Monday, May 21, 2007

Top 20 Geek Novels.

What goes together better than geeks and comic books?According to a poll by Survey Monkey, The Top 20 Geek Novels written in English since 1932. (Numbers indicate number of votes) Yeah okay, but how many have you read?

#20-11, hit the jump for #'s 10-1 & to see my own results.
20. Trouble with Lichen - John Wyndham 21% (19)
19. The Illuminatus! Trilogy -- Robert Shea/Robert AntonWilson 23%(21)
18. The Diamond Age -- Neal Stephenson 27% (27)
17. American Gods -- Neil Gaiman 31% (29)
16. The Man in the High Castle -- Philip K Dick 34% (32)
15. Stranger in a Strange Land -- Robert Heinlein 33% (33)
14. Consider Phlebas -- Iain M Banks 34% (35)
13. Cryptonomicon -- Neal Stephenson 36% (36)
12. Watchmen -- Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons 38% (37)
11. Snow Crash -- Neal Stephenson 37% (37)

10. Microserfs -- Douglas Coupland 43% (44)
9. The Colour of Magic -- Terry Pratchett 46% (46)
8. Foundation -- Isaac Asimov 47% (47)
7. I, Robot -- Isaac Asimov 52% (54)
6. Dune -- Frank Herbert 53% (54)
5. Neuromancer -- William Gibson 59% (66)
4. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? -- Philip Dick 64% (67)
3. Brave New World -- Aldous Huxley 69% (77)
2. Nineteen Eighty-Four -- George Orwell 79% (92)
1. The HitchHiker's Guide to the Galaxy -- Douglas Adams 85% (102)

Ive read #'s 16,12,4,3,&2 I noticed they slipped in The Watchmen a (great) Graphic*cough*dont say comic*cough* Novel.Cant stop the geeks!

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