Not every book holds up over the decades. Here are four 1980s sci-fi books that aged badly—and four still worth reading today.
’80s Science Fiction That Aged Badly…
Battlefield Earth by L. Ron Hubbard
Buck Alice And The Actor Robot by Walter Koenig
The Number of the Beast by Robert A. Heinlein
Footfall by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
…And ’80s Science Fiction That’s Still Worth Reading
Always Coming Home by Ursula K. Le Guin
Neuromancer by William Gibson
Dawn by Octavia E. Butler
Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand by Samuel R. Delany
Great recommendations…but if you’ve watched “Battlefield Earth”, you’ll understand how good the book is (mildly /s)
I recently read Bloodstone by Karl Edward Wagner, I couldn’t put it down…technically it’s from the 70’s, but who’s counting?