Recommended Science Fiction
These range from merely good reads to really outstanding books. A raw ranking of them would be of little use to others, unless I explained why I gave them the ranks I did, and anyway I'd probably give different rankings by the time your read this. (When I know of an on-line review about a book which I agree with --- e.g., because I wrote it --- I've included a link; also some exceedingly short remarks about interesting cases.) permanent link for this note RSS feed for this note
Recommended Science Fiction Notebooks Recommended Science Fiction Last update : 09 Jul 2026 21:17 First version : Spun off from "Science Fiction" 26 July 1999 The golden age of science fiction was twelve to fourteen. --- Proverb These range from merely good reads to really outstanding books. A raw ranking of them would be of little use to others, unless I explained why I gave them the ranks I did, and anyway I'd probably give different rankings by the time your read this. (When I know of an on-line review about a book which I agree with --- e.g., because I wrote it --- I've included a link; al
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