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This lens is about Science Fiction books that I like. I'm going to be talking about what I think of as "general" SF here, since I have a separate lens about High Fantasy Series, another about Urban Fantasy and I'm planning another to focus on military SF (if that still says "planning", it's not done yet...). I'm not making a firm distinction between "hard" SF and the looser sort.
I won't be writing very much on each work--you can follow the Amazon links to read more, even if you don't buy there. They're in no particular order--if I was forced to rank them I'd give different answers on different days. I'll be adding to the list from time to time.
If I know about movies that have been made from the book, I'll mention them in passing.
I hope that you find something new that you like here.
Contents at a Glance
Dune
by Frank Herbert
There have been a couple of attempts to bring Dune to the screen, with middling success.
Dune, 40th Anniversary Edition (Dune Chronicles, Book 1)
Amazon Price: $11.56 (as of 12/27/2009) 
Stranger in a Strange Land
by Robert Heinlein
Stranger in a Strange Land
Amazon Price: $11.02 (as of 12/27/2009)
Brave New World
by Aldous Huxley
Brave New World (1962 -- 22nd printing Complete and Unabridged)
Amazon Price: (as of 12/27/2009)
The Authority #22 Comic - Brave New World Part 1 (Wildstorm, 1st Series 1999)
Amazon Price: (as of 12/27/2009)
BRAVE NEW WORLD (THE COLLECTED WORKS OF ALDOUS HUXLEY: VOLUME 22)
Amazon Price: (as of 12/27/2009)
1984
by George Orwell
Buy at AllPosters.com
One of the great dystopian novels, 1984 shows us a world where the populace is tightly controlled by a Soviet-style regime. This is the source of the phrase "Big Brother is watching you."
Animal Farm and 1984
Amazon Price: $15.60 (as of 12/27/2009)
1984
Amazon Price: (as of 12/27/2009)
1984 (Cliffs Notes)
Amazon Price: $5.99 (as of 12/27/2009)
The Change
by S. M. Stirling
I have to admit that part of what I like about this series is that the primary setting is in my neck of the woods--but only part. Stirling plots well, handles characterization very well (for the most part), and does an excellent job of working out the implications of his premise.
Some listings--even by the publisher--include the Nantucket trilogy (see below), as "novels of The Change", but that's not really accurate. The same event kicks off both series, but it's the only point of congruence.
First book is Dies the Fire.
Dies the Fire: A Novel of the Change
Amazon Price: $7.99 (as of 12/27/2009)
The Protector's War: A Novel of the Change (Change Series)
Amazon Price: $7.99 (as of 12/27/2009)
A Meeting at Corvallis: A Novel of the Change (Dies the Fire)
Amazon Price: $7.99 (as of 12/27/2009)
The Sunrise Lands: A Novel of the Change (Change Series)
Amazon Price: $7.99 (as of 12/27/2009)
The Scourge of God: A Novel of the Change (Change Series)
Amazon Price: $17.13 (as of 12/27/2009)
The Sword of the Lady: A Novel of the Change (Change Series)
Amazon Price: $17.13 (as of 12/27/2009)
The Nantucket Trilogy
by S. M. Stirling
This same cosmic disturbance precipitates The Change in his other series (see above). Unlike that series, however, there is no alteration of physical laws in this resulting world.
First book is Island in the Sea of Time.
Island in the Sea of Time
Amazon Price: $7.99 (as of 12/27/2009)
Against the Tide of Years
Amazon Price: $7.99 (as of 12/27/2009)
On the Oceans of Eternity
Amazon Price: $7.99 (as of 12/27/2009)
Takeshi Kovacs
by Richard K. Morgan
Human beings can be digitally stored, beamed across stellar distances, and restored to new bodies. Takeshi Kovacs is and ex-soldier, criminal and sometime Private Investigator. Dense and fast-paced, theses novels blend cyberpunk settings with hard-boiled detective sensitivities.
Altered Carbon: A Takeshi Kovacs Novel (Takeshi Kovacs Novels)
Amazon Price: $7.99 (as of 12/27/2009)
Broken Angels (Kovacs)
Amazon Price: $19.75 (as of 12/27/2009)
Woken Furies: A Takeshi Kovacs Novel
Amazon Price: $26.59 (as of 12/27/2009)
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- blue22d blue22d Aug 24, 2009 @ 1:44 am
- 1984 is a favorite and we are starting to see it take "life" with this new administration. I like your lens and give you ***** and a favorite.
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- science_fiction_novels_cyberpunk science_fiction_novels_cyberpunk Aug 9, 2009 @ 12:50 pm
- Nice lens! I share with you the ardour of knowing how the world will be...
I rated and fovorited it!
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- spirituality spirituality Apr 9, 2009 @ 11:56 am
- Great lens - you've been blessed by a squidoo angel :) [and thanks for the lensroll]
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- Oosquid Oosquid Apr 3, 2009 @ 3:43 pm
- Nice lens. Good choices, some I've read and some I now will read. 5 stars.
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- SciFi_Author SciFi_Author Mar 12, 2009 @ 10:39 pm
- Great lens! You list a lot of great books and authors here. I'd love it if you'd stop by my science fiction lens and say hello when you have the chance.
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