{"id":5605,"date":"2015-01-10T18:07:53","date_gmt":"2015-01-10T23:07:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/?p=5605"},"modified":"2016-10-24T19:51:48","modified_gmt":"2016-10-24T23:51:48","slug":"best-science-fiction-novels-by-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2015\/01\/best-science-fiction-novels-by-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Best science fiction novels by year"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here’s my list of best SF novels, updated for ones I read in 2014.<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\nWinner<\/strong><\/td>\nRunner<\/strong> Ups<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Year<\/strong><\/td>\nAuthor<\/strong><\/td>\nTitle<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\nAuthor<\/strong><\/td>\nTitle<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2012<\/td>\nKim Stanley Robinson<\/td>\n2312<\/td>\nhN<\/td>\nOrson Scott Card<\/td>\nShadows in Flight<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nRobert J. Sawyer<\/td>\nTriggers<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nJohn Scalzi<\/td>\nRedshirts<\/a><\/td>\nH<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2011<\/td>\nWill McIntosh<\/td>\nSoft Apocalpyse<\/td>\n<\/td>\nRobert J. Sawyer<\/td>\nWonder<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nJoan Slonczewski<\/td>\nThe Highest Frontier<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2010<\/td>\nRobert J. Sawyer<\/td>\nWatch<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2009<\/td>\nRobert Charles Wilson<\/td>\nJulian Comstock<\/a><\/td>\nh<\/td>\nRobert J. Sawyer<\/td>\nWake<\/a><\/td>\nh<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2008<\/td>\nAlastair Reynolds<\/td>\nHouse of Suns<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\nOrson Scott Card<\/td>\nEnder in Exile<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nDouglas Preston<\/td>\nBlasphemy<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2007<\/td>\nJoe Haldeman<\/td>\nThe Accidental Time Machine<\/a><\/td>\nn<\/td>\nStephen Baxter<\/td>\nConqueror<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nRobert J. Sawyer<\/td>\nRollback<\/td>\nh<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2006<\/td>\nPeter Watts<\/td>\nBlindsight<\/td>\nh<\/td>\nStephen Baxter<\/td>\nEmperor<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nJulie E. Czerneda<\/td>\nRegeneration<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nJohn Scalzi<\/td>\nThe Android\u2019s Dream<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2005<\/td>\nRobert Charles Wilson<\/td>\nSpin<\/td>\nH<\/td>\nJulie E. Czerneda<\/td>\nMigration<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nKarin Lowachee<\/td>\nCagebird<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nRobert J. Sawyer<\/td>\nMindscan<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nJohn Scalzi<\/td>\nOld Man’s War<\/a><\/td>\nh<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nJohn Varley<\/td>\nMammoth<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nEdward Willett<\/td>\nLost in Translation<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2004<\/td>\nJulie E. Czerneda<\/td>\nSurvival<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nJames Alan Gardner<\/td>\nRadiant<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2003<\/td>\nRobert Charles Wilson<\/td>\nBlind Lake<\/td>\nh<\/td>\nJulie E. Czerneda<\/td>\nHidden in Sight<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nWilliam Gibson<\/td>\nPattern Recognition<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nKarin Lowachee<\/td>\nBurndive<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nRobert J. Sawyer<\/td>\nHumans<\/td>\nh<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nRobert J. Sawyer<\/td>\nHybrids<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2002<\/td>\nStephen Baxter<\/td>\nEvolution<\/td>\n<\/td>\nDavid Brin<\/td>\nKiln People<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nRobert J. Sawyer<\/td>\nHominids<\/td>\nH<\/td>\nJulie E. Czerneda<\/td>\nTo Trade the Stars<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nKarin Lowachee<\/td>\nWarchild<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nScott Mackay<\/td>\nOrbis<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nJim Munroe<\/td>\nEveryone in Silico<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nKarl Schroeder<\/td>\nPermanence<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nMichael Swanwick<\/td>\nBones of the Earth<\/a><\/td>\nhn<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2001<\/td>\nConnie Willis<\/td>\nPassage<\/td>\nhn<\/td>\nJulie E. Czerneda<\/td>\nIn the Company of Others<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nRobert Charles Wilson<\/td>\nThe Chronoliths<\/td>\nh<\/td>\nCandas Jane Dorsey<\/td>\nA Paradigm of Earth<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nJames Alan