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I think those would be my top four, too, substituting Charmed Life for The Lives of Christopher Chant (which I obviously need to re-read: I wonder if so many picked it because they read it _before_ CL, whereas I read them in publication order). I'm glad to see another vote for The Homeward Bounders which is also one of my all-time favourites even though I find the ending terribly sad.