Alfred Bester: Tiger! Tiger!"
Alfred Bester's novel is probably the best and most famous work about the revolutionary. About a man going towards a goal in spite of the whole world, leaving a trail of blood behind him, and as inevitable as death. ...
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Barbara Hambly: "Dragonbane"
In this book, the traditional story of the dragon and the hunter is raised to such a height, brought to such perfection that, I believe, nothing better will ever be written on this topic. And the black Morkeleb, one of the main characters of the novel, is certainly the most beautiful dragon ever described. ...
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M. Weiss, T. Hickman: "DragonLance"
DragonLance... The Saga of the Spear... You can talk a lot about the injustice and cruelty of this world, about the commercial order, about the primitiveness in comparison with other books presented here, but this will not change the fact: the DragonLance trilogy is certainly a classic of heroic fantasy. And I, the author of "Dragon's Wrath", "Rusty Gold" and "Winged Class Hero", know this very well. ...
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Theodore Sturgeon: "Thunders and Roses"
Theodore Sturgeon's story "Thunders and Roses" firmly holds first place in my fantasy hit parade. This is a unique, delightful book. And at the same time - one of the most terrible. ...
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W. Le Guin: "The Planet of Rocannon"
The amazingly poetic and rich world of "Planet of Rocannon" may well lay claim to the name of the most beautiful and mysterious of all ever described. This is, I believe, Ursula Le Guin's best book. ...
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Arthur Clarke: "The City and the Stars"
Arthur C. Clarke's novel The City and the Stars was many years ahead of its time. In this book, the author's unbridled imagination predicted many areas of science that had not yet been thought of in the 50s of the 20th century. Even today the novel is a great read. ...
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Larry Niven: Ringworld
"The Ring World", the legendary book by Larry Niven, and its two sequels, which, alas, are much weaker than the original. It is useless to tell what the Ring World is. You can only read about it for yourself. ...
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J. Martin: A Song of Ice and Fire cycle
George R.R. Martin's remarkable saga has significantly surpassed the boundaries that are usually limited to the fantasy genre. This is not even a novel - it is a detailed and fascinating story of another world, with truly living heroes. ...
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Harry Harrison: The Eden Trilogy
A sci-fi world unique in detail and quality of development, in which an absurd accident did not wipe out its true and rightful owners - dinosaurs - from the face of the Earth. What would the Earth be like today? ...
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