I saw this on Planet Gnome. How did I rank in the geekiness-scale as far as art of literatute is concerned? The ones in bold are the ones I have read.
1. The HitchHiker's Guide to the Galaxy -- Douglas Adams
2. 1984 -- George Orwell
3. Brave New World -- Aldous Huxley
4. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? -- Philip Dick
5. Neuromancer -- William Gibson
6. Dune -- Frank Herbert
7. I, Robot -- Isaac Asimov
8. Foundation -- Isaac Asimov
9. The Colour of Magic -- Terry Pratchett
10. Microserfs -- Douglas Coupland
11. Snow Crash -- Neal Stephenson
12. Watchmen -- Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons
13. Cryptonomicon -- Neal Stephenson
14. Consider Phlebas -- Iain M Banks
15. Stranger in a Strange Land -- Robert Heinlein
16. The Man in the High Castle -- Philip K Dick
17. American Gods -- Neil Gaiman
18. The Diamond Age -- Neal Stephenson
19. The Illuminatus! Trilogy -- Robert Shea & Robert Anton Wilson
20. Trouble with Lichen - John Wyndham
You be the judge
I started reading "Brave New World", but I never finished more than firts few chapters before I had to return it to the library. "Colour of Magic", "I, Robot", "Stranger in a Strange Land" and "Illuminatus"-trilogy, are on my To-Do-list.
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I will read anything by Adams and Pratchett as I consider them the cream of British comedic writer talent (aside from the fact that Adams is sadly no longer with us - read 'Salmon of Doubt' and weep). Gibson's 'Neuromancer' I studied and liked but I've yet to tackle Orwell, Huxley, Dick and Asimov. Shame, shame...
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