Most of the time I find myself underwhelmed by these lists. I guess in part, maybe it's because I've never really done a lot of the "geek" things. About all I know of role playing games is that I make fun of them. All I know of Neal Stephenson is that poorly done treatise on user interfaces. I don't have a vast network of computers at home. My sole gaming console has sat on a shelf for years (and was purchased only for Grand Turismo 3.)

And so, here's this list. I've read three of the "novels" on i t. I, Robot, at least as by Asimov, is not a novel; it's a collection of short stories, one of Asimov's many, many anthologies, so I'm not even sure why it's there. To a large degree, so is Foundation, which is good, but not the best of the Foundation series. And then the one Heinlein novel I read is there. I barely made it through it.

Top 20 geek novels - the results! from Guardian Unlimited: Technology:

"7. I, Robot -- Isaac Asimov 52% (54)
8. Foundation -- Isaac Asimov 47% (47)
. . .
15. Stranger in a Strange Land -- Robert Heinlein 33% (33) "

(Via Slashdot.)

Basically, I guess I just don't have much geek cred. Oh well.