2017 Top 10 Books and Posts
Our traditional Top Ten list of the most popular Offworlders’ posts and eBooks for the previous year. The most popular post in 2017 was the Sci-Fi short film “Uncanny Valley” by Federico Heller. In this nightmarish view of the future virtual reality has replaced drug addiction as the biggest problem facing humanity. The slums are littered with bodies wasting away from the sedentary and mind-altering effects of existing in a digital world apart from society. I was particularly pleased to see “Crash Couch,” one of my short stories, making number six on the list. Sweet!
Peruse the links and let me know which blog post you liked the best!
- Sci-Fi Short of the Week: “Uncanny Valley”
- The Leviathan by Ruairi Robinson
- Tor Book of the Month Club
- 2017 Hugo Award Finalists Revealed
- Robot and Scarecrow
- Crash Couch by Kyle Pollard
- Review of Ernest Cline’s Novel Ready Player One
- 2017 Hugo Awards Winners
- Arthur C. Clarke 2017 Award Shortlist
- Review of Neal Stephenson’s Novel Seveneves
Once again Peter Watts and his Rifters series was the most downloaded author on Offworlders with all of his novels on the site placing in the top five for 2017. It was also cool to see Philip K. Dick in the seventh, eight and tenth slots.
- Maelstrom by Peter Watts
- Starfish by Peter Watts
- Behemoth by Peter Watts
- Plague Ship by Andre Alice Norton
- Blindsight by Peter Watts
- Galactic Derelict By Andre Alice Norton
- Beyond the Door By Philip K. Dick
- Hanging Stranger By Philip K. Dick
- Door Through Space by Marion Zimmer Bradley
- Crystal Crypt By Philip K. Dick
At Offworlders we wish everyone a happy, healthy, safe and prosperous 2018.
May the Force be With You!