Tuesday, November 22, 2005

Yep, I'm a geek

Although I can only lay claim to reading 11 of the 20 books on the "Top 20 Geek Novels" list, I can say I've read the top 8, you know, the ones that got the highest percentage of votes... and 2 others on the list are on my shelf, waiting for the day that I pick them up and read them.

1. The HitchHiker's Guide to the Galaxy -- Douglas Adams 85%
2. Nineteen Eighty-Four -- George Orwell 79%
3. Brave New World -- Aldous Huxley 69%
4. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? -- Philip Dick 64%
5. Neuromancer -- William Gibson 59%
6. Dune -- Frank Herbert 53%
7. I, Robot -- Isaac Asimov 52%
8. Foundation -- Isaac Asimov 47%
9. The Colour of Magic -- Terry Pratchett 46%
10. Microserfs -- Douglas Coupland 43%
11. Snow Crash -- Neal Stephenson 37%
12. Watchmen -- Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons 38%
13. Cryptonomicon -- Neal Stephenson 36%
14. Consider Phlebas -- Iain M Banks 34%
15. Stranger in a Strange Land -- Robert Heinlein 33%
16. The Man in the High Castle -- Philip K Dick 34%
17. American Gods -- Neil Gaiman 31%
18. The Diamond Age -- Neal Stephenson 27%
19. The Illuminatus! Trilogy -- Robert Shea & Robert Anton Wilson 23%
20. Trouble with Lichen - John Wyndham 21%

As an aside, I also own - not just have seen - 5 movies based on books on the list.

Any other geek's out there? How'd you fare?

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