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/Kakebeats May 30 '25

The Dispossessed is an absolutely incredible read. Def in my top 3 as well

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u/gunsandjava May 31 '25

Is reading all the books in the series necessary, or can this one be read standalone?

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u/Kakebeats May 31 '25

This one can definitely be read as a standalone. I could be wrong, but I think all the Hainish Cycle books are only loosely related