/lit/ - Literature

>>8383628
I'm curious too, since I've made it my mission to read this list

>>8369642

>>8350880
Here is some of the reading list from the course, from http://www.sfsignal.com/archives/2016/02/great-science-fiction-works-course-sf-gary-k-wolfe/

I had read many of them and have read a few more after listening to the course. We was good, I loved Last and First Men, though it has no plot or characters. Didn't care for Star Maker, though it was almost the same thing. Roadside Picnic was good and has a good backstory, Slan was just okay. I loved Earth Abides. I was indifferent to the Space Merchants (oy) and The Stars My Destination, the first a little preachy, the second a little emo. Just finished A Case of Conscience -- great if you like Christian-themed works. Just started The City and the Stars, which seems good so far.

The thing about reading old genre fiction is that sometimes you read the book and sometimes you read the audience. The piece may have done its work by punching buttons that operate differently on the modern reader. So if that story of mutant supermen doesn't grab you, you can instead read the story of people who loved the story of mutant supermen in the same book.