One of the rankings of all time.
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- Here is the list I used:
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Here is the tier list for anyone that wants to fill it out:
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This is absolutely one of the videos I have ever watched.
This might be a comment of all time.
I also had a similar experience with Bradbury. Did not like Fahrenheit 451, but he has become one of my favorite short story writers.
Nice video! I've read most of the books in the top 50 here, it's always fun to see where people's tastes agree and diverge (for example Rendezvous with Rama I wish I liked more than I do)
On the list I think my favorites are Hyperion and Ubik. I kinda wish these goodreads lists had a limit of 1 author per top spot so we could get more great authors like George Alec Effinger or James Blish inna top 50
Thanks!
James Blish is on my short list of writers from that era that I need to read.
I will keep an eye out for a copy of Ubik.
Excellent! I thoroughly enjoyed the video. I'd move The Dispossessed up two tiers and Starship Troopers down two tiers. I also think The Handmaid's tale deserves a little more love, even if she doesn't think it's sci-fi. The Left Hand of Darkness, A Canticle for Leibowitz, and Ender's Game are all in my S tier. I agree wholeheartedly with your opinion of The Road and Flowers for Algernon, but for some reason I've had a hard tie finishing Neuromancer. Don't ask me why. And you're right about The Lathe of Heaven. It may be the most underrated sci-fi book ever. Le Guin just may be the best sci-fi writer of all time, all things considered. I subscribed to your channel, and look forward to more thought-provoking videos.
Thank you!
I think you are right about LeGuin. She is definitely at the top of the list of greatest SF writers of all time.
Love Ringworld and the sense of wonder.
It does have a sense of wonder. I will give you that. It is one of the only things I liked about the book.
Someone may have already commented this but I highly highly recommend A Clockwork Orange. One of the weirdest, most interesting books I've ever read period, sci-fi or not. Anthony Burgess is an alien
I have bumped it up my reading queue. When I finally have a physical copy I will read it.
Calling Burgess an alien makes me want to read the book even more 😂.
This is a fantastic video. Thank you for making it. Although I've got a fair bit of catching up to do compared to you, I agree with your S tiers, so now I know which books to prioritise next based on similar tastes. Your commentary is top notch. Cheers.
Thank you so much!
One of the reasons I wanted to make the video was for other people to understand my tastes and hopefully find something new to read and enjoy.
Rendezvous with Rama is interesting, but nothing happens. I’d put it lower.
Read Ubik for sure. Very weird, but stays with you.
And Fire upon the Deep is awesome! S tier for me.
I agree on Forever War. And I also love the ideas in Forever Peace
I’m put Left Hand of Darkness on S tier, but not because of gender stuff. It just ready touched me.
Speaker for the Dead is my favorite of the Ender books. An A book for me. Since you like Brave New World, I would recommend The Eyes of Heisenberg by Frank Herbert. Similar themes but handled much differently. There is a lot of hard science in the first part, so be aware of that going in. I did not expect the ending to progress the way it did. It's a very short book, but I found it interesting.
I will keep an eye out for that book. I'm always looking for an excuse to read more Frank Herbert. Thanks for the recommendation!
Wow. We do not have the same tastes in Sci-fi. Aside from that, great video!. My first video of yours.
Thanks for watching!
I think that is the beauty of all this. We all have different tastes and it is really fun to see what other people like.
What are some of your "S tier" science fiction novels?
Fun video. Was a huge sci fi reader in the past, but surprisingly there's a good chunk here that I haven't read. I liked the caveats that you used , since there are books that just do nothing for me but I can acknowledge them as hugely influential (and maybe even well written). For example, I hate the post apocalyptic/ dystopian wasteland type settings with a passion, but clearly loads of people enjoy it. I do like the mind bending hard sci fi though.
I'm kinda amazed that you hadn't immediately jumped to reading Fall of Hyperion after finishing Hyperion since it really was just the seat up. Such a great series. And I tip my hat to you for the God Emperor of Dune shout as well. Such a demented novel, and clever in how it resets the board in that series.
