Star ratings
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All ratings are out of 5 stars. Luke rates the book pretty subjectively, based on how much he enjoyed reading it. as outlined in SFBRP episode 1:
- 0 stars - do not read the book under any circumstance.
- 1 star - only read the book if you are a huge fan of the author and don't mind being disappointed.
- 2 stars - read it if you want, but don't blame Luke if you hate it!
- 3 stars - put it on your list for future books to read, pick it up if you find a copy second hand.
- 4 stars - go out of your way to buy it and read it.
- 5 stars - buy it new right now and read it twice.
Fractions of stars are possible.
Contents |
0 to 0.9 star books
- 010 - Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson - Hunters of Dune - 0.5 stars.
- 016 - David Evans - Time Station Berlin - 0.5 stars.
- 033 - Brian Herbert and Kevin J Anderson - Paul of Dune - 0.5 stars.
- 055 - Dan Simmons - The Fall of Hyperion - 0.5 stars.
- 029 - Neal Stephenson - Snow Crash - 0.9 stars.
1 to 1.9 star books
- 009 - Carl Sagan - Contact - 1 star.
- 036 - Robert J Sawyer - Hominids - 1 star.
- 087 - Daniel Suarez - Daemon - 1 star.
- 094 - Robert J Sawyer - Calculating God - 1 star.
- 025 - Richard Morgan - Black Man - 1.5 stars.
- 027 - John Varley - Red Thunder - 1.5 stars.
- 086 - Gene Wolfe - The Shadow of the Torturer - 1.5 stars.
2 to 2.9 star books
- 021 - Buzz Aldrin and John Barnes - Encounter With Tiber - 2 stars.
- 024 - A.A. Attanasio - The Last Legends of Earth - 2 stars.
- 037 - Isaac Asimov and Robert Silverberg - Nightfall - 2 stars.
- 043 - Alastair Reynolds - Century Rain - 2 stars.
- 053 - Tobias S Buckell - Crystal Rain - 2 stars.
- 067 - Aldous Huxley - Brave New World - 2 stars.
- 003 - Pamela Sargent - Venus of Dreams - 2.5 stars.
- 008 - Robert Reed - Marrow - 2.5 stars.
- 013 - Charles Stross - Singularity Sky - 2.5 stars.
- 023 - Spider Robinson - Callahan's Secret - 2.5 stars.
- 031 - William Gibson - Neuromancer - 2.5 stars.
- 034 - China Mieville - Perdido Street Station - 2.5 stars.
- 035 - Robert Reed - The Well of Stars - 2.5 stars.
- 048 - Charles Stross - Accelerando - 2.5 stars.
- 051 - Joe Haldeman - The Accidental Time Machine - 2.5 stars.
- 056 - A E van Vogt - Slan - 2.5 stars.
- 095 - George R R Martin - A Game of Thrones - 2.5 stars.
- 098 - Alfred Bester - The Stars My Destination - 2.5 stars.
3 to 3.9 star books
- 012 - Ken MacLeod - Learning the World - 3 stars.
- 041 - Walter M Miller Jr - A Canticle for Leibowitz - 3 stars.
- 044 - Iain M Banks - Matter - 3 stars.
- 050 - Philip Jose Farmer - To Your Scattered Bodies Go - 3 stars.
- 057 - John Scalzi - Old Man's War - 3 stars.
- 085 - Iain Banks - Transition - 3 stars.
- 089 - Dani and Eytan Kollin - The Unincorporated Man - 3 stars.
- 002 - Joan D. Vinge - The Outcasts of Heaven Belt - 3.5 stars.
- 005 - Alastair Reynolds - Diamond Dogs, Turquoise Days - 3.5 stars.
- 018 - Greg Bear - Moving Mars - 3.5 stars.
- 039 - Peter F Hamilton - The Temporal Void - 3.5 stars.
- 047 - Karl Schroeder - Ventus - 3.5 stars.
- 059 - Kim Stanley Robinson - The Gold Coast - 3.5 stars.
- 060 - Luke Burrage - Minding Tomorrow - 3.5 stars.
- 064 - Ray Bradbury - Fahrenheit 451 - 3.5 stars.
- 066 - John Varley - Steel Beach - 3.5 stars.
- 069 - Edgar Rice Burroughs - A Princess of Mars - 3.5 stars.
- 072 - Ursula K LeGuin - The Dispossessed - 3.5 stars.
- 073 - Douglas Adams - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - 3.5 stars.
- 078 - H G Wells - The Invisible Man - 3.5 stars.
- 091 - Peter Watts - Starfish - 3.5 stars.
- 092 - Robert Sheckley - The Status Civilization - 3.5 stars.
4 to 4.9 star books
- 004 - Robert A. Heinlein - The Door Into Summer - 4 stars.
- 006 - Fire in the Abyss - Stuart Gordon - 4 stars.
- 007 - Peter F. Hamilton - Fallen Dragon - 4 stars.
- 014 - Robert A. Heinlein and Spider Robinson - Variable Star - 4 stars.
- 017 - Kim Stanley Robinson - Antarctica - 4 stars.
- 019 - Alastair Reynolds - The Prefect - 4 stars.
- 020 - Joe Haldeman - The Forever War - 4 stars.
- 022 - John Brunner - The Crucible of Time - 4 stars.
- 030 - Peter F Hamilton - The Dreaming Void - 4 stars.
- 042 - Richard Morgan - Altered Carbon - 4 stars.
- 049 - Dan Simmons - Hyperion - 4 stars.
- 052 - Charles Stross - Halting State - 4 stars.
- 054 - Cory Doctorow - Little Brother - 4 stars.
- 070 - Greg Egan - Schild's Ladder - 4 stars.
- 071 - Richard Morgan - Market Forces - 4 stars.
- 080 - Peter Watts - Blindsight - 4 stars.
- 082 - Paulo Bacigalupi - The Windup Girl - 4.0 stars.
- 088 - Arkady and Boris Strugatsky - Roadside Picnic - 4 stars.
- 090 - Mike Resnick - Kirinyaga - 4 stars.
- 028 - Robert Reed - Down the Bright Way - 4.2 stars.
- 040 - Fredrick Pohl - Gateway - 4.2 stars.
- 093 - Vernor Vinge - Rainbows End - 4.2 stars.
- 045 - H G Wells - The Time Machine - 4.3 stars.
- 011 - Frank Herbert - Dune - 4.5 stars.
- 015 - Vernor Vinge - The Peace War - 4.5 stars.
- 032 - John Wyndham - The Day of the Triffids - 4.5 stars.
- 058 - Orson Scott Card - Ender's Game - 4.5 stars.
- 061 - John Barnes - The Sky So Big And Black - 4.5 stars.
- 068 - Ursula K LeGuin - The Left Hand of Darkness - 4.5 stars.
- 081 - Alastair Reynolds - Revelation Space - 4.5 stars.
- 096 - John Wyndham - The Chrysalids - 4.5 stars.
5 star books
- 026 - Iain M. Banks - Use of Weapons - 5 stars.
Unrated books
- 065 - Olaf Stapledon - Last and First Men - no rating.
