I just finished reading the Hugo winners.

[sfwriter]

Here are my top 20, in order from #1. They reflect my tastes which skew feminist and liberal. I would recommend the top 10 to anyone and the top 20 to all scifi fans.

The City & the City
Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang
The Dispossessed
Dune
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
The Windup Girl
Neuromancer (William Gibson)
Rendezvous With Rama
Hyperion
The Fifth Season

And, 11 - 20:

My 11-20:
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
Obelisk Gate
The Stone Sky
The Yiddish Policemen's Union
The Forever War (Joe Haldeman)
A Fire Upon the Deep
Speaker for the Dead
The Diamond Age
Among Others
Stranger in a Strange Land

If there is interest, I’ll post them all.

[blm]

1. Strong list.

I recently gifted mr blm with the first 4 Amazing Stories. Forever Hugo. ; )

[procon]

2. So many wonderful old classics, books I read back in the 60s.

Either that says these books are enduring masterpieces of this genre that have withstood the test of time and competition, or the competition is lacking and there are no new storylines that are strong enough to knock those old treasured tomes off the shelf.

On the other hand, in this age of digital publishing and ebooks where anyone can earn the right to be called a writer there are thousands of new authors with small, but loyal fans. It's becoming a niche market and perhaps the competition is so crowded and varied that it's virtually impossible that any single book will ever again rise to the top of the heap to replace one of the established classic titles.

In no particular order, off the top of my head, my list starts with;
C. J. Cherryh's Foreigner series
The Chronicles of Elantra series by Michelle Sagara
Alexis Carew series by J.A. Sutherland
The Golden Age of the Solar Clipper, Nathan Lowell
The Expanse series from James S. A. Corey

[ExciteBike66]

3. Can. Not. Wait. for the new Dune movie...