Gardner<\/td>\nAscending<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nScott Mackay<\/td>\nThe Meek<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nAdam Roberts<\/td>\nOn<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2000<\/td>\nUrsula K. Le Guin<\/td>\nThe Telling<\/td>\n<\/td>\nJulie E. Czerneda<\/td>\nChanging Vision<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nRobert J. Sawyer<\/td>\nCalculating God<\/td>\nh<\/td>\nJames Alan Gardner<\/td>\nHunted<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nJim Munroe<\/td>\nAngry Young Spaceman<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nAlastair Reynolds<\/td>\nRevelation Space<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nKarl Schroeder<\/td>\nVentus<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nJoan Slonczewski<\/td>\nBrain Plague<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1999<\/td>\nNeal Stephenson<\/td>\nCryptonomicon<\/td>\nh<\/td>\nOrson Scott Card<\/td>\nEnder’s Shadow<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nVernor Vinge<\/td>\nA Deepness in the Sky<\/td>\nHn<\/td>\nJulie E. Czerneda<\/td>\nTies of Power<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nJames Alan Gardner<\/td>\nVigilant<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nRobert J. Sawyer<\/td>\nFlashforward<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nPeter Watts<\/td>\nStarfish<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1998<\/td>\nRobert J. Sawyer<\/td>\nFactoring Humanity<\/td>\nh<\/td>\nJulie E. Czerneda<\/td>\nBeholder\u2019s Eye<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nRobert Charles Wilson<\/td>\nDarwinia<\/td>\nh<\/td>\nJames Alan Gardner<\/td>\nCommitment Hour<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nNalo Hopkinson<\/td>\nBrown Girl in the Ring<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nScott Mackay<\/td>\nOutpost<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nJack McDevitt<\/td>\nEternity Road<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nConnie Willis<\/td>\nTo Say Nothing of the Dog<\/td>\nHn<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1997<\/td>\nDan Simmons<\/td>\nThe Rise of Endymion<\/td>\nh<\/td>\nJulie E. Czerneda<\/td>\nA Thousand Words for Stranger<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nJames Alan Gardner<\/td>\nExpendable<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nRobert J. Sawyer<\/td>\nIllegal Alien<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nRobert Wright<\/td>\nA Scientific Romance<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1996<\/td>\nRobert J. Sawyer<\/td>\nStarplex<\/td>\nhn<\/td>\nOrson Scott Card<\/td>\nChildren of the Mind<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nOrson Scott Card<\/td>\nPastwatch<\/td>\n<\/td>\nPeter F. Hamilton<\/td>\nThe Reality Dysfunction<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nJack McDevitt<\/td>\nAncient Shores<\/td>\nn<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nDan Simmons<\/td>\nEndymion<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nAlison Sinclair<\/td>\nBlueheart<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1995<\/td>\nNeal Stephenson<\/td>\nThe Diamond Age<\/td>\nHn<\/td>\nJulia Ecklar<\/td>\nReGenesis<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nRobert J. Sawyer<\/td>\nThe Terminal Experiment<\/td>\nhN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1994<\/td>\nVonda N. McIntyre<\/td>\nNautilus<\/td>\n<\/td>\nRobert J. Sawyer<\/td>\nEnd of an Era<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nRobert Charles Wilson<\/td>\nMysterium<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1993<\/td>\nJoan Slonczewski<\/td>\nDaughter of Elysium<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1992<\/td>\nNeal Stephenson<\/td>\nSnow Crash<\/td>\n<\/td>\nGreg Egan<\/td>\nQuarantine<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nVernor Vinge<\/td>\nA Fire Upon the Deep<\/td>\nHn<\/td>\nMaureen F. McHugh<\/td>\nChina Mountain Zhang<\/a><\/td>\nhn<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nVonda N. McIntyre<\/td>\nMetaphase<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nKim Stanley Robinson<\/td>\nRed Mars<\/td>\nhN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nConnie Willis<\/td>\nDoomsday Book<\/td>\nHN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nRobert Charles Wilson<\/td>\nThe Harvest<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1991<\/td>\nIsaac Asimov<\/td>\nForward the Foundation<\/td>\n<\/td>\nOrson Scott Card<\/td>\nXenocide<\/td>\nh<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nVonda N. McIntyre<\/td>\nTransition<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1990<\/td>\nRobert J. Sawyer<\/td>\nGolden Fleece<\/td>\n<\/td>\nIain M. Banks<\/td>\nUse of Weapons<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nMichael Crichton<\/td>\nJurassic Park<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nDan Simmons<\/td>\nThe Fall of