Reply to: The best SF ever

[Bovvered]

Stranger in a Strange Land
Ringworld
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
The Time Machine
Childhood's End
The Reality Dysfunction
From a Dark Background
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
Eon
1984

The Reality Dysfunction? Are you insane? That trilogy ruined my life. Do not ever read. 3600 pages to so limply finish what was so brilliantly started. DO NOT READ!

My list:

Way out in first:
Eon - Greg Bear

The next best:
Excession - Banksy
Revelation Space - Alastair Reynolds
Paradox/Context/Resolution - John Meaney

[Lucifer Box]

Seeing as no one has yet, I'll mention Philip Jose Farmer. Riverworld goes without saying, but everytime I read the short story "JC on the Dude Ranch" I think of Chico for some reason.

[zathras]

Best Sci-Fi

Well

Jerry Pournelle

Future History
Prince of Sparta
Go Tell The Spartans
Prince of Mercenaries

David Weber

The Honor Harrington Books

Isaac Asimov (well most things by the Good Doctor actually but specifically)

The Original Foundation Trilogy

Foundation
Second Foundation
Foundation And Empire

Harry Harrison

Technicolor Time Machine (yes the Vikings Beat Good Old Columbus to North America by over 400 years but then Columbus was a bit tardy, the Chinese beat him by 70 years as well)
The Men From P.I.G. and R.O.B.O.T (Good for a laugh anyway)
The Stainless Steel Rat Books

[stackpole]

zeit, I feel my education has barely started.

[OrangeHopper]

Truely sublime, Sir!

Oranges are far superior to limes!

[wobbegong]

Need I remind anyone about my role in Dark Star.

Truely sublime, Sir!

[The Master]

A particularly flattering portrait of your Evil Self, Oh Great Leader, if I may be so bold...

By the way, is that a Bloodhound missile in the background?

I thought so, I look rather cross in that one don't I?

We called it a Thunderbolt missile in the drama documentary, o trusty miniom, but in reality, yes it was a Bloodhound.

[TheDoctor]

I have to disagree, Controller. The Mind of Evil by Terrance Dicks is the epitome of great literature.

Ah yes, I remember this little episode quite well.

The Master, posing as Professor Keller, has created a device he purports will remove the negative impulses from the brains of convicted criminals. The Keller Machine in fact contains an alien mind parasite which turns the convicts into servants of the Master. With their help, the evil Time Lord hijacks a nerve missile, with which he intends to hold a world peace conference hostage.

Needless to say it all ended badly for the goatee'd chap with the receeding hairline. Never trust a man without a full head of hair, thats what I say!

[The Master]

I have to disagree, Controller. The Mind of Evil by Terrance Dicks is the epitome of great literature.

[Cyber Controller]

Doctor Who and the Tomb of the Cybermen by Gerry Davies.

[bored]

Alfred Bester - The Demolished Man

That would be the best SF novel of all time - but The Stars My Destination is even better

[scotspine]

ah dark star - garcia's finest moment [ and mesa's]

[OrangeHopper]

Anything containing a purple-haired Gabrielle Drake.

Oh, and don't forget 'Dark Star'.

Need I remind anyone about my role in Dark Star.

[wobbegong]

Anything containing a purple-haired Gabrielle Drake.

Oh, and don't forget 'Dark Star'.

[Spartacus]

Anything by Robert Sheckley for a blackly humorous slant on things.