As for what I'd add to that list, well, a favourite of mine when I read it was LORD OF LIGHT by Roger Zelazny. And I'd love to see more love for Iain M Banks, so id suggest THE PLAYER OF GAMES.
Lord of Light was my book of the year last year. I love Zelazny.
Player of Games is a masterpiece. I read Use of Weapons earlier this year and it was also great.
@@JosephReadsBooks Looking at the titles Iof some of your other videos, I see that you are a Zelazny fan. Always good to see. I'm still amazed there hasn't been a big screen adaptation of one of his books (especially in these days of IP). Although I did see a rumour that Stephen Colbert had a production company interested in doing an Amber TV series!!
Since you've been doing the classic reads, and past award winners, I was wondering if you had done any Michael Swanwick? I've read a few of his books, like Jack Faust, and The Iron Dragons Daughter, but I loved Stations of the Tide. And what's funny about it is that I cant remember anything that happens in it, but I remember enjoying it each time I read it (kinda like Player of Games for me in that regard).
@@gearoidosullivan356 I have not read any Michael Swanwick. I will keep an eye out for his stuff.
A Clockwork Orange, if you've seen the movie, the book is very similar. All the dialog in the movie is word for word from the book, there's extra scenes and an epilogue that aren't in the movie but it's basically the same thing. I actually like the movie more then the book. Some people say the epilogue changes the entire meaning of the book, I don't agree with that. Alex kinda a liar and a conman, can't trust what he says.
Ubik is good, I think "3 Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch" is PKD's best book, gets lost in the shuffle when people talk about PKD.
Also I disagree the Vonnegut only wrote sci-fi. Killgore Trout might have been a sci-fi writer but him and his stories aren't really the focus, more just in the background, usually his books are more quirky, folksy character pieces almost? It's debatable Slaughterhouse 5 is Sci-fi, depending on your interpretation of the book. A lot of people would argue all the aliens and time bending stuff is the main character having a break from reality due to his PTSD from world war 2, which I kinda lean more towards personally. Sirens of Titan, Cats Cradle, Galapagos, those are sci-fi books for sure. Time Quake tried to be a sci-fi book, but he couldn't make the concept work, so it became more of an autobio piece.
Great video! We agree on a lot of books! Rendevous with Rama is one of my faveourite books of all time, I love that unsettling nature of it.
Thank you!
Rama was very unsettling.
Mostly agree. Some I would move up or down a tier. Exception for The Road - liked it but probably C tier for me. I actually liked Artemis more than The Martian so disagree there though neither would make my top 50. The Foundation, or as I now know it, The Greater Foundation, has recently gotten renewed interest from me after watching the show on AppleTV. Really want to read Asimov in the reccommened order now. The show just helps visualize some things even if the whole does not align to the books.
Glad someone finally had the courage to admit that Ringworld SUCKS
I'm shocked that more people don't say it. The book is not good.
I like Larry Niven's writing outside of Ringworld.
I love your thumbnail so much! Crushed that The Dispossessed is D-Tier 😭. Flowers for Algernon gets a universal recommendation from me. Snow Crash has one of the best openings to a book I've ever read! I loved the first quarter of that book, but then it went a bit downhill for me with the dialogue info-dump (just not my favorite device). I'm also looking forward to Fall of Hyperion!
Maybe the eventual 4th time will be a charm with The Dispossessed.
Thanks!
My advisor in the thumbnail is my youngest cat. His name is Court Gentry Pickles, Esquire. He is a beautiful little goblin.
This will be interesting to see where we align. Thank you
King does have those little moments between characters that make him, him. It is also why his stuff is soooo cheesey on TV i think. The Road post apoc introduction? that is a heavy intro. Enderverse and Foundation was great for my teens. Wrinkle was my first favorite book.
Thank you for watching!
Awesome video! I highly recommend A Clockwork Orange.
Thank you!
I will keep an eye out for a copy.
I know I will read it eventually.
Great video, haven't read most of these but loved hearing you talk about them.
Thank you!
dispossessed in D-Tier is absolutely insane.
I love LeGuin and I wish I loved that book.
