Xanth but not harry Potter? that surprises me
random thoughts Send a noteboard - 12/08/2011 06:09:43 PM
Like most such list you have to suspect a lot of voters are not really scfi fans. There are lot of good books on the list but there are some that I would guess people are just voting on books they have heard of but never actually read or voting on the very few scfi books they have read like 1984. Take "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress" great book for it time but try reading it now, not that impressive. Same with the Asimov series and Phillip K. Dick. I have read "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep" and if they had not made it into a movie I doubt it would have made the list. I still have to wonder why people thought Snowcrash was worth reading and the true scfi books are heavily weighted to classic but overall it is a good list and I have either read or want to about 80% of the books on the list.
NPR's Top 100 Science-Fiction and Fantasy
12/08/2011 06:11:21 AM
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Eh. At least it doesn't pretend to be a Best Of list.
12/08/2011 12:42:33 PM
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Since it was voted on by fans, it would seem to be a Most Popular list.
12/08/2011 05:22:29 PM
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Xanth but not harry Potter? that surprises me
12/08/2011 06:09:43 PM
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They mentioned that they removed young adult and horror entries.
12/08/2011 06:16:08 PM
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Re: Xanth but not harry Potter? that surprises me
12/08/2011 09:37:14 PM
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That makes sense but the problem is YA is more of a marketing tool than a genre
13/08/2011 03:27:45 AM
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I do hope they don't count the Extended Dune series along with that... *NM*
12/08/2011 10:43:27 PM
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Overall, it does manage to include most classics...
14/08/2011 05:34:46 PM
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I must say that I am not impressed.
15/08/2011 07:36:41 PM
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so you want Larry to decide? *NM*
16/08/2011 04:56:35 AM
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At least he'd cut out on some of the more moronic contributions? *NM*
16/08/2011 06:43:42 PM
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yes but he would replace them with books written in Swahili
*NM*
16/08/2011 10:51:07 PM
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Why not?
16/08/2011 11:40:23 PM
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Kabibi is the only shahili word I know
17/08/2011 05:18:47 AM
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Uhura's name (on Star Trek) comes from Swahili for "freedom" (uhuru)
17/08/2011 12:54:45 PM
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well that makes three words, they can't have a lot more than that *NM*
17/08/2011 02:22:40 PM
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