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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.
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NPR's Top 100 Science-Fiction and Fantasy - 12/08/2011 06:11:21 AM 2446 Views
Eh. At least it doesn't pretend to be a Best Of list. - 12/08/2011 12:42:33 PM 1158 Views
Since it was voted on by fans, it would seem to be a Most Popular list. - 12/08/2011 05:22:29 PM 1126 Views
Yes. Which makes it difficult to complain about the choices. - 12/08/2011 06:30:01 PM 1155 Views
Depends how many votes you get - 12/08/2011 07:07:41 PM 1113 Views
Re: NPR's Top 100 Science-Fiction and Fantasy - 12/08/2011 05:50:56 PM 1372 Views
Xanth but not harry Potter? that surprises me - 12/08/2011 06:09:43 PM 1104 Views
They mentioned that they removed young adult and horror entries. - 12/08/2011 06:16:08 PM 1106 Views
Re: Xanth but not harry Potter? that surprises me - 12/08/2011 09:37:14 PM 1464 Views
That makes sense but the problem is YA is more of a marketing tool than a genre - 13/08/2011 03:27:45 AM 1121 Views
seriously? Nothing by Hamilton is on there? - 12/08/2011 09:21:43 PM 1187 Views
This is my reaction. *NM* - 15/08/2011 05:39:59 PM 576 Views
I do hope they don't count the Extended Dune series along with that... *NM* - 12/08/2011 10:43:27 PM 671 Views
American Gods is overrated - 14/08/2011 04:25:51 PM 1213 Views
I have to agree. - 14/08/2011 05:24:34 PM 1039 Views
I think it depends on the edition. - 16/08/2011 05:13:42 AM 1277 Views
Overall, it does manage to include most classics... - 14/08/2011 05:34:46 PM 1133 Views
you just hate twightlight *NM* - 15/08/2011 02:35:53 AM 562 Views
Actually, I don't. - 15/08/2011 10:33:59 AM 1307 Views
Hmm. - 15/08/2011 04:00:22 PM 1191 Views
I must say that I am not impressed. - 15/08/2011 07:36:41 PM 1257 Views
so you want Larry to decide? *NM* - 16/08/2011 04:56:35 AM 579 Views
At least he'd cut out on some of the more moronic contributions? *NM* - 16/08/2011 06:43:42 PM 594 Views
yes but he would replace them with books written in Swahili *NM* - 16/08/2011 10:51:07 PM 549 Views
Why not? - 16/08/2011 11:40:23 PM 1145 Views
Kabibi is the only shahili word I know - 17/08/2011 05:18:47 AM 1199 Views
Uhura's name (on Star Trek) comes from Swahili for "freedom" (uhuru) - 17/08/2011 12:54:45 PM 1473 Views
well that makes three words, they can't have a lot more than that *NM* - 17/08/2011 02:22:40 PM 565 Views

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