Världens bästa science-fiction bok

Vilken är egentligen världens bästa sf-bok? Denna fråga har jag så som många andra ställt mig och har beslutat att reda ut det en gång för alla. Naturligtvis är top 5 formatet att föredra då det är såväl angenämt att läsa som bekvämt att underhålla.

Urvalsgruppen kommer att ökas successivt allteftersom jag hinner bedömma fler böcker. Nedan listas nuvarande top 5 samt nuvarande urvalsgrupp med preliminärbetyg inom parantes.

Nuvarande top 5 utan inbördes ordning



Noggrannt studerade och utvärderade verk inkluderar

  1. The Stars My Destination, Alfred Bester, 1956 (5)
  2. To Live Forever, Jack Vance, 1956 (5)
  3. Nova, Samuel Delany, 1966 (5)
  4. Foundation, Isaac Asimov, 1951 (5)
  5. The Dying Earth, Jack Vance, 1950 (5)
  6. Babel 17, Samuel Delany, 1968 (4)
  7. Eon, Greg Bear, 1985 (3)
  8. Rendezvous with Rama, Arthur C Clarke, 1972 (3)
  9. The Left Hand Of Darkness, Ursula Le Guin, 1969 (4)
  10. Contact, Carl Sagan, 1985 (3)
  11. Ender's Game, Orson Scott Card, 1985 (4)
  12. Dune, Frank Herbert, 1965 (5)
  13. The Man in the High Castle, Philip K Dick, 1962 (4)
  14. Stranger in a Strange Land, Robert A Heinlein, 1961 (2)
  15. To Your Scattered Bodies Go, Philip José Farmer, 1971 (4)
  16. Non-Stop, Brian Aldiss, 1958 (5)
  17. Dhalgren, Samuel Delany, 1974 (4)
  18. The Forever War, Joe Haldeman, 1974 (5)
  19. 1984, George Orwell, 1949 (5)
  20. The Illuminatus! Trilogy, Robert Shea & Robert Anton Wilson, 1975 (4)
  21. Lord of Light, Roger Zelazny, 1967 (4) 
  22. Ringworld, Larry Niven, 1970 (3)
  23. A Scanner Darkly, Philip K Dick, 1977 (5)
  24. Planet of Adventure, Jack Vance, 1970 (5)



Betyg i detalj

Titel

Författare

År

Genre

Helhet

Karaktärer

Historia/Idé

Språk

Citat

Dune

Frank Herbert

1965

Planet

5

4

4

4

"I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain."Paul Atreides et al, Litany against Fear.

The Man in the High Castle

Philip K Dick

1962

Alternativ Verklighet

4

5

5

4

-

Stranger in a Strange Land

Robert Heinlein

1961

Flum

2

3

2

2

"A desire not to butt into other people's business is eighty percent of all human wisdom."Jubal Harshaw

To Your Scattered Bodies Go

Philip José Farmer

1971

Oväntad Framtid

4

3

5

3

"As for me, all I require in a woman is beauty and affection. I don't care a whit about her brains. And I prefer blonds."Richard Burton

Non-Stop

Brian Aldiss

1958

Utforskning

5

4

5

4

"He was her sort; neither of them had ever been really sure of what they wanted: so they would be most likely to find it."Laur Vyann

Dhalgren

Samuel Delany

1974

Socialrealistisk tour de force

4

5

3

5

-

The Forever War

Joe Haldeman

1974

Rymdkrig

5

4

5

4

"Surely 'cowardice' had nothing to do with his decision. Surely he had nothing so primitive and unmilitary as a will to live."William Mandella

1984

George Orwell

1949

Anti-Utopi

5

4

5

4

“War is Peace. Freedom is Slavery. Ignorance is Strength.”Big Brother

The Illuminatus! Trilogy

Robert Shea, Robert Anton Wilson

1975

Konspiration

4

4

4

5

"They have taught us to give up everything except our sacrifices, and those are what we must give up. We must sacrifice our sacrifices." Mavis to Saul Goodman

Lord of Light

Roger Zelazny

1967

Högteknologisk Mytologi

4

4

5

4

"Hast thou not heard of a thing, a wondrous thing, a thing into which these items are discharged - into water -and then a lever pulled, and then with a mighty rushing sound, these things are borne away, far beneath the ground?" Vama

Ringworld

Larry Niven

1970

Utforskning

3

3

4

3

-

A Scanner Darkly

Philip K Dick

1977

Mörk Framtid

5

4

5

4

"Can you imagine telling your grandkids, 'I saw with my own eyes the six-foot-high block of hash appear out of the blinding fog and walk past, that way, worth two billion dollars, saying, "No, I don't."' His grandchildren would have him committed." Ernie Luckman

Planet of Adventure

Jack Vance

1970

Planet

5

4

5

4

"Why cavil? The woman will not run away. If she does, find another. So was my style when I was a buck." Nameless old man in Savishe




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