Who better to recommend your new book than your favourite authors??
The Guardian had a brilliant Sci-Fi special features on the weekend to promote the British Library's science fiction exhibit. There was a great section which including a number of well know science fiction authors explaining what their favourite novel or who their favourite author of the genre is. It is well worth a read and for all those who missed it - a summary below!
Brian Aldiss
Star Maker by Olaf Stapledon (1937)
Margaret Atwood
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (1953)
Stephen Baxter
Hothouse by Brian Aldiss (1961)
Lauren Beukes
Watchmen by Alan Moore (1986-7)
John Clute
City by Clifford D Simak (1952)
Jon Courtenay Grimwood
Light by M John Harrison (2002)
Andrew Crumey
The Brick Moon by Edward Everett Hale (1870)
William Gibson
The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester (1957)
Ursula K Le Guin
Virginia Woolf (1882 – 1941)
Russell Hoban
HP Lovecraft (1890 – 1937)
Liz Jensen
The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham (1951)
Hari Kunzru
Roadside Picnic by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky (1972)
Kelly Link
Diana Wynne Jones (1934 – 2011)
Ken Macleod
A Canticle for Liebowitz by Walter M Miller Jr (1960)
China Mieville
The Island of Doctor Moreau by HG Wells (1896)
Michael Moorcock
The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester (1956)
Patrick Ness
Quicksilver by Neal Stephenson (2003)
Audrey Niffenegger
Time and Again: An Illustrated Novel by Jack Finney (1970)
Christopher Priest
The Voices of Time by JG Ballard (1960)
Alastair Reynolds
The City and the Stars by Arthur C Clarke (1956)
Adam Roberts
Dune by Frank Herbert (1965)
Kim Stanley Robinson
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K Le Guin (1968)
Tricia Sullivan
Octavia E Butler (1947-2006)
Scarlett Thomas
Neuromancer by William Golding (1984)
