OUSFG's Desert Planet Books

The aim was to come up with ten books we would all be happy to take with us on a long space journey together to a desert planet (OUSFG discussion meeting, 12th October 2011).

Top Ten

  1. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (The first x books, for a given value of x) (D. Adams)
  2. Good Omens (N. Gaiman/T. Pratchett)
  3. His Dark Materials (P. Pullman)
  4. Song Of Ice And Fire (G. Martin)
  5. The Moon is a Harsh Mistress (R. Heinlein)
  6. Foundation (I. Asimov)
  7. Fahrenheit 451 (R. Bradbury)
  8. Perdido St Station (C. Miéville)
  9. Lord Of The Rings (J. Tolkein)
  10. Saga Of The Eternal Champion (M. Moorcock)

The Nominees


2010

Here are the books from the last Desert Planet Books discussion on 13th October 2010.

Top Ten

  1. Good Omens (Terry Pratchet and Neil Gaiman)
  2. Sandman (Neil Gaiman)
  3. Mortal Engines Quadrillogy (Philip Reeve)
  4. Artemis Fowl (Eoin Colfer)
  5. The Lord of the Rings (J.R.R. Tolkien)
  6. The Foundation Trillogy (Issac Asimov)
  7. The Bas-Lag Series (China Mieville)
  8. The Commonwealth Saga (Peter F. Hamilton)
  9. His Dark Materials (Philip Pullman)
  10. Dune (Frank Herbert)

The Nominees

Lyndsey and others enthused about Ted Chiang's short stories available online, in particular Seventy Two Letters and others.


2008

Here are the books from a previous Desert Planet Books discussion on 15th October 2008.

Top Ten

The Nominees


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Lists compiled by Peter Gerrard (2011), Douglas Hall (2010), and Oliver St John (2008)