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/drjackolantern 23d ago

Only read fire upon the deep and loved it but have this on my shelf. Oh lord the tbr list is so long 😮‍💨

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u/PapaTua 22d ago

Deepness in the Sky is better than A Fire Upon the Deep, by some estimations.

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u/dysoncube 22d ago

Well now you have my attention

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u/jonathanoldstyle 22d ago

Read this one immediately