Link: Top 10 Sci-fi
Description: Taken from this link; this top 10 list pretty much captures the best of all-time SF writings. All the heavyweights with the noted exception of Arthur C Clarke make an entrance. (which should be a direct contravention of the Asimov-Clarke treaty 
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Frank Herbert (Dune) mkaes the all-time #1 spot (which i personally disagree with, i think Foundation is so much a better series). Orson Scott Card, with Ender’s Game is at a very well deserved #2. Asimov finally makes it with a bronze medal at #3. Douglas Adams, the brain behind Marvin, Zaphod and Arthur Dent is aptly put at 4 (the significant part of 42 ); with the magnificent travelbook; Hitchiker’s Guide To The Galaxy. George Orwell, with the nightmarian 1984 rounds off the top 5.
Sci-Fi master Robert Heinlein makes in his entry with the eponymous Stranger In a Strange land at #6. Though not a personal favourite, Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 takes up the 7th Spot. Asimov makes his quintessential presence in SF felt again with I, Robot at #8. The book that launched a 1000 cyberpunks, Neuromancer, gives its writer William Gibson a close # 9 spot and Robert Heinlein finishes off the top 10 with a funny little space war novel, the Starship Troopers @ #10
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J. Buckles // January 17, 2008 at 3:09 am
I definitely agree with Ender’s Game being on that list. One of my favorite books of all times. Though I feel that Robert Jordan should probably be included, or at least included within the top 100 in the link.
thebookplanet // January 17, 2008 at 10:52 am
Robert Jordan is more of a fantasy writer than pure SF. So thats why his name is not there on the list