Hackerspace Fiction

This list is a starting point for building our hackerspace fiction collection, and is a top 100 list generated by readers. There is a scrollable / interactive flowchart available to help you choose which books you are likeliest to enjoy: we have a poster-sized copy, but it has unfortunately been hidden by our new bookcases.

Summaries will be added as time permits. :)

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Rank	Book Title / Series	Author	Summary	in SkSp Library?
1	The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy	J.R.R. Tolkien	Tolkien's seminal three-volume epic chronicles the War of the Ring, in which Frodo the hobbit and his companions set out to destroy the evil Ring of Power and restore peace to Middle-earth. The beloved trilogy still casts a long shadow, having established some of the most familiar and enduring tropes in fantasy literature.Literary Award Winner	no
2	The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy	Douglas Adams	In the first, hilarious volume of Adams' Hitchhiker's series, reluctant galactic traveler Arthur Dent gets swept up in some literally Earth-shattering events involving aliens, sperm whales, a depressed robot, mice who are more than they seem, and some really, really bad poetry.	no
3	Ender's Game	Orson Scott Card	Young Andrew "Ender" Wiggin, bred to be a genius, is drafted to Battle School where he trains to lead the century-long fight against the alien Buggers.	no
4	The Dune Chronicles	Frank Herbert	Follows the adventures of Paul Atreides, the son of a betrayed duke given up for dead on a treacherous desert planet and adopted by its fierce, nomadic people, who help him unravel his most unexpected destiny.	no
5	A Song Of Ice And Fire Series	George R. R. Martin	As the Seven Kingdoms face a generation-long winter, the royal Stark family confronts the poisonous plots of the rival Lannisters, the emergence of the Neverborn demons, the arrival of barbarian hordes, and other threats.	no
6	1984	George Orwell	Portrays life in a future time when a totalitarian government watches over all citizens and directs all activities.	no
7	Fahrenheit 451	Ray Bradbury
8	The Foundation Trilogy	Isaac Asimov		(Mak)
9	Brave New World	Aldous Huxley		no
10	American Gods	Neil Gaiman		no
11	The Princess Bride	William Goldman		no
12	The Wheel Of Time Series	Robert Jordan		no
13	Animal Farm	George Orwell		no
14	Neuromancer	William Gibson		(Mak all Gibson included)
15	Watchmen	Alan Moore		(Mak)
16	I, Robot	Isaac Asimov		no
17	Stranger In A Strange Land	Robert Heinlein		no
18	The Kingkiller Chronicles	Patrick Rothfuss		no
19	Slaughterhouse-Five	Kurt Vonnegut		no
20	Frankenstein	Mary Shelley		no
21	Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?	Philip K Dick		no
22	The Handmaid's Tale	Margaret Atwood		no
23	The Dark Tower Series	Stephen King		no
24	2001: A Space Odyssey	Arthur C Clarke		no
25	The Stand	Stephen King		(Mak)
26	Snow Crash	Neal Stephenson		(Mak all Stephenson included)
27	The Martian Chronicles	Ray Bradbury		no
28	Cat's Cradle	Kurt Vonnegut		no
29	The Sandman Series	Neil Gaiman		(Mak but I'll only donate TPB #1 the others are $100 tomes)
30	A Clockwork Orange	Anthony Burgess		no
31	Starship Troopers	Robert Heinlein		no
32	Watership Down	Richard Adams		no
33	Dragonflight	Anne McCaffrey		no
34	The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress	Robert Heinlein		no
35	A Canticle For Leibowitz	Walter M Miller		no
36	The Time Machine	H G Wells		no
37	20,000 Leagues Under The Sea	Jules Verne		no
38	Flowers For Algernon	Daniel Keys		no
39	The War Of The Worlds	H G Wells		no
40	The Chronicles Of Amber	Roger Zelazny		no
41	The Belgariad	David Eddings		no
42	The Mists Of Avalon	Marion Zimmer Bradley		no
43	The Mistborn Series	Brandon Sanderson		no
44	Ringworld	Larry Niven		no
45	The Left Hand Of Darkness	Ursula K LeGuin		no
46	The Silmarillion	J R R Tolkien		no
47	The Once And Future King	T H White		no
48	Neverwhere	Neil Gaiman		(Mak)
49	Childhood's End	Arthur C Clarke		no
50	Contact	Carl Sagan		no
51	The Hyperion Cantos	Dan Simmons		no
52	Stardust	Neil Gaiman		(Mak)
53	Cryptonomicon	Neal Stephenson		(Mak all Stephenson included)
54	World War Z	Max Brooks		no
55	The Last Unicorn	Peter S Beagle		no
56	The Forever War	Joe Haldeman		no
57	Small Gods	Terry Pratchett		no
58	The Chronicles Of Thomas Covenant	Stephen R Donaldson		no
59	The Vorkosigan Saga	Lois McMaster Bujold		no
60	Going Postal	Terry Pratchett		no
61	The Mote In God's Eye	Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle		no
62	The Sword Of Truth	Terry Goodkind		(Mak)
63	The Road	Cormac McCarthy		no
64	Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell	Susanna Clarke		no
65	I Am Legend	Richard Matheson		no
66	The Riftwar Saga	Raymond E Feist		no
67	The Shannara Trilogy	Terry Brooks		no
68	The Conan The Barbarian Series	R E Howard		no
69	The Farseer Trilogy	Robin Hobb		no
70	The Time Traveler's Wife	Audrey Niffenegger		no
71	The Way Of Kings	Brandon Sanderson		no
72	A Journey To The Center Of The Earth	Jules Verne		no
73	The Legend Of Drizzt Series	R A Salvatore		no
74	Old Man's War	John Scalzi		no
75	The Diamond Age	Neil Stephenson		(Mak all Stephenson included)
76	Rendezvous With Rama	Arthur C Clarke		no
77	The Kushiel's Legacy Series	Jacqueline Carey		no
78	The Dispossessed	Ursula K LeGuin		no
79	Something Wicked This Way Comes	Ray Bradbury		no
80	Wicked	Gregory Maguire		no
81	The Malazan Book Of The Fallen Series	Steven Erikson		no
82	The Eyre Affair	Jasper Fforde		no
83	The Culture Series	Iain M Banks		no
84	The Crystal Cave	Mary Stewart		no
85	Anathem	Neal Stephenson		no
86	The Codex Alera Series	Jim Butcher		no
87	The Book Of The New Sun	Gene Wolfe		no
88	The Thrawn Trilogy	Timothy Zahn		no
89	The Outlander Series	Diana Gabaldan		no
90	The Elric Saga	Michael Moorcock		no
91	The Illustrated Man	Ray Bradbury		no
92	Sunshine	Robin McKinley		no
93	A Fire Upon The Deep	Vernor Vinge		no
94	The Caves Of Steel	Isaac Asimov		no
95	The Mars Trilogy	Kim Stanley Robinson		no
96	Lucifer's Hammer	Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle		no
97	Doomsday Book	Connie Willis		no
98	Perdido Street Station	China Mieville		no
99	The Xanth Series	Piers Anthony		no
100	The Space Trilogy	C S Lewis		no