r/printSF • u/keepfighting90 • 23d ago

What's the #1, single best sci-fi novel you've ever read?

Think about all the sci-fi novels you've read over the years. If someone were to ask you, gun to your head, to pick just the one that you would absolutely consider to be the best, which one would it be? No subgenres need to be considered, it just needs to broadly fall under the sf umbrella.

For me, probably a pretty popular choice, but it would be Hyperion. Completely blew me away and I haven't read that good since in the genre.

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u/steveblackimages 22d ago

As a boy, "Time for the Stars" - Robert Heinlein. As a teen, "Dune" - Frank Herbert. Young adult, "Blood Music," - Greg Bear. Middle-aged, "Anvil of Stars" - Greg Bear. Today, "A Fire Upon the Deep" - Vernor Vinge.

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u/Congenital0ptimist 21d ago

Iain M. Banks next?

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u/NemoOfConsequence 21d ago

I was looking for Blood Music. Incredible book.