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Powell’s Essential List: 25 Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books of the 21st Century (So Far) (www.powells.com)
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I'm not sure when it was written, but I ran across this list of the best science fiction and fantasy books this century, and I resonated with the ones I've read, so I thought I'd see what others thought of it. Have you read many of them?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Uprooted is a legitimately fantastic fantasy book but it is absolutely not even remotely sci-fi. Annihilation is...fine. Honestly I was kind of let down after the movie generated all the (brief) hype and it left me not caring about the next books enough to bother. American Gods is American Gods, if you know you know. I think I read one of two others on the list but forgot what they are.

Kind of surprised piranesi didn't make the list tbh. Legitimately terrific blend of sci-fi fantasy and mystery. Not a hard/long read but well worth the time!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

By the way, as mentioned elsewhere, the list is SF and fantasy, not just SF. American Gods isn't SF either.

I haven't read or seen Annihilation yet.