Hyperion<\/td>\nhn<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1989<\/td>\nDan Simmons<\/td>\nHyperion<\/td>\nH<\/td>\nVonda N. McIntyre<\/td>\nStarfarers<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nJoan Slonczewski<\/td>\nThe Wall Around Eden<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1988<\/td>\nIain M. Banks<\/td>\nThe Player of Games<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\nIsaac Asimov<\/td>\nPrelude to Foundation<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nJack L. Chalker<\/td>\nMasks of the Martyrs<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nKim Stanley Robinson<\/td>\nThe Gold Coast<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nKim Stanley Robinson<\/td>\nPacific Edge<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nSheri S. Tepper<\/td>\nThe Gate to Women\u2019s Country<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1987<\/td>\nIain M. Banks<\/td>\nConsider Phlebas<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\nJack L. Chalker<\/td>\nWarriors of the Storm<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nJack L. Chalker<\/td>\nPirates of the Thunder<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nMichael Crichton<\/td>\nSphere<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1986<\/td>\nOrson Scott Card<\/td>\nSpeaker for the Dead<\/td>\nHN<\/td>\nIsaac Asimov<\/td>\nFoundation and Earth<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nJoan Slonczewski<\/td>\nA Door Into Ocean<\/td>\n<\/td>\nJack L. Chalker<\/td>\nLords of the Middle Dark<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nArthur C. Clarke<\/td>\nThe Songs of Distant Earth<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nWayland Drew<\/td>\nThe Master of Norriya<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nClifford D. Simak<\/td>\nHighway of Eternity<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nVernor Vinge<\/td>\nMarooned in Realtime<\/td>\nh<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1985<\/td>\nOrson Scott Card<\/td>\nEnder’s Game<\/td>\nHN<\/td>\nGreg Bear<\/td>\nBlood Music<\/td>\nhn<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nGreg Bear<\/td>\nEon<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nDavid Brin<\/td>\nThe Postman<\/td>\nhn<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nWayland Drew<\/td>\nThe Gaian Expedient<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nCarl Sagan<\/td>\nContact<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1984<\/td>\nKim Stanley Robinson<\/td>\nThe Wild Shore<\/td>\nn<\/td>\nDouglas Adams<\/td>\nSo Long, and Thanks for All the Fish<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nWayland Drew<\/td>\nThe Memoirs of Alcheringia<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nSuzette Haden Elgin<\/td>\nNative Tongue<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nWilliam Gibson<\/td>\nNeuromancer<\/td>\nHN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nVernor Vinge<\/td>\nThe Peace War<\/td>\nh<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1983<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1982<\/td>\nIsaac Asimov<\/td>\nFoundation\u2019s Edge<\/td>\nHn<\/td>\nDouglas Adams<\/td>\nLife, the Universe and Everything<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1981<\/td>\nClifford D. Simak<\/td>\nProject Pope<\/a><\/td>\nh<\/td>\nJulian May<\/td>\nThe Many-Colored Land<\/a><\/td>\nhn<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1980<\/td>\nDouglas Adams<\/td>\nThe Restaurant at the End of the Universe<\/td>\n<\/td>\nJoan Slonczewski<\/td>\nStill Forms on Foxfield<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nGene Wolfe<\/td>\nThe Shadow of the Torturer<\/td>\nnW<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1979<\/td>\nDouglas Adams<\/td>\nThe Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy<\/td>\n<\/td>\nArthur C. Clarke<\/td>\nThe Fountains of Paradise<\/td>\nHN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1978<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1977<\/td>\nFrederik Pohl<\/td>\nGateway<\/td>\nHN<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1976<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1975<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1974<\/td>\nUrsula K. Le Guin<\/td>\nThe Dispossessed<\/td>\nHN<\/td>\nJoe Haldeman<\/td>\nThe Forever War<\/td>\nHN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nNiven & Pournelle<\/td>\nThe Mote in God’s Eye<\/td>\nhn<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1973<\/td>\nDavid Gerrold<\/td>\nThe Man Who Folded Himself<\/td>\nhn<\/td>\nArthur C. Clarke<\/td>\nRendezvous With Rama<\/td>\nHN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1972<\/td>\nIsaac Asimov<\/td>\nThe Gods Themselves<\/td>\nHN<\/td>\nJohn Brunner<\/td>\nThe Sheep Look Up<\/td>\nn<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nRobert Silverberg<\/td>\nDying Inside<\/a><\/td>\nhn<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nArkady & Boris Strugatsky<\/td>\nRoadside Picnic<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1971<\/td>\nUrsula K. Le Guin<\/td>\nThe Lathe of Heaven<\/a><\/td>\nhn<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1970<\/td>\nLarry Niven<\/td>\nRingworld<\/td>\nHN<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1969<\/td>\nUrsula K. Le Guin<\/td>\nThe Left Hand of Darkness<\/td>\nHN<\/td>\nMichael Crichton<\/td>\nThe Andromeda Strain<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nPhilip K. Dick<\/td>\nUBIK<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nFrank Herbert<\/td>\nDune Messiah<\/td>\nhn<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nKurt Vonnegut, Jr.