I have read all of the Earthsea novels and they are all amazing, the Lathe of Heaven is in running for my SF book of the year and The Left Hand of Darkness is fantastic.
I don't know what it is about The Dispossessed that I don't like but I have tried to read it three times now and I bounce off hard.
Really interesting list.
I've read about 42 of these. The Stand is too long for me! I read Rendevous with Rama but The other Arthur C Clarke's I found hard to get through.
UBIK is among my fav PKD books. A Scanner Darkly is better, but UBIK is a close second.
If you love Stars my Destination you'll love a Fire Upon the Deep.
I'm have come around on reading Ubik.
Now I'm looking forward to reading it someday.
I'm now very excited about A Fire Upon the Deep.
There will be no Martian Chronicles slander here!!
I apologize. I will go sit down and say 7 "hail Bradburys" and think about my transgressions 😂.
"Exposition vomit I would've never borne witness to" lmao.
I'm shocked I've somehow managed to read a little over 40 of these.
That qualifies you for a tier ranking. At least it did for me 😂.
Agree with you on Foundation. Really enjoyed the concept and execution of the first book but I can't remember anything from book 2 besides an annoying clown.
The clown! I forgot about that!
A Fire upon the Deep will stay in S Tier for you, I'm pretty confident of that.
Now I'm even more excited to finally read it! Thanks!
Skipped to the end and found we disagree on too many. It would be too grievous to watch
That's okay. Thanks for giving my video a chance. Happy Friday 😁.
You have an excellent recall of the books you've read. I've probably read about 1/3 of those and agree mostly. I liked Ready Player One so much better than the movie, so maybe that's why I rate it so high. Nice video!
Thanks!
I still like Ready Player One I just know it isn't on the same level as most of these other books.
I think the movie was about as good as it could be. I have no idea how they managed to get it made.
I don't like the movie but I also don't dislike it.
your content is awesome thank you!
Thanks for watching and for the kind words!
Normally I find any best of all time lists boring and repetitive. We spend too much time on that and not enough on talking about great books that don't always make such lists. But your discussion made this very interesting. Well done.
I definitely agree with those who say the original The Stand is better than the longer version. It's a shame it will probably never be reprinted. Get it while you can.
My plan now that I have made this list is an eventual sequel where I list off everything I think should be in the top 50 list.
I want a video dedicated to showing off the books that people should read instead of just the books people have read.
I got a paperback copy of the original version of The Stand. I'm going to use it for my re-read.
This video is hype
What is that horrifying creature lurking next to you in the thumbnail???
His name is Court Gentry Pickles, Esquire. He is our resident goblin/agent of chaos.
I wouldn't call The Hunger Games a rip off of Battle Royale. I don't think Collins is literate. And they're different enough.
Maybe rip off is a little hyperbolic.
But if I gave an summary of:
"The book is about teenagers forced to kill each other while being tracked by their authoritarian overlords and only one can survive."
Which book would I be describing?
Either way I still think it is one of the weakest books on the list.
Only thing I've read of Cline was one of his god awful poems and it put me off reading him altogether.
You aren't missing anything.
The Stand is bad....C-
Is the c- for The Stand or my rankings? 😂
Either way I understand why people don't like The Stand, I just happen to really enjoy it.
The stars my destination is c at best, it's just too willy wonka. It's not cyber punk at all, it's steam punk and kinda stupid.
DNF’d this video after 8 minutes because you’d already put two of my favourite ever books in D tier! Sorry, seemed pointless to continue.
Thanks for giving the video a chance up to the 8 minute mark. Have a good day!
I remember the Hunger Games YA Dystopian copy cats, i.e Divergent, they all aged terribly (that’s what happens when writers follow a trend instead of writing their own story)
Battle Royale is a great film (haven’t read the book yet) but I didn’t know Collins was inspired by it. I remember people accusing HG for ripping off Battle Royale tho
I have not watched the BR film but the book was unbearable. I want to give it the benefit of the doubt and just say the translation was bad.
The YA dystopian copycat have a lot of sons to answer for but they were a good gateway for young readers at that time. So I will give them a pass.