SFF: The 5 Vintage Sci-fi Books You Recommend (For Vintage Sci-fi Month!)

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The 5 Vintage Sci-fi Books You Recommend (For Vintage Sci-fi Month!)

5. Wild Seed (Patternmaster #1) by Octavia E. Butler (Published in 1980)
I heartily recommend anything and everything Octavia E. Butler has written, despite not having read it all yet myself- I just love her writing style. I like her Patternmaster series because of the idea of superhumans who aren't exactly superheroes, and how they live their lives.

4. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy #1) by Douglas Adams (Published in 1979)
I wasn't at all impressed with the first half of this book, having watched the movie edition prior, but the second half turned my opinion of it upside down. This is an excellent comedic space adventure.

3. Kesrith (The Faded Sun #1) by C.J. Cherryh (Published in 1978)
C.J. Cherryh's books are lasagna in a world filled with potato chip sci-fi books- the worldbuilding drives the plot, but it can also feel a bit on the heavy side. Still, after you finish one piece/book, you think of how good it was and how much you want another.

2. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley (Published in 1932)
This book is startlingly advanced for the period in which it was published- and as someone interested in the history of advances in medical science, it caught my fancy. You have to keep in mind, though, that this book is less of a story driven book and more of an idea driven one.

1. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (Published before you were born, unless you're a vampire or otherwise mortally challenged)
Some people think of this more as a horror story than anything else, but I consider it more sci-fi, since reanimation reminds me more of sci-fi than horror. I was initially hesitant to read this book last year, but ended up loving it despite never getting around to publishing a review.

Which science fiction books have you read and enjoyed that were published prior to your birth?