Via Winchell Chung. Like the original poster, I’ve read 11 of these 17, and would definitely include Ancillary Justice in the list (it’s not in there).
Originally shared by Wilhelm Fitzpatrick
I’m 11 out of 17. The article resonates with me because I divide up my own history with SF along before/after lines of books I read that left with me with a overwhelming impression of having encountered something new. For me those books are…
Neuromancer
A Fire Upon the Deep
Snow Crash
Ancillary Justice
http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2016/09/17-science-fiction-books-that-forever-changed-the-genre/
I’ve only read nine of them. I guess I am behind again.
That’s still a good number.
Two of those I don’t recall seeing.
Another two I only know of because I have seen them on other lists
15 of 17 here. Haven’t read Childhood’s End or Neuromancer.
Would include possibly
I Robot (Asimov’s Laws)
Dawn – Octavia Butler set a high bar for alien aliens
Twelve, most of them long ago.
I really need to read Dhalgren.
Carolyn Priest-Dorman
That is one of the two I don’t recall even seeing even though I probably have.
15/17 for me
I’ve been meaning to read Slaughter-House Five for decades.
Never even heard of Wind-Up Girl
Donna Buckles as a solitary data point I will say that Clarke’s Childhood’s End is one of my favorite novels
Winchell Chung, Wind-Up Girl is much more recent than any of the others – I was startled to see it there myself.
I’ve read 10 and have 3 more in my library and “pending”.