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jleopold  ·  3366 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Let's create a list of essential scifi books

I think non-nerds would enjoy Dune more than Ringworld, for instance. Yeah, it's a shit series, and by far not the best written sci-fi book ever, but it is a purely enjoyable and epic story. I think a large part of it's value is that the sci-fi components tend to act more as an accompaniment to the plot rather than as major devices themselves.