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# Geek novels
- URL: https://www.lorcandempsey.net/geek-novels/
- Published: 2005-11-26T00:34:21.000Z
- Updated: 2020-10-28T21:00:50.000Z
- Author: Lorcan Dempsey
- Tags: Books

Jack Schofield, pioneering technical journalist, and Guardian blogger, has polled his readers for their top ‘geek novels’. Check out his [results](https://blogs.guardian.co.uk/technology/archives/2005/11/09/top%5F20%5Fgeek%5Fnovels%5Fthe%5Fresults.html?ref=lorcandempsey.net). Here is his top fifteen:  
1\. The HitchHiker’s Guide to the Galaxy — Douglas Adams 85% (102)  
2\. Nineteen Eighty-Four — George Orwell 79% (92)  
3\. Brave New World — Aldous Huxley 69% (77)  
4\. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? — Philip Dick 64% (67)  
5\. Neuromancer — William Gibson 59% (66)  
6\. Dune — Frank Herbert 53% (54)  
7\. I, Robot — Isaac Asimov 52% (54)  
8\. Foundation — Isaac Asimov 47% (47)  
9\. The Colour of Magic — Terry Pratchett 46% (46)  
10\. Microserfs — Douglas Coupland 43% (44)  
11\. Snow Crash — Neal Stephenson 37% (37)  
12\. Watchmen — Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons 38% (37)  
13\. Cryptonomicon — Neal Stephenson 36% (36)  
14\. Consider Phlebas — Iain M Banks 34% (35)  
15\. Stranger in a Strange Land — Robert Heinlein 33% (33)  
A couple of things about the list. Would the result have been different if carried out from a US base? There are no women novelists. Ursula Le Guin? I am not sure what to make of this.  
He has moved on and is [looking ](https://blogs.guardian.co.uk/technology/archives/2005/11/24/what%5Fare%5Fthe%5Fbest%5Fgeek%5Fmovies%5Fever.html?ref=lorcandempsey.net) at movies: you can leave a comment with candidates to go forward to the next stage.