@RUTGERS.ARPA:Caro.PA@Xerox.ARPA (04/09/85)
From: Caro.PA@Xerox.ARPA In case anyone has forgotten, some time ago I requested recommendations for Computer Science Fiction. The results are below. I'd like to thank everyone who contributed: I was quite astounded by the response. I had no idea there were so many CSF stories. On the other hand, many of the following DO NOT have computers as their central theme (or character), but rather mention them in passing. The "i" marks after each name indicated the number of "votes" for each title. This list is in no particular order (well, maybe Novels, and then everything else). ----------------- SHOCKWAVE RIDER - J. Brunner - iiii Colossus Trilogy - D.F. Jones - ii NEUROMANCER - W. Gibson - iii -- Short story in Omni years ago same universe VALENTINA (SOUL IN SAPHIRE) - J. Delaney & M. Stiegler - iiii -- about Adolesence of P1 calliber. THE TWO FACES OF TOMORROW - J.P. Hogan - iiii -- See also -- but there are also interesting CS speculations in -- "The Genesis Machine", "Voyage from Yesteryear", and -- "Code of the Life Maker"; in "Thrice Upon a Time", -- systems programming plays an important part in the story, -- but there is no speculation; THE MOON IS A HARSH MISTRESS - R. Heinlein - iii THE ADOLESCENCE OF P-1 - ??? - i "Dumb Waiter" - Walter Miller - i "Press Enter" - John Varley - i "Dead Stones?" - Gene Wolfe - i TEA WITH THE BLACK DRAGON - R. MacAvoy - i SOFTWARE - R. Rucker - i -- sounds like a robot story BUGS - T. Roszak - i COMPUTERWORLD - A. E. Van Vogt - i THE COSMIC COMPUTER - H. Beam Piper - i THE INTEGRATED MAN - M. Berlyn - i MOUTHPIECE - E. Wellen - i -- Thanks to JimDay.pasa for this exhaustive list "The Evitable Conflict" (1950) - ASIMOV, ISAAC - i "The Last Question" (1956) - ASIMOV, ISAAC - i "The Life and Times of MULTIVAC" (1975) - ASIMOV, ISAAC - i MIDSUMMER CENTURY [1968] - BLISH, JAMES - i "The Man Who Hated Machines" (1957) - BOULLE, PIERRE - i CATCHWORLD [1975] - BOYCE, CHRIS - i "Paradise and Iron" (1930) - BREUER, MILES J. - i "Answer" (1954) - BROWN, FREDRIC - i MICHAELMAS [1977] - BUDRYS, ALGIS - i LARGER THAN LIFE [1960] - BUZZATI, DINO - i THE GOD MACHINE [1968] - CAIDIN, MARTIN - i "The Metal Horde" (1930) - CAMPBELL, JOHN W., Jr. - i "The Nine Billion Names of God" (1953) - CLARKE, ARTHUR C. - i THE FOREVER MACHINE [1957] - CLIFTON, MARK & FRANK RILEY - i THE ELECTRIC CROCODILE [1970] - COMPTON, D.G. - i SCIENCE FICTION THINKING MACHINES [1954] - CONKLIN, GROFF, ed. - i VULCAN'S HAMMER [1960] - DICK, PHILIP K. - i "Computers Don't Argue" (1965) - DICKSON, GORDON R. - i "I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream" (1967) - ELLISON, HARLAN - i THE NOVEL COMPUTER [1966] - ESCARPIT, ROBERT - i THE TIN MEN [1965] - FRAYN, MICHAEL - i "The Metal Giants" (1928) - HAMILTON, EDMOND - i THE RING OF RITORNEL [1968] - HARNESS, CHARLES - i DESTINATION: VOID [1966] - HERBERT, FRANK - i THE GREAT COMPUTER [1966] - JOHANNESSON, OLOF - i ARRIVE AT EASTERWINE [1971] - LAFFERTY, R.A. - i THIS PERFECT DAY [1970] - LEVIN, IRA - i "The Ablest Man in the World" (1879) - MITCHELL, EDWARD PAGE - i MAN PLUS [1976] - POHL, FREDERIK - i TOMORROW SOMETIMES COMES [1951] - RAYER, FRANCIS G. - i "Going Down Smooth" (1968) - SILVERBERG, ROBERT - i "The Machine" (1935) - STUART, DON A. (aka John W. Campbell, Jr.) - i COMPUTERS, COMPUTERS, COMPUTERS: IN FICTION AND IN VERSE [1977] - VAN TASSEL, DENNIE, ed. - i NUNQUAM [1979] - L. Durrell - i TUNC [1979] - L. Durrell - i