Legendary author Michael Moorcock was asked backed in 2001 by the Guardian to list his ten favorite science fiction books.
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| "I would guess that, Wells, Ballard and Aldiss aside, I only have about 10 SF novels I really like. Most SF is fundamentally retrospective, like modern politics. Big spaceships have an immediate soporific effect (the first time I fell asleep in 2001 I was with an amiable Arthur Clarke!) So, if you haven’t read any SF, this list might suit you. Few of these books make any mention of spaceships, but they’re all by substantial writers and most have a characteristic elegaic note inherited from the likes of Shelley and Wells." |
Intriguing list that begins with Brian Aldiss’ Greybeard and culminates with one of my all time favorite books The Exploits of Engelbrecht by Maurice Richardson.
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| 10. The Exploits of Engelbrecht by Maurice Richardson While not actually SF, this was such an enthusiasm of mine, Ballard’s and several others that it deserves inclusion. Richardson certainly knew his science, his literature and his surrealism. If you do not know the Surrealist Sporting Club, The Day We Played Mars and the Night of the Great Witch Shoot (illustrated by Searle, Hoffnung and Boswell in a superior edition) you do not know English literature. |
(Thanks to the ever helpful Matt Staggs)