Yes, I was thinking about that, dxb...I'm an H.G. Wells aficionado. And since you brought it to my attention, moose, I do think it's odd to see the list alphatized??
But some other books I'd mention in an overview would be:
1. Brave New World, Aldous Huxley
2. The War of the Worlds, The Island of Dr. Moreau, The Invisible Man, The Food of the Gods, H. G. Wells
3. The Martian Chronicles, Ray Bradbury
4. Colossus [author?], the first great cyber novel about a giant computer developing Artifical Intelligence and taking over the world.
5. Erewhon, Samuel Butler
6. The Sirens of Titan, Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
7. The Lost World, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
8. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Jules Verne
9. Dracula, Bram Stoker
And what about The Hobbit? Or is that inferringly included with the trilogy? If not, I'd rather see The Hobbit on the list than The Silmarillion.
And I know some folks have mixed feelings about Michael Crichton, and view him somewhat askance as more pop than SF...but I really think Jurassic Park belongs on that list.
