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Your Picks: Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books
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Posted on 08/12/2011 5:20:40 PM PDT by DemforBush
More than 5,000 of you nominated. More than 60,000 of you voted. And now the results are in. The winners of NPR's Top 100 Science-Fiction and Fantasy survey are an intriguing mix of classic and contemporary titles...
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TOPICS: Books/Literature; Hobbies
KEYWORDS: fantasy; novels; scifi
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I found the list of selections quite interesting. Many of the choices are spot-on, IMHO. A few are definitely not (also IMHO). Thought it would be kind of fun to see what everyone thinks of the choices.
To: DemforBush
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posted on
08/12/2011 5:22:01 PM PDT
by
DemforBush
(Serpentine, Shel! Serpentine!)
To: DemforBush
Didn’t find one of my favorites in there, “The Lathe of Heaven”.
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posted on
08/12/2011 5:24:11 PM PDT
by
COBOL2Java
(Obama is the least qualified guy in whatever room he walks into.)
To: DemforBush
Another one not in there: "The Nitrogen Fix"
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posted on
08/12/2011 5:25:40 PM PDT
by
COBOL2Java
(Obama is the least qualified guy in whatever room he walks into.)
To: DemforBush
Audacity of Hope
Dreams from My Father
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posted on
08/12/2011 5:26:18 PM PDT
by
SERKIT
("Blazing Saddles" explains it all......)
To: DemforBush
I’m not going to look at the list again, but I think that “The Mote In God’s Eye” ranked in the 60s. Too low IMO. If Spielberg were smart, he’d make movies of this. It would appeal to the young and old, as did :Star Wars,”
To: DemforBush
My fave isn’t in there.
“A Winter’s Tale”
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posted on
08/12/2011 5:27:28 PM PDT
by
MeganC
(Are you better off than you were four years ago?)
To: SERKIT
Aren’t those actually horror novels? :-)
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posted on
08/12/2011 5:27:59 PM PDT
by
DemforBush
(Serpentine, Shel! Serpentine!)
To: SERKIT
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08/12/2011 5:28:03 PM PDT
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posted on
08/12/2011 5:28:46 PM PDT
by
DJ MacWoW
(America! The wolves are here! What will you do?)
To: DemforBush
Only one Philip K Dick book made the top 100? I’m a little surprised by that.
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posted on
08/12/2011 5:29:29 PM PDT
by
Kleon
To: DemforBush
No “The Stars my Destination”????
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posted on
08/12/2011 5:29:29 PM PDT
by
The Antiyuppie
("When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.")
To: DemforBush
Tales of the Dying Earth by Jack Vance is not on the list.
To: dfwgator
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posted on
08/12/2011 5:30:14 PM PDT
by
Allegra
(Hey! Stop looking at my tagline like that.)
To: SERKIT
Audacity of Hope Dreams from My Father
Those are fantasy books, but not science fiction books.
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posted on
08/12/2011 5:33:05 PM PDT
by
paudio
(The 0bama Downgrade Two (a possible sequel to the current horror movie))
To: DemforBush
NEED HELP WITH BOOK TITLE I read a sci-fi book about 20+ years ago (book was probably older than that though) about earths future where there are all different guilds. One guild was low in numbers and the need for them was apparently ending (or so people thought). They were the watchers who kept a vigil for an invasion. The main character was one of these final watchers who, to the best of my memory, pushed a hot dog cart looking thing around that he later used to signal the invasion was coming from tear dropped shaped ships. (I think he may have made a false alarm at one point before the real invasion) Thats about all I can remember. Hope it rings a bell with some sci-fi types.
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posted on
08/12/2011 5:34:10 PM PDT
by
icwhatudo
("laws requiring compulsory abortion could be sustained under the constitution"-Obama official)
To: DemforBush
As you said, an interesting list. I have been reading Science Fiction (and to a lesser extent, Fantasy) since I was about 12; I am now in my 70s, and still enjoy a good yarn.
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posted on
08/12/2011 5:36:54 PM PDT
by
ixtl
(You live and learn. Or you don't live long.)
To: DemforBush
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posted on
08/12/2011 5:37:34 PM PDT
by
endthematrix
(The Name of the Game is BAILOUT.)
To: endthematrix
Agh, sorry about that. Nothing came up in search.
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posted on
08/12/2011 5:39:19 PM PDT
by
DemforBush
(Serpentine, Shel! Serpentine!)
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posted on
08/12/2011 5:40:24 PM PDT
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mnehring
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