[YOUR_SUPERIOR]

Hey guys, can you help me decide what to read next?

Here are the choices:

Altered Carbon - Morgan
Dune - Herbert
Snow Crash - Stephenson
The City and the Stars - Clarke
Lord of the Rings - Tolkien
The Hobbit - Tolkien
Paris 1919 - Macmillan

[Mugwump]

Originally posted by YOUR_SUPERIOR
Hey guys, can you help me decide what to read next?

Here are the choices:

Altered Carbon - Morgan
Dune - Herbert
Snow Crash - Stephenson
The City and the Stars - Clarke
Lord of the Rings - Tolkien
The Hobbit - Tolkien
Paris 1919 - Macmillan

It doesn't matter which you choose - they are all remarkable pieces of work.

[The One]

I would recommend City and the Stars. It's one of the classics of the genre and one of my favourites.

[emohawk]

Alphabetical by author surname is the way I usually get through my piles of books :) Either that or whichever one you've had on your shelf to read the longest.

As mugwump says, it's pretty hard to go wrong with that list.

[Stilgar]

Dune is my favorite of those mentioned, with Altered Carbon a distant second.

[KatG]

Originally posted by YOUR_SUPERIOR
Altered Carbon - Morgan
Dune - Herbert
Snow Crash - Stephenson
The City and the Stars - Clarke
Lord of the Rings - Tolkien
The Hobbit - Tolkien
Paris 1919 - Macmillan
If you're going to read Tolkein, read "The Hobbit" before you read "Lord of the Rings."

[DrBloodmoney1]

Close your eyes and point a finger. Go with it. Because I'll tell you, if my 'to read' pile looked as good as that, I'd be a very happy man.

Altered Carbon should be a fairly quick read. And it doesn't let up at all through the whole book. It might have been my favorite release of 2003.

DrB

[Archren]

I'll echo everyone else and say that you can't go wrong.

However, if you put a gun to my head and forced me to choose, I'd go with SnowCrash. Personally it is one of my all-time favorite books to reread. :D

[ArthurFrayn]

If it's definitely about reading all the books on that list, I'd recommend you start with the shorter books first.
It'll give you a sense of accomplishment that'll encourage you to continue. :D

Personally, I can never rigidly adhere to a list. I can only tell you where I've been, not specifically where I'm going. I allow myself flights of whimsy and tangential trains of thought when selecting the next book. And I get into these trains of reading several books by one author at a shot. That's why I can never do those book clubs you guys have.
Although at the end of the year, I find I have read most of the things I had on one list or another.

[BigBadGravity]

This is just my opnion but I found Paris 1919 rather dry and boring.