82 and was nominated for the Locus SF.

I've read Neuromancer as well so I think i'd like to read Count Zero as well. Not sure what else to nominate at the moment, I think I will wait and see what else is nominated.

For reference, here is a link to a blog with Science fiction books from the eighties, listed year by year, and with a listing of the best remembered novels of the decade.
http://jameswharris.wordpress.com/201...

It's been a long time since I last read Neuromancer. I wonder how well it has aged...

Thanks Buck for the link, it's inspired me! As I keep hearing how good it is i'm going to nominate from 1989 Hyperion by Dan Simmons.

It's a long time since I read Neuromancer as well, when I was back in the UK last weekend I found it in a charity shop so I picked it up as I thought there was a good chance we would end up reading it!

And I'll second Hyperion - I remember it being great and it's perpetually on my "to re-read" list.

Well I've already read Neuromancer, Count Zero and Hyperion this year sooooo im not sure what to nominate.