Monday, May 3, 2010

Top 10 Greatest Science Fiction Detective Novels Of All Time

Jane Anders posted her list of the Top 10 Greatest Science Fiction Detective Novels Of All Time at io9.com:

  • A Philosophical Investigation by Philip Kerr
  • The Retrieval Artist novels by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
  • When Gravity Fails by George Alec Effinger
  • Tea From An Empty Cup by Pat Cadigan
  • The Automatic Detective by A. Lee Martinez
  • Altered Carbon by Richard K. Morgan
  • Gun, With Occasional Music by Jonathan Lethem
  • Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams
  • The Yiddish Policeman's Union by Michael Chabon
  • The Caves Of Steel by Isaac Asimov
I've read (and recommend) the books in bold and, after reading Ms. Anders's synopses I am eager to get my hands on Gun, With Occasional Music sometime in the near future.

I would include in the list:

Kiln People by David Brin
The Long ARM of Gil Hamilton by Larry Niven.
The Garret, P.I. series by Glen Cook
The Fragmented America & Barnum System stories by Ron Goulart
The Thursday Next series by Jasper Fforde
The Nightside series by Simon R Green

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