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Top 20 geek novels

Per The Guardian Unlimited, here are the top 20 geek novels.

And, of course, Slashdot’s take is here:

http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/11/21/045241&from=RSS

1. The HitchHiker’s Guide to the Galaxy—Douglas Adams
2. Nineteen Eighty-Four—George Orwell
3. Brave New World—Aldous Huxley
4. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?—Philip Dick
5. Neuromancer—William Gibson
6. Dune—Frank Herbert
7. I, Robot—Isaac Asimov
8. Foundation—Isaac Asimov
9. The Colour of Magic—Terry Pratchett
10. Microserfs—Douglas Coupland
11. Snow Crash—Neal Stephenson
12. Watchmen—Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons
13. Cryptonomicon—Neal Stephenson
14. Consider Phlebas—Iain M Banks
15. Stranger in a Strange Land—Robert Heinlein
16. The Man in the High Castle—Philip K Dick
17. American Gods—Neil Gaiman
18. The Diamond Age—Neal Stephenson
19. The Illuminatus! Trilogy—Robert Shea & Robert Anton Wilson
20. Trouble with Lichen - John Wyndhamd