<\/td>\nSlaughterhouse-Five<\/td>\nhn<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1968<\/td>\nArthur C. Clarke<\/td>\n2001: A Space Odyssey<\/td>\n<\/td>\nPhilip K. Dick<\/td>\nDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?<\/td>\nn<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nAnne McCaffrey<\/td>\nDragonflight<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1967<\/td>\nUrsula K. Le Guin<\/td>\nCity of Illusions<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1966<\/td>\nUrsula K. Le Guin<\/td>\nRocannon’s World<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\nRobert A Heinlein<\/td>\nThe Moon is a Harsh Mistress<\/td>\nHn<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nUrsula K. Le Guin<\/td>\nPlanet of Exile<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1965<\/td>\nFrank Herbert<\/td>\nDune<\/td>\nHN<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1964<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1963<\/td>\nClifford D. Simak<\/td>\nWay Station<\/td>\nH<\/td>\nKurt Vonnegut, Jr.<\/td>\nCat’s Cradle<\/td>\nh<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1962<\/td>\nPhilip K. Dick<\/td>\nThe Man in the High Castle<\/td>\nH<\/td>\nMadeline L’Engle<\/td>\nA Wrinkle in Time<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1961<\/td>\nHarry Harrison<\/td>\nThe Stainless Steel Rat<\/td>\n<\/td>\nRobert A Heinlein<\/td>\nStranger in a Strange Land<\/td>\nH<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nStanislaw Lem<\/td>\nSolaris<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1960<\/td>\nWalter M. Miller, Jr.<\/td>\nA Canticle for Leibowitz<\/td>\nH<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1959<\/td>\nKurt Vonnegut, Jr.<\/td>\nThe Sirens of Titan<\/a><\/td>\nh<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1958<\/td>\nJames Blish<\/td>\nA Case of Conscience<\/td>\nH<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1957<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1956<\/td>\nAlfred Bester<\/td>\nThe Stars My Destination<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nArthur C. Clarke<\/td>\nThe City and the Stars<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1955<\/td>\nIsaac Asimov<\/td>\nThe End Of Eternity<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1954<\/td>\nArthur C. Clarke<\/td>\nChildhood’s End<\/td>\n<\/td>\nIsaac Asimov<\/td>\nThe Caves of Steel<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nRay Bradbury<\/td>\nFahrenheit 451<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1953<\/td>\nAlfred Bester<\/td>\nThe Demolished Man<\/td>\nH<\/td>\nIsaac Asimov<\/td>\nSecond Foundation<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nTheodore Sturgeon<\/td>\nMore Than Human<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1952<\/td>\nClifford D. Simak<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\n<\/td>\nIsaac Asimov<\/td>\nFoundation and Empire<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1951<\/td>\nIsaac Asimov<\/td>\nFoundation<\/td>\n<\/td>\nJohn Wyndham<\/td>\nThe Day of the Triffids<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1950<\/td>\nRay Bradbury<\/td>\nThe Martian Chronicles<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1949<\/td>\nGeorge Orwell<\/td>\nNineteen Eighty-Four<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here’s my list of best SF novels, updated for ones I read in 2014. Winner Runner Ups Year Author Title Author Title 2012 Kim Stanley Robinson 2312 hN Orson Scott Card Shadows in Flight Robert J. Sawyer Triggers John Scalzi Redshirts H 2011 Will McIntosh Soft Apocalpyse Robert J. Sawyer Wonder Joan Slonczewski The Highest […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[7,42,28,8],"class_list":["post-5605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-my-thoughts","tag-book","tag-lists","tag-novels","tag-science-fiction"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5605","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5605"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5605\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9746,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5605\/revisions\/9746"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}