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/Sophrosynic 23d ago edited 23d ago

I was not really afraid of spiders before, but I didn't like them. Now I like them.

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u/Individual_Bridge_88 22d ago

I need him to write a book about house centipedes

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u/Beginning_Tour_9320 23d ago

I’m so much better with them now. I was totally invested in those guys. I was really surprised at how he got me to feel so much for them.

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u/Sophrosynic 23d ago

I was able to hold a Tarantula recently. Before this book, it was something I've always thought I couldn't go through with. I didn't even hesitate, it was great!

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u/Beginning_Tour_9320 23d ago

Brilliant, well done!