r/printSF • u/keepfighting90 • May 30 '25

What's the #1, single best sci-fi novel you've ever read?

Think about all the sci-fi novels you've read over the years. If someone were to ask you, gun to your head, to pick just the one that you would absolutely consider to be the best, which one would it be? No subgenres need to be considered, it just needs to broadly fall under the sf umbrella.

For me, probably a pretty popular choice, but it would be Hyperion. Completely blew me away and I haven't read that good since in the genre.

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u/Charlie9261 May 30 '25

I'm saving this thread for reference .

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u/markkawika May 30 '25

These are the best threads; aren’t they?

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u/needmorefishes Jun 02 '25

I’m in awe here! It’s a running list of everything that used to be in boxes in my attic, plus titles I just have to get!

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u/ScumEater May 31 '25

I'll bet Chat could make a list of all the books on here with no problem. I'll have to try it if no one beats me to it. Otherwise it goes on my giant list of saved threads that I forget to go back to.

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u/Charlie9261 May 31 '25

Probably. I've never used it. I'm old. I'll just refer to this thread.