Books To Read

As regular readers of this blog know, I have been disappointed with the recent winners (and nominees) of the Hugo Awards, the novels which are considered by fans the best works of science fiction so I have started reading the winners of both the Hugo and Nebula award. (Think of it as a song which wins the Oscar and the Grammy). The Nebula award used to be the novels considered by writers the best work of science fiction although for awhile it seemed like Hugo was "hard" sci-fi and the Nebula was fantasy-oriented.

Thanks to Wikipedia, the list of books which have won both the Hugo and Nebula award are:

1966/1965 Novel: Dune by Frank Herbert (READ, A+)
1970/1969 Novel: The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin (READ, A+)
1971/1970 Novel: Ringworld by Larry Niven (READ, A)
1973/1972 Novel: The Gods Themselves by Isaac Asimov (READ, A+)
1974/1973 Novel: Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke (READ, C)
1975/1974 Novel: The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin (READ, A+)
1976/1975 Novel: The Forever War by Joe Haldeman (READ, A+)
1978/1977 Novel: Gateway by Frederik Pohl (READ, A-)
1979/1978 Novel: Dreamsnake by Vonda McIntyre
1980/1979 Novel: The Fountains of Paradise by Arthur C. Clarke
1984/1983 Novel: Startide Rising by David Brin (READ, A+)
1985/1984 Novel: Neuromancer by William Ford Gibson (READ, B-)
1986/1985 Novel: Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card (READ, A+)
1987/1986 Novel: Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card (READ, A+)
1993/1992 Novel: Doomsday Book by Connie Willis
1998 Novel: Forever Peace by Joe Haldeman
2002 Novel: American Gods by Neil Gaiman (READ, A)
2004 Novel: Paladin of Souls by Lois McMaster Bujold

On this list are some of my favorite novels of all time (Dune, Ender's Game/Speaker for the Dead. The Gods Themslves and The Dispossessed). All of the ones I have read on this list are excellent, except for Rendezvous With Rama which is incredibly dated and Neuromancer, which I barely finished and did not enjoy at all.

I have reviews pending for American Gods, The Forever War and Forever Peace.