10-20-2011, 04:43 PM | #1 |
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Top 100 Sci-Fi and Fantasy books
I stumbled upon an article on slashdot today, which I believe is worth mentioning here. A list of 100 best books voted by 60 000 people was published on npr.org here: http://www.npr.org/2011/08/11/139085...-fantasy-books
I think it's contains very good suggestions for people like me who love the genre(s). And in case you couldn't make up your mind what to read next, a great flowchart (useful AND funny) for that list is available here: http://www.box.net/shared/static/a6o...ivlxsn3o8m.jpg What do you think? I'm already assembling my must-read list |
10-20-2011, 04:52 PM | #2 |
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I can't believe The Name of the Wind is in 18th place. That book annoyed me by making out it was a single title. Nothing anywhere on the cover to suggest that it was the first in a trilogy - no, you only got that information when you reached the final page, and realised, as had been becoming clearer and clearer, that this novel wasn't going to reach a conclusion.
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I don't expect individual books in a series to stand completely on they're own two feet (even though some do), but would some semblance of a natural story arc be that much to ask? As far as the list NPR list goes... I've seen worse and I've seen better. I was a bit surprised to see several authors have multiple entries, though. Last edited by DiapDealer; 10-24-2011 at 07:18 AM. Reason: typo |
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10-23-2011, 09:11 AM | #4 |
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I think I posted this link earlier in a different thread.
There are also these: http://scifilists.sffjazz.com/lists_books_rank1.html http://scifilists.sffjazz.com/lists_short_stories.html http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011...ice?intcmp=239 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SF_Masterworks http://mdbenoit.com/blog/blog/2006/1...cant-sf-books/ http://thisrecording.com/today/2010/...tion-or-f.html ... |
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Oooh! Thanks for the Top 100 Short Story list, Kenny.
I've recently prescribed a "short-stories in the morning, novels in evening" regimen for myself, so those will come in handy. |
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Okay, why not assemble all those lists in one place? It's always good to have a little inspiration as to what to read next.
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Oh, nevermind, now I looked through scifilists.sffjazz.com and that's probably something that will be enough for a long time :-) anyway, thanks for the suggestions, Kenny
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10-24-2011, 08:04 AM | #10 |
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Here's one: Richard Matheson's first published story (very short):
Born of Man and Woman http://homepage.mac.com/georgepratt/...n_Matheson.pdf Richard Matheson: http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Richard_Matheson Last edited by kennyc; 10-24-2011 at 08:11 AM. |
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